Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:35 to 08:45

Conditions : 15-19C, ESE f4, Sun. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, Snipe's, E Bank & Arnold's

3 Little Grebe (3 ads + 1 chick on Snipe's) ,

4 Spoonbill (3 ad, 1 juv) ,

1 Great White Egret ,

10 Little Egret ,

9 Cattle Egret (in air over Bull/Eye Field) ,

2 Grey Heron ,

1 Cormorant ,

1 Buzzard (over N Foreland) ,

1 Marsh Harrier (m, flushing everything) ,

1 Kestrel (m over N Foreland) ,

2 Coot (pr with 2 chicks on Don's Pool ) ,

1 Water Rail (heard, Pat's) ,

13 Oystercatcher ,

93 Avocet ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (unringed ad f (same as seen on 29 May)) ,

21 Redshank ,

7 Little Ringed Plover (plus 3 chicks, Pat's) ,

3 Ringed Plover (1 Brackish, 2 Arnold's) ,

4 Brown Hare (together on Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:35 to 08:40

Conditions : 13-18C, SSE f3, Sun. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, Snipe's, E Bank viewing Arnolds & Brackish. Still low water level on Arnold's

3 Little Grebe (Snipe's) ,

5 Spoonbill (4 ads, 1 juv) ,

5 Little Egret ,

1 Marsh Harrier (f) ,

1 Coot (Don's Pool) ,

8 Oystercatcher ,

86 Avocet ,

22 Redshank (plus 1 chick) ,

4 Little Ringed Plover (3 sm chicks, Pat's) ,

7 Lapwing ,

1 Marsh Warbler (Skirts, singing & seen briefly) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 17:45 to 20:00

Conditions : Warm, still, clear skies.

1 Marsh Warbler (Still singing from reeds adjacent to the Skirts - Blackbird, Bearded Tit, Reed Warbler and Chaffinch.) ,

1 Bittern (Booming from main reedbed not far in from the Skirts path) ,

4 Cattle Egret ,

3 Spoonbill ,

2 Great White Egret (Snipes) ,

3 Grey Heron ,

7 Little Egret ,

1 Barn Owl (Hunting west of Cley Sluice) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:45 to 09:00

Conditions : 15-18C, W f3, Sun/cloud, Visited Bishop's, Skirts, Snipe's, E Bank & Arnold's.

1 Little Grebe (heard, Snipe's) ,

5 Spoonbill (2 ads Serpentine, 2 ads + 1 juv Pat's) ,

2 Grey Heron ,

1 Great White Egret (Snipe's early morning) ,

5 Little Egret ,

2 Cattle Egret ,

8 Cormorant ,

3 Marsh Harrier (2m, 1f) ,

1 Coot (ad Snipe's, ad + 2 m chicks Don's) ,

1 Water Rail (heard Pat's) ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (Pope's Pool) ,

19 Redshank ,

1 Dunlin (Arnold's) ,

4 Little Ringed Plover (pr with 3 tiny chicks + 2 ( 1 on nest)) ,

12 Ringed Plover ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (ad W) ,

103 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's) ,

13 Common Tern (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:35 to 08:35

Conditions : 13-14C, SW f3, cloud. Visited Bishop's, Snipe's, E Bank & Arnold's

1 Little Grebe (Snipe's) ,

8 Little Egret ,

2 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Kestrel ,

2 Coot (pr + 2 chicks on Don's Pool) ,

1 Water Rail (heard, Pat's) ,

20 Oystercatcher (incl. 11 on Pat's) ,

74 Avocet ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (Serpentine) ,

29 Redshank ,

6 Little Ringed Plover (incl pr with 2 tiny, Pat's. 2 Serpentine ) ,

3 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,

15 Lapwing ,

1 Little Tern (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley (sea)

Time : 08:35 to 10:20

Conditions : Wind from north west vectoring west later, dry, some sunny spells.

3 Puffin (2 and 1 east) ,

c.120 Guillemot (East) ,

c.50 Razorbill (East and 2 on sea off Coastguards ) ,

7 Fulmar (East) ,

1 Manx Shearwater (West) ,

c.25 Gannet (East) ,

12 Bar-tailed Godwit (West) ,

c.30 Common Tern (West) ,

c.120 Sandwich Tern ,

10 Little Tern ,

6 Knot (West) ,

5 Common Scoter (West) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 08:30 to 14:15

Conditions : Breezy but warmish, some very heavy showers

c.20 Gannet (Feeding and east offshore) ,

14 Bar-tailed Godwit (west) ,

1 Black-headed Gull (Juvenile west) ,

1 Fulmar (west) ,

3 Common Scoter (west) ,

1 Guillemot (on sea) ,

2 Razorbill (east and ditched to NE) ,

c.100 Sandwich Tern (Estimate) ,

6 Little Tern ,

1 Common Tern ,

6 Great White Egret (Max count on reserve) ,

9 Cattle Egret (Max count on North Scrape) ,

4 Spoonbill (Max count across reserve) ,

1 Marsh Warbler (Excellent pick up by TD along the Skirts. Continued to sing and show occassionally throughout the morning and into the early afternoon.) ,

1 Whitethroat (Nest building on the Sirts) ,

1 Bittern (Heard booming mid morning) ,

3 Wigeon (North Scrape) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 09:30 to 10:40

Conditions : Stormy

2 Spoonbill (Some excellent views of juv being fed; unfortunately didn't get a shot of the juv falling over!) ,

2 Cattle Egret (Flitting around amongst the cattle) ,

2 Great White Egret (Much debate about whether these are juvs., but seems likely according to the experts.) ,

[John Fairey]

Location : Cley (sea)

Time : 07:45 to 09:30

Conditions : Wind from SW, sea fairly choppy. Good visibility.

c.25 Common Scoter (west) ,

c.30 Gannet (Feeding offshore and generally east) ,

1 Common Tern (West with fish) ,

c.100 Sandwich Tern (East/west, fishing) ,

c.20 Little Tern (fishing and west) ,

1 Fulmar (west) ,

1 Whimbrel (west) ,

12 Manx Shearwater ,

1 Red-throated Diver (SP bird west) ,

1 Kittiwake (Adult east) ,

2 Avocet (west) ,

[David Griffiths]

Location : Cley Marshes

2 Spoonbill (Juvenile begging) ,

[Philip & Patricia Cartlidge]