Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 17:15 to 19:05

Conditions : A warm, sunny October evening, with some cloud building at dusk when the temperature dropped quickly too.

4 Glossy Ibis (The regular quartet whizzed from west to east across the reserve before dropping down somewhere around the Serpentine) ,

3 Caspian Gull (Three 1CY in this evening, all different to last night's trio and two pretty smart individuals too) ,

1 Yellow-legged Gull (Beefy 2CY on Simmonds) ,

1 Little Gull (1CY made a couple of circuits around Simmonds but didn't drop on the scrape) ,

1 Kingfisher (Several passes up and down the dykes around the scrapes off and on all evening) ,

10 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Still some smart, near-full juveniles on Pat's) ,

55 Dunlin (Significant increase on last night) ,

1 Ringed Plover ,

6 Ruff ,

7 Marsh Harrier (Minimum count ~ a lot of flushing from these again tonight) ,

1 Sparrowhawk (Female across Whitwell Scrape) ,

1 Barn Owl (Over the cattle pen at the bottom of Old Woman's Lane at dusk) ,

2500 Starling (Hard to estimate but easily 2500 (likely more as the murmuration headed east)) ,

[Mark Golley]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:55 to 09:35

Conditions : 13-18C, lt W, initial cloud, brightening to sun. Viste Bishop' Skirts, E Bnak & Arnold's. Digger working by Simmond's

440 Pink-footed Goose (left S from roost at 07:03) ,

11 Egyptian Goose ,

1 Pintail (Brackish) ,

3 Grey Heron ,

3 Little Egret ,

12 Cormorant ,

4 Little Grebe (Main Drain) ,

13 Avocet ,

5 Curlew (Arnold's) ,

56 Black-tailed Godwit ,

6 Snipe ,

34 Redshank ,

24 Ruff (11 ad m, 4 juv m, 1 ad f, 3 juv f) ,

92 Dunlin ,

4 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,

7 Grey Plover ,

3 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Water Rail (heard, E Bank) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 17:30 to 18:30

Conditions : SSE14. White Cloud.

c.78 Song Thrush (6,12,8,10,10,18,4 loose groups inland in hour.) ,

[Tom Whiley]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 17:15 to 19:00

Conditions : Sunny, very mild in south to southeast breeze.

4 Glossy Ibis (In over West Bank at 1850, circled a couple of times before landing on North Scrape) ,

3 Caspian Gull (All 1CY of various appearances!) ,

3 Yellow-legged Gull (All adults, all on Simmonds (gulls skittish with a lot Marsh Harrier disturbance) ) ,

1 Herring Gull (Scandinavian) (Moulting adult argentatus in the mix) ,

1 Lesser Black-backed Gull (A striking 5CY hybrid LBBG x HG on Simmonds ) ,

180 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Minimum count) ,

250 Herring Gull (Minimum count) ,

800 Black-headed Gull (Including a Dutch ringed adult ) ,

30 Song Thrush (Minimum count, several birds dotted around the edges of the scrapes as well as in the bushes behind the hides. ) ,

1 Wheatear (Feeding on Whitwell spoil heaps. ) ,

450 Pink-footed Goose (Rough estimate of birds onto North at dusk, could have been closer to 600. All flushed by aircraft. ) ,

23 Dunlin ,

4 Snipe ,

20 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) ,

8 Ruff ,

1 Greenshank (Vocal juvenile on Simmonds until a Harrier flush. ) ,

1 Grey Plover (Smart juv on Pat's. ) ,

[Mark Golley]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 17:15 to 19:00

Conditions : Sunny, very mild in south to southeast breeze.

4 Glossy Ibis (In over West Bank at 1850, circled a couple of times before landing on North Scrape) ,

[Mark Golley]

Location : Salthouse/Kelling

Time : 13:30 to 13:32

Conditions : Very warm southerly, broken cloud.

1 Clouded Yellow (Meadow Lane) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:08 to 08:10

Conditions : 17-18C, dark low cloud & drizzle. Bishop's, Digger working around Pat's.

11 Egyptian Goose (Pat's) ,

1 Little Egret ,

6 Avocet ,

4 Ruff (2 ad m, 2 juv m) ,

5 Black-tailed Godwit ,

74 Lapwing ,

1 Marsh Harrier ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley (sea)

Time : 14:00 to 14:40

Conditions : wind E f3-4, hazy sunshine

7 Wigeon (west) ,

2 Eider (drakes, west) ,

1 Manx Shearwater (east) ,

c.45 Gannet (east, many juveniles) ,

1 Song Thrush (in off the sea) ,

[Rob Lee]

Location : Cley (sea)

Time : 10:30 to 10:31

Conditions : Sunny, warm: easterly breeze

1 Eider (Drake, flying west close in) ,

[David Bryant]

Location : Cley (sea)

Time : 08:30 to 09:30

Conditions : Warm, sunny, easterly breeze

20 Red-throated Diver (Many in summer plumage: often close in) ,

[David Bryant]