Location : Blakeney (sea)

Time : 05:30 to 08:00

Conditions : Sunny, chilly westerly breeze.

8 Gannet ,

5 Common Scoter (East.) ,

1 Sanderling (West.) ,

1 Arctic Skua (Pp adult distant, chasing terns.) ,

6 Mediterranean Gull ,

3 Common Gull ,

20 Sandwich Tern (At least. Rather fewer this morning.) ,

30 Common Tern (At least. ) ,

30 Little Tern (At least. Much coming & going with all terns.) ,

1 Razorbill (Sp adult swimming & diving very close in. Drifted west.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 13:00 to 17:00

Conditions : Overcast, rainy. Clearing to become sunny & warm.

2 Gannet (Distant, east.) ,

15 Common Scoter (West.) ,

2 Eider (Eclipse male & female east. ) ,

4 Marsh Harrier (Adult male seen carrying & passing prey item. Possibly a leveret.) ,

3 Dunlin (Arnolds.) ,

2 Curlew Sandpiper (Adult sp & 1st summer Arnolds.) ,

50 Black-tailed Godwit (At least: Pats/Serpentine/Arnolds/Swan Lake.) ,

2 Whimbrel (West.) ,

30 Mediterranean Gull (Simmonds. Eight on Arnolds, four on Swan Lake may have been from these. More along the shore.) ,

11 Common Gull (Six Simmonds, rest along shore.) ,

28 Sandwich Tern (Arnolds. Seventeen on Swan Lake may have been some of these. Many up & down the shore.) ,

7 Common Tern (Shore.) ,

2 Little Tern (West along shore.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 09:15 to 09:15

Conditions : Overcast, fine rain.

1 Great White Egret (Snipes) ,

1 Grey Heron ,

1 Red Kite ,

[Mick Roe]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:25 to 08:55

Conditions : 15-16C, N f2, cloud with some lt rain at the end. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, Snipe's (viewing from Walsey), E Bank & Arnold's.

2 Little Grebe (1 + 3sm chicks, Snipes, 1 Don's Pool) ,

10 Grey Heron (incl 3 in N Foreland) ,

1 Great White Egret ,

18 Little Egret (incl. 14 in N Foreland) ,

4 Cattle Egret ,

5 Marsh Harrier (m, f, 3 juvs) ,

1 Coot (ad + 2 lge chicks) ,

1 Water Rail (heard, Pat's) ,

6 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

5 Oystercatcher ,

84 Avocet (incl. 2 juvs) ,

49 Curlew ,

8 Black-tailed Godwit ,

25 Redshank ,

1 Green Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

1 Ruff (ad m, Pat's) ,

7 Knot (Arnold's) ,

3 Dunlin (Arnold's) ,

10 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,

3 Ringed Plover (2 Pat's, 1 shingle) ,

1 Chinese Water Deer (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Blakeney (sea)

Time : 05:30 to 07:30

Conditions : Overcast, cold northerly breeze.

22 Gannet (All east, often close in. Mostly imm birds but several adults.) ,

50 Common Scoter (At least. West.) ,

1 Bar-tailed Godwit (West.) ,

1 Whimbrel (West.) ,

20 Mediterranean Gull (At least.) ,

1 Common Gull (Adult.) ,

1 Kittiwake (Adult.) ,

100 Sandwich Tern (At least. Much coming & going as usual.) ,

6 Common Tern (At least.) ,

14 Little Tern (At least.) ,

[Andrew Cox]