Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:15 to 16:25

Conditions : Cold, overcast and gloomy.

6 Velvet Scoter (Remaining off Coastguards) ,

20 Red-throated Diver (West including one group of eight. Three on sea.) ,

c.30 Gannet (East) ,

c.17 Pintail (Brackish Lagoon) ,

10 Snow Bunting (Near north end of East Bank PM) ,

1 Redwing (In off the sea PM followed by a GBBG. Successful evasion.) ,

1 Long-billed Dowitcher (Elusive on Popes late AM and mainly feeding near the western edge and out of sight for lengthy periods of time.) ,

200 Common Scoter (One flock east of East Bank) ,

c.1 Red-necked Grebe (On sea east of East Bank for over an hour. Active feeder but staying couple of hundred metres out.) ,

2 Cattle Egret (One Popes Pool and second on Pats Pool at same time ) ,

45 Marsh Harrier (In to roost including two red-wing tagged birds. No sign of the female Hen Harrier though.) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:10 to 10:15

Conditions : Cold, wind from ESE. Dull.

425 Pink-footed Goose (All on North Scrape - Dawn Roost Count) ,

1 Spoonbill (Roosting on North Scrape and off east at 06:55. Later seen by another on Brackish Lagoon.) ,

6 Velvet Scoter (Now 6 off beach) ,

c.200 Common Scoter (In two flocks with one feeding in the surf.) ,

1 Merlin (Over Blakeney Harbour) ,

1 Peregrine (Tundra) (West of the boats and hunting over beach, harbour and sea. Landing on shingle. ) ,

1 Great Northern Diver (West) ,

1 Goldeneye (Drake east) ,

c.20 Red-throated Diver (3 on sea - all others west) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:05 to 08:35

Conditions : 9-10C, ESE f3, low thick cloud. Visited Bishop's Skirts & E Bank.

47 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (flying aroud) ,

15 Pintail (Brackish) ,

3 Little Egret ,

1 Cattle Egret (Pope's Pool) ,

1 Spoonbill (Brackish) ,

9 Cormorant ,

1 Water Rail (heard, Pat's) ,

1 Long-billed Dowitcher (Pope's Pool) ,

60 Black-tailed Godwit ,

2 Redshank ,

24 Ruff (13 ad m, 1 juv m, 1 ad f, 1 juv f) ,

13 Dunlin ,

1 Golden Plover ,

164 Lapwing ,

1 Blackbird (flying S along E Bank) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:05 to 07:40

Conditions : 10C, ESE wind, low thick cloud. Dawn Roost Count.

459 Pink-footed Goose (left roost on N Scrape 06:48-07:36) ,

[Cbc Admin]

Location : Cley/Salthouse

Time : 11:30 to 11:30

Conditions : Solid, grey clag, no wind.

1 Kingfisher (Iron Road.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Cley/Salthouse

Time : 08:15 to 11:45

Conditions : Overcast, grey, dull, light easterly wind

1 Great Northern Diver (East) ,

12 Red-throated Diver (3 on sea remainder east) ,

5 Velvet Scoter (Off CG again) ,

120 Common Scoter (offshore) ,

c.1 Goldeneye (Female on Borrow Pit - TD find) ,

1 Pochard (Male on Borrow Pit) ,

4 Little Grebe (Borrow Pit) ,

1 Water Rail (Borrow Pit) ,

1 Brambling (Male Walsey Hills) ,

9 Stonechat (Gramborough Hill) ,

1 Rock Pipit (Gramborough pools) ,

1 Knot (Gramborough Pools) ,

4 Whooper Swan (West over the reserve and towards Blakeney) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 16:00 to 16:00

Conditions : Sombre, grey, overcast clag.

1 Black-tailed Godwit (Somnambulant.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 13:30 to 16:15

Conditions : Cool, overcast, very slight wind from SW

5 Velvet Scoter (Still showing well off CG) ,

c.200 Common Scoter (Off CG) ,

2 Pale-bellied Brent Goose (Eye Field with DBBG) ,

1 Great White Egret (West over reserve then presumed same bird east later) ,

c.15 Marsh Harrier (In to roost) ,

1 Hen Harrier (Adult female in to roost) ,

c.4000 Starling (Estimate and amazing sight - murmurations and at one stage completely covering the main island on Pats Pool!) ,

1 Swift (Swift sp watched feeding over the reserve for 5 minutes. Distant and unable to cinch detail as to where Common Swift or Pallid Swift) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:00 to 09:55

Conditions : 10-11C, SW f2, overcast,mist. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's.

675 Pink-footed Goose (in from west ) ,

8 Pintail (Brackish) ,

2 Pochard (m + f, Brackish) ,

4 Little Grebe (Brackish) ,

3 Little Egret ,

8 Cormorant ,

2 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Peregrine (Sea Pool shingle) ,

1 Sparrowhawk ,

1 Water Rail (heard, Pat's) ,

6 Curlew ,

53 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Long-billed Dowitcher (Pope's Pool early morning) ,

44 Redshank ,

30 Ruff (16 ad m, 1 juv m, 3 ad f, 1 juv f) ,

3 Turnstone (Arnold's) ,

32 Dunlin ,

2 Ringed Plover (1 Pat's, 1 Arnold's) ,

2 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,

117 Lapwing ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Kelling

Time : 08:14 to 08:15

Conditions : misty

2 Hawfinch (flew west over village) ,

[Paul Laurie]