Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:00 to 10:00

Conditions : Overcast, warm, strengthening SW wind

1 Bittern (West over scrapes and towards West Bank. Seen from OWL Carpark) ,

6 Spoonbill (Pats) ,

2 Glossy Ibis (Adult and ? 2CY Pats) ,

3 Little Egret (Simmonds) ,

2 Green Sandpiper (Simmonds and Whitwell) ,

6 Ruff (Pats and Simmonds) ,

1 Fox (Pats) ,

200 Common Tern (Massive ongoing feeding progressing from east to west infront of beach. Really great to see such numbers!) ,

c.50 Sandwich Tern (In feeding melee) ,

c.20 Little Tern (Fishing offshore) ,

c.1 Arctic Tern (west) ,

16 Mediterranean Gull (10 west offshore, 4 adult BP west over Hilltop, 2 on reserve) ,

36 Dunlin (west) ,

2 Curlew (west) ,

2 Bar-tailed Godwit (west) ,

14 Common Scoter (13 east, 1 west) ,

1 Arctic Skua (west) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Blakeney (sea)

Time : 07:10 to 08:45

Conditions : light WNW

48 Common Tern (feeding offshore) ,

76 Sandwich Tern (feeding offshore) ,

22 Little Tern (feeding offshore) ,

17 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (west) ,

1 Bar-tailed Godwit (west) ,

3 Arctic Skua (dark phase adults tern chasing) ,

3 Mediterranean Gull (one juvenile & two adults offshore) ,

[Paul Laurie]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 13:07 to 18:29

Conditions : Warm, sunny, 3-4 Westerly. Visited West Bank, Central Hides, Bishop's, East Bank, North Scrape. Highlights not full count.

1 Greylag Goose ,

1 Shelduck ,

1 Teal ,

1 Cormorant ,

1 Little Grebe ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (Arnolds) ,

1 Little Tern (Procession West along beach) ,

1 Common Tern (1 on Arnold's, several along beach) ,

1 Sandwich Tern (Procession west along beach) ,

1 Avocet ,

1 Oystercatcher ,

1 Ringed Plover ,

1 Little Ringed Plover ,

1 Curlew ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Snipe (Serpentine ) ,

1 Green Sandpiper (Simmond's) ,

1 Redshank ,

1 Greenshank (Simmond's) ,

1 Curlew Sandpiper (Pat's, then later on N Scrape) ,

1 Dunlin (Juvenile, N Scrape) ,

2 Glossy Ibis (Pat's ) ,

8 Spoonbill (Pat's ) ,

1 Little Egret ,

1 Water Rail ,

1 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Kestrel ,

1 Hobby ,

1 Ruff ,

[David Nurse]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:00 to 15:00

Conditions : Warm, dry, light SW wind

2 Glossy Ibis (Adult BP and ? 2CY bird, Pats) ,

9 Spoonbill (Pats) ,

1 Hobby (Over reserve) ,

2 Mediterranean Gull (adult BP and 2nd summer) ,

11 Ruff (Moulting males) ,

2 Curlew (Simmonds) ,

1 Curlew Sandpiper (Moulting adult Pats) ,

15 Mute Swan (11 Simmonds, Pair with two cygnets Catchwater Drain inc one ) ,

65 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Mainly Pats) ,

35 Avocet (Pats and Simmonds) ,

2 Green Sandpiper (Simmonds) ,

1 Little Tern (Pats) ,

5 Kestrel (Two adults and 3 juveniles hunting over reserve together!) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 16:22 to 20:36

Conditions : Warm, sunny, light variable wind. Visited Bishops, East Bank, North Scrape, West Bank, Central Hides

12 Ruff (7 Pat's, 2 Simmonds, 1 North Scrape) ,

6 Little Egret (Across reserve) ,

6 Spoonbill (4 Pat's, 2 Brackish) ,

2 Glossy Ibis (Pat's, 1 in non breeding plumage ) ,

10 Little Ringed Plover (2 Pat's, 1 Arnold's, 7 N Scrape) ,

6 Bearded Tit (3 Pat's, 1 Don's, 1 by Brackish ) ,

31 Black-tailed Godwit (27 Pat's, 3 Simmond's, 1 N Scrape ) ,

102 Lapwing (79 Pat's, 15 Serpentine + chick, 8 Simmond's) ,

25 Redshank (10 Pat's, 10 N Scrape, 1 Pope's, 4 Serpentine + 3 chicks) ,

68 Avocet (47 Pat's, 5 N Scrape, 5 Serpentine + 2 chicks, 11 Arnold's + 3 chicks) ,

1 Dunlin (North Scrape. Juvenile ) ,

1 Water Rail (Richardson from Bishop's ) ,

25 Curlew (6 east of East Bank, 18 Eye Field, 1 W of West Bank) ,

5 Oystercatcher (Across reserve) ,

2 Grey Heron (1 in tree on main Reed bed, 1 Eye Field, both juvenile ) ,

2 Greenshank (1 Arnold's, 1 Simmond's) ,

3 Ringed Plover (1 Arnold's, 2 Brackish + 1 chick) ,

30 Cormorant (Arnold's ) ,

2 Sandwich Tern (With fish, west along beach) ,

5 Little Tern (3 fishing along beach, 2 fishing in Glaven) ,

1 Snipe (North Scrape ) ,

1 Wood Sandpiper (Simmond's) ,

1 Green Sandpiper (Simmond's) ,

1 Water Vole (In drain in front of Bishop's ) ,

[David Nurse]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 13:00 to 14:30

Conditions : Warm light SW wind, dry

1 Hobby (Demolishing dragonflies over the reserve) ,

7 Ruff (Moulting males) ,

8 Spoonbill (Pats) ,

1 Glossy Ibis (Adult) ,

6 Little Ringed Plover (3 adults plus three well-grown chicks Simmonds) ,

5 Bearded Tit (Juveniles from Daukes Hides) ,

3 Green Sandpiper (2 Simmonds, 1 Whitwell) ,

1 Greenshank (Simmonds) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Village

Time : 09:00 to 09:30

Conditions : Sunny, warm. Private garden.

1 Silver-washed Fritillary (Male.) ,

1 Speckled Wood ,

1 Green-veined White ,

2 Large White ,

1 Migrant Hawker ,

1 Common Darter ,

[Andrew Cox]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:15 to 08:20

Conditions : 16-19C, NW5, sun. Visited Bishop's, E Bnak & Arnold's

2 Little Grebe (juvs, Don's ) ,

4 Spoonbill (incl. 2 ads & 1 imm) ,

1 Grey Heron ,

2 Glossy Ibis (Pat's) ,

4 Little Egret ,

10 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

7 Oystercatcher (plus 1 lge chick) ,

56 Avocet (plus 3 chicks) ,

35 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (ad m, Pat's) ,

9 Curlew ,

14 Redshank (plus 5 chicks) ,

9 Ruff (ad m, Pat's) ,

3 Knot (Arnold's) ,

15 Dunlin (Arnold's) ,

4 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,

5 Ringed Plover (+ 6 chicks) ,

1 Fox (Pat's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley (sea)

Time : 06:00 to 07:00

Conditions : Sunny, cool westerly breeze.

1 Gannet (West.) ,

1 Whimbrel ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (Adult.) ,

48 Sandwich Tern (At least. ) ,

1 Common Tern ,

1 Arctic Tern ,

20 Little Tern (At least. Still much coming & going.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Location : Cley (sea)

Time : 05:30 to 07:30

Conditions : Sun with clouds. Brisk westerly becoming fresher with more cloud. Rain out at sea.

13 Gannet (Mix of ages. All east.) ,

1 Fulmar (One east, close in.) ,

23 Common Scoter (West.) ,

5 Bar-tailed Godwit (West.) ,

3 Whimbrel (West.) ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (Adult.) ,

1 Sandwich Tern (Many.) ,

1 Common Tern (Many.) ,

1 Little Tern (Many.) ,

[Andrew Cox]