A thoroughly miserable day with strong NE winds and heavy rain from 0800hrs saw a continuous heavy passage of birds arriving from the east with a Lapwing, six Snipe, two Short-eared Owls, 21 Skylarks, 2009 Starlings, a Mistle Thrush, 13 Fieldfares, four Grey Wagtails, three Rock Pipits, another massive movement of 8300 Chaffinches, 18 Bramblings, five Redpolls (three Commons), 362 Goldfinches and 260 Siskins. Four Egyptian Geese and a Cattle Egret flew over. Grounded migrants included two Firecrests, 14 Song Thrushes, 166 Redwings, 50 Blackbirds and a Redstart while a Merlin and a Dartford Warbler were also seen.
Birds passing offshore included Brent Geese (137E,690W), 52 Wigeon, a Pintail, nine Teal, 64 Common Scoters, a Red-breasted Merganser, 23 Sanderlings, 26 Mediterranean Gulls, 12 Sandwich Terns, an Arctic Skua and 200 Gannets.
Two Porpoises and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore.