Southerly force 5 winds generated sea state 4 conditions with good visibility and temperatures reaching a warm 20°C.

Offshore passage today was varied including two Arctic Skuas passing South End, alongside 17 Manx Shearwaters, 111 Common Scoters including one drake showing partial asymmetric leucism, 83 Gannets, 11 Fulmars, and 27 Shags. Terns moving along the coast included a Black Tern off the West Coast, 76 Sandwich Terns, and six Common Terns off the North End. Gulls and alcids were represented by 12 Kittiwakes, ten Lesser Black-backed Gulls, five Great Black-backed Gulls, four Herring Gulls, three Black-headed Gulls, two Yellow-legged Gulls, 13 Razorbills and two Guillemots. High numbers of waders passed by the West Coast during the morning with the highlights being two Curlew Sandpiper and a Snipe heading south off the North End. Additional shorebird records included 165 Dunlin, 14 Ringed Plovers, seven Sanderlings and seven Purple Sandpiper in passage and nine Turnstones, 19 Curlews, three Whimbrels and a Snipe on the coast. Raptors logged were a male Sparrowhawk in the lowlands and a Kestrel at South End. 

Fulmar (c) Joel Tragen

Mixed flock of waders (Dunlin, Snipe, Ringed Plover) moving past the North End (c) Joel Tragen

Landbird migration and grounded songbirds featured a Spotted Flycatcher at Nant, three Goldcrests, five Chiffchaffs, two Willow Warblers, a Blackcap, three Wheatears, five Robins, six Stonechats and a Song Thrush. Visible movement overhead included 20 House Martins heading south, eight Swallows, a Sand Martin off the North End, 14 White Wagtails, ten unassigned alba wagtails, three Grey Wagtails, three Pied Wagtails, eight Meadow Pipits, nine Rock Pipits and 17 Linnets.

Invertebrate activity was exceptionally high, led by 50 Painted Ladies scattered across the island, 10–15 Clouded Yellows, eight Red Admirals, three Small Coppers, three Common Blues, two Green-veined Whites, a Comma, a Speckled Wood, a Humming-bird Hawk-moth, a Silver Y, and a Migrant Hawker.