Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:30 to 09:25

Conditions : 6-8C, NNW f4, cloud then sun/rain/hail. Visited Bishop's Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's

63 Dark-bellied Brent Goose ,

1 Pintail (Brackish) ,

3 Little Grebe ,

1 Grey Heron ,

2 Little Egret ,

1 Buzzard ,

4 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Water Rail (heard, Pat's) ,

11 Avocet ,

2 Curlew (Arnold's) ,

66 Black-tailed Godwit ,

3 Redshank ,

3 Turnstone ,

7 Dunlin ,

1 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,

519 Lapwing ,

1 Stonechat (fem, E Bank by Main Drain) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:25 to 08:55

Conditions : 10>8C, SW f4, Sun after 07:48 sunrise. Dawn Pinkfoot Count. Visited Bishop's, & Skirts, Coastguards to N Screen.

c.1600 Pink-footed Goose (full count from whole team to be added when totalled) ,

26 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (North scrape) ,

1 Great White Egret (W over reserve) ,

1 Little Egret ,

4 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Peregrine (East) ,

1 Water Rail (heard, Pat's) ,

10 Avocet (Pat's) ,

26 Black-tailed Godwit ,

11 Curlew ,

1 Redshank (N Pool) ,

2 Turnstone (North Scrape) ,

7 Dunlin ,

625 Lapwing ,

1 Kingfisher ,

1 Stonechat (m, Eye Field) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:30 to 14:45

Conditions : Cool, wind from SW but dropping late AM when sunshine and light cloud.

1 Red-necked Grebe (West) ,

17 Red-throated Diver (West) ,

1 Great Crested Grebe (West) ,

60 Common Scoter (west) ,

4 Mute Swan (On sea west of beach carpark) ,

1 Water Pipit (Pats) ,

1 Grey Wagtail (Pats) ,

c.2000 Pink-footed Goose (In from NE - seen a long way out and straight onto Eye Field.) ,

5 Marsh Harrier (Around reserve but one juvenile headed out NW over sea and lost distantly) ,

1 Peregrine (Tundra) (Calidus type perched up for over two hours north of Daukes before becoming more active after about 13:30.) ,

2 Buzzard (Different birds around reserve, mainly perched up) ,

c.7 Avocet (Pats) ,

3 Ruff (Pats) ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Sole survivor of the high water levels on the scrapes, rest (with LBD) off somewhere else for now.) ,

5 Curlew (Simmonds) ,

2 Kingfisher (Around central hides) ,

1 Great White Egret (Watling Water then flew to Swan Lake mid morning) ,

1 Snipe (Watling Water) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 11:11 to 11:11

Conditions : Bright, sunny, fresh SE'ly.

1 Peregrine (Juv, (in off, high, then west, pushed by fresh tail-wind.), Marsh Harrier, (in off, high, struggling into head-wind, and heading south).) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:30 to 09:25

Conditions : 4-7C, SSE f5, sun. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Brackish viewing Arnold's & N Scrape from Shingle.

374 Pink-footed Goose ,

3 Pintail (Brackish) ,

185 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Pat's 08:00-08:45) ,

5 Little Grebe (Brackish/Main Drain) ,

1 Grey Heron ,

2 Little Egret ,

5 Cormorant (W over sea) ,

1 Buzzard ,

6 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Kestrel ,

1 Water Rail (heard, Pat's) ,

12 Avocet (Pat's) ,

9 Redshank ,

10 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

1 Ruff (ad m, Pat's) ,

575 Lapwing ,

2 Stonechat (in bush N of Pat's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 14:40 to 14:43

Conditions : Calm, cloudless.

1 Great White Egret (West Bank.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:25 to 09:45

Conditions : 4-6C, WNW f3, sun. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank, Arnold's & Beach Rd.

3340 Pink-footed Goose (incl. 2270 on Pat's at 07:35) ,

25 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (all ads, Pat's at 08:36) ,

6 Pintail ,

8 Little Grebe (Main Drain, Brackish & Arnold's) ,

3 Little Egret ,

3 Marsh Harrier ,

2 Water Rail (heard) ,

7 Avocet ,

19 Black-tailed Godwit ,

3 Curlew ,

8 Redshank ,

1 Ruff (ad m, Pat's) ,

1 Turnstone (Serpentine) ,

11 Dunlin ,

42 Lapwing ,

1 Kingfisher (Pat's) ,

1 Chinese Water Deer ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Glandford

Time : 11:52 to 11:52

Conditions : Cloudless, cool SW'ly.

1 Buzzard (Glandford Ford.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:25 to 09:25

Conditions : 5-8C, SW f4, sun. Visited, Boshop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's.

1800 Pink-footed Goose (at least left reserve by 09:10 - may not have all roosted) ,

108 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Pat's 07:52-08:35) ,

19 Pintail (incl. 17 on Brackish) ,

6 Little Grebe (Brackish & Main Drain) ,

1 Great White Egret (E over E Bank at c. 08:15) ,

2 Little Egret ,

2 Cormorant ,

1 Buzzard ,

4 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Peregrine (feeding on shoreline between E Bank & Coastguards at 08:30, looked like adult but distant) ,

5 Avocet (Pat's) ,

5 Curlew ,

36 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Long-billed Dowitcher (Pat's/Simmond's) ,

1 Snipe (Pat's) ,

23 Redshank ,

1 Turnstone (Arnold's) ,

27 Dunlin ,

1 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,

92 Lapwing ,

1 Kingfisher (Pat's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:00 to 10:00

Conditions : Wind from SW, gusting, cool.

8 Velvet Scoter (7 off East Bank joined by another flying in from the west) ,

c.80 Common Scoter (Sea) ,

3 Great Crested Grebe (Sea) ,

9 Red-throated Diver (3 on sea, 6 east) ,

c.4000 Pink-footed Goose (In from SW and down onto Blakeney Freshers. Quite a sight and sound.) ,

1 Long-billed Dowitcher (On Pats in front of Teal Hide. Thankfully back from a brief sojourn to the west!) ,

[David Griffiths]