Location : Morston

Time : 12:30 to 14:00

Conditions : Temperature gauge said 0 degrees. Light SW breeze, sunny and feeling warm!

2 Glossy Ibis (Seen on saltmarsh to east of path out to harbour and then up and overhead, landing between Morston and Blakeney) ,

4 Rock Pipit (On walk out to Blakeney Harbour) ,

3 Greenshank (Morston channel) ,

60 Bar-tailed Godwit (Blakeney Harbour) ,

c.2 Great Northern Diver (Main channel of Blakeney Harbour ) ,

40 Pintail ,

c.8 Red-breasted Merganser (Main channel) ,

3 Red Kite ,

2 Marsh Harrier ,

7 Turnstone ,

4 Grey Plover ,

25 Dunlin ,

60 Oystercatcher ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Salthouse

Time : 09:00 to 14:15

Conditions : Thin veil of stratocumulus, light SE.

2 Barnacle Goose (Watling Water & meadows, often in with Brent.) ,

1 Pied Wagtail ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:55 to 10:05

Conditions : 2-5C, S f2, cloud. Visited Bishop's, Skirts E Bank & Arnold's.

107 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (flying E in small flocks) ,

2 Pintail (Arnold's) ,

4 Little Grebe (Brackish) ,

1 Little Egret (Brackish) ,

2 Cormorant ,

36 Avocet (Pat's) ,

22 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

5 Curlew (Arnold's/Brackish) ,

1 Snipe (Richardson's) ,

26 Redshank ,

31 Dunlin ,

2 Ruff (1 ad m, 1 fw m Pat's) ,

717 Lapwing ,

4 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Kestrel ,

1 Little Gull (2cy Pat's) ,

1 Stonechat ,

1 Reed Bunting (E Bank) ,

2 Bearded Tit (off E Bank) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Morston

Time : 11:15 to 11:45

Conditions : Cold, strong SE wind, Moderate rainfall

1 Red-breasted Goose (Adult with Dark Bellied Brent Geese and Barnacle Geese on field to east of approach road to Morston Quay. Flock flew off later (just after my departure - heading north). Supposition that this might be the Islay RBG which associated with Barnacles over the early winter and which has not been sighted there since 20 January!) ,

7 Barnacle Goose (With RBG and DBBG.) ,

250 Dark-bellied Brent Goose ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Blakeney Hbr

Time : 09:55 to 10:15

Conditions : 4C, misty

1 Red-breasted Merganser ,

2 Long-tailed Duck ,

2 Marsh Harrier ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:55 to 09:50

Conditions : 4>3C, ESE f2, overcast with mist. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's

c.1580 Pink-footed Goose (flew over high E disappearing into mist) ,

71 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (24 incl 12 juvs Arnold's at 08:45, rest E low over reserve ) ,

4 Little Grebe (Brackish) ,

4 Little Egret ,

5 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Cormorant ,

27 Black-tailed Godwit (26 Pat's, 1 Arnold's) ,

8 Curlew (7 Arnold's, 1 Brackish) ,

1 Snipe (Richardson's) ,

12 Redshank ,

2 Turnstone (Beach) ,

22 Avocet (Pat's) ,

52 Dunlin (Arnold's) ,

3 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,

2 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,

372 Lapwing ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Kelling WM

Time : 14:53 to 15:45

Conditions : Overcast, gloomy. Cold moderate E wind.

1 Moorhen ,

c.8 Greenfinch ,

1 Kestrel ,

c.5 Gadwall ,

c.10 Teal ,

5 Shelduck ,

1 Mute Swan ,

c.50 Linnet (A flock.) ,

c.100 Wigeon ,

2 Shoveler ,

2 Mallard ,

[Tony Pope]

Location : Kelling Heath

Time : 14:33 to 14:53

Conditions : Overcast, gloomy, Cold E moderate wind.

1 Coal Tit ,

c.50 Pink-footed Goose (Over, E.) ,

[Tony Pope]

Location : Blakeney Point

Time : 07:30 to 12:15

Conditions : Overcast incoming tide.

1 Black-throated Diver (On sea off Watch House) ,

29 Red-throated Diver ( on sea) ,

6 Great Crested Grebe (on sea) ,

1 Red-necked Grebe ( Blakeney Harbour off lifeboat house) ,

1 Water Rail (Watch House) ,

6 Kittiwake (east) ,

31 Gannet (east) ,

6 Guillemot (summer plumaged birds) ,

5 Goldeneye (in harbour) ,

1 Barnacle Goose (west) ,

1 Merlin ,

1 Sparrowhawk ,

12 Rock Pipit ,

[Paul Laurie]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:15 to 14:30

Conditions : Cool, mainly sunny. Wind from SE.

2 Great Northern Diver (Flew east) ,

45 Red-throated Diver (Mainly west - AM and PM sessions) ,

2 Guillemot (Sea off Coastguards) ,

1 Razorbill (Sea off Coastguards) ,

c.1 Common Scoter (West) ,

7 Great Crested Grebe (2 AM, 5 PM) ,

1 Slavonian Grebe (Off Coastguards PM drifting east) ,

7 Gannet (1 AM, 6 adults east PM) ,

1 Fulmar (West then back east AM) ,

2 Water Rail (Main drain swimming AM, From Bishops Hide PM) ,

1 Snipe (Bishops Hide AM) ,

1 Jack Snipe (In cut reeds left of Bishops Hide PM) ,

19 Avocet (Pats) ,

12 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Pats) ,

4 Stonechat (2 beach, 2 Pats reeds) ,

2 Pintail (Pair on Brackish) ,

1 Great White Egret (Around the reserve AM) ,

2 Turnstone (Beach PM) ,

25 Pink-footed Goose (In to North Scrape PM) ,

21 Twite (Near Little Eye on shingle then very mobile around saltmarsh west of Salthouse beach road) ,

[David Griffiths]