A strong north westerly wind didn't bode well for migrants and so it proved with just one Wheatear on the west side early morning, a Chiffchaff found early afternoon in the gardens and five Swallows struggling north.
However, the wind did provide a productive sea watch with 70 Gannet (including several sitting on the sea with Cormorants), 40 Sandwich and three Common Tern, four Kittiwake, four Red-throated Diver, three Manx Shearwater (the first this year), three Guillemot, three Great Crested Grebe, one Arctic Skua and one Fulmar.
The two first-winter Brents remain around the islands. Waders were represented by 1,000 Dunlin, most resplendent in summer plumage, eight Whimbrel but just five Turnstone.
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