Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:20 to 08:50

Conditions : 13-15C, SW f5, lt rain. Visited Bishop's

2 Egyptian Goose ,

17 Shelduck ,

6 Pintail ,

185 Teal (Pat's) ,

1 Grey Heron ,

1 Little Egret ,

4 Avocet ,

1 Curlew ,

76 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Spotted Redshank (flew over W) ,

2 Marsh Harrier ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley (sea)

Time : 14:45 to 18:00

Conditions : Sunny, nw breeze swinging round west.

2 Red-throated Diver (On the sea. More passing offshore.) ,

1 Gannet (Many.) ,

95 Brent Goose (Groups west.) ,

60 Common Scoter (At least. Flocks or pairs moving west.) ,

9 Eider (Six & three west. All males.) ,

1 Knot (West.) ,

1 Great Skua (East.) ,

3 Arctic Skua (Two west with Pom quite close; another west also fairly close. ) ,

1 Pomarine Skua (West with two arctics. Quite close.) ,

1 Little Gull (Distant.) ,

2 Mediterranean Gull (Adults.) ,

2 Razorbill (At least, on sea. More passing.) ,

1 Barnacle Goose (West.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 09:10 to 12:00

Conditions : Sunny, strong nw breeze.

2 Red-throated Diver (On the sea.) ,

1 Gannet (Many.) ,

10 Brent Goose (West from beach.) ,

2 Eider (Males, west.) ,

1 Marsh Harrier (Female.) ,

1 Grey Plover (Pats.) ,

20 Dunlin ,

2 Snipe ,

50 Black-tailed Godwit (Most on Pats.) ,

1 Little Gull (Adult offshore.) ,

3 Arctic Tern (West from beach.) ,

2 Stonechat ,

[Andrew Cox]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:30 to 10:30

Conditions : Breezy SW'ly, sunny spells

1 Water Pipit (Nice views on the newly wetted Whitwell) ,

78 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (All on Pat's Pool) ,

1 Knot (Single bird hiding amongst the Godwits) ,

6 Redwing (Heading in-off and away inland) ,

[Mark Golley]

Location : Cley (sea)

Time : 07:00 to 10:45

1 Gadwall (West) ,

1 Knot (In with Teal) ,

1 Leach's Petrel (West close in. Several observers) ,

89 Teal (All west) ,

37 Red-throated Diver (31 East 6 West) ,

13 Common Scoter (West) ,

104 Gannet (Minimum count ) ,

292 Wigeon (West) ,

10 Razorbill/Guillemot sp. (West) ,

41 Brent Goose (West) ,

6 Arctic Skua (5 west 1 East) ,

3 Manx Shearwater (West) ,

8 Sandwich Tern (West) ,

3 Great Skua (All west a 2 & 1) ,

1 Grey Plover (West) ,

3 Guillemot (West close in) ,

4 Pintail (West in with other duck) ,

12 Dunlin (West) ,

2 Turnstone (West) ,

1 Kittiwake (Adult west) ,

1 Common Tern (Feeding off shore) ,

1 Arctic Tern (West) ,

1 Common Gull (West) ,

6 Eider (All adult males west) ,

[David Fell]

Location : Cley (sea)

Time : 07:00 to 08:15

Conditions : Rain easing, then cloudy with some sunshine. Strong nw breeze.

1 Red-throated Diver (Many.) ,

1 Manx Shearwater (West, close.) ,

1 Leach's Petrel (West, close.) ,

1 Gannet (Many.) ,

10 Common Scoter (At least.) ,

1 Grey Plover ,

1 Great Skua (West, close.) ,

5 Arctic Skua (One east, close. Rest west distant.) ,

1 Arctic Tern (West.) ,

8 Sandwich Tern ,

1 Guillemot (Close, west.) ,

1 Razorbill (Many.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

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 (sea)

Time : 07:20 to 09:20

Conditions : Misty first thing, the clearing. Cloud building from the wnw on a rising breeze.

6 Red-throated Diver (At least.) ,

1 Great Crested Grebe (West.) ,

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

12 Common Scoter (West.) ,

1 Sanderling (West. Along shore.) ,

1 Greenshank (Salt pans off East Bank.) ,

6 Razorbill (At least.) ,

[Andrew Cox]