The day dawned with rain and moderate/strong east-south-east winds, followed by showers during the morning and heavy showers in the evening; temperatures reached 20 degrees C during the sunny intervals. Seawatching highlights included 53 Common Scoters, nine Manx Shearwaters, a juvenile Caspian Gull, 103 Sandwich Terns, an adult Roseate Tern (first of the year), three Bonxies and five Arctic Skuas flying north; southbound birds included a Grey Plover, eight Turnstone, 174 Knot, a Ruff and a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull, whilst a Little Egret and a juvenile Mediterranean Gull were in residence off the Seawatch Observatory. Thornwick Pools attracted two Green Sandpipers. The only notable passerine record related to a Pied Flycatcher in Old Fall. Odonata interest included a female Red-veined Darter at Old Fall.
