Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 09:00 to 14:20

Conditions : Warm, light SW wind, sunny then clouding over and cooler PM.

15 Great Crested Grebe (on sea) ,

55 Red-throated Diver (20+ on sea, remainder mostly flying east in small groups) ,

c.2 Red Kite (Over Blakeney Freshes and later at least two over main reserve) ,

c.12 Buzzard (Maximum number in the air at one time west of West Bank PM) ,

4 Rock Pipit (Near West Bank Sluice early AM) ,

1 Jack Snipe (Usual bird requiring patience in cut reeds to the left of Bishops Hide. Occassional preening and bobbing) ,

1 Snipe (Cut reeds to left of Bishops Hide and around Pats Pool.) ,

37 Avocet (Pats) ,

22 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Pats) ,

4 Moorhen (Catchwater Drain) ,

3 Bearded Tit (East Bank - very vocal but unsighted) ,

2 Stonechat (East Bank) ,

2 Reed Bunting (Pair East Bank) ,

5 Marsh Harrier (Including a male displaying) ,

17 Curlew (West) ,

1 Ruff (Male with a damaged leg off East Bank) ,

1 Great White Egret (Simmonds, alongside a Little Egret and a great size comparison) ,

7 Dunlin (Serpentine) ,

2500 Lapwing (Minimum count of birds around the reserve. Many more ? 5000 Blakeney Freshes) ,

3000 Pink-footed Goose (In fron east and onto Blakeney Freshes) ,

c.2 Little Egret (Simmonds and Serpentine) ,

1 Kingfisher (Briefly from Bishops Hide) ,

1 Pale-bellied Brent Goose (Eye Field with DBBGs) ,

240 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Eye Field) ,

c.9 Skylark (Song flighting around Eye Field) ,

c.64 Gadwall (Brackish Lagoon) ,

4 Little Grebe (Brackish Lagoon) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley 10Km Square

Time : 14:30 to 16:30

Conditions : murky, low cloud and drizzle.

1 Glossy Ibis (4 pm Flew from Blakeney over West Bank and on to reserve. ) ,

2 Raven (Two flew low over West Bank, calling, and continued over the saltmarsh towards Blakeney Point.) ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (Adult in winter plumage. ) ,

1 Snow Goose (Blue Phase bird with Brent Geese in north-east corner of Eye Field. Seen from West Bank, only upper parts visible. ) ,

[Paul Laurie]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:05 to 09:00

Conditions : 4C, ESE f 4, drizzle & mist (grotty). Visited Bishop's & E Bank

c.5000 Pink-footed Goose (flying over high E) ,

2 Pintail (Brackish) ,

4 Little Grebe (Brackish) ,

35 Avocet (Pat's) ,

48 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

1 Curlew (Arnold's) ,

7 Redshank (Arnold's) ,

c.690 Lapwing ,

2 Little Egret ,

2 Marsh Harrier ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:55 to 10:00

Conditions : 4C, ESE f2, cloud/mist. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's

7570 Pink-footed Goose (flying E during 2 hrs in large flocks. May have missed a few!!) ,

220 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (163 on Pat's, rest flying E) ,

3 Pintail (Arnold's/Brackish) ,

3 Little Grebe (Brackish) ,

2 Little Egret ,

3 Oystercatcher (Arnold's, first here for a while) ,

37 Avocet (Pat's) ,

48 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

6 Curlew (Arnold's) ,

9 Redshank ,

550 Lapwing (at least) ,

3 Marsh Harrier ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Morston

Time : 12:30 to 14:00

Conditions : Temperature gauge said 0 degrees. Light SW breeze, sunny and feeling warm!

2 Glossy Ibis (Seen on saltmarsh to east of path out to harbour and then up and overhead, landing between Morston and Blakeney) ,

4 Rock Pipit (On walk out to Blakeney Harbour) ,

3 Greenshank (Morston channel) ,

60 Bar-tailed Godwit (Blakeney Harbour) ,

c.2 Great Northern Diver (Main channel of Blakeney Harbour ) ,

40 Pintail ,

c.8 Red-breasted Merganser (Main channel) ,

3 Red Kite ,

2 Marsh Harrier ,

7 Turnstone ,

4 Grey Plover ,

25 Dunlin ,

60 Oystercatcher ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Wiveton

Time : 10:15 to 10:15

Conditions : Wiveton to Langham road

5 Redwing ,

1 Buzzard ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Salthouse

Time : 09:00 to 14:15

Conditions : Thin veil of stratocumulus, light SE.

2 Barnacle Goose (Watling Water & meadows, often in with Brent.) ,

1 Pied Wagtail ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:55 to 10:05

Conditions : 2-5C, S f2, cloud. Visited Bishop's, Skirts E Bank & Arnold's.

107 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (flying E in small flocks) ,

2 Pintail (Arnold's) ,

4 Little Grebe (Brackish) ,

1 Little Egret (Brackish) ,

2 Cormorant ,

36 Avocet (Pat's) ,

22 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

5 Curlew (Arnold's/Brackish) ,

1 Snipe (Richardson's) ,

26 Redshank ,

31 Dunlin ,

2 Ruff (1 ad m, 1 fw m Pat's) ,

717 Lapwing ,

4 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Kestrel ,

1 Little Gull (2cy Pat's) ,

1 Stonechat ,

1 Reed Bunting (E Bank) ,

2 Bearded Tit (off E Bank) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Blakeney Hbr

Time : 07:00 to 10:00

Conditions : low tide, no wind great light.

3 Glossy Ibis (Three flew over the harbour at 9 am after the local shoot began around the Stiffkey Flood. They flew out over the saltmarsh and then drifted back west. ) ,

2 Long-tailed Duck ,

2 Great Northern Diver ,

9 Goldeneye (four displaying males among the nine ) ,

1 Pale-bellied Brent Goose (adult on mud off middle point) ,

425 Bar-tailed Godwit ,

890 Dark-bellied Brent Goose ,

1 Caspian Gull (adult) ,

12 Red-breasted Merganser ,

1 Great Crested Grebe ,

7 Gadwall ,

4700 Pink-footed Goose (out of roost east or south east. ) ,

56 Sanderling ,

[Paul Laurie]

Location : Morston

Time : 11:15 to 11:45

Conditions : Cold, strong SE wind, Moderate rainfall

1 Red-breasted Goose (Adult with Dark Bellied Brent Geese and Barnacle Geese on field to east of approach road to Morston Quay. Flock flew off later (just after my departure - heading north). Supposition that this might be the Islay RBG which associated with Barnacles over the early winter and which has not been sighted there since 20 January!) ,

7 Barnacle Goose (With RBG and DBBG.) ,

250 Dark-bellied Brent Goose ,

[David Griffiths]