An overcast and cold day with very light winds that turned onshore during the afternoon. Seawatching produced ten Red-throated Divers and two Eider flying south, with three Blue Fulmars and 148 Fulmars heading north. Fifteen Purple Sandpipers were also in the vicinity of the Fog Station.
A Woodcock and two Tawny Owls were recorded at South Dykes. Better still a Red-necked Grebe was present off Sewerby Steps, where waders included 24 Turnstone, eight Ringed Plover and four Purple Sandpipers.
