Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 09:00 to 15:30

Conditions : Warm, but with increasing wind from SW and getting cooler. Sunshine!!!!

3 Bearded Tit (East Bank - male collecting insects) ,

2 Pochard (Pair on Dons Pool - no action yet again) ,

2 Canada Goose (Pair on Dons Pool - one on nest) ,

1 White Stork (Bird tracked from further east and over Cley at 09:30. Circled a couple of times and off west gaining altitude. Turns out to have been a metal-ringed bird.) ,

11 British Yellow Wagtail (Stunning male in front of Daukes late AM then steady flow over 15 minutes with cattle west of Iron Road) ,

3 Common Sandpiper (Pats and 2 on Watling Water) ,

1 Wood Sandpiper (South Pool - later 2 seen on same pool by another birder) ,

60 Dunlin (50+ on Pats, 10 on Swan Lake) ,

c.25 Ruff (Pats, Simmonds, Swan Lake, Watling Water. Some males getting really spruced up.) ,

c.1 Cattle Egret (Breeding plumaged bird on Simmonds then with cattle on Keepers) ,

1 Whimbrel (West over Simmonds, calling) ,

1 Whinchat (Stunning male at northern end of Simmonds) ,

1 Wheatear (Male on Simmonds) ,

2 Garganey (Pair on Watling Water) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:30 to 12:00

Conditions : sunshine with a breeze

1 White Stork (Seen from dons pool along East bank) ,

3 Marsh Harrier (seen along East bank) ,

[John Mears]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:30 to 12:00

4 Bearded Tit (Don's Pool) ,

[John Mears]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 11:45 to 13:00

Conditions : Clear sunshine and a slight breeze

4 Bearded Tit (Don's Pool) ,

[John Mears]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 10:30 to 14:45

Conditions : Sun, lighter, warmer wind than recently.

1 Peregrine ,

3 Yellow Wagtail (Iron Road) ,

1 Snipe (Whitwell) ,

1 Wheatear (Eye Field) ,

1 Cattle Egret (Keeper's Marsh) ,

19 Ruff (Across reserve.) ,

27 Black-tailed Godwit (Serpentine and Pat's Pool.) ,

1 Spoonbill (Whitwell) ,

5 Bearded Tit (East Bank: 1 seen by us, others reported 5.) ,

1 Whitethroat (Visitor Centre car park) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:45 to 09:10

Conditions : Warm, little or no wind, clearish skies

3 Swift (Initially two then 3 over scrapes) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:40 to 08:55

Conditions : 3-10C, NNW veering NNE f2, sun, some early mist patches. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's

2 Pintail (pr Arnold's) ,

1 Pochard (m Don's Pool) ,

1 Little Grebe (Don's Pool) ,

7 Grey Heron ,

3 Little Egret ,

1 Bittern (heard booming) ,

24 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

16 Oystercatcher ,

41 Avocet ,

8 Curlew ,

47 Black-tailed Godwit ,

14 Bar-tailed Godwit (Arnold's) ,

3 Snipe ,

9 Redshank ,

4 Ruff (3 ad m, 1 fw m) ,

6 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,

4 Ringed Plover (3 Arnold's, 1 Brackish shingle) ,

1 Green Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

1 Wheatear (Arnold's) ,

1 Marsh Harrier (fem) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 19:45 to 19:54

c.1 Wheatear (On shingle bank and boats at beach car park) ,

[Garry Price]

Location : Cley/Salthouse

Time : 13:36 to 13:37

Conditions : Overcast, & a cold easterly.

2 Redshank (Watling Water. Metal ring BTO DT87468 being checked out by D & P Wileman.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:40 to 08:35

Conditions : 8-10C, E f4, Cloud brightening,. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank, viwing Arnold's from shelter.

1 Dark-bellied Brent Goose ,

2 Egyptian Goose (pr Pat's, no chicks) ,

2 Pintail (pr Arnold's) ,

1 Little Grebe (Snipe's) ,

1 Little Egret ,

1 Bittern (heard booming) ,

5 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

11 Oystercatcher ,

39 Avocet ,

2 Curlew (Serpentine) ,

48 Black-tailed Godwit ,

16 Bar-tailed Godwit (Arnold's) ,

11 Redshank ,

2 Common Sandpiper (1 Serpentine, 1 Pats early morning) ,

58 Dunlin ,

9 Ruff (incl 2 ad m, 3 fw m, 3 ad f) ,

5 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,

2 Ringed Plover (1 Brackish, 1 Arnold's) ,

2 Marsh Harrier (m + f) ,

3 Brown Hare (Arnold's) ,

1 Chinese Water Deer (W end Brackish) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]