Poor weather lead to a quiet day for birds with conditions bringing brought persistent rain throughout the morning accompanied by a strong Westerly wind blowing at Force 6, mostly poor visibility, and a choppy sea state of 5 as temperatures reached 11°C. 

Some seabird movement was recorded with 96 Gannets, 51 Kittiwakes, 28 Shags, 150 Razorbills, 16 Guillemots, 12 Cormorants, six Manx Shearwaters, one Fulmar, three Mediterranean Gulls, three Common Gulls, and one dark Arctic Skua. Wildfowl wader counts across the coastal and wetland habitats included three Teals, one Water Rail, 42 Curlews, three Whimbrels, 14 Turnstones, two Redshanks, one Ringed Plover, one Grey Plover, one Lapwing, one Purple Sandpiper, and one Snipe. 

Landbird counts were also very quiet with 58 Starlings, 17 Goldfinches, nine Chaffinches, six Siskins, five Redpolls, five Linnets, one Song Thrush, one Redwing, seven Blackbirds, six Jackdaws, one Rook, two Meadow Pipit, five Rock Pipits,  two Chiffchaffs, three Goldcrests, two Robins, and one Stonechat.

Meadow Pipit (c) Ezra Sherwell