Cloudy all day, the wind was a light westerly during the morning but had veered to a northerly about midday. A band of rain arrived late afternoon and temperature reached a maximum of 15°C.
The sea was watched all day and viewing was more eventful than of late. The highlights included 37 Red-throated Divers (29 south), 20 Sooty Shearwaters north, 15 Manx (11 north), 6 Whimbrel and a Snipe south, single juvenile Mediterranean and Yellow-legged Gulls, 172 Sandwich Terns south. All four skua species put in an appearance with 13 Great, 44 Arctic (42 south) and a single Pomarine south and a Long-tailed north. Overhead, 2 Yellow Wagtails, 113 Meadow Pipits and 10 Siskin were all southbound. Cetaceans were also evident with at least 12 Harbour Porpoises offshore and a Minke Whale that was seen to breach.
Five Whimbrel passed Beacon Hill. On land, 2 Spotted Flycatchers, a Wheatear, a Sedge Warbler and 2 Yellow Wagtails were the best of a limited selection of migrants.
West of the Dykes, the first Pink-footed Geese of the autumn were 110 heading SW over Bempton whilst passerine interest included a Redstart, a Pied Flycatcher, 6 Willow Warblers and 2 Chiffchaff.
