Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 11:52 to 11:53

Conditions : Cool easterly, clear blue sky.

7 Crane (In from the south-east, over the VC, & proceeded north-west in a stately procession towards BP.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 10:40 to 10:40

Conditions : Sunny, light breeze

1 Bittern (Just left of the east bank in the reeds, then flew 300 metres northbound and dropped back in the reeds.) ,

[Mick Roe]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:15 to 10:30

Conditions : Cool SE wind, dry and bright

12 Little Tern (Feeding offshore) ,

2 Sandwich Tern (West) ,

4 Common Sandpiper (Two North Scrape, 2 Simmonds) ,

42 Dunlin (Pats) ,

4 Little Ringed Plover (2 Pats, 2 Whitwell) ,

2 Temminck's Stint (Simmonds) ,

2 Wood Sandpiper (Whitwell Scrape, including CR and flagged individual) ,

2 Golden Plover (SP birds on Eye Field) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:30 to 08:35

Conditions : 7-15C, SE 2, Sun. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's.

1 Pink-footed Goose (Pat's) ,

2 Egyptian Goose (pr + 2 goslings) ,

1 Little Grebe (heard, Snipe's) ,

1 Water Rail (heard, Snipe's) ,

2 Grey Heron ,

1 Little Egret (Brackish) ,

9 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

8 Oystercatcher ,

31 Avocet (11 serpentine, rest spread around ) ,

1 Curlew ,

1 Whimbrel ,

1 Snipe (Pat's) ,

49 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

17 Redshank ,

2 Common Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

1 Ruff (ad m, Pat's) ,

29 Dunlin ,

3 Little Ringed Plover (2 Pat's, 1 Serpentine) ,

7 Ringed Plover (Shingle & Arnold's) ,

2 Little Tern (Arnold's) ,

2 Wheatear (1 Arnold's, 1 Serpentine (could have been the same)) ,

2 Red-legged Partridge (Arnold's!!) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 18:55 to 18:55

Conditions : Late evening sunshine after a grey day.

2 Egyptian Goose (In the Eye Field, from Beach Rd.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:40 to 08:55

Conditions : 9-12C, light SE, overcast. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank to Arnold's & Brackish.

2 Egyptian Goose (+ 2 goslings, Pat's) ,

1 Little Grebe (heard, Snipe's) ,

2 Grey Heron (still frequenting the main reedbed) ,

4 Little Egret ,

7 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

10 Oystercatcher ,

18 Avocet ,

1 Curlew (E of E Bank) ,

1 Whimbrel (E of E Bank) ,

1 Bar-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

89 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

12 Redshank ,

1 Common Sandpiper (Pat;s) ,

2 Ruff (imm m, Pat's) ,

35 Dunlin (Pat's) ,

3 Little Ringed Plover (1 Serpentine, 2 Pat's) ,

4 Ringed Plover (2 Serpentine, 2 Brackish shingle) ,

1 Red Kite ,

6 Little Tern (Arnold's) ,

1 Wheatear (fem, Arnold's) ,

1 Marsh Harrier (ad m) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Salthouse Heath

Time : 11:15 to 11:30

Conditions : Cold NE. Overcast.

1 Yellowhammer (A splash of colour on a grey day. Singing lustily !) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 10:15 to 13:00

Conditions : Central hides and Gilmor hide

1 Spoonbill (Simmonds) ,

1 Great White Egret (Simmonds (black billed bird)) ,

c.100 Dunlin (North scrape) ,

4 Wood Sandpiper (North scrape) ,

1 Common Sandpiper (North scrape) ,

4 Ruff (North scrape. All males in cracking plumage.) ,

3 Little Ringed Plover (Pats) ,

4 Ringed Plover (North scrape) ,

1 Snipe (North scrape) ,

2 Whimbrel (Eye field) ,

3 Golden Plover (Eye field summer plumage birds) ,

5 Wheatear (Eye field) ,

[David Fell]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:40 to 08:25

Conditions : 8-10C, NE f4-5, Cloud with some showers & sunny spells. Visited Bishop's, Iron Rd, Babcock & Snipe's.

3 Spoonbill (ads, Pat's Pool) ,

2 Great White Egret (flew E) ,

3 Oystercatcher ,

32 Avocet (5 Pat's, 26 Watling Water, 1 Swan Lake) ,

62 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

2 Bar-tailed Godwit (1 Swan Lake, 1 Pat's) ,

1 Snipe (Watling Water) ,

8 Redshank ,

3 Common Sandpiper (2 Pat's, 1 Watling Water) ,

5 Ruff ,

5 Little Ringed Plover (1 ad m, 3 imm m, 1 ad f, Pat's) ,

3 Ringed Plover (Swan Lake) ,

1 Red Kite ,

1 Buzzard ,

1 Marsh Harrier (over Watling Water) ,

1 Swallow (in Babcock hide) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:00 to 08:30

Conditions : Overcast, warm

1 Bittern (Preening in front of centre hides for an hour or more) ,

[David Bryant]