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The total Cley Square bird list

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Records submitted, most recent first. Amber indicates scarce, bold red indicates a description is needed for verification at county or national level, green indicates category D (reasonable doubt of natural occurrence) or category E (escapes or non-sustaining introductions).

 

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Sun 11 October 2026

Cley Village
13:50 to 13:55
Sunny, westerly breeze. Quite warm out of the wind.

1 Clouded Yellow (In cottage garden.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sun 11 October 2026

Cley Marshes
11:30 to 11:35
Sunny, westerly breeze.

1 Swallow (Flew west.) ,

2 Wheatear (Eye Field.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sun 11 October 2026

Cley Village
09:45 to 09:50
Sunny, becoming warmer.

30 Meadow Pipit (At least. Field east of Cley Allotments.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sun 11 October 2026

Cley (sea)
07:20 to 08:50
Sunny, westerly breeze.

26 Red-throated Diver (At least.) ,

4 Manx Shearwater (All west. All close in.) ,

30 Gannet (At least.) ,

4 Common Scoter (Female, then three males. All west.) ,

3 Pintail (West.) ,

80 Ringed Plover (At least. Several flocks heading west.) ,

3 Arctic Tern (Juvs.) ,

2 Guillemot ,

5 Razorbill (At least.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sat 10 October 2026

Cley Marshes
16:30 to 17:30
Windy,dry.

5 Marsh Harrier (Pats) ,

[Mick Roe]

Sat 10 October 2026

Cley Marshes
12:30 to 14:00
Sun & cloud. Strong westerly breeze.

1 Great White Egret (Flew across Simmonds.) ,

1 Pintail (Simmonds.) ,

2 Marsh Harrier ,

13 Dunlin (Simmonds.) ,

1 Snipe (Simmonds.) ,

55 Black-tailed Godwit (Pats.) ,

20 Ruff (Majority on Pats.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sat 10 October 2026

Blakeney GM
09:15 to 11:30
Sunny, cloud building. Fresh westerly breeze.

300 Pink-footed Goose (Approx.) ,

2 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Red Kite (Wiveton Hall Cafe.) ,

3 Buzzard (Wiveton Hall Cafe.) ,

1 Kestrel (Male. Wiveton Hall Cafe.) ,

1 Grey Plover ,

2 Cattle Egret ,

4 Bearded Tit (At least. Cley end.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sat 10 October 2026

Cley Marshes
08:20 to 08:25
Sunny, chilly westerly breeze. High tide.

1 Kingfisher (Hovering over the Glaven from West Bank.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sat 10 October 2026

Cley Marshes
08:15 to 13:00
Cold SW wind, generally clear, some sunshine

2 Grey Phalarope (West appearing to land beyond the Blakeney Tern Hut) ,

60 Gannet (Fishing offshore, loafing around on the sea, mainly juveniles) ,

c.250 Wigeon (west) ,

c.4 Common Scoter (west) ,

11 Red-throated Diver (Mainly east with two on the sea and one flying west close in) ,

1 Brent Goose (west) ,

1 Little Gull (1st winter west) ,

1 Sandwich Tern (west) ,

2 Grey Plover (west) ,

4 Redshank (west) ,

11 Ringed Plover (west) ,

1 Yellow-browed Warbler (Walsey Hills) ,

1 Barn Owl (West over Walsey Hills and seen west across the reserve) ,

[David Griffiths]

Sat 10 October 2026

Cley (sea)
07:00 to 08:20
Sunny, cold westerly breeze.

10 Red-throated Diver (At least.) ,

1 Manx Shearwater (West, distant.) ,

130 Gannet (At least. Regular procession, mostly east. Mix of ages but predominently juvs.) ,

2 Common Scoter (Pair, west.) ,

3 Dunlin (West.) ,

1 Turnstone (West.) ,

45 Curlew (West.) ,

1 Arctic Skua (East, offshore.) ,

1 Arctic Tern (Juv west.) ,

65 Razorbill (At least.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

This screen shows all sightings from the date shown here on the left until today in reverse date sequence.  There is a limited number that show at one time so the page numbers above let you page through them.  If you want to see any earlier sightings you can do this by changing the date on the left to the earliest date you want then click on SHOW MORE.  When the screen refreshes you will need to scroll to the bottom then navigate through the pages to find what you are looking for.