Location : Cley (sea)

Time : 15:35 to 18:00

Conditions : Light rain petering out,cloudy. Strong nw breeze.

1 Red-throated Diver (Many.) ,

5 Manx Shearwater (At least. Two west quite close; others east, more distant.) ,

1 Sooty Shearwater (West, quite close.) ,

1 Gannet (Many. Lots of adults.) ,

250 Brent Goose (At least. Groups heading west throughout.) ,

1 Wigeon (Many.) ,

20 Pintail (At least.) ,

14 Common Scoter (At least.) ,

9 Eider (Male & three females, then five males. All west.) ,

4 Grey Plover ,

5 Dunlin ,

1 Great Skua (West, close.) ,

3 Arctic Skua (At least. Moving fast east.) ,

8 Little Gull (All adults inc three close in.) ,

3 Sandwich Tern (West.) ,

5 Arctic Tern (All juvs, west.) ,

1 Guillemot (On sea close in.) ,

1 Razorbill (Many.) ,

1 Short-eared Owl (In off the sea.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Location : Cley (sea)

Time : 14:50 to 17:30

Conditions : Showers and poor visibility clearing as WNW - NW wind pushed the last wet weather front through and away. Some sunshine on the horizon late on.

2 Sooty Shearwater (Singles west at 1525 and 1555 - the second bird just beyond distance) ,

14 Manx Shearwater (Mostly beyond half distance or further, 11 east & 3 west, including the closest of the afternoon) ,

7 Arctic Skua (None really close sadly; three east, 1 west, three stooging together) ,

3 Great Skua (2 west, 1 east - one adult gave a good fly-by late on) ,

30 Little Gull (Minimum count, could have been many more; at least 20 adults + 10 juvenile/1w) ,

3 Arctic Tern (More likely half a dozen, I got on the back end of one close bird, plus a couple of others) ,

1 Short-eared Owl (Superb bird, in-off at 1600 - what a buzz picking it up at very long range and follow it all the way in. Epic!) ,

8 Common Tern ,

10 Sandwich Tern ,

80 Kittiwake (Minimum count, small groups scuttling east all afternoon) ,

120 Gannet (Minimum count) ,

125 Razorbill (The birds I could see well enough were all Razorbills) ,

150 Razorbill/Guillemot sp. (Plenty of auks at long range) ,

137 Common Scoter (All heading west) ,

9 Eider (Including a super group of five adult males west) ,

75 Wigeon (All west, minimum count) ,

13 Pintail (Small numbers amongst the Wigeon & Teal flocks) ,

45 Red-throated Diver (Heading east, a few on the sea) ,

416 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Groups moving west close along the beach all afternoon, one of the absolute highlights of the seawatch) ,

[Mark Golley]

Location : Blakeney (sea)

Time : 09:20 to 10:40

Conditions : Cloudy, breeze wnw. Then light rain.

4 Red-throated Diver (At least.) ,

3 Gannet ,

15 Common Scoter (West.) ,

2 Grey Plover ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (Adult.) ,

4 Sandwich Tern ,

5 Razorbill ,

[Andrew Cox]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:35 to 08:45

Conditions : 15C, lt S wind, overcast with clearing mist. Visited Bishop's

2 Egyptian Goose ,

15 Pintail ,

1 Avocet ,

6 Black-tailed Godwit ,

2 Snipe ,

1 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Chiffchaff (in bushes by path to Bishop's hide) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley (sea)

Time : 16:00 to 18:00

Conditions : Cold northerly breeze bringing sea mist & poor visibility. Eventually cleared a little with sunshine before coming in thick again.

4 Red-throated Diver (Three very close in.) ,

1 Gannet (Adult or sub adult came out of the mist into the sunshine. Turned & went back in.) ,

50 Ringed Plover (Approx. Sitting on the shingle beach. Some west west as it cleared.) ,

1 Grey Plover (East along the shoreline.) ,

2 Turnstone (With Ringed Plovers.) ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (1st winter east along shore.) ,

2 Sandwich Tern (Adult & juv calling somewhere in the mist. Eventually they showed close in, going east.) ,

2 Razorbill (At least. On the sea.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Location : Morston

Time : 12:00 to 12:30

Conditions : Cloudy, some sun. Morston to Blakney.

4 Red Kite (Circling together.) ,

8 Grey Partridge (Small covey in field southward.) ,

100 Golden Plover (At least.) ,

1 Greenshank (Creek at Morston.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:45 to 09:15

Conditions : Misty, mild, gentle westerly breeze

2 Spotted Redshank (At northern end of Arnold's Marsh) ,

[David Bryant]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:45 to 07:00

Conditions : Sunny, cool.

4 Glossy Ibis (Flew over West Bank& settled down on the Glaven) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:00 to 09:05

Conditions : 14-16C, SW f3, mainly overcast Visited Bishop's, E Bank & Arnold's. Digger working Simmond's/Whitwell from 07:40.

6 Pintail (1 Pat's, 4 Brackish, 1 Arnold's) ,

2 Little Egret ,

1 Grey Heron ,

18 Cormorant ,

8 Little Grebe (2 Don's, 6 Main Drain) ,

1 Water Rail (heard E Bank) ,

9 Avocet (Pat's) ,

4 Curlew ,

67 Black-tailed Godwit ,

29 Redshank ,

7 Ruff (6 Popes Pool, 1 f Pat's) ,

134 Dunlin ,

4 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,

4 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,

3 Marsh Harrier ,

c.40 Goldfinch (single flock, Brackish shingle) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley (sea)

Time : 07:00 to 08:45

Conditions : Sunny, some cloud. Breeze wsw.

14 Red-throated Diver (At least.) ,

1 Manx Shearwater (West, just offshore.) ,

20 Gannet (At least. Mix of ages.) ,

30 Pintail (West. Several groups.) ,

2 Common Scoter (East.) ,

1 Grey Plover ,

1 Great Skua (East, quite distant.) ,

1 Mediterranean Gull ,

1 Common Tern (Juv.) ,

4 Razorbill (At least.) ,

[Andrew Cox]