Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 09:15 to 10:55

1 Caspian Tern (showing well again on Simmonds) ,

6 Spoonbill (Usual activity, including 4 juvs.) ,

1 Greenshank (Brief appearance on Simmonds) ,

3 Cattle Egret ,

c.2 Great White Egret ,

[John Fairey]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 13:20 to 13:29

Conditions : Very warm, moderate westerly.

1 Caspian Tern (Pat's Pool. Heat haze through 600mm lens.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:25 to 08:35

Conditions : 15-21C, SW f3, Sun. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, Snipe's, E Bank & Arnold's.

3 Little Grebe (pr with 3+ chicks on Snipe's, 1 ad Don's) ,

3 Spoonbill (1 juv) ,

3 Grey Heron ,

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

3 Marsh Harrier (juvs) ,

1 Barn Owl ,

1 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

2 Coot (large chicks on Don's Pool, no adults) ,

4 Oystercatcher ,

27 Avocet ,

47 Black-tailed Godwit ,

9 Curlew ,

16 Redshank ,

1 Green Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

1 Dunlin (Arnold's) ,

11 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,

2 Ringed Plover (Arnold's/beach) ,

22 Lapwing (+ 2 small chicks) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Blakeney (sea)

Time : 04:50 to 06:30

Conditions : Sunny, warm. Cool breeze.

2 Gannet (East.) ,

1 Bar-tailed Godwit (West. Sp.) ,

20 Sandwich Tern (At least. All terns continually up & down the beach.) ,

20 Common Tern (At least.) ,

1 Arctic Tern (Close in.) ,

20 Little Tern (At least.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Location : Cley Village

Time : 17:55 to 18:00

Conditions : Sunny, warm.

1 Southern Hawker (Cottage garden.) ,

1 White Admiral (Unfortunately deceased. I picked it off of the road & gave it a decent resting place.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Location : Cley (sea)

Time : 14:00 to 16:00

Conditions : Sunny, warm. Clouding over, becoming cooler. End of East Bank.

3 Gannet (East.) ,

4 Common Scoter ,

14 Dunlin (Arnolds. ) ,

1 Curlew Sandpiper (Arnolds. Sp.) ,

5 Mediterranean Gull ,

12 Sandwich Tern (At least.) ,

60 Common Tern (At least.) ,

1 Arctic Tern (Possibly two.) ,

15 Little Tern (At least.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:35 to 08:55

Conditions : 16-20C, NW f5, sun. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, Snipe's, E Bank & Arnold's.

2 Little Grebe (ad + 4 chicks on Snipe's, 1 ad Don's Pool) ,

1 Spoonbill (ad) ,

4 Grey Heron ,

10 Little Egret (incl at least 9 in N Foreland) ,

2 Cattle Egret (N foreland) ,

7 Cormorant ,

3 Marsh Harrier (juvs) ,

2 Coot (large chicks, no sign of adults) ,

10 Oystercatcher (incl 2 on nests. 1 due to hatch soon) ,

12 Avocet ,

60 Black-tailed Godwit (Serpentine) ,

62 Curlew (fields E of E Bank) ,

11 Redshank ,

1 Green Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

1 Curlew Sandpiper (Arnold's) ,

4 Dunlin (Arnold's) ,

9 Little Ringed Plover ,

4 Ringed Plover (2 Arnold's, 2 beach) ,

15 Lapwing (plus 2 sm chicks) ,

2 Mediterranean Gull (Arnold's) ,

6 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

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 : 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]