The weather consisted of light onshore winds, generally from a north-easterly direction, sunny skies after an overcast start and temperatures that reached 11 degrees C. Seawatching highlights included a Red-breasted Merganser, ten Manx Shearwaters, 12 Sandwich Terns, a Common Tern and 300 Puffins flying north.
Passerine interest included one Hooded Crow on the Golf Course, the year’s first Reed Warbler at Thornwick Pools, a Redstart, seven Yellow Wagtails and a White Wagtail. Sightings from Buckton included three Willow Warblers, a singing Grasshopper Warbler and two Wheatears.
