Calm weather continued but the wind switched from south-west to a light northerly overnight and consequently improved the seawatch results! A Black Guillemot flying south at 0941 was the highlight, the first records of the year for the Observatory. All 4 species of Skua were recorded with 4 Long-tailed, 1 Pomarine, 10 Arctic and 3 Great. 2 Sooty and 28 Manx Shearwater moved north along with a single Balearic Shearwater. It was another good day for small gulls offshore the highlight being an adult Sabines Gull south at 1737. Little Gulls continue to feed in the calm conditions with 69 recorded south and 96 north. It was also another good day for Black-headed Gull passage with 3,330 logged.
There were very few new passerine migrants today. The Yellow-browed Warbler remained by the Lighthouse with a single Redwing. A Merlin was recorded near Head Farm.
