Moderate north-westerly winds featured throughout, with generally overcast conditions and occasional showers. Seawatching highlights included eight Red-throated Divers, single Black-throated and Great Northern Divers flying north, a Red-necked Grebe also moving north, along with three Balearic Shearwaters, 71 Manx Shearwaters and 12 Sooty Shearwaters. Two Ruff flying north were the pick of the waders, whilst 27 Arctic Skuas and ten Bonxies headed south, a juvenile Mediterranean Gull flew north and 196 Sandwich Terns moved in the same direction.
Elsewhere, a Hobby overflew the Lighthouse Grasslands. Large gulls are gathering on the recently ploughed fields on the Outer Head and two Caspian Gulls were discovered. A sub-adult that sported a yellow darvic ring ‘PLEP’ was also seen at a similar time last autumn, and a juvenile/first-winter.
