Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 06:30 to 09:00

Conditions : 14-18C, SSW f4, cloudy with shower at first, sunny spells later. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, Snipe's, E Bank & Arnold's

2 Little Grebe (with 2 lge chicks, Snipe's) ,

2 Spoonbill (juvs) ,

2 Grey Heron ,

1 Great White Egret (briefly on Skirts Pool at 08:50 then flew W) ,

4 Little Egret ,

1 Cattle Egret ,

14 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

2 Marsh Harrier (fems) ,

1 Kestrel ,

1 Water Rail (seen, Pat's) ,

5 Oystercatcher (Arnold's) ,

4 Curlew (Arnold's) ,

84 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (ad f Anouk (WL-GL(E), Pat's ) ,

1 Greenshank (Arnold's) ,

56 Redshank (plus 1 lge chick) ,

2 Green Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

28 Ruff (14 ad m, 1 ad f, 13 juv f, all on Pat's) ,

1 Turnstone (Arnold's) ,

11 Dunlin (Arnold's) ,

10 Ringed Plover ,

3 Lapwing ,

16 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's) ,

4 Common Tern (Arnold's) ,

3 Little Tern (ad + 2 juvs, Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 17:40 to 18:35

Conditions : East Bank walk

5 Mute Swan (2 adults 3 juvs pool behind Dons Pool) ,

1 Great White Egret (Pool behind Dons Pool) ,

1 Stock Dove (Serpntine) ,

12 Shelduck (Flock west) ,

28 Redshank (23 Arnolds 4 Brackish 1 Serpentine) ,

4 Curlew (Arnolds) ,

2 Oystercatcher (Arnolds) ,

1 Grey Heron (Arnolds) ,

2 Common Tern (Adult with juv) ,

3 Dunlin (Arnolds) ,

42 Cormorant (Arnolds) ,

1 Water Rail (Squealing near top sluice) ,

1 Little Egret (Serpentine) ,

2 Reed Bunting (Adult male feeding juv) ,

1 Chinese Water Deer (Arnolds) ,

[David Fell]

Location : Blakeney Point

Time : 12:15 to 12:15

1 Stone Curlew (On the shingle ridge just west of The Hood. Apologies for the truly awful record shot - took a while to get the camera out!) ,

[Geoff Snelson]

Location : Cley Marshes

Time : 10:50 to 13:30

Conditions : Sun. Breezy.

25 Curlew (Arnolds) ,

18 Sandwich Tern (Arnolds) ,

6 Shelduck (Arnolds) ,

2 Great Black-backed Gull (Arnolds) ,

28 Cormorant (Arnolds) ,

1 Lapwing (Arnolds) ,

62 Black-tailed Godwit (Arnolds) ,

40 Redshank (Arnolds) ,

4 Ringed Plover (Arnolds) ,

1 Common Tern (Arnolds) ,

43 Black-headed Gull (Arnolds) ,

1 Oystercatcher (Arnolds) ,

5 Dunlin (Arnolds) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

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]