The weather consisted of moderate/strong northerly winds and generally overcast skies. Northbound passage during the seawatch included eight Pale-bellied Brent Geese, 53 Wigeon, a Pintail, 78 Teal, 72 Common Scoter, a Red-breasted Merganser, 27 Red-throated Divers, a Storm Petrel, 147 Sooty Shearwaters, 234 Manx Shearwaters, a Little Gull, two Mediterranean Gulls, 86 Sandwich Terns, 33 Bonxies and seven juvenile Long-tailed Skuas. Heading south were a Red-breasted Merganser and 29 Arctic Skuas.
A Wryneck caught and ringed at South Landing was the headline act to a scattering of migrant passerines despite the relatively strong (although decreasing) northerly wind, involving: 27 Willow Warblers, three Reed Warblers, two Garden Warblers, six Pied Flycatchers, three Spotted Flycatchers, three Whinchat, five Wheatear and a Grey Wagtail.
RSPB Bempton Cliffs attracted 12 Willow Warblers, a Reed Warbler, one Garden Warbler, three Pied Flycatchers and a Hawfinch.
