Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 16:45 to 18:45

Conditions : Sunny, hot.

1 Night-heron (Sitting on top of North Forland plantation. Viewable from Daukes.) ,

5 Spoonbill (Pats.) ,

2 Great White Egret (One Pats. One in flight.) ,

15 Cattle Egret (Pats & Simmonds.) ,

1 Red Kite ,

2 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Peregrine (Stooping in the direction of Arnolds.) ,

1 Ringed Plover (Simmonds.) ,

8 Little Ringed Plover (Pats & Simmonds.) ,

1 Grey Plover (Simmonds. Wp.) ,

60 Knot (Approx. Dropped onto Simmonds. Then Pats. Most wp, one or two sp.) ,

8 Black-tailed Godwit (Pats & Simmonds.) ,

400 Bar-tailed Godwit (Approx. Dropped onto Simmonds with knots. Then to Pats. Most wp but one or two sp.) ,

22 Redshank (At least. Simmonds.) ,

1 Green Sandpiper (Pats.) ,

9 Mediterranean Gull (Five adults, four 1st summers. Simmonds & Pats.) ,

1 Common Gull (1st summer. Simmonds.) ,

3 Sandwich Tern (One Pats then Simmonds. Two along shingle bank.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Location : Cley (sea)

Time : 06:37 to 08:00

Conditions : WeBS

1 Great Black-backed Gull ,

11 Sandwich Tern ,

[Cbc Admin]

Location : Salthouse

Time : 06:30 to 08:30

Conditions : WeBS

1 Little Egret ,

1 Grey Heron ,

6 Mute Swan ,

1 Greylag Goose ,

5 Shelduck ,

2 Teal ,

23 Mallard ,

4 Moorhen ,

7 Oystercatcher ,

4 Ringed Plover ,

3 Lapwing ,

9 Curlew ,

1 Redshank ,

20 Black-headed Gull ,

1 Common Gull ,

7 Herring Gull ,

1 Sandwich Tern ,

1 Marsh Harrier ,

6 Skylark ,

9 Meadow Pipit ,

1 Stonechat ,

3 Goldfinch ,

10 Linnet ,

6 Reed Bunting ,

8 Mediterranean Gull ,

[Cbc Admin]

Location : Kelling WM

Time : 06:30 to 08:30

Conditions : WeBS

6 Mallard ,

3 Coot ,

1 Moorhen ,

22 Black-headed Gull ,

[Cbc Admin]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:20 to 10:00

Conditions : Cool at first, wind from SW, warming up by 09:00. The following highlights from my WeBS count this morning and later from Daukes Hide.

1 Night-heron (Adult flew in to North Foreland at 06:24) ,

c.55 Little Egret (Across reserve including 23 in NF) ,

7 Great White Egret (6 on N Scrape and another flaunting itself in front of Avocet Hide ) ,

6 Cattle Egret (On reserve) ,

1 Short-eared Owl (Seen to rise up from Eye Field and then west over West Bank) ,

5 Marsh Harrier (The adults and 3 juveniles up in the air together) ,

1 Barn Owl (Blakeney Freshes south to windmill) ,

c.120 Bar-tailed Godwit (Simmonds then Pats after spooking) ,

1 Greenshank (Simmonds) ,

2 Grey Plover (Simmonds) ,

2 Sandwich Tern (Simmonds) ,

4 Knot (Simmonds) ,

6 Little Ringed Plover (3 Whitwell, 3 Pats) ,

1 Snipe (Whitwell) ,

5 Mediterranean Gull (4 SP adults and a 2nd Summer Simmonds) ,

1 Caspian Gull (2nd summer Simmonds) ,

12 Spoonbill (Simmonds/Pats) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:45 to 10:00

Conditions : Warm but with brisk SW, cloudy with some sunshine.

115 Bar-tailed Godwit (Simmonds then Pats after spooking) ,

c.2 Dunlin (Simmonds then off west) ,

1 Ruff (Male on Simmonds) ,

2 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (Anouk and another on Simmonds) ,

2 Caspian Gull (Second summers with Bird A more advanced than Bird B in attached photos) ,

2 Mediterranean Gull (adult and 2nd summer on Simmonds) ,

8 Cattle Egret (Max inc to and fro to NF) ,

9 Spoonbill (Pats and Simmonds and west) ,

30 Little Egret (Reserve wide) ,

c.2 Grey Heron ,

5 Marsh Harrier (Adults plus three juveniles) ,

1 Wigeon (Drake again on Simmonds) ,

12 Shoveler (Simmonds and Pats) ,

c.1 Green Sandpiper (Pats) ,

60 Sand Martin (Over scrapes) ,

c.20 Swallow (Over cricket marsh) ,

c.6 House Martin (Over reserve) ,

5 Swift (Over reserve) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:25 to 09:05

Conditions : 19-21C, SW f3-4, overcast. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, Snipe's, E Bank & Arnold's.

3 Spoonbill ,

11 Grey Heron ,

2 Great White Egret ,

17 Little Egret ,

3 Cattle Egret (N Foreland) ,

3 Marsh Harrier (m, f + 1 juv) ,

1 Kestrel ,

7 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

2 Coot (pr + 2 chicks, Don's Pool) ,

8 Oystercatcher ,

72 Avocet ,

1 Curlew (Arnold's) ,

7 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Snipe (Pat's) ,

20 Redshank ,

1 Green Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

1 Ruff (ad m, Pat's) ,

2 Dunlin (on shingle) ,

6 Ringed Plover (on shingle) ,

5 Little Ringed Plover (jncl. 1 juv, + 2 chicks, Pat's) ,

31 Lapwing ,

3 Mediterranean Gull (Arnold's) ,

100 Small White (several hundred behind Arnold's following a major influx of White butterflies yesterday evening) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 19:15 to 20:15

14 Cattle Egret (A flock flew into N Foreland) ,

[David Fell]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 14:00 to 16:20

Conditions : Warm, humid, light SW breeze

22 Cattle Egret (Maximum count late afternoon on Simmonds. Earlier 16 in from the west and mixing with several in from east end of reserve. All adults in BP or moving out of BP.) ,

7 Spoonbill (Mainly asleep on Pats except one actively feeding juvenile on Simmonds) ,

1 Great White Egret (East across reserve) ,

3 Grey Heron (North Foreland) ,

25 Little Egret (Inc birds in North Foreland) ,

c.1 Green Sandpiper (Pats/Simmonds) ,

2 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (One un-ringed and Anouk on Simmonds) ,

1 Wigeon (Drake on Simmonds) ,

5 Marsh Harrier (Adults feeding juveniles - several food passes) ,

1 Buzzard (Tussling with male Marsh Harrier over reserve) ,

200 Sand Martin (Guesstimate - massive action over scrapes and up high) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:30 to 09:40

Conditions : 18-20C, SW f4, mainly cloudy. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, Snipe's, E Bank, Arnold's & Iron Rd.

2 Little Grebe (Snipe's) ,

5 Spoonbill (incl 1 juv) ,

7 Grey Heron ,

1 Great White Egret ,

17 Little Egret ,

4 Cattle Egret ,

7 Cormorant ,

4 Marsh Harrier (incl. 2 juvs) ,

1 Kestrel ,

2 Coot (+ 1 chick, Don's Pool) ,

3 Oystercatcher ,

93 Avocet (incl. pr with 2 juvs) ,

19 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (2cy f, Pat's) ,

3 Curlew ,

1 Green Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

23 Redshank ,

1 Ruff (ad m, Pat's) ,

1 Dunlin (Pope's Pool) ,

5 Little Ringed Plover (incl. 1 juv and 3 chicks) ,

2 Ringed Plover (Arnold's & beach) ,

23 Lapwing ,

4 Mediterranean Gull (Swan Lake) ,

22 Teal (Swan Lake) ,

1 Grayling (behind Arnold's ) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]