Relatively light winds backed from a westerly to a southerly direction during a largely overcast day with temperatures peaking at 15 degrees C. Two Sooty Shearwaters flew north during a morning seawatch that also featured 86 Common Scoters and a Minke Whale moving north. A large movement of 782 Pink-footed Geese too place, with skeins moving north during the morning before returning south at dusk. A Little Grebe and Goldeneye were on Thornwick Lakes. Two Merlins were present on the headland, the long-staying juvenile near the Seawatch Observatory and another along Hoddy Cows Lane, Buckton. The Barred Warbler showed again at Old Fall, while two Yellow-browed Warblers were also in residence along with 12 Chiffchaffs and a Ring Ouzel.
