Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:50 to 08:45

Conditions : 3-4C, SW f4, cloud. Viewing from Bishop's & Visitor Centre. Pink foot count.

10 Dark-bellied Brent Goose ,

1 Buzzard ,

6 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Water Rail (heard, Pat's) ,

5 Curlew (west) ,

4 Avocet (Pat's) ,

1 Redshank ,

214 Lapwing ,

1 Chinese Water Deer (Pat's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Village

Time : 13:30 to 13:45

1 Blackcap (Male nectaring on Mahonia flowers in garden.) ,

[Michael Harcup]

Location : Cley (sea)

Time : 08:35 to 09:50

Conditions : Cold, strong and gusting SW wind. Some sunshine!

c.25 Red-throated Diver (Mainly east but several west) ,

c.25 Common Scoter (On sea off Coastguards) ,

9 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (west over sea) ,

1 Pale-bellied Brent Goose (West with four DBBG) ,

1 Great Crested Grebe (west) ,

c.12 Great Black-backed Gull (west) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:45 to 08:55

Conditions : 6>5C, WNW f6 gusting 7, cloud. Visited Bishop's & E Bank (viewing Arnold's & Brackish with difficulty in wind). Digger now working in Catchwater Drain W of E Bank

3 Pintail (Brackish) ,

3 Little Grebe (Main Drain) ,

1 Little Egret ,

2 Cormorant ,

10 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

1 Long-billed Dowitcher (Pat's) ,

37 Curlew ,

2 Turnstone (Pat's) ,

225 Lapwing ,

4 Marsh Harrier ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 12:45 to 14:00

Conditions : Overcast, strong SW wind

1 Long-billed Dowitcher (On Pats and feeding frantically ) ,

4 Avocet (Pats) ,

350 Lapwing (Pats ) ,

c.11 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Pats) ,

1 Ruff (Pats) ,

2 Great White Egret (Over main reedbed) ,

1 Little Egret (pats) ,

3 Pintail (Simmonds) ,

1 Kingfisher (Pats fly through) ,

5 Marsh Harrier (Over reserve ) ,

2 Golden Plover (pats) ,

80 Wigeon (Simmonds and Pats) ,

c.120 Teal (Simmonds and Pats) ,

c.12 Gadwall (Simmonds) ,

5 Shelduck (Simmonds) ,

25 Mallard (Simmonds, Pats and Whitell) ,

c.12 Curlew (Pats) ,

2500 Pink-footed Goose (Billy’s Wash and Cricket Marsh) ,

c.2 White-fronted Goose (Eurasian) (Cricket Marsh) ,

600 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Eye Field) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:50 to 09:25

Conditions : 13-14C, SSW f5-6, cloud with some drizzle. Visited Bishop's & E Bank (viewing Arnold's & Brackish) & Beach Rd. Digger still working In Main Drain W of E Bank.

c.1200 Pink-footed Goose (onto reserve from fields at 08:40, later large flock on Cricket Marsh) ,

18 Pintail (Brackish/Arnold's) ,

5 Little Grebe ,

2 Little Egret ,

2 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Water Rail (heard, Catchwater Drain) ,

4 Avocet (Pat's) ,

60 Curlew ,

1 Long-billed Dowitcher (Pat's) ,

11 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Snipe (Brackish) ,

4 Redshank (Arnold's/Brackish) ,

33 Ruff (29 adm, 2 1wm, 2 adf, Pat's) ,

1 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,

88 Golden Plover ,

464 Lapwing ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:30 to 10:20

Conditions : Cold wind from SW. Dull.

c.3500 Pink-footed Goose (spread across Eye Field, Billy's Wash and Cricket Marsh. ) ,

1 White-fronted Goose (Eurasian) (Cricket Marsh) ,

3 Canada Goose (Cricket Marsh) ,

2 Greylag x Canada Goose (Cricket Marsh) ,

1 Greylag Goose (Cricket Marsh) ,

c.350 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Eye Field and Cricket Marsh including one with leucistic head and neck.) ,

120 Red-throated Diver (Approx 100 west including two flocks of 23 and 28. Approx 20 east.) ,

1 Red-necked Grebe (In from east and landed briefly.) ,

2 Great Crested Grebe (On sea and one west) ,

c.30 Common Scoter (west but 2 females on sea) ,

1 Merlin (South just west of west bank) ,

9 Goldfinch (Beach carpark) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 14:10 to 15:15

Conditions : Cold wind from SW. Dull and cloudy.

c.3000 Pink-footed Goose (On Eye Field, Billy’s Wash and Cricket Marsh.) ,

1 Barnacle Goose (Single with PFGs on Cricket Marsh) ,

c.250 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Eye Field and Cricket Marsh) ,

1 Pale-bellied Brent Goose (Cricket Marsh ) ,

2 Egyptian Goose (Cricket Marsh ) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Wiveton

Time : 12:00 to 12:30

1 Chiffchaff (In private garden.) ,

[David Fell]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:35 to 09:50

Conditions : 10-11C, WSW f5, mainly cloud with occasional short sunny spells. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's

880 Pink-footed Goose (460 left roost on Pat's, 420 Pope's Pool/Wigeon Marsh area) ,

2 White-fronted Goose (with Pinks on Pope'sPool) ,

100 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (flew E) ,

6 Pintail (Brackish) ,

1 Great White Egret ,

1 Little Egret ,

4 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Kestrel ,

2 Little Grebe (Main Drain) ,

56 Curlew (5 Arnold's, rest flying off W) ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

1 Long-billed Dowitcher (Pat's briefly with Lapwing flock) ,

1 Snipe (Brackish) ,

4 Redshank ,

488 Lapwing ,

1 Kingfisher (W over Main Drain) ,

1 Stonechat (m Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]