An all-day seawatch with more strong easterly winds produced an excellent movement of birds with a total of 33 Pomarine Skuas being the obvious highlight while variety and numbers were provided by 17 Shovelers, two Tufted Ducks, 98 Grey Plovers, 267 Whimbrels, 319 Bar-tailed Godwits, a Spotted Redshank, 65 Knot, 78 Sanderlings, five Little Terns, ten Little Gulls, six Mediterranean Gulls, five Arctic Skuas, two Black-throated Divers and 475 Gannets. A Redstart and 20 Wheatears were of note on the land and 180 Swallows passed overhead.
Four Porpoises and two Grey Seals were feeding offshore.
A Holly Blue butterfly was seen in the Lighthouse Garden and some Grey-backed Mining Bees Andrena vaga were found around the Observatory garden.