Winds dropped in strength, with a relatively light north-north-westerly breeze and sunny intervals throughout the day. Seawatching highlights included 40 Red-throated Divers, a Great Crested Grebe, 506 Fulmars, one Blue Fulmar, 121 Sooty Shearwaters, 149 Manx Shearwaters, three Balearic Shearwaters and a Storm Petrel (very slowly heading past from 1000-1025hrs) all flying north. Wildfowl on the move included 73 Wigeon, 38 Teal and two Pintail heading north. A Pomarine Skua went south, whilst 46 Arctic Skuas and three Long-tailed Skuas moved in the opposite direction. A total of 58 Little Gulls flew north, along with 127 Sandwich, 117 Common and 37 Arctic Terns.
Three Common Buzzards were recorded across the Headland, a Hobby appeared over Thornwick, six Ruff remained around the Golf Course and a Greenshank overflew the Outer Head. Passerines included two Grey Wagtails, a Pied Flycatcher, one Whinchat, a Goldcrest, eight Willow Warblers and 24 Siskins.
