Strong southerly winds throughout, mainly overcast skies with some sunny intervals and temperatures that peaked at 12 degrees C. Wildfowl on the move during the morning’s seawatch included 213 Wigeon, 61 Teal, 18 Tufted Ducks, two Scaup, 92 Common Scoters and two Goldeneye flying south. Six Great Northern Divers included two birds flying north and two summer-plumaged adults on the sea. A Glaucous Gull lingered off the Seawatch Observatory in the afternoon, whilst a first-winter Caspian Gull flew south and single Arctic and Pomarine Skua, three Little Gulls, a Mediterranean Gull and one Little Auk headed north.
Thornwick Pools hosted 37 Teal, a Shoveler and two Water Rails. Six Whooper Swans flew south over the outer head, as did two Bean Geese sp. and 79 Pink-footed Geese. Passerine migrants making landfall included 1740 Starlings, the majority of which arrived in the afternoon. The autumn’s first Twite graced the cliffs between North Landing and Thornwick.
