Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 13:00 to 15:10

Conditions : Cool, sunny spells, cool SW wind

4 Blackcap (Walsey Hills, North Foreland) ,

5 Chiffchaff (Walsey Hills, North Foreland, Skirts) ,

2 Little Grebe (Displaying on Snipes Marsh) ,

1 Great White Egret (Dark billed bird north of boardwalk to Central Hides) ,

3 Red Kite (Over reserve) ,

7 Little Ringed Plover (2 on Whitwell, 5 Simmonds) ,

16 Dunlin (Simmonds) ,

6 Ruff (Simmonds) ,

11 Avocet (Simmonds) ,

32 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Simmonds/Whitwell) ,

2 Pintail (Pair flying east over shingle ridge) ,

1 Little Egret (Simmonds) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Blakeney Hbr

Time : 06:50 to 09:20

Conditions : High Tide

2 Long-tailed Duck (the wintering birds still present) ,

2 Great Northern Diver (1st year birds) ,

3 Spoonbill (west) ,

5 Swallow (west) ,

1 House Martin (west) ,

1 Sandwich Tern ,

1 Peregrine (adult feeding on carcase ) ,

55 Knot ,

114 Bar-tailed Godwit ,

5 Great Crested Grebe ,

[Paul Laurie]

Location : Kelling Heath

Time : 15:00 to 15:05

Conditions : Dry, sunny, windy

1 Goshawk (High, drifting west) ,

[Sean Dempster]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:45 to 14:30

Conditions : Cool initially, some sunshine and warming up but increasingly strong SW winds

6 Marsh Harrier (In the air together - 3 of each) ,

1 Sparrowhawk (Large female hunting reserve) ,

8 Mediterranean Gull (West in twos over North Scrape - very vocal) ,

1 Grey Partridge (Field south of A149 opposite Babcock Hide) ,

1 Greylag Goose (21 field west of Babcock track including pale grey (leucism) bid.) ,

1 White-fronted Goose (Eurasian) (With Greylags - something not quite right about this bird?) ,

16 Dunlin (Simmonds) ,

7 Ruff (Simmonds) ,

4 Snipe (Simmonds and 3 on Whitwell) ,

1 Great White Egret (Dark billed bird flew across reserve) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Village

Time : 14:30 to 14:30

Conditions : Overcast, light SW.

1 Blackcap ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Blakeney (sea)

Time : 16:00 to 18:00

Conditions : Calm sunny evening. Light winds, but cool temperature (about 10 degrees c).

1 Short-eared Owl (Hunting over Blakeney Eye) ,

1 Barn Owl (Hunting over Blakeney Eye) ,

2 Buzzard ,

3 Curlew ,

[Stephen Heaton]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:45 to 10:30

Conditions : Initially very cold and damp, light drizzle, strong SW wind. Later sunny with light cloud.

1 Sandwich Tern (West) ,

3 Eider (Drakes east) ,

c.50 Kittiwake (west in small groups) ,

3 Spoonbill (West over reserve, 1 on Pats 10:15) ,

7 Common Scoter (west) ,

c.250 Black-headed Gull (Approximate numbers - all west in groups of 25 - 50) ,

1 Firecrest (Walsey Hills track) ,

2 Blackcap (Walsey Hills) ,

2 Chiffchaff (Walsey Hills) ,

1 Coot (Lone bird on Snipes Marsh) ,

2 Little Grebe (Snipes Marsh) ,

2 Canada Goose (Prospecting Dons Pool) ,

51 Dunlin (Pats) ,

88 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Pats) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:55 to 08:20

Conditions : 6C, N f5, cloud with drizzly showers. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts & E Bank.

2 Pintail (pr Arnold's) ,

1 Little Grebe (Snipe's) ,

1 Coot (Snipe's) ,

1 Spoonbill (Pat's) ,

12 Grey Heron ,

6 Little Egret ,

27 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,

5 Oystercatcher ,

56 Avocet ,

20 Redshank ,

26 Curlew (mainly E of E Bank) ,

1 Snipe (Pat's) ,

119 Black-tailed Godwit (mainly Pat's) ,

9 Ruff (3 ad m, 1 fw m, 1 ad f) ,

43 Dunlin ,

4 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

1 Barn Owl (West Bank) ,

2 Short-eared Owl (West Bank) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Location : Salthouse

Time : 14:00 to 14:15

Conditions : Calm, sunny, some cloud. Light NW.

2 Wheatear (Pair of wheatear, on the track, to east of the middle of Iron Rd. ) ,

[Jonathan White]