Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:15 to 10:40

Conditions : Overcast, occasional sunshine, cool, wind from SW

4 Water Pipit (From Bishops Hide on cut reeds to left of hide) ,

1 Desert Wheatear (1st winter male relocated by GH and watched well near pillbox east of beach carpark.) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:35 to 09:11

Conditions : 11-13C, SE f3, sun after overnight rain. Visited Bishop's.

1630 Pink-footed Goose (counted flying off reserve) ,

3 Avocet ,

8 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

1 Redshank ,

25 Ruff (22 ad m, 2 juv m, 1 ad f, Pat's) ,

3 Snipe ,

25 Dunlin ,

114 Lapwing ,

2 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Kestrel ,

4 Water Pipit (between Pat's & Richardson's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Village

Time : 12:35 to 12:50

Conditions : Overcast, gloomy, wind from SW

1 White-fronted Goose (Eurasian) (In field east of North end of OWL with a dozen PFGs) ,

2 Grey Wagtail (Flew west over OWL) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:25 to 09:15

Conditions : 8-9C, SW f3-4, overcast but dry. Visited Bishop's & central hides.

1 Little Egret ,

1 Cattle Egret (Eye field/Bull Marsh with cows. ) ,

2 Egyptian Goose ,

6 Avocet ,

44 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

5 Curlew (Pat's) ,

2 Redshank ,

14 Ruff (11 ad m, 1 juv m, 1 ad f, 1 juv f) ,

46 Dunlin ,

196 Lapwing ,

22 Golden Plover (Pat's) ,

3 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Kestrel (juv, by boardwalk) ,

1 Stonechat (m) ,

2 Barnacle Goose (with Pinkfeet off Old Woman's Lane) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 09:10 to 09:12

Conditions : Mainly overcast.

1 Dartford Warbler (Briefly, flitting along the gorse beside the N end of the West Bank, though distant.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Outside the Square

Time : 08:33 to 08:34

Conditions : Wind from SE vectoring S, dry and sunny

2 Whooper Swan (For information - two Whoopers flew east overhead at Weybourne and then assumed to have landed on the sea before drifting west and eventually taking flight over Cley (Report by EM). One was ringed - FFU in Iceland at Miklavatn in August 2023 and seen in Suffolk and Cambridgeshire winter 20025/2026.) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:30 to 09:20

Conditions : 7-10C, Sun, SE f4. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's

8 Pintail (Brackish) ,

4 Little Grebe ,

1 Grey Heron ,

2 Great White Egret (in flight over reedbed) ,

2 Little Egret ,

54 Cormorant (Arnold's (fighting for space)) ,

4 Avocet (Pat's) ,

6 Curlew ,

60 Black-tailed Godwit ,

2 Bar-tailed Godwit (Arnold's) ,

1 Snipe (Pat's) ,

22 Redshank ,

8 Ruff (7 ad m, 1 ad f, Pat's) ,

88 Dunlin ,

11 Ringed Plover ,

3 Grey Plover (2 Arnold's, 1 Pat's) ,

7 Golden Plover (Pat's) ,

3 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Stonechat (fem, E Bank) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 13:00 to 14:00

Conditions : Dull, windy.

1 Water Pipit (A few metres from Bishops hide) ,

2 Snipe (In front of Bishops) ,

[Mick Roe]

Location : Salthouse

Time : 11:50 to 12:00

1 Short-eared Owl (Headed inland) ,

[Alan Roe]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:30 to 09:05

Conditions : 12C, E f4-5, overcast. Visited Bishop's, E Bank & Arnold's

8 Pintail (Brackish) ,

5 Little Egret ,

1 Cattle Egret (Pat's at 08:30) ,

4 Glossy Ibis (Pat's) ,

29 Cormorant ,

5 Little Grebe (Main Drain) ,

8 Avocet ,

3 Curlew ,

54 Black-tailed Godwit ,

2 Bar-tailed Godwit (Arnold's) ,

9 Redshank ,

1 Snipe (Pat's) ,

27 Ruff (24 ad m, 2 juv m, 1 ad f, Pat's) ,

1 Curlew Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

56 Dunlin ,

1 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,

2 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,

3 Marsh Harrier (incl. 1 wing-tagged 2cy f) ,

1 Kestrel ,

[David & Pat Wileman]