Location : Cley Village

Time : 13:35 to 13:35

Conditions : Broken cloud, freshening northerly.

1 Great White Egret (Hauling back to N Foreland from Blakeney Freshes.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 13:30 to 17:00

Conditions : Sunny, warm. Becoming cloudier with a chilly nw breeze.

2 Gannet (East.) ,

1 Hobby ,

2 Dunlin (Arnolds. Sp.) ,

2 Curlew Sandpiper (Arnolds. One sp, one 1st summer.) ,

14 Black-tailed Godwit (Serpentine/Arnolds/Pats.) ,

1 Green Sandpiper (Simmonds.) ,

9 Mediterranean Gull (At least. Arnolds/sea/Simmonds.) ,

5 Common Gull ,

14 Sandwich Tern (Arnolds. More along the shoreline.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Location : Cley Village

Time : 08:30 to 08:35

Conditions : Becoming sunnier. Warm.

1 Coal Tit ,

1 Treecreeper (Trees in private garden. First one I've seen in the village.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:30 to 08:15

Conditions : Warm, overcast and light breeze from the East

1 Collared Pratincole (Sat out at north-west end of Simmonds Scrape. Had been spotted by a visitor earlier who'd then let some other birders know on East Bank. Stayed until 08:12 when, after a couple of feeding flights it moved off high north-west. ) ,

9 Spoonbill (Simmonds including two very young tspoons which might be out of NF.) ,

13 Cattle Egret (Serpentine) ,

2 Curlew Sandpiper (Swan Lake - adult SP and presumed 1st summer bird.) ,

2 Dunlin (SP on Swan Lake) ,

23 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Swan Lake) ,

3 Mediterranean Gull (Swan Lake) ,

5 Sandwich Tern (Swan Lake) ,

1 Tufted Duck (Drake moving to eclipse Swan Lake) ,

1 Great White Egret (Snipes) ,

4 Little Grebe (Adult and two chicks Snipes) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Salthouse (sea)

Time : 06:30 to 08:30

Conditions : WeBS

6 Sandwich Tern ,

[Cbc Admin]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:25 to 08:50

Conditions : 19-23C, NW, cloud. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, Snipe's, E Bank & Arnold's

34 Teal ,

2 Little Grebe ,

6 Spoonbill (2 ads, 4 juvs) ,

3 Grey Heron ,

1 Great White Egret ,

29 Little Egret ,

6 Cattle Egret ,

3 Cormorant ,

3 Marsh Harrier (juvs) ,

1 Coot (ad + 2 lge chicks) ,

9 Oystercatcher ,

79 Avocet (incl. 3 juvs) ,

24 Curlew ,

15 Redshank ,

4 Black-tailed Godwit ,

2 Ruff (ad m) ,

10 Little Ringed Plover (chicks on Pat's have now fledged) ,

30 Lapwing (plus 2 tiny chicks) ,

13 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's) ,

1 Kingfisher (Main Drain) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:00 to 08:00

Conditions : Cloudy, some sun. Warm.

4 Gannet (Offshore.) ,

5 Eider (Eclipsed male & four females west, very close in.) ,

80 Common Scoter (Approx. Lifted off offshore & went east. Later 30 back west.) ,

1 Dunlin (West along beach.) ,

1 Collared Pratincole (Simmonds. Made off west at 08:00.) ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (West.) ,

100 Sandwich Tern (At least. Much coming & going along the shore. Many carrying or catching sandeels.) ,

4 Common Tern (Beach.) ,

3 Little Tern (Beach.) ,

2 Bearded Tit (Juvs, from East Bank.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 18:40 to 21:30

Conditions : Sunny, hot. Se breeze. Cooling as evening came on.

1 Gannet (East.) ,

1 Snipe (Serpentine.) ,

40 Curlew (Rear of Serpentine plus Arnolds.) ,

25 Black-tailed Godwit (Most in flight.) ,

2 Ruff (Pats.) ,

1 Greenshank (Arnolds.) ,

3 Mediterranean Gull (Arnolds.) ,

5 Sandwich Tern (Along shingle bank.) ,

2 Common Tern (Flew over Arnolds.) ,

1 Night-heron (North Foreland.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:25 to 09:20

Conditions : 17-25C, SSE f2-3, Sun. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, Snipe's, E Bank, Arnold's, Brackish to N Scrape & Coastguards, with brief look at sea.

2 Little Grebe (Snipe's) ,

5 Spoonbill (4 ad, 1 juv) ,

6 Grey Heron ,

3 Great White Egret ,

16 Little Egret (incl.9 perched up in N Foreland) ,

2 Cattle Egret (with cows Wigeon Marsh) ,

1 Night-heron (in N Foreland at 07:15 then flew W) ,

2 Marsh Harrier (m + juv) ,

2 Coot (ads + 2 lge chicks, Don's) ,

1 Water Rail (heard, Pat's) ,

12 Oystercatcher ,

114 Avocet ,

11 Curlew ,

39 Redshank ,

1 Ruff (ad m, Pat's) ,

1 Dunlin (Pat's) ,

10 Little Ringed Plover (6 ad + 4 juvs) ,

3 Ringed Plover ,

29 Lapwing (plus 2 tiny cicks on Pat's) ,

4 Mediterranean Gull ,

15 Sandwich Tern ,

1 Common Tern ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Blakeney (sea)

Time : 04:30 to 07:00

Conditions : Cloud & sun. Chilly.

6 Gannet ,

10 Shelduck ,

2 Teal ,

1 Eider (Eclipsed male west.) ,

15 Mediterranean Gull ,

350 Black-headed Gull (At least. All moving west in small flocks.) ,

6 Common Gull ,

100 Sandwich Tern (At least. One juv noted with adult.) ,

14 Common Tern ,

30 Little Tern (At least.) ,

[Andrew Cox]