A day of moderate westerly winds, sunshine and temperatures that reached 13 degrees C. The seawatch produced one Manx Shearwater, two Barnacle Geese, three Sandwich Terns and one Common Tern all heading north. Thornwick Pool hosted a drake Teal, one Dunlin and a Grey Wagtail. A pair of Grey Partridge remained in the Thornwick area, whilst a male in the centre of the village was more unusual. A Common Buzzard also overflew the village. Two Jays were on the Outer Head, one Wheatear remained and the year’s first Crossbills appeared; a single dropped into a garden on Church Lane, with two at South Landing. The flight call of the latter fit ‘Parakeet’ Crossbill, also known as call type X.
Three Common Buzzards appeared over Bempton, with a Garden Warbler at the RSPB reserve.
