Strong north-westerly winds lessened in strength during the afternoon, when brighter conditions replaced a heavy overcast. Seawatching was rewarded with 426 Fulmars, 20 Sooty Shearwaters, 101 Manx Shearwaters, a Balearic Shearwater, seven dark-bellied Brent Geese, 39 Wigeon, 266 Teal, three Pintail, two Velvet Scoters and a Merlin all flying north. Southbound waders included a Greenshank and two Common Sandpipers, with two Snipe coming in off the sea over the Fog Station and another duo doing the same over Bempton Cliffs RSPB. A total of 29 Arctic Skuas and 16 Bonxies flew south, with 418 Little Gulls moving north, as did a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull.
Thornwick Pools attracted 20 Teal, three Wigeon, ten Redshank, a Dunlin and one Greenshank; South Landing beach hosted 16 Ringed Plovers. The sub-adult Caspian Gull again frequented ploughed fields on the Outer Head.
