Location : Cley Village

Time : 12:35 to 12:50

Conditions : Overcast, gloomy, wind from SW

1 White-fronted Goose (Eurasian) (In field east of North end of OWL with a dozen PFGs) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 09:10 to 09:12

Conditions : Mainly overcast.

1 Dartford Warbler (Briefly, flitting along the gorse beside the N end of the West Bank, though distant.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Outside the Square

Time : 08:33 to 08:34

Conditions : Wind from SE vectoring S, dry and sunny

2 Whooper Swan (For information - two Whoopers flew east overhead at Weybourne and then assumed to have landed on the sea before drifting west and eventually taking flight over Cley (Report by EM). One was ringed - FFU in Iceland at Miklavatn in August 2023 and seen in Suffolk and Cambridgeshire winter 20025/2026.) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:30 to 09:20

Conditions : 7-10C, Sun, SE f4. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's

8 Pintail (Brackish) ,

4 Little Grebe ,

1 Grey Heron ,

2 Great White Egret (in flight over reedbed) ,

2 Little Egret ,

54 Cormorant (Arnold's (fighting for space)) ,

4 Avocet (Pat's) ,

6 Curlew ,

60 Black-tailed Godwit ,

2 Bar-tailed Godwit (Arnold's) ,

1 Snipe (Pat's) ,

22 Redshank ,

8 Ruff (7 ad m, 1 ad f, Pat's) ,

88 Dunlin ,

11 Ringed Plover ,

3 Grey Plover (2 Arnold's, 1 Pat's) ,

7 Golden Plover (Pat's) ,

3 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Stonechat (fem, E Bank) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 15:45 to 18:30

Conditions : The fresh easterly began to drop a little as the afternoon went on, but we lost the sunshine from earlier, very murky early evening.

3 Tundra Bean Goose (Three in onto Whitwell Scrape with a large number of Pink-feet at 1735) ,

45 White-fronted Goose (Eurasian) (At least 45 birds, including some small family parties, in winter wheat fields along Old Womans Lane in the afternoon, amongst around 800 Pinks) ,

2000 Pink-footed Goose (Minimum count of birds into roost on the reserve late on ) ,

14 Caspian Gull (Another superb night! The easterly wind may have helped nudge numbers up, but may have more to do with the murk. Three birds on Whitwell by 4.30 and they kept coming. Most birds on Whitwell again until a Marsh Harrier spook - x5 1w, x3 2w, x1 3w, x1 near-ad, x4 adult) ,

1 Yellow-legged Gull (Just four this evening, including three adults) ,

750 Herring Gull (British) (Minimum count, perhaps more - I was too busy watching the Casps pile in!) ,

250 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Another down turn in numbers ) ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (single 1w on Simmonds) ,

1 Great White Egret (Dropped onto the back of Whitwell for a few minutes before moving briefly to Simmonds ahead of heading east to roost) ,

[Mark Golley]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 13:00 to 14:00

Conditions : Dull, windy.

1 Water Pipit (A few metres from Bishops hide) ,

2 Snipe (In front of Bishops) ,

[Mick Roe]

Location : Salthouse

Time : 11:50 to 12:00

1 Short-eared Owl (Headed inland) ,

[Alan Roe]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:30 to 09:05

Conditions : 12C, E f4-5, overcast. Visited Bishop's, E Bank & Arnold's

8 Pintail (Brackish) ,

5 Little Egret ,

1 Cattle Egret (Pat's at 08:30) ,

4 Glossy Ibis (Pat's) ,

29 Cormorant ,

5 Little Grebe (Main Drain) ,

8 Avocet ,

3 Curlew ,

54 Black-tailed Godwit ,

2 Bar-tailed Godwit (Arnold's) ,

9 Redshank ,

1 Snipe (Pat's) ,

27 Ruff (24 ad m, 2 juv m, 1 ad f, Pat's) ,

1 Curlew Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

56 Dunlin ,

1 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,

2 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,

3 Marsh Harrier (incl. 1 wing-tagged 2cy f) ,

1 Kestrel ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Salthouse

Time : 08:25 to 08:35

Conditions : Dull and damp. no wind.

1 Snow Bunting (Feeding on Gramborough Cliff Face.) ,

[Graham Sutton]

Location : Salthouse

Time : 08:10 to 08:15

Conditions : Rain stopping. Very poor light, no wind.

1 Bar-tailed Godwit (Feeding on Gramborough lagoon) ,

[Graham Sutton]