The weather consisted of light south-west/west winds, relatively overcast skies and temperatures reached nine degrees C. The morning seawatch provided variety with six Whooper Swans, two Goosanders, two Goldeneye, three Great Northern Divers, two Little Gulls and two Mediterranean Gulls moving south; a Manx Shearwater also headed north. Ninety Purple Sandpipers on the outer head was a record monthly tally, whilst single Merlin and Snow Bunting overflew the Fog Station.
An additional 19 Whooper Swans were seen over the headland (16 and 3), where there were also 83 Teal and 18 Wigeon. Nineteen Crossbills represented a respectable count, whilst a Lapland Bunting and four Snow Buntings frequented the North Cliffs. Elsewhere, five Whooper Swans and three Goosanders flew south-east over RSPB Bempton Cliffs, where two Short-eared Owls quartered the cliff top fields mid afternoon.
