CBC Wildlife News

Records submitted, most recent first. Amber indicates scarce, bold red indicates a description is needed for verification at county or national level, green indicates category D (reasonable doubt of natural occurrence) or category E (escapes or non-sustaining introductions).

 

Sat 04 April 2026

Kelling Heath
15:00 to 15:05
Dry, sunny, windy

1 Goshawk (High, drifting west) ,

[Sean Dempster]

Sat 04 April 2026

Cley Marshes
07:45 to 14:30
Cool initially, some sunshine and warming up but increasingly strong SW winds

6 Marsh Harrier (In the air together - 3 of each) ,

1 Sparrowhawk (Large female hunting reserve) ,

8 Mediterranean Gull (West in twos over North Scrape - very vocal) ,

1 Grey Partridge (Field south of A149 opposite Babcock Hide) ,

1 Greylag Goose (21 field west of Babcock track including pale grey (leucism) bid.) ,

1 White-fronted Goose (Eurasian) (With Greylags - something not quite right about this bird?) ,

16 Dunlin (Simmonds) ,

7 Ruff (Simmonds) ,

4 Snipe (Simmonds and 3 on Whitwell) ,

1 Great White Egret (Dark billed bird flew across reserve) ,

[David Griffiths]

Fri 03 April 2026

Cley Village
14:30 to 14:30
Overcast, light SW.

1 Blackcap ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Thu 02 April 2026

Blakeney (sea)
16:00 to 18:00
Calm sunny evening. Light winds, but cool temperature (about 10 degrees c).

1 Short-eared Owl (Hunting over Blakeney Eye) ,

1 Barn Owl (Hunting over Blakeney Eye) ,

2 Buzzard ,

3 Curlew ,

[Stephen Heaton]

Thu 02 April 2026

Cley Marshes
07:45 to 10:30
Initially very cold and damp, light drizzle, strong SW wind. Later sunny with light cloud.

1 Sandwich Tern (West) ,

3 Eider (Drakes east) ,

c.50 Kittiwake (west in small groups) ,

3 Spoonbill (West over reserve, 1 on Pats 10:15) ,

7 Common Scoter (west) ,

c.250 Black-headed Gull (Approximate numbers - all west in groups of 25 - 50) ,

1 Firecrest (Walsey Hills track) ,

2 Blackcap (Walsey Hills) ,

2 Chiffchaff (Walsey Hills) ,

1 Coot (Lone bird on Snipes Marsh) ,

2 Little Grebe (Snipes Marsh) ,

2 Canada Goose (Prospecting Dons Pool) ,

51 Dunlin (Pats) ,

88 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Pats) ,

[David Griffiths]

Thu 02 April 2026

Cley Marshes
06:55 to 08:20
6C, N f5, cloud with drizzly showers. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts & E Bank.

2 Pintail (pr Arnold's) ,

1 Little Grebe (Snipe's) ,

1 Coot (Snipe's) ,

1 Spoonbill (Pat's) ,

12 Grey Heron ,

6 Little Egret ,

27 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,

5 Oystercatcher ,

56 Avocet ,

20 Redshank ,

26 Curlew (mainly E of E Bank) ,

1 Snipe (Pat's) ,

119 Black-tailed Godwit (mainly Pat's) ,

9 Ruff (3 ad m, 1 fw m, 1 ad f) ,

43 Dunlin ,

4 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Thu 02 April 2026

Cley Marshes

1 Barn Owl (West Bank) ,

2 Short-eared Owl (West Bank) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Wed 01 April 2026

Salthouse
14:00 to 14:15
Calm, sunny, some cloud. Light NW.

2 Wheatear (Pair of wheatear, on the track, to east of the middle of Iron Rd. ) ,

[Jonathan White]

Wed 01 April 2026

Wiveton
08:30 to 08:40
Records from private garden and seen by R Petley the owner.

1 Redwing (Feeding on lawn with Song Thrush) ,

1 Song Thrush (On lawn with Redwing) ,

[David Fell]

Wed 01 April 2026

Cley Marshes
06:50 to 09:35
8-11C, WSW f2, cloud. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's

8 Pintail (2 pr Brackish, 1 pr Arnold's, 1 pr Pope's Pool) ,

2 Pochard (pr Don's Pool) ,

1 Coot (Snipe's) ,

7 Spoonbill ,

14 Grey Heron (iincl. 12 on top of N Foreland when disturbed) ,

1 Great White Egret ,

12 Little Egret ,

39 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,

10 Oystercatcher ,

67 Avocet (incl. 22 Pat's, 24 Pope's Pool, 15 Arnold's) ,

97 Black-tailed Godwit (mainly Pat's) ,

4 Curlew (Arnold's) ,

26 Redshank ,

13 Ruff (10m, 7 ad m, 1 fw m, 2 ad f, 1 fw f) ,

3 Turnstone (Beach) ,

28 Dunlin ,

2 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,

4 Ringed Plover (Beach) ,

1 Fox (Pat's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

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