South south west F5, temperatures started off cool but increased to a mild 14°C as the day progressed. Seawtching dropped off, compared with yesterday, with Red-necked Grebe and Long-tailed Duck recorded south; Arctic Skua, 12 Great Skua and 231 Little Gull north were the highlights.
At Thornwick Pool, Mallard numbers reached 35! Also there were nine Teal and singles of Little Grebe and Water Rail.
Elsewhere, a Snow Bunting and two Stonechat near the Lighthouse and seven Twite were on the headland. A 1w Yellow-legged Gull was in a field at Old Fall with a Mistle Thrush in Old Fall hedge. A Mistle Thrush was also seen at the golf course as was a Jay. South Landing birds included Bar-tailed Godwit, Grey Plover, two Curlew, eight Turnstone, Dunlin, 14 Oystercatcher, 12 Redshank, Merlin, Grey Wagtail, Jay and the juvenile Curlew Sandpiper continued its stay.
