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]

Location : Blakeney

Time : 19:00 to 19:15

Conditions : Low tide, sunny periods, light winds.

1 Common Gull (West end of quay.) ,

[Tim Slater]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 18:30 to 19:15

Conditions : dry, overcast

16 Moorhen (2 adults plus 4 fluffy black juvs on Snipe's Marsh) ,

1 Water Rail (Juv, now well grown with brown plumage ( 2 weeks ago was black and fluffy), feeding in a corner of Snipe's) ,

4 Mute Swan (2 adults plus 2 juvs at Dipping pond. One juv a 'Polish' - all white plumage, pink-tinged legs and feet) ,

2 Spoonbill (On Arnold's) ,

11 Sandwich Tern (6 adults with 5 juvs - Arnold's) ,

1 Spotted Redshank (juvenile- Arnold's) ,

[William Earp]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:15 to 08:55

Conditions : 17-18C, NNE f3, Cloud. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's

4 Spoonbill (ads) ,

2 Glossy Ibis (ad + imm Pat's) ,

5 Little Egret ,

6 Cormorant ,

1 Water Rail (lge chick on Snipe's) ,

9 Oystercatcher (incl 1 juv) ,

47 Avocet (plus 5 chicks) ,

22 Curlew ,

44 Black-tailed Godwit ,

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

1 Spotted Redshank (Arnold's) ,

30 Redshank (plus 3 chicks) ,

6 Green Sandpiper (5 Snipe's, 1 Pat's) ,

23 Ruff (21 ad m, 2 ad f, Pat's) ,

1 Knot (Arnold's) ,

9 Dunlin (Arnold's) ,

2 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,

4 Ringed Plover (+ 3 chicks) ,

3 Sandwich Tern (2 ad + 1 juv) ,

1 Buzzard (over N Foreland) ,

1 Marsh Harrier (m) ,

1 Chinese Water Deer ,

[David & Pat Wileman]