Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:30 to 11:15

Conditions : Overcast, dry until 09:30 then increasing intensity of rain.

4 Cattle Egret (Looking very smart. Near BP. All on or around Pats Pool.) ,

2 Spoonbill (Adult and 2CY, Pats Pool) ,

6 Little Ringed Plover (Pats and Simmonds) ,

24 Avocet (Pats and Simmonds. Considerable aggressive behaviourr) ,

2 Little Egret (Pats) ,

c.6 Mute Swan (Pats) ,

2 Oystercatcher (Simmonds) ,

15 Redshank (inc 3 chicks on Simmonds) ,

2 Marsh Harrier (Over reedbeds) ,

1 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (West along beach) ,

4 Teal (Drakes and a single female Simmonds) ,

24 Gadwall (Simmonds) ,

1 Little Tern (west) ,

2 Sandwich Tern (west) ,

1 Hobby (Hunting over reedbeds) ,

1 Cuckoo (Protracted views of a perched up and calling bird north of Pats Pool. ) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Village

Time : 07:10 to 07:10

Conditions : Perfect June day.

1 Cuckoo (Flew onto the top of a dead beech on Anterton Hill, singing heartily, but immediately mobbed by two Jackdaws & chased off south over the village. ( Pristine bird, but no time to even raise the camera!)) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:48 to 08:30

Conditions : 16-18C, SSW f3, sun. Visited Snipe's, E Bank & Arnold's. (Pat only) -

2 Egyptian Goose (off E Bank) ,

2 Little Grebe (pr + 2 chicks Don's) ,

1 Grey Heron ,

2 Little Egret ,

2 Spoonbill (flew into Arnold's) ,

19 Avocet (plus 4 chicks) ,

8 Oystercatcher ,

8 Redshank ,

1 Curlew (Arnold's) ,

1 Cuckoo (flew W behind Walsey & N Foreland, calling, at c.07:00 ) ,

1 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Buzzard (N Foreland) ,

5 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

1 Little Tern (Brackish) ,

1 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 15:10 to 19:50

Conditions : Sunny, some cloud. 23C. Calm. Visited Bishop's, East Bank, Beach, North Scrape, West Bank, Central Hides.

c.30 Greylag Goose (24 Serpentine, Keeper's ) ,

1 Greylag x Canada Goose (Serpentine with Canada Geese) ,

28 Canada Goose (Serpentine ) ,

c.50 Shelduck (Across reserve) ,

c.50 Gadwall (Pat's, Serpentine, North Scrape) ,

c.10 Mallard (Serpentine ) ,

4 Teal (North Scrape) ,

2 Little Grebe (With 2 chick's, Don's ) ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (Simmond's) ,

c.10 Little Tern (Over Brackish and sea) ,

c.30 Avocet (Across reserve, inc 2 chicks on Serpentine ) ,

c.10 Oystercatcher (Across reserve) ,

17 Ringed Plover (1 Pat's, 2 Serpentine, 2 Brackish, 12 North Scrape) ,

1 Little Ringed Plover (2 Pat's) ,

c.45 Lapwing (Across Reserve) ,

9 Black-tailed Godwit (North Scrape) ,

1 Snipe (Serpentine ) ,

c.35 Redshank (Across Reserve. 1 chicken in Serpentine ) ,

1 Greenshank (Pat's) ,

1 Ruff (Pat's) ,

1 Dunlin (North Scrape) ,

1 Glossy Ibis (North Scrape) ,

6 Spoonbill (1 Arnold's, 5 Pat's) ,

c.10 Little Egret (Mostly Pat's ans west of West Bank) ,

5 Cattle Egret (Pat's. ) ,

2 Grey Heron (Pat's, Serpentine ) ,

4 Marsh Harrier ,

2 Swift (Over Boardwalk) ,

4 Bearded Tit (West of East Bank) ,

[David Nurse]

Location : Muckleburgh Hill (W)

Time : 09:26 to 09:28

2 Glossy Ibis (two birds in off the sea high over Weybourne Camp then spooked by model aircraft and flew south west over Kelling Village) ,

[Paul Laurie]

Location : Cley/Salthouse

Time : 16:15 to 20:25

Conditions : 24C, sunny, 3 westerly. Visited Bishop's, East Bank, North Scrape, West Bank, Central Hides.

c.15 Greylag Goose (Serpentine and Eye Field) ,

1 Brent Goose (North Scrape) ,

c.50 Shelduck (All over) ,

4 Shoveler (North Scrape) ,

16 Cormorant (Arnolds) ,

2 Little Grebe (Plus 2 chick's on Don's ) ,

c.5 Little Tern (Over sea) ,

1 Gull-billed Tern (North Scrape) ,

c.30 Avocet (All over) ,

2 Sandwich Tern (Over Arnold's and Beach Road) ,

c.15 Oystercatcher (All over ) ,

c.7 Ringed Plover (North Scrape) ,

4 Little Ringed Plover (Serpentine, Simmond's) ,

1 Curlew (Arnold's ) ,

1 Common Sandpiper (North Scrape) ,

c.25 Redshank (All over ) ,

1 Greenshank (Pat's ) ,

1 Dunlin (North Scrape) ,

1 Little Stint (North Scrape) ,

1 Glossy Ibis (North Scrape) ,

3 Spoonbill (Serpentine, Arnold's, Pat's) ,

3 Little Egret ,

9 Cattle Egret (5 Pat's, 4 Serpentine ) ,

1 Grey Heron (Serpentine ) ,

4 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Buzzard (North Foreland) ,

1 Kestrel ,

4 Bearded Tit (2 by Bishop's, 2 off East Bank) ,

c.15 Sedge Warbler (All over) ,

1 Reed Warbler (Many more heard) ,

1 Lesser Whitethroat (Just across road from skirts) ,

1 Whitethroat (Skirts) ,

1 Quail (Rather unexpected, heard in reeds just off main boardwalk close to central hides) ,

[David Nurse]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:25 to 08:25

Conditions : 18-19C, W f3-4, sun. Visited, Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirt's, E Bank & Arnold's.

1 Little Grebe (+ 2 chicks, Don's) ,

3 Grey Heron ,

1 Glossy Ibis (Pat's until 07:13 when flew off SW) ,

8 Little Egret ,

7 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

9 Oystercatcher ,

26 Avocet (plus 2 chicks ) ,

2 Greenshank (Pat's) ,

14 Redshank ,

1 Dunlin (Pat's) ,

1 Little Stint (Pat's) ,

2 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,

31 Ringed Plover (30 tundra Pat's, 1 (resident) Arnold's shingle) ,

1 Marsh Harrier (m) ,

1 Kestrel ,

1 Painted Lady (E Bank) ,

1 Chinese Water Deer (Pat's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Kelling WM

Time : 12:49 to 13:25

Conditions : Sunny, brisk E wind.

3 Gadwall ,

c.1 Cetti's Warbler (Heard only, singing.) ,

c.1 Reed Bunting (Heard only, singing.) ,

c.1 Skylark (Heard only, singing.) ,

c.1 Meadow Pipit (Heard only, singing.) ,

2 Stock Dove ,

9 Linnet (Including fledglings.) ,

c.40 Rook ,

c.10 Sand Martin ,

2 Whitethroat ,

1 Sedge Warbler (Singing.) ,

c.1 Reed Warbler (Heard only, singing.) ,

1 Oystercatcher ,

2 Mute Swan ,

1 Shelduck ,

2 Mallard ,

1 Lapwing ,

1 Coot ,

1 Chiffchaff (Singing.) ,

c.3 House Martin ,

c.1 Blue Tit (Heard only, calling.) ,

c.5 Goldfinch ,

1 Dunnock (Singing.) ,

[Tony Pope]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:35 to 08:40

Conditions : 15-17C, ENE f4, sun. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts & E Bank.

3 Little Grebe (1 + 1 chick Snipe's, pr + 2 chicks Don's) ,

3 Grey Heron ,

2 Little Egret ,

1 Cattle Egret ,

12 Cormorant ,

3 Oystercatcher ,

36 Avocet ,

1 Greenshank (Pat's) ,

16 Redshank ,

1 Common Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

2 Ruff (imm f, Pat's) ,

1 Dunlin (Pat's) ,

3 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,

18 Ringed Plover (1 Brackish + 17 tundrae on Pat's) ,

2 Marsh Harrier (m+f) ,

1 Hobby (flew E at 07:22) ,

1 Kestrel ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:40 to 08:25

Conditions : 21-27C, SW f3, Sun (very hot even this early). Visited Snipes, Bishop's, Skirts and E Bank.

1 Little Grebe (Don's) ,

6 Grey Heron ,

1 Great White Egret (with black bill, Pat's) ,

2 Little Egret ,

4 Cormorant ,

9 Oystercatcher ,

29 Avocet ,

14 Redshank ,

1 Common Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

2 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,

1 Little Tern (Brackish) ,

1 Marsh Harrier (fem) ,

1 Magpie (E of E Bank, in tree) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]