16th October Friday - 6mm of rain last night. Sunny spells am, short showers pm, mod-freah NW, 14C

Willey; no Redwings or Fieldfares seen locally yet!

Morning - around the Church and Church lane area, a Mistle and Song Thrush. Chaffinches, Greenfinches and Goldfinches, a Goldcrest, a Nuthatch.  A Raven calling.

 A Red Kite over mid-day.

Lilbourne Meadows; afternoon.

A Stonechat on the far rough area as before.

On the Island Pool, Mutes, Wigeon, Teal, Mallard and Shovelers, plus a Grey Heron and Kestrel, with a few Starlings moving over.

A Sparrowhawk was spotted preening on a very low branch in the rough grass area.

15th October Thursday - a few sunny intervals am, then mostly cloudy, very warm SW, brisk, 20C

Willey; I did find a half awake Peacock Butterfly in the wood pile this morning, I was moving it to a safer place, but it flew off.

Stanford Reservoir; afternoon

Fairly quiet, but 69 Pochard were counted, plus Teal and Shovelers were present.

16 Little Egret and a single Great White Egret.

Grey and Pied Wagtails, Linnet and Meadow Pipit in the Spillway.

14th October Wednesday - sunny start, then cloudy increasing, mod-brisk SW-S, 19C

Lilbourne Meadows; late afternoon.

At the Island pool 6 Wigeon, 3 Teal, 11 Mallard, 5 Mute Swans and a Curlew.

A Stonechat on the lorry park tall wooden fence. c 20 Starlings on the meadows.

13th October - showers am, sunny later, mod-fresh SW,18C

Shawell Sandpit-Landfill area, morning.

Not much variety, but 48 Teal, four Mute Swans, five Tufted and 14 Mallard.   Coot 71 and six Little Grebes. Plenty of Gulls, several Red Kites and Ravens.

Soar Brook Lake; morning.

Two each Little Grebe, Little Egret and Mute Swans, 14 Cormorants, 105 Greylag Geese,and a Tufted Duck.  Gulls - LBB 35, HG 2, BHG 3

12th October Monday - very mild, southerly, brisk at times, the clouding over pm.

Wells Outer Harbour, dawn

The tide was full in, again little space for waders.  Quiet a few Brent Geese on the water and far marshes.

It was very notable the number of Pink-footed Geese that flew over from the east, many more than I've seen other mornings.  I wonder whether many of these were actually new arrivals.

Cley-  Sea watching; morning.

Movement was very slow with a southerly wind, mostly birds just moving around.

A good number of razorbills on the sea, only spotted one Guillemot though.

Three + Red-throated Divers close-in.  Three Common Scoters passed east.

Titchwell Marsh; afternoon.

Although plenty of birds present, they were those expected, and with the wind now quite brisk most were resting and not doing much.  Only a few Avocets, a single Dunlin, other waders included Ruff, Black- and Bar-tailed Godwits, Snipe, a single Golden Plover, Curlew, Redshank and Lapwing.  

Duck numbers seemed low, only a couple of Pintail, a few Shelduck. 

11th October Sunday - sunny, 14C, mod becoming light, W-NW

Wells, Outer Harbour; dawn

As the tide was well in again, few Waders were visible roosting in this area.  But, the early flight of the Pink-footed Geese over is always a sight worth seeing. 

Cley, sea watching, morning

Apart some the same birds as yesterday, today included two Pomarine Skuas, a Mediterranean Gull and a Sandwich Tern - all west.

Kelling Water Meadows; afternoon

Egyptian Geese (2), Grey Herons and Little Egrets, the usual Duck species and Snipe, a Stonechat, a Kestrel and Linnet flock.

North Point Pools; late afternoon

Sighting included two Marsh Harriers, 9+ Snipe, Ruff, a Water Rail, two Greenfinch and a Linnet flock, plus the other usual Ducks and Waders.

Two Cattle Egrets were pecking insects of a cow water side - distant hazy record photos.

After quite a while searching the water edges I finally found a Jack Snipe, which showed well.

10th Oct - blustery, gusty W 14C, sunny, short showers pm.

Wells Outer Harbour; dawn.  Tide full in.

Two Red-throated Divers close to shore, a Razorbill too.

Plus all he other usual waders, Gulls and Ducks.  Quite a few Gannet off shore other side of the breakwater banks.

Cley;  morning sea watch.

A good number of Gannets, many fishing close in too.

Large movement of Wigeon westward this morning.

Two Little Gulls - west.

Red-throated Divers and Razorbills on the sea.

A late afternoon check produced two Manx Shearwaters east.

Cley - East Bank; afternoon.

The wind and rain didn't help, but the good selection of the usual waders and ducks.

Among the Wigeon, was a pale, (almost) white individual.