Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 16:55 to 18:40

Conditions : Getting dark early! Bright spells and variable cloud as the wind started to drop a little, still WSW

1 Cattle Egret (Flew east across boardwalk to South Pool before heading back west soon after) ,

1 Jack Snipe (One flushed by Marsh Harrier from the back of Whitwell Scrape) ,

1 Little Stint (Smart juvenile on Pat's Pool) ,

2 Curlew Sandpiper (A moulting juvenile-1w plus a fresher, younger juvenile on Pat's Pool) ,

8 Caspian Gull (The total since Monday rises to a remarkable 36 individuals with the evening's eight birds, again all new individuals. Three adults & three first-winters on Pat's, plus single second-winters on Simmonds and Pat's) ,

3 Yellow-legged Gull (All adults) ,

7 Mediterranean Gull (Five adults and two first-winters including three bathing on Whitwell) ,

1 Great White Egret (Off to roost in North Foreland with three Little Egrets - finally the weird hoodoo of no roost in the wood may be broken...) ,

[Mark Golley]

Location : Cley 10Km Square

Time : 10:45 to 13:45

Conditions : Bright and sunny with another day of brisk SW - WSW wind

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Single bird in-off and across the reserve towards North Foreland ) ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (Adult on the sea off Sea Pool) ,

5 Red Kite (Loose flock of five appeared over the Iron Road) ,

650 Pink-footed Goose (Small to medium size groups in skeins west all morning) ,

15 Razorbill ,

2 Guillemot ,

3 Red-throated Diver ,

[Mark Golley]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 17:15 to 18:50

Conditions : A brighter evening but still with a fairly fresh WSW - SW wind.

12 Caspian Gull (All new birds, taking the total in 2 days to a whopping 28. Incredible gulling. The totals were 5/6 1w, 3 2w, 1 4w, 2 adults) ,

3 Yellow-legged Gull (A single 3w and 2 adults) ,

7 Mediterranean Gull (Including a 1w bird that was ringed on Scolt Head) ,

2000 Black-headed Gull ,

4 Glossy Ibis (Again on Pat's late on) ,

[Mark Golley]

Location : Blakeney GM

Time : 15:45 to 16:30

Conditions : Bright, sunny. Strong westerly wind

3 Curlew ,

4 Reed Bunting ,

1 Wheatear ,

1 Great White Egret ,

3 Redshank ,

[Stephen Heaton]

Location : Cley Village

Time : 15:30 to 15:30

Conditions : Gusting, warm SW, sun after rain.

1 Chaffinch (To ring, or not to ring? Chaffinch with a dead right foot. Ring too tight when fitted? No blood supply to the foot? And a Dunnock cleanly ringed, same site.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:05 to 08:40

Conditions : 15-17C, S f4-5, cloud early then sun from 08:00 til we left. Pinkfoot Roost Count. sunrise 06:18. Visited Bishop's Skirts & E Bank. NB. Pinkfoot results will be published shortly.

1 Barnacle Goose (with Pinkfeet on Pat's) ,

4 Egyptian Goose ,

6 Grey Heron (incl 4 flying W at 07:25) ,

1 Great White Egret (landed on Skirts Pool) ,

1 Little Egret (Brackish) ,

3 Glossy Ibis (Pat's) ,

4 Avocet (Pat's) ,

8 Curlew ,

70 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Snipe (Pat's) ,

27 Redshank ,

29 Ruff (21 ad m, 5 juv m,2 ad f, 1 juv f, Pat's) ,

66 Dunlin ,

1 Little Grebe (Main Drain) ,

1 Stonechat (East Bank) ,

11 Marsh Harrier (flew W over N of reserve at 06:50) ,

c.400 Starling (large flock out of reedbed at 07:25) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Salthouse (sea)

Time : 08:25 to 08:40

Conditions : Sunny with a light SE wind.

1 Red-throated Diver (Feeding and drifting west.) ,

[Graham Sutton]

Location : Salthouse

Time : 07:55 to 08:20

Conditions : Dry and sunny, with light SE wind.

1 Snow Bunting (Feeding on Gramborough Cliff Face.) ,

[Graham Sutton]

Location : Salthouse

Time : 07:20 to 07:25

Conditions : Dry at sunrise, with light SE wind.

1 Brent Goose (Feeding beside Gramborough Lagoon) ,

[Graham Sutton]

Location : Cley (sea)

Time : 07:10 to 08:10

Conditions : Sunny, light wind.

2 Red-throated Diver (At least.) ,

20 Gannet (At least. Many joining feeding melee close in.) ,

3 Red-breasted Merganser (West.) ,

12 Ringed Plover (West.) ,

1 Arctic Skua (East offshore. Chased some gulls before settling on the sea.) ,

2 Mediterranean Gull (Adults.) ,

11 Little Gull (At least. Three west (two adults, 1st winter) then 8 east. Mix of ages. Mobbed settled skua at one point.) ,

1 Guillemot ,

10 Razorbill (At least.) ,

[Andrew Cox]