Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 09:20 to 16:00

Conditions : Cool morning, overcast with wind from NE, warming up PM but still with the cooling wind.

75 Common Scoter (West including one flock of 45) ,

c.2 Common Tern (west) ,

15 Sandwich Tern (west) ,

9 Whimbrel (west - 1, 1, 2, 5) ,

1 Teal (west) ,

11 Ruff (10 males and one female on Pats) ,

6 Little Ringed Plover (Pats, inc some well grown juvs) ,

150 Black-headed Gull (Reserve wide including some nice juveniles, some moving rapidly to 1W) ,

c.4 Marsh Harrier (Female and 3 juvs - the latter now terrorising the scrapes) ,

1 Water Rail (In front of Bishops playing hide and seek) ,

2 Wood Sandpiper (Swan Lake) ,

6 Green Sandpiper (Pats) ,

3 Great White Egret (From the west into Big Pool) ,

34 Cattle Egret (Max at any one time including 28 in from the west - 11 juveniles) ,

9 Spoonbill (Simmonds - 4 adults, 3 t-spoons and 2 2CY birds) ,

25 Little Egret (Reserve wide) ,

c.4 Grey Heron (On reserve) ,

2 Gannet (east) ,

1 Caspian Gull (Near adult on Simmonds PM) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 09:20 to 16:00

Conditions : Cool morning, overcast with wind from NE, warming up PM but still with the cooling wind.

75 Common Scoter (West including one flock of 45) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Village

Time : 18:59 to 18:59

Conditions : Warm, light easterly, cloudless.

1 Marsh Harrier (Typical large raptor daily flight routine, around 19:00 hrs, east to west along the tree line to the north of the village. Each evening for the last three weeks in this benign summer weather.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:15 to 09:45

Conditions : Hot, clear skies, breeze from SW

1 British Yellow Wagtail (Juvenile on fence-line between Simmonds and Whitwell Scrapes briefly and then off north.) ,

7 Ruff (Moulting males on Pats) ,

4 Green Sandpiper (Pats) ,

1 Common Sandpiper (Pats) ,

2 Sandwich Tern (Simmonds) ,

9 Little Egret (Pats and Simmonds) ,

11 Spoonbill (Pats and Simmonds) ,

25 Cattle Egret (Simmonds, Pats and Pastures. Several juveniles amongst the adults.) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:30 to 08:50

Conditions : 18-22C, calm, Sun. Visited Bishop', Skirts, Snipe's , E Bank & Arnold's.

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

1 Spoonbill (ad) ,

6 Grey Heron ,

1 Great White Egret (Brackish) ,

23 Little Egret (incl. 6 in N Foreland) ,

8 Cattle Egret ,

2 Marsh Harrier (m + juv) ,

2 Coot (lge chicks, Don's) ,

7 Oystercatcher ,

9 Avocet (incl. 2 juvs) ,

22 Black-tailed Godwit ,

8 Curlew ,

30 Redshank ,

6 Green Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

1 Common Sandpiper (Serpentine then flew at 07:15) ,

11 Ruff (10 ad m, 1 ad f, Pat's) ,

10 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,

3 Ringed Plover (1 beach, 2 Arnold's) ,

35 Lapwing (+ 2 small chicks) ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (Arnold's) ,

2 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:00 to 09:45

Conditions : Warm, breeze from SW, sunny

1 Cetti's Warbler (Juvenile on the gate opposite OWL layby. Very confiding.) ,

9 Spoonbill (5 adults, 4 t-spoons) ,

6 Little Egret (Pats and Simmonds) ,

7 Cattle Egret (Inc 2 juveniles) ,

2 Bearded Tit (Juveniles opposite Daukes Hide) ,

4 Mediterranean Gull (3 adult SP and a first winter) ,

11 Little Ringed Plover (Pats and Simmonds inc 3 well grown juvs) ,

3 Ruff (Scruffs on Pats) ,

4 Marsh Harrier (Female and the three juveniles - latter now causing mayhem periodically) ,

3 Green Sandpiper (Pats Pool) ,

1 Whimbrel (Over west calling) ,

1 Greenshank (Over west calling) ,

2 Grey Heron (Simmonds) ,

2 Reed Bunting (Juvs on Simmonds fenceline) ,

2 Sedge Warbler (Juvs in reeds/scrub opposite entrance to Boardwalk) ,

1 Kestrel (Male hunting Eye Field) ,

c.45 Curlew (Eye Field) ,

c.50 Cormorant (West in large groups and high) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:25 to 09:00

Conditions : 18-23C, W veering ENE f2, sun. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, Snipe's (viewing from Walsey), E Bank & Arnold's.

3 Little Grebe (2 plus 3 chicks Snipe's, 1 Skirts Pool) ,

1 Spoonbill (ad) ,

6 Grey Heron ,

14 Little Egret (incl 9 into N Foreland) ,

8 Cattle Egret ,

4 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

4 Marsh Harrier (m, f 2 juvs) ,

1 Kestrel ,

2 Coot (lge chicks, Don's Pool) ,

5 Oystercatcher ,

10 Avocet ,

59 Curlew (Pope's Pool/Arnold's area) ,

23 Black-tailed Godwit ,

3 Greenshank (2 Pat's, 1 Arnold's) ,

4 Redshank ,

5 Green Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

9 Ruff (8 ad m, 1 ad f, Pat's) ,

2 Dunlin ,

4 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,

1 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,

30 Lapwing (plus 1 sm chick) ,

5 Mediterranean Gull (ads, Pat's) ,

4 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's) ,

1 Common Tern (Arnold's) ,

1 Chinese Water Deer (Brackish) ,

10 Small Skipper (at least) ,

1 Meadow Brown ,

1 Wall Brown ,

1 Grayling (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Village

Time : 18:52 to 18:52

Conditions : Very warm, little wind, open sky.

1 Barn Owl (Utterly bizarre. BO flying very strongly, direct south to north across a vast blue sky, approx 400-500m high. Veered towards Blakeney Point. Just a white dot in the sky to the naked eye. 600mm lens.) ,

1 Marsh Harrier (Closely followed by this critter !) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Bayfield Hall

Time : 13:35 to 14:00

Conditions : Very warm, breeze from NW

2 Spotted Flycatcher (In dead Ash (?) in field from kissing gate on Letheringsett to Glandford Road. Fantastic to see these other than down the Point. Good pickup by GF earlier today.) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:35 to 09:30

Conditions : 14-19C, SW f3, Sun; Visited Bishop's, Skirts, Snipe's, E Bank. Arnold's and Sea Pool to Iron Rd.

3 Little Grebe (plus 2 chicks) ,

3 Grey Heron ,

17 Little Egret (incl 9 in N Foreland) ,

3 Cattle Egret ,

3 Cormorant ,

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

1 Kestrel (m, N of Swan Lake) ,

2 Coot (lge chicks alone on Don's) ,

8 Oystercatcher ,

15 Avocet ,

54 Curlew ,

2 Greenshank (Arnold's) ,

21 Redshank ,

2 Green Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

29 Black-tailed Godwit (14 Pat's, 15 Swan Lake) ,

4 Dunlin (1 Arnold's, 3 Swan Lake) ,

6 Little Ringed Plover (4 Pat's, 2 Swan lake) ,

6 Ringed Plover ,

29 Lapwing ( plus 2 chicks) ,

3 Sandwich Tern ,

2 Common Tern ,

[David & Pat Wileman]