The day featured light south-westerly winds and sunny intervals after an overcast start. Seawatching highlights included 18 Red-throated Divers, single Great Northern Diver, Great Crested Grebe and dark-bellied Brent Goose flying south, single Arctic Skua and Bonxie moving north and 1337 Little Gulls heading south. In addition, five Barnacle Geese flew south over the Headland, as did 65 Pink-footed Geese, a Little Egret and one Whimbrel.
Thornwick Pool hosted a Water Rail, Jack Snipe, four Snipe, single Tufted Duck and Wigeon, as well as 17 Teal. A dark juvenile Honey Buzzard flew south-east over Thornwick early afternoon and there was another good showing of Common Buzzards, with a minimum of seven recorded, and a single Hobby flew over the village.
A Barred Warbler was discovered at Old Fall Steps and still present in the evening, with one Yellow-browed Warbler remaining in Old Fall. Other migrant passerine migrants included 13 Goldcrests, 13 Chiffchaffs, one Redstart, two Stonechats, a Wheatear, 16 Siskins, 31 Lesser Redpolls and one Crossbill.
West of the Dykes, the Bempton/Buckton area attracted two Common Buzzards, two Stonechats together with single Redstart and Pied Flycatcher. Better still a Great Grey Shrike was located at Buckton during the evening.
