South south westerly’s reaching F6, dropping toward the end of the day, mean temperatures of 11°C. Seawatching highlights recorded two Black-throated Diver north, 33 Whooper Swan south, two Goosander south, three Arctic Skua south, four Great Skua north, an adult winter Mediterranean Gull south and 20 Little Gull south (38 north).
Late hirundines in the form of two Swallow and a House Martin flew over North Landing; the Snow Bunting remained on the outer head and Twite numbers reduced to two. Other birds on or around the headland included 12 Long-tailed Tit at Bay Brambles, two Stonechat, Great Northern Diver and 12 Purple Sandpiper.
Two Whooper Swan flew south east over Thornwick Pool; an additional 11 were recorded south earlier in the day with a further six an hour later. On the pool were three Common Snipe, Jack Snipe, Grey Wagtail and Little Grebe. The fem/1w type Black Redstart remained near the Big House.
South Landing saw eight Oystercatcher, Sanderling, juv Curlew Sandpiper, two Curlew, three Redshank, 22 Turnstone and a Grey Wagtail.
