Weirdly calm at first light but the SSW wind quickly ramped up, eventually peaking at around force 7 in the afternoon bringing a series of sometimes heavy squalls which swept through but also equal spells of bright sunshine. There was again, a steady trickle of waders heading south at sea, never very many but enough to keep us staring at the sea; totals comprised (through the morning and another seawatch in the evening) 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, a Curlew, 5 Dunlin, 2 Greenshank, 11 Grey Plover, 2 Knot, 47 Oystercatchers, a Redshank, 3 Turnstone and 17 Whimbrel.
Also over the sea were 7 Common Scoter, 11 Common Terns, 3 Gannets, a juvenile Kittiwake, 2 Mallards (always scarce on seawatches!), 3 Mediterranean Gulls, 24 Sandwich Terns, 8 Shelduck and a good total of 371 Swifts – mainly out over the sea.
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