Location : Blakeney GM

Time : 10:09 to 10:10

Conditions : Broken cloud, cold northerly.

1 White-tailed Eagle (Thanks to TD for report of bird pitching into the Freshes at 09:20. Bird lifted off at 10:05 & flew towards 'The Watch House', mobbed by Shelduck. & then finally by a Red Kite over Blakeney Harbour area, before flying west. (Apologies for long-distance shots !).) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:25 to 09:15

Conditions : 4-8C, NW f2, Sun after heavy shower. Visited Bishop's, E Bank, Arnold's & Snipe's.

2 Pink-footed Goose (Pat's) ,

1 Barnacle Goose (Pat's) ,

6 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Pat's) ,

12 Pintail (10 Brackish, 2 Serpentine) ,

1 Pochard (Snipe's) ,

1 Little Grebe (Main Drain) ,

1 Little Egret (Pat's) ,

3 Cormorant ,

1 Red Kite ,

3 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Short-eared Owl ,

1 Coot (Snipe's) ,

120 Avocet (2 E of E Bank, rest Pat's) ,

4 Oystercatcher (Arnold's) ,

154 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

8 Curlew ,

15 Redshank ,

14 Ruff (1 ad m Serpenetine, 13 ad m, 1 ad f, Pats) ,

3 Dunlin (Arnold's) ,

2 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,

124 Lapwing ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:15 to 15:00

Conditions : AM - cold northerly wind with hail and showers. PM Bright sunshine but still very cold.

9 Lesser White-fronted Goose (Initially in grassland north of Simmonds but then flushed onto Simmonds.) ,

35 Dunlin (Simmonds) ,

3 Knot (Briefly on Simmonds before off high NW) ,

120 Avocet (Including a colour flagged and limping bird - yellow ring right and yellow flag left but unable to read number.) ,

c.130 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Mainly Pats) ,

200 Lapwing (Pats and Simmonds) ,

c.30 Ruff (Max count early PM) ,

c.2000 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Approx PM on Pats and onto North Scrape) ,

c.2 Pale-bellied Brent Goose (Pats PM) ,

1 Snipe (Whitwell PM) ,

c.1 Red Kite (Old Woman's Lane PM) ,

3 Great White Egret (AM - one on Billy's Wash and two onto north bank of Simmonds. One Yellow-billed, second moving into Black-billed with both in fine aigrette plumage. A lot of interaction between the two.) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:40 to 09:20

Conditions : 4-6C, N f2-3, Sun/cloud with heavy wintry showers. Visited Bishop's, Snipe's, E Bank (viewing Brackish & Arnold's)

90 Dark-bellied Brent Goose ,

1 Pale-bellied Brent Goose ,

6 Pintail (Brackish) ,

4 Little Grebe (1 Catchwater Drain, 2 Main Drain, 1 Pat's) ,

8 Grey Heron (field E of E Bank) ,

1 Little Egret (Arnold's) ,

2 Marsh Harrier ,

5 Oystercatcher (1Pat's, 2 Arnold's, 2 Pope's Pool) ,

136 Avocet (2 Serpentine, rest Pat's ) ,

161 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

2 Curlew ,

10 Redshank ,

5 Ruff (2 ad m, 3 ad f, Pat's) ,

15 Lapwing ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:30 to 11:00

2 Spoonbill (Two on Simmonds, making a very rapid feeding circuit of the scrape.) ,

[John Fairey]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:20 to 08:55

Conditions : 6-7C, N f4-5, Sun/cloud, felt cold. Visited Bishop's, Snipe's and E Bank (viewing Arnold's & Brackish).

125 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Pat's 07:30-08:20) ,

6 Pintail (Brackish) ,

4 Little Grebe ,

2 Great White Egret ,

2 Little Egret ,

5 Cormorant ,

2 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Coot (Snipe's) ,

5 Oystercatcher ,

37 Curlew (meadow E of E Bank) ,

146 Avocet (Pat's) ,

160 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

1 Snipe (Pat's) ,

28 Redshank ,

24 Ruff (19 ad m, 1 1w m, 4 ad f, Pat's) ,

2 Turnstone (Brackish) ,

1 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,

18 Lapwing (Serpentine/Pope's Pool) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 07:25 to 09:40

Conditions : 4-9C, ENE f2, Mist, thick at first. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, Snipe's, E Bank & Arnold's.

9 Pintail ,

5 Little Grebe ,

2 Little Egret (Arnold's) ,

2 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Coot (Snipe's) ,

6 Oystercatcher (Arnold's/Serpentine) ,

144 Avocet (2 Pope's Pool, rest Pat's) ,

99 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

5 Curlew (Arnold's/Serpentine) ,

3 Snipe (2 Serpentine, 1 Brackish) ,

36 Redshank ,

2 Ruff (both ad m, 1 Pat's, 1 Serpentine) ,

2 Turnstone (Arnold's) ,

20 Dunlin (Arnold's) ,

5 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,

2 Meadow Pipit (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Kelling Heath

Time : 11:30 to 13:00

4 Chiffchaff (All singing) ,

[David Fell]

Location : Wiveton

Time : 11:02 to 11:30

Conditions : Cloudless, Spring in the air.

1 Chiffchaff (Wiveton Bridge hawthorns, mobbed by Blue Tits .! ) ,

1 Water Rail (River Glaven, from the bridge.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 15:00 to 16:30

Conditions : Sunny/ hazy

4 Spoonbill (Two birds allopreening) ,

[David Gilroy]