Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:15 to 08:05

Conditions : 16-17C, overcast with some dampness, N f4. Felt cold, is summer over? Visited Snipes (smaller muddy puddle today), Bishop's, Skirts E Bank & Arnold's. Serpentine drying c.40% water

2 Egyptian Goose (Serpentine) ,

1 Spoonbill (ad) ,

2 Grey Heron ,

2 Little Egret ,

1 Cormorant ,

7 Oystercatcher (incl. 1 juv) ,

50 Avocet (incl 1 juv. Plus 6 chicks) ,

15 Curlew (12 flew W off E2 at 06:42) ,

63 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (ad) ,

18 Redshank (plus 3 chicks) ,

1 Common Sandpiper (Serpentine) ,

21 Ruff (20 ad m, 1 ad f - Pat's) ,

10 Dunlin (Arnold's) ,

1 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,

1 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,

1 Golden Plover (Arnold's) ,

143 Sandwich Tern ( mainly Arnold's, including many juvs) ,

1 Red Kite ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Village

Time : 19:53 to 19:53

Conditions : Calm evening.

1 Sparrowhawk (The food chain.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:20 to 08:40

Conditions : 15-19C, NNW f3, overcast clearing to sun by 08:30. Visited Snipes (just a puddle now), E Bank (Pope's Pool dry), Serpentine (50% water), Brackish, Arnold's & Sea Pool - plenty of water - Spring tides.

2 Egyptian Goose (Serpentine.) ,

1 Spoonbill (in flight) ,

3 Little Egret ,

1 Little Grebe (ad, Don's Pool) ,

6 Oystercatcher ,

49 Avocet (+ 1 lge & 2+ tiny on Serpentine, + 2 tiny Arnold's) ,

5 Curlew ,

1 Whimbrel (off E Bank) ,

55 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (Pat's) ,

12 Redshank (inc. 2 juv + 3 chicks) ,

8 Dunlin ,

20 Ruff (18 ad m, 2 ad f) ,

3 Ringed Plover (+ 1 tiny chick (Arnold's)) ,

4 Little Ringed Plover (ad+ 2 lge chicks(Serpentine), ) ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (ad Pat's) ,

20 Sandwich Tern (incl 12 juv's Arnold's) ,

1 Marsh Harrier (ad m) ,

2 Bearded Tit (Don's Pool) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 17:30 to 19:00

Conditions : Sunny, clear and bright with fresh NW breeze.

4 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (Yesterday's adult and juvenile joined by two more distinctive moulting adults, one a large female - all on Pat's Pool) ,

85 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) ,

5 Green Sandpiper ,

1 Turnstone (Stunning full summer adult on Pat's. ) ,

2 Dunlin ,

24 Ruff ,

7 Little Ringed Plover ,

[Mark Golley]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 16:10 to 19:24

Conditions : Sunny intervals, 18C, NNW 3. Visited Bishop's, Babcock, East Bank. Highlights, not full counts.

c.6 Greylag Goose (Watling Water) ,

1 Shoveler (Watling Water) ,

c.8 Teal ,

c.25 Cormorant (Arnold's ) ,

c.25 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's ) ,

c.30 Avocet ,

c.6 Oystercatcher ,

3 Golden Plover (Between Serpentine and Pope's ) ,

1 Ringed Plover ,

c.8 Little Ringed Plover ,

c.10 Curlew ,

c.18 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Jack Snipe (Unexpected in July. Bird with a limp on Serpentine ) ,

c.25 Redshank ,

c.12 Ruff ,

2 Dunlin ,

1 Spoonbill ,

2 Little Egret ,

3 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Buzzard ,

2 Kestrel (Along Attenborough walk) ,

[David Nurse]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:30 to 15:00

Conditions : Mixture of cool-cold overcast, drizzle, light rain. Winds from NE, sunshine eventually.

1 Black Tern (Juvenile west passed Cley Beach) ,

c.25 Common Tern (Early morning seawatch and late AM beach walk) ,

c.80 Sandwich Tern ,

c.15 Mediterranean Gull (Adults in the main with 2 CY and 3 juvs) ,

c.25 Gannet ,

1 Guillemot ,

2 Razorbill ,

12 Common Scoter (west) ,

1 Red-throated Diver (East and ditched off wreck) ,

12 Kittiwake (Early melee off beach) ,

3 Greenshank (Pats AM) ,

3 Green Sandpiper (Minimum across Pats/Simmonds) ,

2 British Yellow Wagtail (Juveniles Simmonds PM) ,

1 Common Sandpiper (Pats) ,

11 Dunlin (north scrape) ,

5 Ringed Plover (North Scrape) ,

2 Knot (SP west late AM) ,

3 Curlew (west) ,

2 Sanderling (west) ,

4 Spoonbill (Pats AM) ,

1 Marsh Harrier (Male hunting reserve PM) ,

1 Little Egret (Whitwell Scrape) ,

1 Weasel (Main Boardwalk) ,

3 Sedge Warbler (Juveniles in front of Daukes Hide) ,

2 Reed Bunting (Juveniles in front of Daukes Hide) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley (sea)

Time : 08:00 to 10:00

Conditions : NNW16, overcast

1 Arctic Tern (nr Arnolds) ,

1 Black Tern (1 juv W inshore, Cley Beach) ,

[Tom Whiley]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 16:29 to 20:45

Conditions : Sunny Intervals, 18C, Northerly 2. Visited Bishop's, East Bank, North Scrape, West Bank, Central Hides.

40 Avocet ,

59 Redshank ,

c.150 Lapwing ,

6 Oystercatcher ,

11 Ruff ,

54 Black-tailed Godwit (Mostly (41) on Pat's) ,

2 Green Sandpiper (Moving between Pat's and Simmond's) ,

1 Common Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

1 Wood Sandpiper (Serpentine) ,

6 Dunlin ,

2 Snipe (Serpentine and North Scrape) ,

18 Curlew (Mostly (15) East of East Bank) ,

1 Whimbrel (Arnold's) ,

1 Knot (In breeding plumage, North Scrape) ,

5 Little Egret ,

3 Spoonbill (Serpentine & Arnold's) ,

2 Glossy Ibis (Pat's) ,

2 Grey Heron (Pat's) ,

1 Greenshank (Pat's) ,

1 Golden Plover (Pat's) ,

7 Ringed Plover (Mostly (6) on North Scrape) ,

8 Little Ringed Plover (Plus 4 chicks on Serpentine) ,

9 Greylag Goose (North Scrape) ,

3 Bearded Tit (From Bishop's) ,

16 Sandwich Tern (Mostly (13) Arnolds. Many more feeding along beach) ,

2 Common Tern (North Scrape) ,

7 Shelduck ,

3 Marsh Harrier ,

35 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

1 Kestrel (Between Serpentine and Arnold's) ,

[David Nurse]

Location : Kelling WM

Time : 13:40 to 14:26

Conditions : Cloudy, moderate wind from N.

1 Hobby (Hunting Sand Martins without success.) ,

c.5 Sand Martin ,

10 Mute Swan ,

2 Lapwing ,

c.10 Mallard ,

1 Grey Heron ,

2 Teal ,

7 Linnet ,

2 Goldfinch ,

1 Little Egret ,

2 Coot ,

1 Moorhen ,

1 Stock Dove ,

c.1 Wigeon (Heard only, calling.) ,

1 Sedge Warbler ,

1 Cetti's Warbler (One seen, then rather subdued song heard.) ,

c.30 Rook ,

c.5 Jackdaw ,

c.30 Woodpigeon ,

1 Stonechat (Male.) ,

1 Kestrel ,

2 Meadow Pipit ,

2 Swallow ,

1 Red Kite ,

[Tony Pope]

Location : Cley 10Km Square

Time : 12:00 to 16:00

Conditions : Warm and sunny eventually after the cloud finally broke mid-afternoon. Light to moderate NNW breeze.

2 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (An already moulting juvenile close to Bishop's Hide plus a distinctive well moulted - largely grey - adult, also on Pat's Pool. The juvenile has already dropped several all-grey 1st W feathers into the scapulars & appears rather plain c.f. to juv islandica (which won't be here just yet!)) ,

45 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Almost all breeding males, a small number of 2CY's as well) ,

2 Glossy Ibis (The two regulars dropped onto Pat's mid-afternoon, then moved to RAR Scrape for a short time.) ,

1 Bittern (Nice flight view across Pat's Pool, out of main reedbed and landing on the northern side of Pat's. After a few minutes, the bird took off and headed off towards the Freshes (feeding flight presumably).) ,

1 Green Sandpiper ,

1 Common Sandpiper ,

8 Ruff ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (A shot of the adult - in it's own way, just as distinctive as the juvenile above - the already largely winter plumage with some remnant summer feathers is quite unlike the look of similarly aged Icelandics.) ,

[Mark Golley]