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Wed 25 February 2026

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:30 to 08:50

Conditions : S15 sun and haze.

1 Long-tailed Duck (post bathing scapular shake.) ,

[Tom Whiley]

Wed 25 February 2026

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:30 to 09:20

Conditions : 9-12C, S f4, hazy sun/cloud. Visited, Snipe's (no birds), Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's.

13 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (flew in from W) ,

6 Pintail (4 Brackish 2 Arnold's) ,

3 Little Grebe (Brackish) ,

4 Grey Heron (E of E Bank) ,

3 Little Egret ,

3 Cormorant ,

5 Oystercatcher (4 Arnold's, 1 Brackish) ,

160 Avocet (Pat's) ,

89 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

24 Curlew ,

30 Redshank ,

28 Ruff (25 ad m, 2 fw m, 1 ad f) ,

4 Turnstone (Arnold's) ,

67 Dunlin ,

16 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,

1 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,

37 Golden Plover (meadow E of E Bank) ,

2 Marsh Harrier (m + f) ,

1 Stonechat (ad m, E Bank/Brackish) ,

1 Long-tailed Duck (drake still on Arnold's) ,

10 Greylag Goose (pair on Don's Pool plus others on reserve pairing up ) ,

c.200 Lapwing (at least) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]