The day was mainly cloudy and dull with a moderate south-westerly and temperatures never exceeded 17°C.
Sooty Shearwaters featured again during today’s seawatches with 34 north, along with 6 Manx. Other highlights included 20 Common Scoter, 4 Red-throated Divers, a Great Crested Grebe and 92 Sandwich Terns north. Waders were represented by 8 Whimbrel, 17 Curlew, 7 Bar-tailed Godwit, 9 Knot, and 3 Dunlin all heading south along with 2 Little Egrets. There were few skuas with only 2 Great and a single Arctic. Lastly, a Short-eared Owl flew south.
Away from the Fog Station, finding migrants required a level of determination and rewarded by 5 Willow Warblers, 5 Chiffchaffs, 3 Blackcap, 4 Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Goldcrest and a Spotted Flycatcher. There was more interest provided by waders in the shape of 25 Curlew, a Whimbrel, 3 Bar-tailed Godwits, 24 Turnstone, a Knot, 19 Dunlin, 3 Snipe and 6 Redshank. Numbers of Swifts are now low with only 3 noted.
