Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 15:45 to 18:30

Conditions : The fresh easterly began to drop a little as the afternoon went on, but we lost the sunshine from earlier, very murky early evening.

3 Tundra Bean Goose (Three in onto Whitwell Scrape with a large number of Pink-feet at 1735) ,

45 White-fronted Goose (Eurasian) (At least 45 birds, including some small family parties, in winter wheat fields along Old Womans Lane in the afternoon, amongst around 800 Pinks) ,

2000 Pink-footed Goose (Minimum count of birds into roost on the reserve late on ) ,

14 Caspian Gull (Another superb night! The easterly wind may have helped nudge numbers up, but may have more to do with the murk. Three birds on Whitwell by 4.30 and they kept coming. Most birds on Whitwell again until a Marsh Harrier spook - x5 1w, x3 2w, x1 3w, x1 near-ad, x4 adult) ,

1 Yellow-legged Gull (Just four this evening, including three adults) ,

750 Herring Gull (British) (Minimum count, perhaps more - I was too busy watching the Casps pile in!) ,

250 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Another down turn in numbers ) ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (single 1w on Simmonds) ,

1 Great White Egret (Dropped onto the back of Whitwell for a few minutes before moving briefly to Simmonds ahead of heading east to roost) ,

[Mark Golley]

Location : Salthouse

Time : 11:50 to 12:00

1 Short-eared Owl (Headed inland) ,

[Alan Roe]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:30 to 09:05

Conditions : 12C, E f4-5, overcast. Visited Bishop's, E Bank & Arnold's

8 Pintail (Brackish) ,

5 Little Egret ,

1 Cattle Egret (Pat's at 08:30) ,

4 Glossy Ibis (Pat's) ,

29 Cormorant ,

5 Little Grebe (Main Drain) ,

8 Avocet ,

3 Curlew ,

54 Black-tailed Godwit ,

2 Bar-tailed Godwit (Arnold's) ,

9 Redshank ,

1 Snipe (Pat's) ,

27 Ruff (24 ad m, 2 juv m, 1 ad f, Pat's) ,

1 Curlew Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

56 Dunlin ,

1 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,

2 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,

3 Marsh Harrier (incl. 1 wing-tagged 2cy f) ,

1 Kestrel ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 14:00 to 15:00

Conditions : Photos by Paul Williams

1 Desert Wheatear ,

[CleyBirdCo]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 13:45 to 14:14

Conditions : Warm, wind from SE

1 Desert Wheatear (Male on top of beach hotel before flying off towards the boats. Good find earlier by Peter Allen and Another.) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 13:00 to 14:00

Conditions : Sunny, light ESE breeze, not much cloud

1 Desert Wheatear (Gorgeous first-winter male, initially on the Eye Field fence between the beach car park and the North, then got a bit skittish and headed back towards the beach, landing on the Beach Hotel briefly before settling around the tractors on the Point side of West Bank) ,

[Mark Golley]

Location : Salthouse

Time : 08:40 to 08:42

Conditions : Clearing sky. No wind.

1 Brown Hare (Salthouse Beach.) ,

[Graham Sutton]

Location : Salthouse

Time : 08:25 to 08:35

Conditions : Dull and damp. no wind.

1 Snow Bunting (Feeding on Gramborough Cliff Face.) ,

[Graham Sutton]

Location : Salthouse

Time : 08:10 to 08:15

Conditions : Rain stopping. Very poor light, no wind.

1 Bar-tailed Godwit (Feeding on Gramborough lagoon) ,

[Graham Sutton]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:45 to 09:50

Conditions : 11-12C, ESE f1, cloud. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's.

9 Pintail (incl.3 m, Brackish) ,

3 Grey Heron ,

3 Little Egret ,

7 Cattle Egret (5 mobile E of E Bank, 2 Pat's) ,

2 Little Grebe (Main Drain) ,

3 Avocet ,

4 Curlew ,

1 Bar-tailed Godwit (Arnold's) ,

44 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Snipe (Pat's) ,

20 Redshank ,

10 Ruff (8 ad m, 2 juv m, Pat's) ,

128 Dunlin ,

10 Ringed Plover ,

2 Grey Plover ,

35 Cormorant ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (1st cal yr, Pat's) ,

1 Buzzard ,

3 Marsh Harrier ,

[David & Pat Wileman]