North-north-west winds continued becoming variable from the west and north and dropping towards the end of the day. There was far less bird activity on the sea than earlier in the week but thankfully that didn’t deter birders from what turned out to be a productive seawatch! The highlight was a Great Shearwater flying north at 1535hrs. A Balearic Shearwater later in the afternoon was welcome in what has been a quiet autumn for this species so far. The evening ended with 2 Sabines Gulls, 1 adult and 1 juvenile. 175 Manx Shearwater, 17 Arctic Skua and small numbers of waders and terns were also seen.
At Northcliff Marsh there were 2 Little Egrets. On Thornwick Pool the highlights were 1 Greenshank and 1 Green Sandpiper along with a male Pochard, a scarce local species in summer; two Common Buzzard were seen over the village.
In the lighthouse moth trap four species of Prominent were notable with Iron, 2 Pebble, Swallow and Plain recorded, along with a Copper Underwing agg.
