The wind had swung round from the SW this morning, and was blowing at 30mph from the north-west. It was decidedly more chilly than it had been, with the wind from the north carrying much more of a bite. 

Steve set up outside the Obs for some seawatching, while George headed up to the hide on the North End. Early on, three Eiders, two Great Skuas and a Sooty Shearwater were the highlights, while the rest of the seawatch also brought some good quantity and quality of birds passing with two Manx Shearwaters, 240 Gannets, three Wigeon, 54 Mediterranean Gulls, 34 Black-headed Gulls, nine Common Gulls, 822 Kittiwakes, 285 Razorbills, one Puffin, one Pomarine Skua, another Sooty Shearwater and a Balearic Shearwater, too. Out to the north, the feeding flock of gulls had grown further and now contained approximately 5000 Black-headed Gulls, and 10000 Kittiwakes. 

Looking out from the North End

Seawatching aside, the rest of the day was quite quiet, however there was some overhead passage in the morning consisting of 735 Starlings, 25 Redwings, 192 Chaffinches, 29 Siskins and three Redpolls.