The south-westerly freshened during the day becoming quite blustery with showers by late afternoon. The tempertature reached 17°C.
The morning seawatch featured two juvenile Caspian Gulls, a Sooty Shearwater, 8 Manx, 4 Arctic Skuas and 2 Great Crested Grebes while 4 Lesser Redpolls came inoff and two Twite and a Wheatear were at the Seawatch Observatory.
Thornwick held 31 Tufted Duck at The Lakes and 5 Snipe at the pools. Passerine interest was again limited with 8 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest and 2 Grey Wagtails being the highlights.
Bempton Cliffs fared better with a Jack Snipe, 12 Golden Plover, 6 Chiffchaff, 25 Goldcrest and the first arrival of Redwings with 206 making landfall in the rain late afternoon.
