Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:30 to 10:00

Conditions : Moderate SW wind, cool, threatening rain.

60 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (21 on SSimmonds and about 40 flushed from North Scrape) ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (Very good contender with the BTGs on Simmonds. Pick-up by GF.) ,

c.2 Little Ringed Plover (Probable nest at back of Simmonds. Change-over seen.b) ,

1 Spoonbill (2 CY bird on Pats) ,

1 Glossy Ibis (Adult in BP off North Scrape and onto Pats, then South Pools, back to Pats and then returned to North Scrape (over about an hour!).) ,

1 Cattle Egret (Non-breeder west) ,

2 Great White Egret (Very brief views of two (yellow bills) dropping onto Bull Marsh. Lost to view.) ,

60 Swift (Over reedbeds/scrapes) ,

2 Marsh Harrier (Including 2CY female type) ,

c.1 Mediterranean Gull (Adult in BP west) ,

3 Sandwich Tern (Onto North Scrape) ,

1 Wigeon (Drake on Pats Pool) ,

3 Teal (2 drakes and a female Pats Pool) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:35 to 08:45

Conditions : 14-16C, SSW f4-5, mainly cloudy. Visited Bishop's, Iron Rd & Babcock.

6 Egyptian Goose (Swan Lake) ,

56 Gadwall ,

1 Wigeon (m, Pat's ) ,

1 Garganey (m, Watling Water ) ,

2 Spoonbill (ad and 2cy (begging!), not together - Pat's) ,

1 Glossy Ibis (Pat's) ,

3 Cattle Egret (with cows E of E Bank) ,

1 Cormorant (flew E) ,

1 Oystercatcher (between Iron Rd & Babcock) ,

52 Avocet (+ 13 chicks) ,

2 Little Ringed Plover (1 Pat's, 1 Watling Water) ,

76 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

3 Marsh Harrier (f/imm) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:15 to 10:20

Conditions : Cool SW wind. Some sunshine but generally overcast and threatening rain.

c.15 Little Tern (Fishing offshore) ,

c.30 Sandwich Tern (Fishing offshore) ,

1 Fulmar (Flew east) ,

3 Glossy Ibis (Adult in BP flew west 08:02 accompanied/chased off by Shelduck. Two others in from high NE (09:22) onto Simmonds briefly before heading off west.) ,

6 Little Ringed Plover (Across three main scrapes) ,

1 Reed Warbler (Adult collecting food in front of Daukes Hide) ,

3 Cattle Egret (2 adults (one in fine BP), also one non-breeder. Pats Pool and off with cattle.) ,

4 Spoonbill (Adult and 2CY bird on Pats, adult west high and adult in from west joinng the two on Pats Pool.) ,

1 Common Tern (In from sea and over scrapes briefly.) ,

c.60 Swift (Feeding over reserve) ,

2 Little Egret (west) ,

1 Grey Heron (east) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:30 to 08:35

Conditions : 14-16C, SW f4, sun. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's. Eel survey taking place in main Drain

1 Little Grebe (chick on Snipe;s) ,

2 Spoonbill ,

1 Grey Heron ,

4 Little Egret ,

2 Cattle Egret ,

14 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

9 Oystercatcher ,

52 Avocet (plus 3 chicks) ,

12 Redshank ,

1 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,

1 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,

2 Fox (ad + large cub on Pat's) ,

1 Reeves' Muntjac (Beach N of Arnold's) ,

1 Painted Lady (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:30 to 11:15

Conditions : Overcast, dry until 09:30 then increasing intensity of rain.

4 Cattle Egret (Looking very smart. Near BP. All on or around Pats Pool.) ,

2 Spoonbill (Adult and 2CY, Pats Pool) ,

6 Little Ringed Plover (Pats and Simmonds) ,

24 Avocet (Pats and Simmonds. Considerable aggressive behaviourr) ,

c.2 Little Egret (Pats) ,

6 Mute Swan (Pats) ,

2 Oystercatcher (Simmonds) ,

15 Redshank (inc 3 chicks on Simmonds) ,

c.2 Marsh Harrier (Over reedbeds) ,

1 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (West along beach) ,

4 Teal (Drakes and a single female Simmonds) ,

24 Gadwall (Simmonds) ,

1 Little Tern (west) ,

2 Sandwich Tern (west) ,

1 Hobby (Hunting over reedbeds) ,

1 Cuckoo (Protracted views of a perched up and calling bird north of Pats Pool. Pushed around by Pipits!) ,

25 House Martin (Feeding and collecting mud) ,

c.20 Sand Martin (Feeding and resting up in heavy rain) ,

c.120 Swallow (Big feeding push, plus locals resting up and in/out of hides) ,

c.20 Swift (Feeding low) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 05:30 to 06:30

Conditions : Overcast with some light rain

c.1 Glossy Ibis ((north scrape) Adult) ,

[Peter Tilton]

Location : Cley Village

Time : 07:10 to 07:10

Conditions : Perfect June day.

1 Cuckoo (Flew onto the top of a dead beech on Anterton Hill, singing heartily, but immediately mobbed by two Jackdaws & chased off south over the village. ( Pristine bird, but no time to even raise the camera!)) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:48 to 08:30

Conditions : 16-18C, SSW f3, sun. Visited Snipe's, E Bank & Arnold's. (Pat only) -

2 Egyptian Goose (off E Bank) ,

2 Little Grebe (pr + 2 chicks Don's) ,

1 Grey Heron ,

2 Little Egret ,

2 Spoonbill (flew into Arnold's) ,

19 Avocet (plus 4 chicks) ,

8 Oystercatcher ,

8 Redshank ,

1 Curlew (Arnold's) ,

1 Cuckoo (flew W behind Walsey & N Foreland, calling, at c.07:00 ) ,

1 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Buzzard (N Foreland) ,

5 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

1 Little Tern (Brackish) ,

1 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 15:10 to 19:50

Conditions : Sunny, some cloud. 23C. Calm. Visited Bishop's, East Bank, Beach, North Scrape, West Bank, Central Hides.

c.30 Greylag Goose (24 Serpentine, Keeper's ) ,

1 Greylag x Canada Goose (Serpentine with Canada Geese) ,

28 Canada Goose (Serpentine ) ,

c.50 Shelduck (Across reserve) ,

c.50 Gadwall (Pat's, Serpentine, North Scrape) ,

c.10 Mallard (Serpentine ) ,

4 Teal (North Scrape) ,

2 Little Grebe (With 2 chick's, Don's ) ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (Simmond's) ,

c.10 Little Tern (Over Brackish and sea) ,

c.30 Avocet (Across reserve, inc 2 chicks on Serpentine ) ,

c.10 Oystercatcher (Across reserve) ,

17 Ringed Plover (1 Pat's, 2 Serpentine, 2 Brackish, 12 North Scrape) ,

1 Little Ringed Plover (2 Pat's) ,

c.45 Lapwing (Across Reserve) ,

9 Black-tailed Godwit (North Scrape) ,

1 Snipe (Serpentine ) ,

c.35 Redshank (Across Reserve. 1 chicken in Serpentine ) ,

1 Greenshank (Pat's) ,

1 Ruff (Pat's) ,

1 Dunlin (North Scrape) ,

1 Glossy Ibis (North Scrape) ,

6 Spoonbill (1 Arnold's, 5 Pat's) ,

c.10 Little Egret (Mostly Pat's ans west of West Bank) ,

5 Cattle Egret (Pat's. ) ,

2 Grey Heron (Pat's, Serpentine ) ,

4 Marsh Harrier ,

2 Swift (Over Boardwalk) ,

4 Bearded Tit (West of East Bank) ,

[David Nurse]

Location : Muckleburgh Hill (W)

Time : 09:26 to 09:28

2 Glossy Ibis (two birds in off the sea high over Weybourne Camp then spooked by model aircraft and flew south west over Kelling Village) ,

[Paul Laurie]