Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 16:45 to 18:25

Conditions : Breezy early evening from ESE to E, lots of cloud with occasional bursts of sunshine

1 Baltic Gull (Striking 2CY bird on Whitwell, the most eye-catching bird of the evening) ,

9 Caspian Gull (Seven on Whitwell and two on Pat's Pool - at least five 1w, 2 2w, 1 3w, 1 stunning adult) ,

5 Yellow-legged Gull (Modest mix of 1w, 2 2w and 2 adults) ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (Lone 1w on Whitwell) ,

250 Herring Gull (Mostly crammed onto the islands on Whitwell) ,

350 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Like the HG's, huddled together on Whitwell with more on Pat's) ,

1 Siberian Chiffchaff (Lovely, clean looking tristis in the bushes behind the hides) ,

1 Chiffchaff (collybita) (Behind the hides) ,

3 Goldcrest (Also behind the hides) ,

55 White-fronted Goose (Eurasian) (Two parties, both heading west to east towards dusk) ,

[Mark Golley]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 14:00 to 15:00

Conditions : Photos by Paul Williams

1 Desert Wheatear ,

[CleyBirdCo]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 13:45 to 14:14

Conditions : Warm, wind from SE

1 Desert Wheatear (Male on top of beach hotel before flying off towards the boats. Good find earlier by Peter Allen and Another.) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 13:00 to 14:00

Conditions : Sunny, light ESE breeze, not much cloud

1 Desert Wheatear (Gorgeous first-winter male, initially on the Eye Field fence between the beach car park and the North, then got a bit skittish and headed back towards the beach, landing on the Beach Hotel briefly before settling around the tractors on the Point side of West Bank) ,

[Mark Golley]

Location : Salthouse

Time : 08:40 to 08:42

Conditions : Clearing sky. No wind.

1 Brown Hare (Salthouse Beach.) ,

[Graham Sutton]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:45 to 09:50

Conditions : 11-12C, ESE f1, cloud. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's.

9 Pintail (incl.3 m, Brackish) ,

3 Grey Heron ,

3 Little Egret ,

7 Cattle Egret (5 mobile E of E Bank, 2 Pat's) ,

2 Little Grebe (Main Drain) ,

3 Avocet ,

4 Curlew ,

1 Bar-tailed Godwit (Arnold's) ,

44 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Snipe (Pat's) ,

20 Redshank ,

10 Ruff (8 ad m, 2 juv m, Pat's) ,

128 Dunlin ,

10 Ringed Plover ,

2 Grey Plover ,

35 Cormorant ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (1st cal yr, Pat's) ,

1 Buzzard ,

3 Marsh Harrier ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Salthouse

Time : 14:45 to 15:15

4 Stonechat (2 pair fence line Gramboro) ,

1 Fieldfare (Gramboro) ,

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Gramboro) ,

1 Grey Plover (Gramboro pool) ,

1 Bar-tailed Godwit (Gramboro pool) ,

[David Fell]

Location : Walsey Hills

Time : 13:00 to 14:30

2 Woodcock (Flushed from pines) ,

2 Brambling (On feeders) ,

1 Lesser Redpoll (On feeders) ,

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker ,

[David Fell]

Location : Cley (sea)

Time : 07:00 to 11:00

75 Wigeon (West) ,

4 Red-throated Diver ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (Adult east) ,

41 Common Scoter (West. Minimum count) ,

2 Manx Shearwater (West) ,

90 Eider (West mostly males) ,

1 Leach's Petrel (West) ,

1 Arctic Tern (East) ,

[David Fell]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:10 to 13:35

Conditions : Wind from NW vectoring northerly, strong gusts. Some heavy showers

1 Storm Petrel (West inshore - fantastic pickup by MN and enjoyed by many observers) ,

1 Sabine's Gull (Juvenile tracked westward from Walcott and seen at Sheringham and Gramborough. Seen as it rose up from the surf line and overhead whn I was near the pillbox east of the beach carpark. Then off like a rocket across the Eye Field, gaining height and west well inland tracking it in front of and over the tree line towards Blakeney!! Attached photograph provided by Adam Spruce - from Gramborough Hill! Why it chose to confound everyone at Cley??????) ,

3 Arctic Skua (East) ,

1 Great Skua (East) ,

36 Eider (west - mainly drakes) ,

1 Goldeneye (Drake west) ,

1 Grey Phalarope (West along beach about 50 metres out) ,

3 Red-breasted Merganser (West) ,

500 Brent Goose (approx - west) ,

c.200 Wigeon (west) ,

c.120 Common Scoter (west) ,

c.1 Sooty Shearwater (West) ,

2 Grey Plover (West) ,

60 Ringed Plover (East) ,

c.13 Cattle Egret (Various fields with the cattle) ,

120 Golden Plover (Eye Field) ,

c.3 Rock Pipit (Flew west in front of beach shelter) ,

60 Kittiwake (East) ,

c.15 Little Gull (Feeding offshore) ,

c.200 Gannet (At least - constant stream east) ,

[David Griffiths]