Although overcast for most of the day, light winds varying between south-west and south-east helped raise the temperature to a maximum of 15°C.
During the morning session, seawatchers logged four Manx Shearwaters, 177 Sandwich and nine Common Terns and a Whimbrel.
Notable passerines included a Jay over the Outer Head, a Blue-headed Wagtail near North Marsh, a Yellow Wagtail, a Whinchat at Wold Farm, a male Redstart on the Motorway Hedge, four Wheatears and two Fieldfares. Thornwick Pools held a Shekduck in addition to the Wigeon and the ten Mute Swans at The Lakes.
Sightings at Bempton Cliffs RSPB included single Whimbrel, Short-eared Owl, Jay, Tree Pipit and Whinchat as well as five Yellow Wagtails. Several tens of Corn Buntings, including many singers, continue to be present. Further along the cliff top at Buckton there were five Wheatears, seven Willow Warblers, three Sedge Warblers and 2 Yellow Wagtails.
