Location : Cley (sea)

Time : 07:45 to 10:40

Conditions : Overcast, strong Northerly winds. Some sunshine later, dry.

1 Arctic Skua (Dark phase bird drifted through not far offshore. Seen to fly for a few metres before continuing westward drift.) ,

3 Great Skua (2 East, one west) ,

1 Long-tailed Skua (Juvenile west. Alerted from Sheringham. Took over 30 minutes but was probably on the water several hundred metres east of the wreck and put up by the westward journeying Bonxie.) ,

3 Razorbill (2 adults and a halfling offshore) ,

30 Gannet (East) ,

3 Fulmar (East) ,

c.45 Teal (East) ,

12 Common Scoter (East) ,

c.1 Little Gull (Initially thought to be an adult but seen well as it drifted by offshore - 2 summer.) ,

5 Turnstone (West) ,

1 Whimbrel (West) ,

3 Oystercatcher (West) ,

1 Knot (west) ,

25 Arctic Tern (East) ,

1 Little Tern (East) ,

c.1 Common Tern (West) ,

20 Sandwich Tern (offshore) ,

1 Kittiwake (West) ,

c.1 Red-throated Diver (Summer plumaged adult on sea off the wreck and then flew west) ,

1 Cory's Shearwater (East, also seen at Sheringham) ,

1 Manx Shearwater (West) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:35 to 08:30

Conditions : 15-17C, NNE backing N f5, cloud. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, Snipe's, E Bank & Arnold's.

1 Pintail (f, Pat's) ,

2 Little Grebe (Skirts Pool) ,

4 Little Egret ,

21 Cattle Egret (1 with cows by Serpentine + c.20 W at 06:35) ,

7 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

1 Red Kite ,

1 Buzzard ,

1 Marsh Harrier (juv) ,

1 Kestrel ,

6 Avocet (Pat's) ,

97 Black-tailed Godwit ,

17 Curlew ,

39 Redshank ,

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

2 Turnstone (Brackish) ,

27 Ruff (11 ad m, 2 ad f, 3 juv m, 2 juv f + 9 unsexed juvs) ,

21 Dunlin ,

2 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,

1 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 14:50 to 15:55

Conditions : Walk from VC along East Bank and back

14 Cattle Egret (With cattle off east bank) ,

c.40 House Sparrow (In field next to VC) ,

33 Redshank (Arnolds) ,

9 Ruff (Serpentine) ,

18 Dunlin (Arnolds) ,

2 Curlew (Arnolds) ,

1 Grey Heron (Arnolds) ,

2 Golden Plover (Arnolds) ,

29 Cormorant (Arnolds) ,

1 Sanderling (Arnolds) ,

2 Common Gull (Arnolds) ,

10 Sandwich Tern (Arnolds) ,

15 Black-tailed Godwit (2 flocks (10 & 5) flew onto Arnolds from main reserve) ,

[David Fell]

Location : Cley/Salthouse

Time : 08:30 to 16:00

Conditions : Cool, wind from North. Dry. Becoming warmer PM but wind strengthening from the North.

3 Hobby (Upto 3 seen around Simonds Scrape AM and one in particular (1st summer) spending a lot of time on the ground AM and PM). Occasionally hunting. ) ,

17 Ruff (Mainly Pats Pool) ,

2 Little Ringed Plover (Pats) ,

48 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Pats and Simmonds) ,

1 Knot (AM on Pats - adult moulting out to winter) ,

25 Golden Plover (One at pools west of Gramborough (only one foot), remainder on Pats and Simmonds PM. In for a wash and brush-up and off south.) ,

3 Ringed Plover (Simmonds/Pats PM - 1 adults and a juvenile.) ,

6 Green Sandpiper (Maximum count late afternoon on Pats and Simmonds) ,

1 Little Stint (Very smart juvenile on Pats PM) ,

7 Dunlin (Pats PM) ,

5 Avocet (Adult and 4 Juvs Pats) ,

2 Stock Dove (Simmonds PM) ,

1 Little Grebe (Juv opposite Daukes Hide) ,

1 Buzzard (Pale breasted bird in field next to VC) ,

1 Marsh Harrier (Juvenile stirring up the scrapes PM) ,

3 Swift (Over scrapes PM) ,

5 Sand Martin ,

5 Swallow (Another brood (3) in Teal Hide!) ,

5 Spoonbill (Juveniles in from the west and onto Simmonds PM) ,

23 Cattle Egret (Mainly near Teal with Cattle PM then off to the Serpentine - 7 black bills present.) ,

1 Sedge Warbler (Opposite Teal Hide) ,

4 House Martin ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:40 to 08:35

Conditions : 17-18C, NE f4, Cloud. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, s Snipe's, E Bank & Arnold's.

4 Little Grebe (Skirts Pool) ,

2 Grey Heron ,

1 Little Egret ,

11 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

1 Marsh Harrier ,

6 Avocet (Pat's) ,

7 Curlew (Brackish/Arnold's) ,

58 Redshank ,

82 Black-tailed Godwit ,

2 Green Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

23 Ruff (11 ad m, 3 juv m, 2 ad f, 7 juv f) ,

1 Knot (Arnold's) ,

1 Turnstone (Brackish) ,

7 Dunlin ,

2 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,

1 Ringed Plover (Brackish) ,

1 Golden Plover (Arnold's) ,

6 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 15:00 to 16:30

Conditions : Cloudy, breezy.

1 Snipe (Whitwell Scrape) ,

3 Green Sandpiper (1 Whitwell, 2 Pat's)) ,

7 Lapwing (4 Simmonds, 2 Pat's, 1 Whitwell) ,

2 Hobby (Down on NW Simmonds, occ up to chase prey) ,

1 Little Egret (Whitwell) ,

4 Swift ,

1 Kestrel ,

10 Ruff (Pat's) ,

54 Black-tailed Godwit (5 Simmonds, 49 Pat's) ,

2 Swallow (Teal Hide) ,

4 Avocet (Pat's) ,

1 Common Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

3 Dunlin (Pat's) ,

1 Little Stint (Pat's) ,

6 Redshank (Pat's) ,

1 Little Grebe (Drain-Daukes) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Location : Cley/Salthouse

Time : 08:45 to 11:45

Conditions : Totally overcast, light NE.

1 Bittern (Around Watling Water on several flights, though distant. Constantly mobbed by corvids, & put down twice into the reeds.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Blakeney Point

Time : 07:45 to 13:15

Conditions : Overcast, wind from NE. Not a migrant to be found despite promising conditions. Not a single warbler, Wheatear or whatever! Nice walk!

11 Razorbill (2 living, 9 tideline corpses - all juveniles, some very small.) ,

5 Guillemot (2 living, 3 tideline corpses ) ,

6 Sanderling (Flew west) ,

5 Dunlin (Flew west) ,

12 Oystercatcher (Mainly east) ,

c.60 Linnet ,

9 Stonechat ,

c.45 Sandwich Tern ,

5 Common Tern (Flew East) ,

1 Little Tern (Feeding offshore) ,

15 Cormorant (Offshore and east) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:35 to 08:50

Conditions : 17-18C, NE f4, Cloud. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, Snipe's, E Bank & Arnold's

4 Little Grebe (3 ads, 1 juv Skirts Pool) ,

1 Grey Heron (Snipe's) ,

7 Little Egret ,

5 Cattle Egret (with cattle E of E Bank ) ,

13 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

1 Red Kite ,

1 Marsh Harrier (fem) ,

12 Oystercatcher (flew NW off Arnold's, later 2 returned) ,

6 Avocet (2 ad, 4 juv Pat's) ,

6 Curlew ,

107 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Greenshank (Snipe's then flew NW at c.06:50) ,

44 Redshank ,

5 Green Sandpiper (1 Snipe's, 4 Pat's) ,

21 Ruff (11 ad m, 8 juv m, 2 ad f) ,

8 Dunlin ,

4 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Salthouse

Time : 06:30 to 07:15

48 Curlew (In field east of Beach Road) ,

1 Whimbrel (In baled field west of Beach Road) ,

3 Golden Plover (Flew west from field east of Beach Road) ,

15 Redshank (Flew inland from pool west of hill) ,

1 Dunlin (In with Redshanks) ,

2 Stonechat (Male & female) ,

1 Cattle Egret (With cattle in field east of Beach Road) ,

[David Fell]