Moderate south-westerly winds predominated during a largely overcast day, with sunny intervals at dawn and again from mid-afternoon. Seawatching was rewarded with a dark-bellied Brent Goose, ten Eider, two Velvet Scoters, single Red-breasted Merganser, Sooty Shearwater and Great Crested Grebe, nine Little Gulls, a third calendar-year Glaucous Gull and two Little Auks all flying north; single Twite and Mealy Redpoll overflew the Fog Station.
Seventeen Whooper Swans and 1245 Pink-footed Geese flew south, whilst a 90-strong flock of the latter frequented Hood’s Pool mid-afternoon; two Velvet Scoter lingered on the sea off South Landing. A Merlin hunted the fields around North Marsh, the Little Owl was relocated in Thornwick area, whilst a Short-eared Owl frequented the outer head. Additional migrants included a Woodcock, 45 Goldcrests, a Siberian Chiffchaff, two Yellow-browed Warblers (Old Fall/South Landing), two Grey Wagtails, 42 Siskin and two Brambling. Eight Corn Buntings at Thornwick represented a notable record.
