Location : Blakeney GM

Time : 16:30 to 17:00

Conditions : Cool dry evening.

c.1 Hen Harrier (One male quartering either side of the sea defence. ) ,

[Stephen Heaton]

Location : Salthouse

Time : 12:30 to 13:30

12 Twite (Possibly more: very 'fidgety'!) ,

[David Bryant]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:55 to 08:45

Conditions : 7-8C, W f2-3, cloud with some lt rain. Visted Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts, & E Bank.

6 Pintail (Arnold's) ,

2 Pochard (pr, Don's Pool) ,

3 Little Grebe (1 Snipe's, 2 Dons) ,

1 Coot (Snipe's) ,

2 Spoonbill (1 Pat's, 1 Serpentine) ,

10 Grey Heron ,

4 Little Egret ,

41 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,

5 Oystercatcher ,

55 Avocet ,

101 Black-tailed Godwit ,

20 Curlew ,

3 Snipe ,

32 Redshank ,

22 Ruff (incl. 8 ad m, 1 ad f) ,

21 Dunlin (Pat's) ,

1 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,

1 Stock Dove (E of E Bank) ,

2 Magpie (E of Pope's Pool) ,

1 Chinese Water Deer (E of Pope's Pool) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Village

Time : 15:40 to 15:40

Conditions : Cold, fresh NNW'ly, broken cloud.

1 Great White Egret (From the Glaven valley to Cley marsh.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 11:15 to 11:30

Conditions : Sunny with cold North wind

1 White-tailed Eagle ,

1 White-tailed Eagle ,

1 White-tailed Eagle ,

[Paul & Jan Williams]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 11:00 to 11:25

Conditions : Cold, sunny, strong SW wind

1 White-tailed Eagle (Satellite tagged bird ? 2CY, on east bank of North Scrape after previously landing on Pats Pool. Soon mobbed by BHGs and then off west over the reserve, being lost as it went over the Blakeney Bank. Seen by others in Blakeney heading SSW.) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:55 to 08:45

Conditions : 6-8C, W f5-6, sun/cloud. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's.

2 Egyptian Goose (Pat's) ,

6 Pintail (4 Brackish, 2 Arnold's) ,

1 Little Grebe (calling from drain W of E Bank) ,

6 Grey Heron ,

2 Little Egret ,

32 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,

5 Oystercatcher ,

69 Avocet ,

110 Black-tailed Godwit ,

7 Curlew ,

18 Redshank ,

14 Ruff (9 ad m, 2 fw m, 3 ad f) ,

5 Turnstone (flushed fro shoreline) ,

19 Dunlin ,

3 Marsh Harrier (1 m, 2 f) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 09:00 to 09:06

1 Hen Harrier (Male flew west over Beach Road) ,

1 Stonechat (Male on brambles Beach Road) ,

[David Fell]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:15 to 08:50

Conditions : Walk along East Bank then along shingle past Arnolds and back

2 Great White Egret (1 Serpentine 1 Brackish both black bills) ,

10 Grey Heron (9 standing sentry on Serpentine 1 Brackish) ,

10 Curlew (8 Serpentine 2 Arnolds) ,

1 Reed Bunting (Male off East Bank) ,

2 Pochard (Pair Dons Pool) ,

4 Pintail (2 pair Arnolds) ,

2 Little Egret (Arnolds) ,

[David Fell]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:00 to 13:00

Conditions : Dry, light cloud, some sunshine, strong and cold SW wind.

2 Marsh Harrier (Some spectacular display flights this morning.) ,

2 Red Kite (Over reserve) ,

1 Merlin (Juveniles across reserve west) ,

1 Peregrine (Hunting reserve then off south) ,

c.120 Golden Plover (west) ,

14 Ruff (Simmonds) ,

1 Little Ringed Plover (Whitwell; 2 others seen on Pats by another observer earlier) ,

3 Great White Egret (At least three on reserve - 2 dark billed) ,

2 Sand Martin (West over Simmonds midday) ,

14 Dunlin (Simmonds) ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (1w Pats AM) ,

2 Bearded Tit (From Bishops AM) ,

1 Bittern (2 flights observed but not by me (main reedbed)) ,

4 Twite (West, calling over beach carpark at about 09:15. 14 seen at north end of Iron Road earlier by another observer) ,

c.120 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Pats, Simmonds, Whitwell) ,

[David Griffiths]