The day featured sunny intervals, a south-easterly wind developing and temperatures reaching 19 degrees C. Seawatch highlights included the Black-browed Albatross flying past the Fog Station, along with 94 Common Scoters, a Sooty Shearwater, 165 Manx Shearwaters, a Mediterranean Gull, ten Arctic Terns and an Arctic Skua flying north; another Mediterranean Gull lingered offshore. In addition to the aforementioned albatross and long-staying Red-tailed Shrike, sightings from RSPB Bempton Cliffs included five Goosanders, a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull, a Cuckoo and a Hobby. Land-based sightings on the outer head included a lone Marsh Harrier.
