Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:55 to 09:35

Conditions : 15-16C, SW f2-3, cloud with some drizzle before rain at 09:30. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's.

1 Grey Heron ,

3 Little Egret ,

15 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

2 Oystercatcher ,

9 Avocet (plus 3 large chicks on Serpentine) ,

11 Curlew ,

165 Black-tailed Godwit ,

14 Snipe (7 Pat's, 7 Serpentine) ,

48 Redshank ,

4 Green Sandpiper (3 Pat's, 1 Serpentine) ,

1 Common Sandpiper (Serpentine) ,

24 Ruff (17 ad m, 3 juv m, 1 ad f, 3 juv f) ,

1 Turnstone (Brackish) ,

165 Dunlin ,

4 Little Ringed Plover (incl 1 juv Pat's) ,

5 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,

20 Golden Plover (Arnold's) ,

70 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's) ,

1 Buzzard ,

2 Marsh Harrier (1 ad m) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 17:00 to 19:45

Conditions : Light cloud cover, occasional sunny spells. Westerly breeze, F3-4.

1 Caspian Gull (4CY dropped onto Simmonds briefly mid-evening, headed off west) ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (Juvenile giving superb views in front of Teal Hide again) ,

55 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Still 20+ juveniles) ,

1 Turnstone (7 juveniles in-off and landed on Simmonds mid-evening ) ,

4 Wood Sandpiper (Minimum count, three flushed by Marsh Harrier on Pat's plus at least two on Simmonds) ,

1 Dunlin (145 minimum count) ,

30 Ruff (Nice mix of males, a couple of females and half a dozen juveniles) ,

7 Green Sandpiper ,

10 Snipe ,

2 Yellow-legged Gull (Both 5CY, both on Simmonds ) ,

40 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Excellent mix of graellsii, intermedius and presumed Dutch intergrades as well) ,

10 Ringed Plover (Tundra) (Minimum count from the two scrapes, could have been more. So striking! ) ,

9 Little Ringed Plover (Minimum count ) ,

[Mark Golley]

Location : Cley Village

Time : 14:00 to 14:00

Conditions : Overcast, warmish westerly, but gusting 20mph.

1 Marsh Harrier (Damaged left eye, or just a nictitating membrane?) ,

1 Whimbrel ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Kelling WM

Time : 07:55 to 08:04

Conditions : Cloudy with some drizzle in a light west wind.

2 Glossy Ibis (Circling Kelling Water Meadow) ,

[Graham Sutton]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 17:00 to 19:45

Conditions : Occasional sunny spells but generally increasingly cloudy with a cool, freshening easterly breeze.

1 Caspian Gull (Nice juvenile dropped in to Simmonds around 1915) ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (Another new juvenile nominate bird with the Icelandics on Pat's ) ,

60 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Including at least 22 juveniles) ,

2 Bar-tailed Godwit (Both juveniles with the Blackwits on Pat's ) ,

2 Wood Sandpiper (Single juveniles on Pat's and Simmonds) ,

6 Green Sandpiper ,

140 Dunlin (How good is it to see a three figure flock of Dunlin on the marsh... ) ,

6 Spotted Redshank (Single juvenile at the back of Pat's then a flock of five came across the reserve from the beach around 1845) ,

1 Yellow-legged Gull (5CY on Simmonds ) ,

1 Herring Gull (Scandinavian) (Quite a surprise to see a beefy 5CY on Simmonds) ,

25 Ruff ,

50 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Almost entirely intermedius, with a few paler Dutch birds in the mix ) ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (Moulting juvenile on Pat's Pool) ,

10 Snipe (All on Pat's Pool) ,

2 Marsh Harrier (Making regular passes over the south side of the marsh) ,

14 Egyptian Goose (All on Simmonds ) ,

[Mark Golley]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:35 to 09:00

Conditions : 14-17C, calm, overcast. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's.

2 Grey Heron ,

3 Little Egret ,

9 Cormorant ,

1 Water Rail (heard) ,

10 Avocet (plus 5 lge chicks) ,

5 Curlew ,

2 Whimbrel (heard flying W over sea) ,

6 Snipe ,

184 Black-tailed Godwit ,

53 Redshank ,

6 Green Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

1 Wood Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

20 Ruff (18 ad m, 1 juv m, 1 ad f) ,

2 Turnstone (Brackish) ,

150 Dunlin ,

1 Knot (Arnold's) ,

5 Little Ringed Plover (incl 2 juvs) ,

2 Ringed Plover (+ 1 lge chick) ,

13 Golden Plover (12 Arnold's, 1 Serpentine) ,

30 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's) ,

1 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Kestrel ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 09:30 to 09:48

1 Stone Curlew (Flew from beach and appeared to land in field east of east bank path. ) ,

[Joe Parham]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:30 to 15:30

Conditions : Warm, wind from North

6 Gannet (East) ,

9 Common Scoter (west) ,

7 Teal (west) ,

2 Sanderling (west) ,

c.450 Sandwich Tern (East in groups of upto 50) ,

3 Spoonbill (Pats (1), Watling Water (2)) ,

15 Snipe (Mainly Pats and Watling Water) ,

1 Wood Sandpiper (Simmonds and Pats) ,

c.35 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Pats and Simmonds, couple on Serpentine) ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (Juvenile on Serpentine) ,

1 Bar-tailed Godwit (Juvenile on Serpentine) ,

2 Little Ringed Plover (Pats) ,

5 Green Sandpiper (3 Simmonds, 1 Pats, 1 Watling Water) ,

2 Marsh Harrier (Male and female hunting) ,

5 British Yellow Wagtail (Whitwell and Simmonds) ,

3 Caspian Gull (Adult on Pats and then juvenile and 1st winter Simmonds) ,

1 Yellow-legged Gull (Adult on Pats) ,

c.30 Ruff (across reserve) ,

2 Ringed Plover (non-flying, well-advanced juveniles on pool west of Gramborough Hill) ,

5 Golden Plover (4 Simmonds, 1 Watling Water) ,

1 Redstart (Female type Gramborough Hill. very flighty) ,

2 Sedge Warbler (Juveniles in pines on Gramborough Hill) ,

3 Bearded Tit (East Bank) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 16:00 to 16:30

2 Pied Flycatcher (Together, near DBO/Visitor Centre) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 15:15 to 15:45

Conditions : Warm

2 Pied Flycatcher (NWT VC) ,

[David Griffiths]