After a bright start, increasing cloud and heavy rain arrived from late morning. Seawatching was rewarded with a Shoveler, three Red-throated Divers, a Sooty Shearwater, nine Manx Shearwaters, a Balearic Shearwater, 28 Sandwich Terns and 18 Common Terns flying north, with one Bonxie and two Arctic Skuas also recorded.
A Little Egret fed in rock pools near High Stacks. Thornwick Pools hosted a Wigeon, 11 Teal, ten Dunlin, a Little Stint and three Ringed Plovers. A Yellow-legged Gull also remained on the headland. Passerines at South Landing included a Pied Flycatcher and an early returning Redwing.
West of the Dykes, four Whinchat and three Swift were seen at Buckton, with 17 Yellow Wagtails and five Swift at Bempton.
