The day started with light westerly winds and overcast conditions, although the wind had switched to a south-easterly by late afternoon. The seawatch produced a Red-necked Grebe heading south, six Sooty and 30 Manx Shearwaters moving north, a Balearic Shearwater heading in the same direction, and one Little Egret flying south.
Thornwick Pool hosted a Grey Heron, two Tufted Duck, three Teal, a Little Stint, two Dunlin, a Ruff, four Snipe and one Black-tailed Godwit. A flock of ten Ruff were on the Golf Course, as were two first-winter Yellow-legged Gulls, whilst two Little Egrets overflew Old Fall. A single Shoveler and two Teal were on Buckton Pond.
Passerine migrants included a Barred Warbler in bushes next to the Lighthouse, a Cuckoo, 17 Whinchats (with seven more at Bempton and five at Buckton), 21 Goldcrests, four Spotted and two Pied Flycatchers, four Grey Wagtails, two Redstarts and a Garden Warbler.
