Location : Cley (sea)

Time : 07:30 to 11:15

Conditions : two short visits behing Arnold's

1 Red-throated Diver (on sea) ,

c.10 Gannet (diving close inshore) ,

5 Razorbill ,

1 Whooper Swan (on sea c.11:00) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:55 to 09:50

Conditions : 7-14C, SSW f3>1, sun. Very warm. Visited Bishop's Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's

5 Pintail (Brackish) ,

559 Pink-footed Goose (c.500 Pat's early, 59 on Wigeon Marsh) ,

2 Little Egret ,

25 Cormorant ,

9 Little Grebe (Brackish/Main Drain) ,

1 Water Rail (heard of Don's) ,

1 Avocet (Pat's) ,

5 Curlew ,

2 Bar-tailed Godwit (Arnold's) ,

47 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Snipe (Pat's) ,

15 Redshank ,

27 Ruff (20 ad m, 3 juv m, 2 ad f, 2juv f, Pat's) ,

1 Curlew Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

2 Turnstone (beach) ,

94 Dunlin ,

4 Ringed Plover (1 Serpentine, 3 Arnold's) ,

2 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,

4 Golden Plover (Pat's) ,

2 Buzzard ,

1 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Kestrel ,

1 Stonechat (f, E Bank car-park) ,

79 Lapwing (Popes Pool/Serpentine) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 16:15 to 16:15

4 Tundra Bean Goose (Eye Field) ,

1 Black Brant (Eye Field) ,

15 Golden Plover (Eye Field) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 15:45 to 17:00

Conditions : Overcast last hour after a bright afternoon. Wind dropped off a bit since lunchtime

1 Tundra Bean Goose (On Cricket Marsh with the Pinks. A bit distant though.) ,

87 White-fronted Goose (Eurasian) (Minimum count: 63 flew off as a straggly group in merging groups, heading SSW over the village. A further 24+ out amongst the throng of Pinks too after departure. ) ,

2 Barnacle Goose (In with the Pinks as well.) ,

8000 Pink-footed Goose (Rough count, could have been a thousand either way.) ,

4 Glossy Ibis (The inevitable quartet in over West Bank and east over the reserve at 1615.) ,

3 Caspian Gull (It looked for a while as though it was going to be a blank but two 1w and an adult in the half-light - hence worse than usual phone grab - saved the day) ,

1 Yellow-legged Gull (4CY on Whitwell - poor numbers of large gulls this evening.) ,

[Mark Golley]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 10:00 to 12:15

Conditions : Sunny intervals in a fresh SSW wind that made viewing quite tricky

1 Pale-bellied Brent Goose (Adult in the Eye Field with DBBs) ,

100 Brent Goose (Good number of sizeable family parties) ,

3 Stonechat (Along Eye Field fence) ,

1 Pintail (Juvenile/1w on North Scrape) ,

250 Wigeon (Flushed by Marsh Harrier, many heading away from the reserve) ,

8 Shoveler (On the front of North) ,

200 Teal (Spread across the North Scrape) ,

1 White-fronted Goose (Eurasian) (Four Russian birds into the back of Billy's Wash with the Pinks) ,

1 Red-throated Diver (Obvious RTD close inshore along the surf-line, not a BTD...) ,

10 Razorbill (Dotted around behind the North) ,

5 Gannet (Gorgeous juveniles lingering close inshore still) ,

[Mark Golley]

Location : Salthouse Heath

Time : 08:30 to 08:30

Conditions : Overcast, cool SW.

4 Red Kite (Four perched together, with three Magpies in attendance.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Salthouse (sea)

Time : 08:10 to 08:20

Conditions : Fresh south west wind.

4 Gannet (Juveniles feeding close to shore.) ,

[Graham Sutton]

Location : Salthouse (sea)

Time : 07:35 to 08:00

Conditions : Fresh south west wind.

1 Black-throated Diver (Feeding close to shore.) ,

[Graham Sutton]

Location : Cley (sea)

Time : 07:00 to 09:00

Conditions : SSW f4, 7/8 cloud, dry.

4 Tufted Duck (west) ,

63 Ringed Plover (roosting on the shoreline) ,

79 Golden Plover (in the Eye Field) ,

1 Arctic Skua (west) ,

1 Arctic Tern (juv, feeding offshore) ,

c.45 Little Gull (mostly distant) ,

c.20 Gannet (all juvs, including a one legged bird. Some feeding just beyond the surf) ,

5 Rock Pipit (singles, west) ,

[Rob Lee]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:50 to 08:30

Conditions : 8-10C, WSW f4, mainly overcast Visited Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's

510 Pink-footed Goose (510 on Pat's at 06:50, 29 Wigeon Marsh c, 08:00) ,

c.1 Great White Egret ,

1 Little Egret ,

16 Cormorant ,

7 Little Grebe (Main Drain & Brackish) ,

1 Avocet (Pat's) ,

56 Curlew (incl 48 on Arnold's) ,

77 Black-tailed Godwit ,

3 Bar-tailed Godwit (Arnold's) ,

16 Redshank ,

29 Ruff (22 ad m, 3 juv m, 3 ad f, 1 juv f - Pat's) ,

3 Curlew Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

31 Dunlin ,

252 Lapwing ,

1 Red Kite ,

3 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Kestrel (m) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]