Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 16:50 to 17:20

Conditions : AREA COVERED: Eye Field

2 Yellow Wagtail ,

3 Wheatear ,

3 Whimbrel ,

2 Skylark ,

6 Linnet ,

1 Red Kite (On prey) ,

2 Lapwing ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 13:00 to 15:15

Conditions : Cool SW wind, dry, mixed cloud, some sunshine.

1 Hen Harrier (Male did a flypast in front of Daukes shaking up everything on Pats before disappearing east over the reedbeds.) ,

1 Osprey (Seen high to the east being mobbed by a Marsh harrier and then circled NW and along the shoreline quite high.) ,

2 Marsh Harrier (Male bringing food in to female ) ,

1 Kestrel (Over North Scrape) ,

17 Dunlin (Pats) ,

7 Little Ringed Plover (2 Whitwell, 2 Simmonds, 3 Pats) ,

7 Ruff (across the scrapes) ,

11 Curlew (from North Scrape onto Simmonds) ,

1 Whimbrel (with Curlew) ,

2 Reed Warbler (Singing along boardwalk reeds) ,

1 Greenshank (HO ? west) ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (HO - west) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Glaven Valley

Time : 11:20 to 11:21

Conditions : Overcast, cool.

1 Treecreeper ,

1 Buzzard (Hill Top,16:31, flying south. A nice pale example.) ,

2 Little Egret (18:59. A pair chancing their arm on a recce for a roosting site in the established Rookery in Deborah's Wood, Hill Top.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:45 to 08:45

Conditions : 10-12C, SSW f4, Sun. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's

2 Egyptian Goose (+ 6 goslings still Pat's) ,

2 Pintail (pr Arnold's) ,

2 Pochard (pr Don's Pool) ,

2 Little Grebe (pr Don's Pool) ,

3 Grey Heron ,

1 Little Egret ,

1 Bittern (booming, heard from E Bank) ,

10 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,

11 Oystercatcher ,

57 Avocet ,

75 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Snipe (Pat's) ,

13 Redshank ,

3 Ruff (3 ad m (1 sattelite)) ,

2 Bar-tailed Godwit (1 full sum plumage, 1 all grey, Arnold's) ,

36 Dunlin ,

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

1 Marsh Harrier (m) ,

4 Wheatear (3 Arnold's, 1 Wigeon marsh) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:50 to 08:50

Conditions : 12-14C, S f4, overcast. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's

4 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (flew SE) ,

2 Egyptian Goose (pr + 6 goslings, Pat's) ,

1 Garganey (drake Pat's,later on S Pool then Whitwell) ,

2 Pochard (pr Don's Pool) ,

2 Little Grebe (1 heard on Snipe's, 1 Don's Pool) ,

4 Grey Heron ,

2 Little Egret ,

20 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,

11 Oystercatcher ,

57 Avocet ,

68 Black-tailed Godwit ,

11 Curlew ,

1 Snipe (Pat's) ,

27 Redshank ,

1 Green Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

4 Ruff (all ad m incl. 1 satellite) ,

38 Dunlin ,

2 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,

2 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,

2 Wheatear (1 of E Bank, 1 Brackish shingle) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:50 to 08:55

Conditions : 5-12C, SSW f2-3, Sun. Env. Agency mowing E Bank. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's.

2 Egyptian Goose (with 6 goslings on Pat's) ,

2 Pintail (pr on Arnold's) ,

1 Pochard (drake on's Pool. {fem on nest?}) ,

2 Little Grebe (1 Snipe's, 1 Don's) ,

2 Grey Heron ,

1 Little Egret ,

1 Bittern (heard booming) ,

28 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,

8 Oystercatcher ,

75 Avocet ,

15 Curlew (incl. 10 on Wigeon Marsh) ,

22 Redshank ,

107 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Snipe (Pat's) ,

4 Ruff (1 ad m, 2 ad f, 1 fw m) ,

2 Turnstone ,

92 Dunlin ,

5 Little Ringed Plover (3 Pat's, 2 Serpentine) ,

2 Ringed Plover (1 Arnold's, 1 Serpentine) ,

2 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's) ,

4 Wheatear (2 Arnolds' 2 Brackish shingle) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

1 Bittern (West across Pat's Pool) ,

1 Whitethroat (Visitor Centre car park) ,

1 Snipe (Eye Field) ,

2 Wheatear (Eye Field) ,

1 Golden Plover (Eye Field) ,

1 Ruff (Bull Marsh) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 14:00 to 16:00

Conditions : Cold, wind from SE. Very wet later. Winter Plumage.

2 Egyptian Goose (Pair with 5 goslings, Simmonds. Very aggressive.) ,

c.15 Swallow (Including pair resting outside Daukes with some pre-nuptual activity.) ,

2 Sand Martin ,

1 Greenshank (Spanding plumaged bird in for a few minutes and then off west) ,

c.12 Ruff ,

6 Little Ringed Plover ,

7 Dunlin ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:00 to 10:15

Conditions : Warm!!!! No wind!!!!

12 Wheatear (Eye field and beach) ,

2 Whimbrel (Eye Field) ,

1 British Yellow Wagtail (Male - Eye Field) ,

1 Corn Bunting (Briefly on fence south of carpark and then off west, stopping briefly the other side of beach road before disappearing) ,

1 Spoonbill (In flight and down onto Simmonds Scrape) ,

2 Mediterranean Gull (West, calling) ,

1 Ringed Plover (Beach shingle) ,

7 Sedge Warbler (Singing - VC to Walsey Hills) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:50 to 09:25

Conditions : 4-10C, Variable f2, Sun/cloud. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's.

2 Egyptian Goose (pr with 6 goslings, Pat's) ,

1 Pintail (drake, Pope's Pool) ,

1 Pochard (drake, Don's Pool) ,

1 Little Grebe (Snipe's) ,

5 Grey Heron ,

1 Bittern (heard ) ,

1 Little Egret (Brackish) ,

10 Cormorant ,

5 Oystercatcher ,

87 Avocet ,

5 Curlew ,

33 Redshank ,

73 Black-tailed Godwit ,

9 Ruff (2 ad m, 1 fw m, 2 ad f, 1 fw f) ,

2 Turnstone (Brackish) ,

40 Dunlin ,

2 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,

4 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,

3 Wheatear (Brackish Shingle) ,

8 Sedge Warbler (at least singing alongside E Bank) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]