Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:30 to 08:50

Conditions : 16-19C, NW f3, Mainly sunny. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, Snipe's, E Bank & Arnold's

184 Greylag Goose (flew into Serpentine from fields at 6:40) ,

2 Little Grebe (ad + 2 lge chicks Snipe's, ad Don's) ,

1 Grey Heron ,

7 Little Egret ,

12 Cattle Egret (10 off E Bank, 2 briefly Pat's) ,

2 Cormorant ,

1 Marsh Harrier ,

2 Kestrel ,

5 Oystercatcher (Arnold's) ,

2 Avocet (Pat's) ,

70 Curlew ,

1 Whimbrel (heard only) ,

45 Black-tailed Godwit (44 Pat's, 1 Arnold's) ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (ad f, 'Anouk' Pat's) ,

3 Snipe (2 Pat's, 1 Serpentine) ,

1 Greenshank (Arnold's) ,

40 Redshank (plus 2 lge chicks) ,

7 Green Sandpiper (5 Snipe's, 2 Pat's) ,

1 Common Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

16 Ruff (14 ad m, 2 ad f, Pat's) ,

10 Dunlin (Arnold's) ,

66 Lapwing (plus 1 lge chick) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:35 to 09:10

Conditions : 16-19C, W f3, Hazy sun/cloud. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, Snipe's, E Bank & Arnold's.

192 Greylag Goose (E of E Bank, flew in from 06:45 ) ,

3 Little Grebe (plus 2 lge chicks ) ,

2 Spoonbill (ad + juv, Pat's) ,

2 Grey Heron ,

1 Great White Egret (Pat's) ,

10 Little Egret ,

3 Cattle Egret ,

10 Cormorant ,

2 Marsh Harrier (m + f) ,

2 Kestrel ,

5 Oystercatcher (Arnold's) ,

7 Avocet (incl. 5 juvs, Pat's) ,

60 Curlew (56 off E Bank, 4 Arnold's) ,

1 Snipe (Serpentine) ,

46 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (ad f, 'Anouk', Pat's) ,

1 Greenshank (Arnold's) ,

47 Redshank ,

5 Green Sandpiper (2 Snipe's, 3 Pat's) ,

2 Common Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

13 Ruff (11 ad m, 2 ad f, Pat's) ,

9 Dunlin (Arnold's) ,

3 Ringed Plover (1 beach, 2+ 2 lge chicks Arnold's) ,

21 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 10:45 to 13:30

Conditions : Cloud/Sun. Breezy.

4 Gadwall (+ 7 ducklings, Serp) ,

4 Shelduck (Serp. Incl. 2 juvs) ,

21 Cormorant (Arnolds) ,

7 Redshank (Arnolds) ,

7 Lapwing (Serp. incl 2 Lg chicks) ,

1 Green Sandpiper (Serp) ,

1 Ringed Plover (Arnolds) ,

1 Little Ringed Plover (Arnolds) ,

2 Oystercatcher (Arnolds) ,

46 Curlew (44 E2, 2 Arnolds) ,

2 Herring Gull (Arnolds) ,

1 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Arnolds) ,

127 Black-headed Gull (Arnolds) ,

2 Sandwich Tern (Arnolds) ,

4 Little Egret (2 Arnolds, 2 Serp) ,

1 Cattle Egret (Serp) ,

1 Spoonbill (Serp) ,

1 Kestrel (NE Arnolds) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Location : Salthouse Heath

Time : 09:46 to 09:46

Conditions : Broken cloud, cool, fresh northerly.

3 Hobby (Family party of three flew in together from the south, low over the Heath, then skittered north.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:35 to 10:25

Conditions : Warm, wind from NW.

6 Spoonbill (2 adults and 2 tspoons Simmonds) ,

7 Cattle Egret (1 Simmonds, remainder west over reserve) ,

3 Green Sandpiper (Pats) ,

1 Common Sandpiper (Simmonds) ,

3 Curlew (Simmonds) ,

2 Marsh Harrier (Female and juvenile) ,

160 Lapwing (Inc leucistic bird) ,

c.3 Arctic Skua (west - distant) ,

1 Fulmar (west) ,

1 Arctic Tern (Feeding melee over wreck) ,

3 Little Tern (Feeding and then west) ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (adult SP moulting out west) ,

1 Kittiwake (Juv west) ,

150 Teal (west) ,

c.200 Common Scoter (west) ,

c.20 Gannet (mainly east) ,

4 Whimbrel (west) ,

3 Turnstone (west) ,

12 Bar-tailed Godwit (west) ,

25 Oystercatcher (west) ,

10 Knot (west) ,

35 Dunlin (west) ,

5 Sanderling (west) ,

1 Ringed Plover (west) ,

1 Curlew (west) ,

1 Guillemot (Pale chocolate southern bird on sea then off east) ,

1 Razorbill (East) ,

3 Common Tern (west) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Salthouse

Time : 13:05 to 13:22

Conditions : Warm, partial cloud

c.5 Bearded Tit (5 Juveniles at the end of the Reedbeds beside Iron road ) ,

[Jo King]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:30 to 15:45

Conditions : Warm with low wind speed AM and increasing PM from NW.

20 Gannet (Inc adult drifting east with the tide) ,

15 Common Scoter (Raft offshore - mainly females but also 2 juv drakes) ,

6 Little Tern (Feeding offshore before trundling off towards BP) ,

1 Arctic Tern (In with small feeding melee off the wreck) ,

4 Sandwich Tern ,

c.25 Common Tern ,

2 Stonechat (Juvs on fenceline) ,

21 Cattle Egret (Near West Bank sluice with cattle) ,

5 Spoonbill (Simmonds - inc tspoons ) ,

2 Golden Plover (Simmonds and over North Scrape) ,

c.120 Lapwing (Simmonds and Pats including a leucistic individual) ,

1 Grey Heron (Juvenile into Big Pool) ,

2 Marsh Harrier (Juveniles) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:25 to 09:05

Conditions : 15-21C, W f2-3, Sun. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, Snipe's, E Bank, Arnold's & Sea Pool to Iron Rd.

1 Little Grebe (+ 1 lge chick, Snipe's) ,

1 Spoonbill (ad, Pat's) ,

6 Grey Heron ,

4 Little Egret (Arnold's) ,

3 Cattle Egret (2 with cows Serpentine, 1 N Foreland) ,

7 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

1 Marsh Harrier (juv) ,

1 Kestrel (Sea Pool) ,

4 Oystercatcher (plus 1 chick still on Arnold's) ,

14 Avocet (Pat's) ,

57 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's, later 27 Arnold's & 1 Swan Lake) ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (ad f, 'Anouk' Pat's then Arnold's) ,

77 Curlew ,

22 Redshank ,

4 Green Sandpiper (3 Pat's, 1 Snipe's) ,

1 Common Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

10 Ruff (8 ad m, 2 ad f, Pat's) ,

8 Sanderling (Arnold's) ,

10 Dunlin ,

4 Ringed Plover (2 Arnold's, 2 Beach off Sea Pool) ,

1 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's) ,

1 Bearded Tit (E Bank) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley/Salthouse

Time : 13:36 to 13:36

Conditions : Totally grey, overcast clag, with a stiff, cool northerly bringing in intermittent showers of drizzle.

1 Hobby (Flew low over Watling Water, east to west.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:35 to 07:20

Conditions : 16-17C, NW f5, drizzle for 1st 15 mins then heavy rain! Visited Bishop's & Snipe's before retreating.

1 Little Grebe (ad + lge chick on Snipe's) ,

2 Spoonbill (Snipe's) ,

11 Avocet (Pat's) ,

2 Redshank ,

17 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

1 Green Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

1 Common Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

10 Ruff (ad m, Pat's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]