A day of two halves: overcast with a spell of heavy rain and strong south-south-east winds until early afternoon, followed by a blustery westerly wind and sunshine. Seawatching again proved productive with highlights including a dark-bellied Brent Goose, five Whooper Swans, 287 Wigeon, 253 Teal, four Goldeneye, six Goosanders, a summer-plumaged Great Northern Diver and one Sooty Shearwater flying south. Waders were moving in a similar direction and included six Bar-tailed Godwits, 18 Knot and 216 Dunlin. A total of 183 Little Gulls also moved south, with most flying past the outer head in the afternoon, whilst a juvenile Pomarine Skua did the same. In addition, birds were arriving in off the sea, most notably 1198 Starlings and a Woodcock; two Twite flew along the edge of the cliffs below the Fog Station.
A Siberian Chiffchaff at Old Fall was only the second record of the autumn, with further evidence of passerine migrants: two Jays, 1000 Starlings (including 450 flying west over the Dykes), 350 Redwing similarly west, a Lesser Redpoll and 65 Siskin.
