Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:45 to 09:20

Conditions : 13-!9C, SW f4, Sun. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, Snipe's (viewing from Walsey), E Bank, Arnold's along shingle to Iron Rd.

2 Little Grebe (plus 2 lge chicks, Snipe's Marsh) ,

1 Spoonbill ,

2 Grey Heron ,

1 Great White Egret ,

3 Little Egret ,

14 Cattle Egret ,

10 Cormorant ,

1 Marsh Harrier ,

2 Oystercatcher (Arnold's) ,

6 Curlew ,

79 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (adf, 'Anouk' on Pat's) ,

1 Greenshank (Arnold's) ,

64 Redshank (plus 1 lge chick) ,

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

2 Snipe (Pat's) ,

24 Ruff (13 ad m, 1 ad f, 10 juv f - all Pat's) ,

1 Knot (Pat's) ,

18 Dunlin (Arnold's) ,

1 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,

82 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley (sea)

Time : 14:00 to 16:00

c.60 Whimbrel (I saw 2 flocks of c15 and roughly counted 40 but someone else had the 60) ,

6 Grey Plover (West in 1s and 2s) ,

10 Knot (West in 1s and 2s) ,

4 Bar-tailed Godwit (West with Whimbrel) ,

2 Redshank (West with Whimbrel) ,

2 Little Tern (West after feeding in melee) ,

3 Common Tern (Adult and 2 juv west after feeding in melee) ,

[David Fell]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:30 to 10:00

Conditions : Strong wind from SW, bright, warmish.

2 Grey Plover (west passed Coastguards) ,

2 Arctic Tern (west) ,

1 Common Tern (west) ,

7 Sandwich Tern (west) ,

1 Swift (East) ,

1 Knot (Very smart summer plumaged individual on Pats with Godwits) ,

1 Peregrine (Hunting over scrapes then off west) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:35 to 08:30

Conditions : 13-18C, WSW f3-5, mainly sunny. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, Snipe's, E Bank & Arnold's

1 Little Grebe (plus 2 lge chicks, Snipe's Marsh) ,

3 Spoonbill ,

5 Little Egret ,

18 Cattle Egret (W over W Bank at 07:20) ,

16 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

1 Marsh Harrier (juv) ,

1 Water Rail (heard, Pat's) ,

2 Oystercatcher (Arnold's) ,

72 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (ad fem WL-GL(E) (Anouk)) ,

4 Curlew (Arnold's) ,

4 Snipe (Pat's) ,

2 Greenshank (Arnold's) ,

39 Redshank ,

6 Green Sandpiper (3 Snipe's, 3 Pat's) ,

1 Wood Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

1 Common Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

22 Ruff (10 adm, 2 adf, 10 juvf all on Pat's) ,

13 Dunlin (Arnold's) ,

2 Ringed Plover (plus 2 lge chicks, Arnold's) ,

1 Lapwing ,

101 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's) ,

1 Common Tern (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Village

Time : 19:33 to 19:33

Conditions : Westerly, gusting 30mph. Cloudless.

1 Hobby (East to west , north of the village.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 14:00 to 16:00

Conditions : Wind from SW rising in speed, mainly dry but light rain later.

7 Grey Plover (west passed Coastguards) ,

1 Turnstone (west) ,

1 Whimbrel (west) ,

5 Little Tern (Around wreck, fishing) ,

12 Sandwich Tern (Around wreck) ,

2 Common Tern (Fishing offshore) ,

5 Gannet (west) ,

3 Common Gull (adults west) ,

3 Greenshank (Pats Pool) ,

4 Green Sandpiper (Pats) ,

1 Common Sandpiper (Pats) ,

20 Ruff (Including some juveniles/Reeves) ,

1 Wood Sandpiper (Pats) ,

45 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Including one juvenile picked up by GF) ,

5 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Pats) ,

1 Spoonbill (Adult on Pats) ,

9 Cattle Egret (Over reserve and with cattle) ,

c.3 Swift (Over reserve) ,

60 Sand Martin (Constant feeding frenzy over scrapes) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:40 to 08:55

Conditions : 17-20C, SSW f3, overcast with a light shower early. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, Snipe's,E Bank & Arnold's

2 Egyptian Goose (Serpentine) ,

3 Little Grebe (2 Skirts Pool, ad + lge chick on Snipe's) ,

3 Spoonbill (juvs) ,

2 Grey Heron ,

1 Great White Egret (Snipe's) ,

4 Little Egret ,

1 Cattle Egret ,

11 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

1 Marsh Harrier (fem) ,

1 Kestrel ,

5 Oystercatcher (Arnold's) ,

1 Avocet (Pat's) ,

60 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (ad f, 'Anouk') ,

3 Curlew (Arnold's) ,

6 Snipe (2 Serpentine, 4 Pat's) ,

42 Redshank (plus 2 lge chicks) ,

2 Greenshank (Arnold's) ,

7 Green Sandpiper (1 Snipe's, 6 Pat's) ,

1 Wood Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

2 Common Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

26 Dunlin (Arnold's) ,

27 Ruff (13 ad m, 2 ad f, 12 juvs) ,

10 Ringed Plover (Arnold's & nearby shingle) ,

5 Lapwing ,

7 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 10:00 to 12:45

7 Green Sandpiper (6 Pats 1 Simmons) ,

19 Ruff (Pats) ,

1 Common Sandpiper (Pats) ,

4 Curlew (Arnolds) ,

1 Spotted Redshank (Heard as it flew west over Arnolds) ,

1 Peregrine (Juv over Arnolds) ,

61 Black-tailed Godwit (Serpentine) ,

1 Clouded Yellow (East Bank 20yds from CP (found by others)) ,

[David Fell]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:30 to 10:30

Conditions : Warm, wind from west. Dry.

60 Curlew (Eye Field) ,

3 Reed Bunting (Feeding in beach-side vegetation) ,

1 Caspian Gull (Juvenile off wreck of SS Vera) ,

3 Little Tern (west) ,

1 Common Tern (west) ,

12 Sandwich Tern (west) ,

3 Cattle Egret (West over reserve) ,

1 Great White Egret (Snipes Marsh) ,

1 Spoonbill (Snipes) ,

2 Green Sandpiper (Snipes) ,

3 Little Grebe (adult and 2 juveniles Snipes) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:00 to 16:00

Conditions : Cool initially with some downpours from the west. Wind from WNW.

15 Sandwich Tern (offshore) ,

5 Little Tern ,

1 Arctic Tern (west) ,

2 Common Tern (west) ,

12 Bar-tailed Godwit (west) ,

5 Sanderling (west) ,

6 Oystercatcher (west) ,

25 Dunlin (west) ,

c.1 Grey Plover (west) ,

65 Curlew (60 on Eye Field, 5 west during seawatch) ,

1 Whimbrel (west) ,

5 Turnstone (west) ,

250 Common Scoter (west) ,

c.60 Teal (west) ,

c.20 Gannet ,

c.3 Marsh Harrier (Female and 2 juveniles) ,

15 Ruff (All on Pats) ,

1 Wood Sandpiper (Pats) ,

2 Common Sandpiper (Pats/Simmonds) ,

3 Green Sandpiper (Pats/Simmonds) ,

1 Curlew Sandpiper (Moulting adult on Pats) ,

8 Redshank (Simmonds - 2 groups of four) ,

30 Lapwing (Pats/Simmonds) ,

58 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Serpentine) ,

35 Dunlin (Arnolds late AM) ,

1 Avocet (Arnolds Marsh) ,

28 Redshank (Arnolds Marsh) ,

12 Knot (Flew west) ,

120 Greylag Goose (Serpentine including a dodgy looking leucistic bird) ,

c.23 Cattle Egret (Maximum on fields with cattle AM and then regular sightings throughout the day) ,

5 Spoonbill (2 adults, 3 t-spoons on Simmonds) ,

1 Great White Egret (East over reserve) ,

12 Little Egret (Reserve wide) ,

c.2 Bearded Tit (Juvenile males opposite Daukes Hide PM) ,

2 Whitethroat (Juveniles feeding on blackberries on the Skirts path PM) ,

[David Griffiths]