An increasingly unpleasantly showery and windy day after a not too bad start had allowed for plenty of coverage that revealed there had been next to no improvement in the parlous migrant situation. Three Caspian Gulls were notable arrivals, but passerine numbers really were dismal, with 5 Whinchats and the lingering Dartford Warbler the only reports of note amongst the low single figure totals of commoner species at the Bill; overhead there, a flock of 19 departing Grey Herons were quite a spectacle but no more than a handful of Swallows were logged heading out to sea. The sea was well-watched with a subliminal Sabine's Gull through off the Bill the chief reward; 101 Balearic Shearwaters, 4 Arctic Skuas, the first Great Northern Diver of the autumn and a Bar-tailed Godwit were the best of the rest. Ferrybridge was busy: the Sandwich Tern influx continued with up to 104 lingering, 13 Bar-tailed Godwits arrived and 36 Oystercatchers, 5 Sanderling, 4 Knot and 2 Little Stints were amongst the commoner waders.
