The weather consisted of moderate westerly winds, largely overcast skies and temperatures reaching 11 degrees C. Pink-footed Geese were again moving south in numbers, with 955 passing over the headland from 1120-1305hrs. These were accompanied by 14 Whooper Swans. A Red-breasted Merganser on Thornwick Pools was a first site record, with a lone Shoveler also present. A Short-eared Owl hunted the Lighthouse Grassland. Passerine interest included three Yellow-browed Warblers, a Ring Ouzel, one Wheatear, ten Lesser Redpoll, five Siskin and 20 Crossbills.
Visible migration through RSPB Bempton Cliffs involved two Barnacle Geese heading north-west, 799 Pink-footed Geese and 16 Whooper Swans south-east, with six Crossbills and four Lapland Buntings moving north-west. Grounded migrants included an eastern Lesser Whitethroat and a Hawfinch amongst smaller numbers of winter thrushes.
