Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 15:00 to 16:30

Conditions : Cloudy, breezy.

1 Snipe (Whitwell Scrape) ,

3 Green Sandpiper (1 Whitwell, 2 Pat's)) ,

7 Lapwing (4 Simmonds, 2 Pat's, 1 Whitwell) ,

2 Hobby (Down on NW Simmonds, occ up to chase prey) ,

1 Little Egret (Whitwell) ,

4 Swift ,

1 Kestrel ,

10 Ruff (Pat's) ,

54 Black-tailed Godwit (5 Simmonds, 49 Pat's) ,

2 Swallow (Teal Hide) ,

4 Avocet (Pat's) ,

1 Common Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

3 Dunlin (Pat's) ,

1 Little Stint (Pat's) ,

6 Redshank (Pat's) ,

1 Little Grebe (Drain-Daukes) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Location : Blakeney Point

Time : 07:45 to 13:15

Conditions : Overcast, wind from NE. Not a migrant to be found despite promising conditions. Not a single warbler, Wheatear or whatever! Nice walk!

11 Razorbill (2 living, 9 tideline corpses - all juveniles, some very small.) ,

5 Guillemot (2 living, 3 tideline corpses ) ,

6 Sanderling (Flew west) ,

5 Dunlin (Flew west) ,

12 Oystercatcher (Mainly east) ,

c.60 Linnet ,

9 Stonechat ,

c.45 Sandwich Tern ,

5 Common Tern (Flew East) ,

1 Little Tern (Feeding offshore) ,

15 Cormorant (Offshore and east) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Morston

Time : 14:15 to 14:20

1 Whimbrel (Calling as it flew west) ,

[David Fell]

Location : Blakeney

Time : 13:15 to 13:30

Conditions : Friary hills

3 Chiffchaff (All flycatching) ,

1 Blackcap (Male) ,

1 Whitethroat (Flycatching) ,

[David Fell]

Location : Salthouse

Time : 06:30 to 07:15

48 Curlew (In field east of Beach Road) ,

1 Whimbrel (In baled field west of Beach Road) ,

3 Golden Plover (Flew west from field east of Beach Road) ,

15 Redshank (Flew inland from pool west of hill) ,

1 Dunlin (In with Redshanks) ,

2 Stonechat (Male & female) ,

1 Cattle Egret (With cattle in field east of Beach Road) ,

[David Fell]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:30 to 10:00

Conditions : Overcast, some drizzle, clearing later but remaining cloudy

17 Curlew (Eye Field) ,

25 Common Scoter (west) ,

20 Gannet (offshore) ,

c.1 Peregrine (West offshore) ,

1 Arctic Skua (west) ,

15 Sandwich Tern (west) ,

c.2 Ringed Plover (west) ,

2 Common Tern (west) ,

1 Wigeon (Drake on North Scrape) ,

4 Gadwall (North Scrape) ,

3 Greenshank (One North Scrape, 2 heard overhead flying west) ,

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

c.1 Little Grebe (Juvenile opposite Daukes Hide) ,

17 Ruff (Pats and Simmonds) ,

5 Redshank (Pats) ,

3 Green Sandpiper (Pats) ,

2 Little Ringed Plover (Juveniles Pats) ,

1 Yellow-legged Gull (Juvenile on Pats) ,

4 Cattle Egret (Simmonds) ,

4 Egyptian Goose (Simmonds) ,

200 Greylag Goose (Simmonds) ,

c.24 Canada Goose (Simmonds) ,

2 Marsh Harrier (Male and juvenile on reserve) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 15:00 to 15:00

Conditions : Sun, light breeze.

9 Cattle Egret (Cricket Marsh to Billy's) ,

6 Spoonbill (Simmonds) ,

4 Little Egret (Poss disturbed from North Foreland, circled and returned to wood) ,

1 Sparrowhawk (West over Keeper's Marsh.) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Location : Salthouse/Kelling

Time : 13:30 to 15:30

Conditions : Warm, thankful for cool breeze from NNE

2 Wheatear (Fence line west of the Hill) ,

3 Cattle Egret (With cattle south of the Hill) ,

1 Wren (Anting/sunning in scrub) ,

2 Whitethroat (Mainly around brambles) ,

3 Stonechat ,

1 Whimbrel (Over high west, calling) ,

1 Oystercatcher (west) ,

1 Redshank (Pools west of the Hill) ,

1 Avocet (Somewhat frail bird on pools, resting on shingle. Very splay-legged and seen previously on the main scrapes at Cley.) ,

4 Sandwich Tern (west) ,

c.12 Goldfinch ,

c.15 Linnet ,

2 Little Egret ,

5 Lesser Black-backed Gull ,

3 Swallow ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:45 to 10:30

Conditions : Warm, light wind from NW. Clear skies.

3 Green Sandpiper (Pats) ,

3 Dunlin (Pats) ,

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

c.11 Cattle Egret (Pats then off west) ,

1 British Yellow Wagtail (Juvenile on Pats) ,

2 Little Ringed Plover (Juveniles on pats) ,

1 Yellow-legged Gull (Juvenile on pats) ,

15 Ruff (Pats) ,

c.1 Blue Tit (Bishops Hide path) ,

3 Moorhen (Chicks in CW Drain) ,

1 Marsh Harrier (Juvenile over scrapes) ,

1 Red Kite (Over reserve) ,

11 Dunlin (Arnolds Marsh) ,

2 Ringed Plover (Arnolds Marsh) ,

5 Bearded Tit (Juveniles - East Bank) ,

45 Sandwich Tern (Arnolds Marsh) ,

c.2 Curlew (Arnolds Marsh) ,

1 Little Egret (Pats) ,

2 Grey Heron (Juveniles on Serpentine) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:30 to 08:50

Conditions : 18-22C, WNW f3, sun. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, Snipe's, E Bank & Arnold's.

6 Little Grebe (incl 2 juvs) ,

4 Egyptian Goose (Serpentine) ,

1 Spoonbill (Brackish) ,

4 Grey Heron ,

15 Little Egret (incl. 10 sat up in N Foreland) ,

14 Cattle Egret (Pat's) ,

5 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

2 Oystercatcher (Arnold's) ,

4 Curlew ,

92 Black-tailed Godwit (72 Pat's, 20 Arnold's) ,

53 Redshank ,

4 Green Sandpiper (3 Pat's, 1 Snipe's) ,

19 Ruff (12 adm, 1 juv m, 1 ad f, 5 juv f, Pat's) ,

1 Knot (Arnold's) ,

12 Dunlin ,

3 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,

4 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,

1 Golden Plover (Brackish) ,

25 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's) ,

1 Common Tern (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]