Strong SSW winds resulted in a remarkable seawatch which was dominated by terns. Over 6,500 Sandwich Terns and 299 Little Terns broke autumn day total records and for Little Tern it was also the most seen in any autumn except for 1992. An adult Curlew Sandpiper, 24 Black Terns, 68 Arctic Skuas, a Great Skua, a Sooty Shearwater and 52 Balearic Shearwaters were also noteworthy. Two each of first-winter Caspian and Yellow-legged Gulls were also on the beach.
Three Porpoises, a Grey Seal and a Common Seal were seen offshore and a Brown Hare was seen on the land.
Despite the unfavourable conditions an evening search for rare orthoptera was surprisingly successful with two male Large Coneheads, three Sickle-bearing Bush-crickets and plenty of Tree Crickets were noted. Three Mediterranean Stick-insects were found in the Observatory garden.