Location : Cley/Salthouse

Time : 07:00 to 14:00

Conditions : A gloriously warm and sunny day with a light SW Breeze

1 Marsh Warbler (An energetic and skulking songster exploding melodies from concealment but giving tantalising glimpses from within the reeds low down in a ditch at the east end of the new NWT field at the Quags. ) ,

1 Cuckoo (Flew over Walsey Hills calling noisily) ,

1 Stonechat (Newly fledged bird on fence south of Babcock Hide) ,

1 Wood Sandpiper (Good find reported by M Boyd of a bird on the Serpentine PM) ,

1 Little Gull (1st summer loafing around Pats Pool) ,

2 Little Ringed Plover (Serpentine) ,

1 Great White Egret (Imm/Non-breeder flew in to reserve early PM) ,

1 Hobby (At least one seen several times late morning/early PM) ,

3 Spoonbill (On Simmonds late AM) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Salthouse Heath

Conditions : morning visit

1 Buzzard ,

1 Cuckoo ,

4 Long-tailed Tit ,

4 Chiffchaff ,

6 Willow Warbler ,

8 Yellowhammer ,

[Steve Hale]

Location : Cley 10Km Square

Time : 08:00 to 16:10

Conditions : Seawatch am. KWM pm

1 Crane (Eyes to the Sky, shout from EM, Crane over Iron Road. Instantly picked up from BH. Mobbed by dozen or so Avocett, latterly Shelduck. Stoofed West then East circling high over Reserve, VC , Wiveton before drifting high off West. Always an exciting experience. 🥳🥳) ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (1st Sum through West offshore.) ,

1 Kittiwake (Ad close inshore West.) ,

5 Fulmar (West. One crushingly close overhead inspecting shoreline around BH. Magnificent ☄️☄️) ,

1 Marsh Warbler (Frustratingly elusive as most are. But…everyone is unique, a dawn chorus condensed into a single bird. Truly remarkable deja-vu of Central Worcs and Dungeness. Also, several 🤗 stonking performers in the Square.) ,

1 Curlew (Single powering through over Freshes. 🤔🤔) ,

[Graham Fellows]

Location : Walsey Hills

Time : 08:30 to 10:40

1 Whitethroat ,

1 Cuckoo (Male in pines at south end of North Foreland wood) ,

2 Lesser Whitethroat (At east end of hills towards main road. Busy taking food into the undergrowth.) ,

[John Fairey]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:00 to 10:30

1 Puffin (Offshore BH, ‘Whirring’ East. Only Aukses seen. Could be same Ad from earlier in week still foraging out there.🤔🤔) ,

1 Spoonbill (Ad with a ‘bad hair day’, Simmond’s, doing what they do best…sleeping🤣🤣) ,

1 Great White Egret (High, West over North Foreland.) ,

6 Grey Plover (Offshore. Bunch breaking West.) ,

2 Arctic Tern (Offshore. Another four Tern session, West) ,

1 Gannet (Single Ad, East.) ,

6 Fulmar (All East.) ,

1 Curlew (Single beating West) ,

[Graham Fellows]

Location : Kelling WM

Conditions : morning visit

2 Egyptian Goose ,

2 Gadwall ,

1 Lapwing ,

1 Lesser Whitethroat ,

2 Chiffchaff ,

3 Blackcap ,

[Steve Hale]

Location : Blakeney GM

Time : 08:30 to 10:35

Conditions : Sun&cloud /20c/sw20

2 Bittern (Booming bird in Great Barnett reeds, whilst 2nd bird sky pointing, then flew se to Central Reed area @ 09.50.) ,

1 Arctic Tern (Over Little Barnett Pool. ) ,

1 Cuckoo ,

[Richard Burton]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:00 to 10:30

1 British Yellow Wagtail (♀️, fence line rear of Swan Lake.) ,

2 Short-eared Owl (East.) ,

1 Arctic Tern (West, over Swan Lake) ,

1 Red-throated Diver (Hunch-backed head tossing through West, offshore.) ,

4 Great Crested Grebe (Single then trio, West.) ,

5 Kittiwake (Trickle West) ,

4 Fulmar (Singles plus duo, West. Great when you can see their eye colour.) ,

1 Great White Egret (Plopped into Richardson’s, pm.) ,

4 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (On a jolly, East.) ,

[Graham Fellows]

Location : Kelling WM

Conditions : midday visit

2 Buzzard ,

1 Cuckoo (near the AA guns) ,

5 Sedge Warbler ,

2 Lesser Whitethroat ,

16 Linnet ,

[Steve Hale]

Location : Kelling (sea)

Conditions : midday visit, cloudless sky and full sun

12 Sandwich Tern ,

[Steve Hale]