Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 18:00 to 19:15

Conditions : Bright and sunny, some cloud building with a fresh ENE to NNE breeze keeping it on the cooler side.

1 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (smart looking, well moulted juv-1w bird on Pat's) ,

45 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (mainly distant all around Pat's bar a smart moulting male) ,

2 Curlew Sandpiper (nice moulting adults still on Pat's Pool this evening, close to Bishop's Hide) ,

9 Green Sandpiper (split between Pat's Pool (6) and Simmonds (3)) ,

2 Common Sandpiper (both on the mud on Pat's ) ,

35 Dunlin ,

18 Ruff ,

8 Little Ringed Plover (all on Pat's including at least two of the small chicks seen recently) ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (super looking 1CY off west over central hides) ,

3 Yellow-legged Gull (1CY on Pat's & an adult and 5CY on Simmonds) ,

50 Lesser Black-backed Gull (some darker looking Dutch intergrades in the mix along with some darker than usual intermedius as well) ,

3 British Yellow Wagtail (all juveniles, all on Pat's, all mobile and elusive) ,

4 Sandwich Tern (in amongst the gulls on Simmonds) ,

[Mark Golley]

Location : Salthouse Heath

Time : 11:30 to 12:15

Conditions : Warm in the lee of a fresh easterly.

2 Clouded Yellow ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:25 to 09:05

Conditions : 18-20C, ENE f4, sun. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's

1 Grey Heron (sitting up in bush in reedbed) ,

2 Little Egret ,

7 Cormorant ,

6 Oystercatcher (Arnold's) ,

13 Avocet (incl. 1 juv + 3 sm chicks) ,

6 Curlew (incl 1 colour-ringed with yellow flag) ,

66 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Greenshank (Pat's) ,

3 Green Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

28 Redshank ,

14 Ruff (ad m, Pat's) ,

2 Knot (Brackish, incl 1 sp ) ,

2 Curlew Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

35 Dunlin ,

6 Little Ringed Plover (+ 1 chick, Pat's) ,

3 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,

39 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's) ,

2 Stock Dove (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 17:30 to 17:30

1 British Yellow Wagtail (Paddling in front of Teal hide) ,

[John Swallow]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:00 to 14:30

Conditions : Warm, very dry, light NW wind but becoming a lot cooler PM

2 Curlew Sandpiper (Adults on Pats) ,

17 Dunlin (Pats) ,

1 Jack Snipe (Limping adult still on Serpentine early morning) ,

8 Little Ringed Plover (Pair with three fledged on Pats, single adult with two developing chicks Serpentine) ,

12 Snipe (9 Pats, 3 Serpentine) ,

4 British Yellow Wagtail (3 juvs Whitwell/Simmonds, ? female Pats) ,

18 Curlew (Eye Field) ,

4 Whimbrel (west) ,

3 Grey Heron (Adult and 2 juveniles Pats) ,

3 Spoonbill (2 on Arnolds, 1 on Pats) ,

2 Little Egret (Whitwell Scrape) ,

3 Marsh Harrier (Male, female and red wing-tagged (but unreadable) juvenile) ,

1 Sparrowhawk (Female regularly hunting scrapes) ,

8 Bearded Tit (From Pats (2) and Daukes (6)) ,

2 Egyptian Goose (Simmonds) ,

4 Common Gull (adults on Simmonds) ,

2 Caspian Gull (Simmonds - 4 CY and juvenile) ,

6 Grey Partridge (Flushed on opening up Teal Hide and flew to South Pool area. Suspect 4 juveniles? ) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 16:15 to 20:45

Conditions : Sunny, calm, 22C. Visited Bishop's, East Bank, North Scrape, West Bank, Central Hides. Not full count.

c.4 Greylag Goose ,

2 Egyptian Goose ,

c.8 Shelduck ,

c.2 Shoveler ,

1 Teal ,

c.15 Cormorant ,

c.30 Sandwich Tern ,

1 Avocet ,

1 Oystercatcher ,

1 Ringed Plover ,

1 Little Ringed Plover ,

c.6 Curlew ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit ,

12 Snipe (10 on Pat's ) ,

11 Green Sandpiper (Pat's & Simmond's) ,

c.10 Redshank ,

1 Knot (Summer Plumage on Pat's ) ,

c.15 Ruff ,

3 Curlew Sandpiper (1 Pat's, 2 Serpentine ) ,

c.40 Dunlin ,

1 Spoonbill ,

3 Little Egret ,

2 Grey Heron ,

2 Bearded Tit ,

[David Nurse]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:10 to 08:10

Conditions : 17-19C, N f4, sun. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's

1 Grey Heron ,

3 Little Egret ,

7 Oystercatcher (Arnold's) ,

39 Avocet (incl 3 juvs, plus 4 chicks) ,

77 Black-tailed Godwit ,

2 Curlew (Arnold's) ,

1 Snipe (Serpentine) ,

48 Redshank (+ 1 chick) ,

1 Green Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

13 Ruff (12 ad m, 1 ad f, Pat's) ,

1 Turnstone (sum pl, Arnold's) ,

1 Dunlin (Brackish) ,

2 Little Stint (Arnold's) ,

4 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,

2 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (Brackish) ,

103 Sandwich Tern (Brackish & Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 18:45 to 19:30

Conditions : Warm, humid, overcast, dry!!!

1 Jack Snipe (The limping surprise summer visitor putting on a fine show at the north end of the Serpentine. Almost as much of a surprise as the earlier Shore Lark at Weybourne Camp?) ,

3 Little Ringed Plover (Adult and two chicks Serpentine) ,

3 Snipe (Serpentine) ,

1 Little Stint (Adult, Arnolds) ,

2 Curlew Sandpiper (Adult SP slight moult, Arnolds) ,

17 Dunlin (Arnolds) ,

2 Curlew (Arnolds) ,

3 Little Egret (Arnolds) ,

1 Grey Heron (Arnolds, devouring an Avocet!!) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Salthouse

Time : 07:49 to 07:52

Conditions : Sunny,very warm.

1 Stoat (Moving through the cut cereal field, east of Meadow Lane) ,

[Graham Sutton]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:15 to 08:30

Conditions : 18-21C, SSW f3, Sun. MuteBishop's, Skirts, E Bank to Arnold's. More to come

2 Mute Swan (pr + white & grey cygnets) ,

2 Spoonbill ,

2 Grey Heron ,

3 Little Egret ,

6 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

3 Oystercatcher (Arnold's) ,

45 Avocet (incl 1 juv, plus 4 chicks) ,

84 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Bar-tailed Godwit (Arnold's) ,

2 Snipe (N end Serpentine) ,

1 Jack Snipe (N end Serpentine at 7:00) ,

32 Redshank ,

24 Ruff (21 ad m, 3 ad f) ,

63 Dunlin ,

10 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,

2 Ringed Plover (1 Brackish, ad +2 med/lge chicks Arnold's) ,

199 Sandwich Tern ,

1 Marsh Harrier (m) ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (juv, Pat's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]