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.

West winds at force 5 brought sea state 4 conditions with good visibility, dry weather, and a maximum temperature of 17°C.

Seawatching offshore was headlined by 30 Common Dolphins moving south off the West Coast alongside a brief feeding frenzy off the North End featuring 25 Manx Shearwaters and 29 Gannets (with possible tuna present). Additional seabird passage included four Fulmars, eight Kittiwakes, six Sandwich Terns, a single Balearic Shearwater off the West Coast, a male Common Scoter heading south off the West Coast and a Razorbill. Coastal sightings included 32 Curlews, 27 Shags, two Redshanks, a Snipe, a Whimbrel, and a Turnstone. Raptor sightings featured an adult male Sparrowhawk at the Wetlands and a Peregrine on the Mountain. 

Migrant passerines and grounded songbirds showed a steady presence, led by 10 Willow Warblers (two trapped and ringed at Nant), five Chiffchaffs (one retrapped at Nant), four Blackcaps, two Goldcrests (one trapped and ringed at the Observatory), a Sedge Warbler, and a Song Thrush. Visible passage and resident counts included 20 White Wagtails, eight unassigned alba wagtails, nine Grey Wagtails, 22 Meadow Pipits, 17 Swallows, four House Martins, 12 Linnets and seven Robins with one trapped and ringed at Nant.

Butterfly and insect highlights benefitted from the dry weather, featuring 12 Red Admirals, 11 Painted Ladies, a Comma and three Migrant Hawkers.

Comma in the Green Lane (c) Phoebe Moss

Strong west-southwesterly force 6 winds brought rough seas and good visibility with no precipitation, and temperatures peaking at 16°C.

Seawatching passage along the West Coast delivered three Sooty Shearwaters, two Balearic Shearwaters, 900 Manx Shearwaters, nine Arctic Skuas, and three Great Skuas (including two off the West Coast and one passing Narrows). Terns passing offshore were represented by a Sandwich Tern and four Commic Terns off the West Coast. Gulls and other seabirds moving offshore included 132 Kittiwakes, six Great Black-backed Gulls, five Herring Gulls, 200 Gannets, seven Cormorants, four Fulmars, three Shags, three Guillemots, and two Razorbills. Coastal waders and waterbirds featured 41 Curlews, three Ringed Plovers, two Whimbrels, two Turnstones, a Common Sandpiper, and a Redshank.

Passerine activity included 15 White Wagtails, four unassigned alba wagtails, 16 Swallows, 41 Linnets, seven Rock Pipits, four Meadow Pipits, five Wheatears, four Robins, two Willow Warblers, a Chiffchaff, and a Stonechat. 

Cetacean and terrestrial mammal sightings were highlighted by six Harbour Porpoises off the West Coast, along with single records of a 120 grey seal including 4 seal pups, and Common Shrew and a Wood Mouse around the Observatory. 

Grey Seal mother defending her pup (c) Phoebe Moss