Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:35 to 08:55

Conditions : 14-16C, S f3, cloud some lt rain. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's.

1 Wigeon (m Pat's) ,

3 Little Grebe (ad + 1 m/lge chick, Snipe's, pr + 2 med chicks Don's) ,

1 Spoonbill (off E Bank) ,

2 Little Egret ,

1 Cattle Egret (E of E Bank) ,

9 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

6 Oystercatcher ,

65 Avocet (plus 6 chicks) ,

57 Black-tailed Godwit (44 Arnold's) ,

1 Greenshank (Pat's) ,

8 Redshank ,

3 Little Ringed Plover (2 Pat's, 1 Serpentine) ,

2 Ringed Plover (1 Shingle N of E Bank, 1 Arnold's) ,

1 Water Rail (heard, Pat's) ,

4 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's) ,

1 Marsh Harrier (m) ,

2 Chinese Water Deer (ad + fawn) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:00 to 07:30

Conditions : Overcast, dull, cool, light drizzle

1 Glossy Ibis (Feeding in front of Daukes Hide) ,

5 Cattle Egret (One Pats Pool, 4 North Scrape) ,

1 Greenshank (Pats Pool) ,

1 Barn Owl (Hunting along beach scrub then off down West Bank) ,

1 Garganey (Drake on Watling Water) ,

1 Spoonbill (tSpoon on Watling Water briefly before flying to Swan Lake area) ,

6 Egyptian Goose (Watling Water) ,

6 Little Ringed Plover (Main scrapes) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Kelling Heath

Time : 10:06 to 10:35

Conditions : 16c sunny, SE 3 Crossed heath to Kelling village

3 Woodlark ,

[David Nurse]

Location : Salthouse Heath

Time : 10:06 to 10:06

Conditions : Warm, broken cloud.

1 Woodlark (On roadside burnt gorse.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 09:00 to 10:40

1 Great White Egret (No black bill/yellow bill issues....this one's got both.) ,

1 Cattle Egret (Tucked in out of the wind, having been mobbed by lapwings earlier.) ,

3 Barnacle Goose (Heading west over the beach) ,

1 Garganey (Showing well on Pat's for a time.) ,

1 Greenshank (On Pat's) ,

[John Fairey]

Location : Cley 10Km Square

Time : 08:10 to 10:40

Conditions : Warm, breezy SW wind. Dry.

1 Quail (South of Salthouse Village off Broomstyle lane in Barley Field. Calling regularly but as usual unseen!) ,

1 Garganey (Drake on Pats Pool) ,

1 Cattle Egret (Simmonds) ,

1 Great White Egret (Adult coming out of BP west of Whitwell Scrape and off SW.) ,

3 Spoonbill (Adults on Pats Pool) ,

1 Little Egret (Flew west from North Scrape) ,

6 Little Ringed Plover (Three main scrapes) ,

1 Greenshank (Pats) ,

3 Marsh Harrier (Over reserve) ,

2 Kestrel (Over reserve) ,

2 Bearded Tit (Juveniles flew across Pats infront of Bishops Hide) ,

3 Barnacle Goose (Flew west after having arrived from that direction (Another observer) earlier.) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 18:33 to 18:34

Conditions : grey cloud, rain, SSE18.

1 Greenshank (Silver shadow) ,

[Tom Whiley]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 16:15 to 20:45

Conditions : Sunshine and clouds. ESE 3 dropping off. Feeling fresher. Visited central hides, West Bank, North Scrape, East Bank, Bishop's.

8 Greylag Goose (Serpentine, Wigeon Marsh) ,

2 Canada Goose (Wigeon Marsh) ,

2 Egyptian Goose (Bull Marsh) ,

4 Shoveler (Pat's and North Scrape) ,

c.60 Gadwall (Across reserve) ,

2 Wigeon (Pat's ) ,

2 Teal (Pat's ) ,

17 Cormorant (Arnold's ) ,

1 Little Grebe (With chick on Don's ) ,

5 Little Tern (Over Brackish and sea) ,

1 Common Tern (Dropped into North Scrape for a wash) ,

3 Sandwich Tern (Feeding over sea) ,

c.60 Avocet (Across all scrapes. 4 chicks on Serpentine ) ,

c.12 Oystercatcher (Across reserve) ,

2 Ringed Plover (North Scrape and Serpentine) ,

6 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's, Simmond's, Whitwell, Serpentine ) ,

c.20 Lapwing (Across reserve) ,

72 Black-tailed Godwit (Most birds seen at one time on North scrape. Smaller groups seen elsewhere but all pretty mobile between scrapes) ,

1 Snipe (Serpentine ) ,

c.40 Redshank (Across reserve) ,

1 Greenshank (Pat's ) ,

1 Glossy Ibis (Dropped into North Scrape ca. 19:00, then came into Pat's 20:20) ,

3 Spoonbill (2 on Pat's, then 3 flying west later) ,

4 Little Egret (Pat's and Arnold's ) ,

3 Cattle Egret (2 on Pat's, 3 flying East over North Scrape later) ,

2 Grey Heron (Pat's and Serpentine ) ,

3 Marsh Harrier (Across reserve) ,

1 Red Kite (Over central hides) ,

1 Buzzard (Over village from skirts) ,

1 Kestrel (Hovering over VC car park ) ,

5 Bearded Tit (Pair and 3 fledglings showing well behind Don's. Others glimpsed further back) ,

1 Cetti's Warbler (Briefly showing well on skirts) ,

4 Reed Warbler (2 Catching bulrush seeds in the air over Don's) ,

[David Nurse]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:30 to 08:35

Conditions : 13-15C, SW4, Sun. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's

54 Gadwall (Pat's, the normal spring build-up of non-breeding birds.) ,

1 Wigeon (m, Pat's) ,

1 Garganey (m, Pat's) ,

3 Little Grebe (ad + 2 chicks on Snipe's, pr + 2 chicks on Don's) ,

1 Spoonbill (2cy) ,

2 Little Egret ,

6 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

16 Oystercatcher (plus 3 sm chicks on Arnold's) ,

51 Avocet (plus 1 sm chick) ,

8 Bar-tailed Godwit ,

78 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

1 Greenshank ,

8 Redshank ,

3 Little Ringed Plover (2 Pat's, 1 Serpentine) ,

1 Ringed Plover (beach, nr E Bank) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

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]