Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 17:30 to 19:15

Conditions : Sunny spells under increasing cloud cover. Warm with freshening SSE breeze.

1 Caspian Gull (4CY into the LBB flock on Pat's ) ,

3 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (After days of waiting, finally they showed well in good light! Two adults & the showy 1CY moving between both Pat's and Simmonds) ,

45 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) ,

2 Yellow-legged Gull (Both adults, both on Simmonds ) ,

2 Mediterranean Gull (Smart juvenile on Pat's & a moulting 2nd summer on Simmonds) ,

1 Little Stint (Yesterday's juvenile again on Pat's with the Dunlin flock ) ,

35 Dunlin ,

20 Ruff ,

6 Green Sandpiper ,

1 Wood Sandpiper (Juvenile active at the back of Simmonds ) ,

3 Marsh Harrier (Causing a bit of havoc on the south side... ) ,

1 Barnacle Goose (Minding it's own business on Pat's) ,

4 Egyptian Goose (Noisy quartet bossing most things around, also on Pat's) ,

5 Little Ringed Plover ,

3 Bearded Tit (Seen in the walk back off the reserve by the boardwalk ) ,

[Mark Golley]

Location : Glandford

Time : 13:15 to 13:30

Conditions : Sunny, hot and negligible wind.

1 Daubenton's Bat (Bat flying in broad daylight over the ford constantly catching flies and dipping in the Ford to drink. Had good views from the footbridge. (We think it was Daubenton’s from looking at a field guide, but not bat experts).) ,

[Nigel Young]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:55 to 09:26

1 Jack Snipe (Presumably previously reported injured bird on Serpentine, now on Pat's viewed from Bishop's Hide) ,

[John Swallow]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:54 to 09:26

1 Jack Snipe (Presumably previously reported injured bird on Serpentine, now on Pat's viewed from Bishop's Hide) ,

[John Swallow]

Location : Salthouse Heath

Time : 08:40 to 08:40

1 Turtle Dove (Perched on dead tree at crossroads ) ,

[Gary Bunting]

Location : Kelling WM

Time : 14:49 to 15:37

Conditions : Sunny, gentle N breeze.

1 Marsh Harrier (A cream-crown flew over, W.) ,

c.1 Blue Tit ,

1 Grey Heron ,

c.20 Woodpigeon ,

c.10 Linnet ,

8 Lapwing ,

1 Little Egret ,

2 Mute Swan ,

2 Glossy Ibis ,

c.10 Mallard ,

c.5 Gadwall ,

1 Snipe ,

1 Little Grebe ,

1 Goldfinch ,

1 Stonechat ,

c.5 Swallow ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (W over sea.) ,

[Tony Pope]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:25 to 08:25

Conditions : 12-18C, SSW veering W f3, Sun. Visited Bishop's, Skirts and E Bank.

3 Grey Heron (incl 1 juv up in tree in reedbed.) ,

1 Bittern (flying SW over E Bank then W at 6:30) ,

5 Little Egret ,

1 Cormorant ,

1 Coot (Brackish, first seen at Cley since early April) ,

13 Avocet (plus 1 lge chick on Arnold's) ,

94 Black-tailed Godwit ,

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

1 Curlew ,

4 Snipe ,

1 Jack Snipe (with limp, Serpentine) ,

10 Redshank ,

2 Green Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

1 Wood Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

2 Curlew Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

1 Turnstone (sp Brackish) ,

7 Dunlin ,

1 Little Ringed Plover (+ 2 chicks) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 17:30 to 20:30

Conditions : Grey and overcast, one brief light shower, cool with light NNW breeze. Some sunny patches way out west.

2 Curlew Sandpiper (Moulting adults still on Pat's) ,

1 Wood Sandpiper (Lovely juvenile on the back of North Scrape) ,

54 Dunlin (Two flocks, one on Pat's (28) and one on North (26)) ,

4 Green Sandpiper ,

1 Marsh Harrier (Adult female being busy on Pat's... ) ,

3 Common Sandpiper (Tucked away in North Scrape) ,

16 Little Ringed Plover (Minimum count, at least 10 on North, 6 on Pat's. ) ,

20 Ringed Plover ,

1 Whinchat (On the fence line towards North Scrape) ,

1 Wheatear (One along the same fence as the Whinchat) ,

6 Caspian Gull (Brilliant feeding flock of gulls and terns on the sea off North. Two big juvenile Caspian, plus a 1st summer/2CY,a near-adult and two full adults. ) ,

3 Yellow-legged Gull (Also in the melee, a massive juvenile, a smaller juvenile and a 2CY bird.) ,

15 Mediterranean Gull (Minimum in the melee, at least 8 juveniles) ,

1 Little Gull (Tatty 2CY over the flock. ) ,

30 Little Tern ,

25 Common Tern ,

700 Herring Gull (British) (Minimum count at peak melee time) ,

25 Lesser Black-backed Gull (One ultra dark female intermedius, very fuscus like but moult sequence all wrong for Baltic. ) ,

40 Common Scoter (Two flocks of c20 each, both west) ,

[Mark Golley]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:20 to 08:45

Conditions : 13-18C, WSW f4, Sun. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's.

1 Grey Heron ,

3 Little Egret ,

20 Cormorant ,

6 Oystercatcher (Arnold's) ,

13 Avocet (+ 3 chicks) ,

3 Curlew ,

116 Black-tailed Godwit ,

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

1 Bar-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

5 Snipe (2 Serpentine, 3 Brackish) ,

1 Greenshank (juv, Pat's) ,

46 Redshank ,

2 Green Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

2 Common Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

18 Ruff (ad m, Pat's) ,

1 Knot (fading sum pl, Arnold's) ,

2 Curlew Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

12 Dunlin ,

2 Little Ringed Plover (+ 2 chicks, Pat's) ,

6 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,

14 Golden Plover (Serpentine & Arnold's) ,

37 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 19:00 to 19:45

Conditions : Overcast, humid, hot.

2 Wood Sandpiper (Simmonds) ,

3 Green Sandpiper (Simmonds) ,

1 Caspian Gull (Juvenile Pats - picked up by EM) ,

1 Yellow-legged Gull (Adults on Pats) ,

1 Water Vole (Catchwater Drain opposite Warden's House east of footbridge ) ,

[David Griffiths]