CBC Wildlife News

Records submitted in the last 31 days, 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).

 

Wed 27 March 2024

Cley Marshes
06:45 to 09:15
6-10C, S f4, cloud/sun. Visited Bishop's, Snipe's, E Bank, Arnold's, Sea Pool and shingle bank to Iron Rd.

11 Pintail ,

1 Tufted Duck (drake, Pat's) ,

3 Pochard (m Snipe's, m + f Skirts Pool) ,

1 Little Grebe (Big Pool) ,

12 Grey Heron ,

10 Little Egret ,

1 Cattle Egret ,

4 Cormorant ,

1 Red Kite (flew W) ,

1 Bittern (heard) ,

1 Marsh Harrier (fem) ,

2 Coot ,

133 Avocet ,

16 Oystercatcher ,

25 Curlew ,

287 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Long-billed Dowitcher (Pat's) ,

27 Redshank ,

23 Ruff (15 adm, 6 1wm, 1 adf, 1 1wf) ,

1 Turnstone (Beach) ,

3 Ringed Plover (Sea Pool shingle) ,

1 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,

2 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Wed 27 March 2024

Salthouse
Blustery with sunny spells

34 Starling ,

37 Woodpigeon ,

1 Skylark (singing) ,

6 Black-headed Gull ,

1 Grey Heron ,

1 Little Egret ,

1 Mute Swan ,

43 Curlew (group feeding across the marshes) ,

2 Oystercatcher ,

2 Avocet (feeding) ,

6 Wigeon ,

2 Greylag Goose ,

14 Rook ,

2 Gadwall (on the duck pond) ,

6 Moorhen (3 adults feeding three chicks on the duck pond) ,

1 Marsh Harrier (flyover, hunting) ,

2 Pied Wagtail (pair feeding) ,

[Steve Hale]

Tue 26 March 2024

Blakeney
14:00 to 14:10
Sunny and breezy

c.1 Ring Ouzel (In 1st paddock after two ploughed fields towards Morston) ,

[Richard Taylor]

Tue 26 March 2024

Blakeney Hbr
12:00 to 12:02
Sun/13c/ne15

1 Ring Ouzel (Male, flew off Saltmarsh at Morston Down into sueda bushes along coastpath ) ,

3 Grey Partridge (Off Blakeney-Morston coastpath. ) ,

[Richard Burton]

Tue 26 March 2024

Cley Marshes
07:04 to 09:00
8-11C, ESE f3, sun/cloud. Visited Snipe's, E Bank, Arnold's & Iron Rd.

8 Pintail (Brackish) ,

2 Pochard (m + f, Skirts Pool) ,

1 Little Grebe (Snipe's Marsh) ,

6 Grey Heron ,

10 Little Egret ,

1 Sparrowhawk ,

1 Marsh Harrier (fem) ,

1 Buzzard ,

2 Coot ,

6 Oystercatcher ,

21 Avocet (incl. 19 Swan Lake) ,

1 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,

3 Ringed Plover (Sea Pool shingle) ,

19 Curlew ,

122 Black-tailed Godwit (flew into Arnold's from west at 08:36) ,

2 Turnstone ,

34 Redshank ,

1 Kestrel ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Mon 25 March 2024

Blakeney
16:45 to 16:50
Cool, overcast

1 Tawny Owl (Just keeping a watching brief. Clearly a resident as I have seen it in the same tree regularly over the past six weeks. Very difficult to photograph as the surrounding branches intrude. ) ,

[Stephen Heaton]

Mon 25 March 2024

Cley Marshes
13:45 to 14:45
Cool, annoying winds.

1 Long-billed Dowitcher (Adult still entertaining the crowds having returned to us after its foray to Stiffkey on the 24th) ,

[David Griffiths]

Mon 25 March 2024

Cley Village
11:00 to 13:00
Broken cloud, cool S'ly.

1 Marsh Harrier (Avian miscellany from Hill Top. Harrier, Chiffchaff, & Red Kite.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Mon 25 March 2024

Cley Marshes
06:45 to 08:30
6-10C, SSE f4, Sun/cloud. Visited Bishop's, Snipe's & E Bank

5 Pintail ,

2 Pochard (m +f , Skirts Pool) ,

4 Little Grebe ,

1 Cormorant ,

9 Grey Heron ,

3 Little Egret ,

5 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Sparrowhawk ,

5 Coot ,

9 Oystercatcher ,

118 Avocet ,

4 Curlew ,

1 Long-billed Dowitcher ,

24 Redshank ,

14 Ruff ,

3 Turnstone ,

2 Dunlin ,

2 Ringed Plover ,

1 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Sun 24 March 2024

Cley Marshes
Eye Field, Cley at lunchtime in blustery conditions

2 Stonechat (pair feeding) ,

1 Wheatear (hunkered down in the tussocks) ,

2 Shelduck (sleeping beside the pool) ,

2 Black-headed Gull ,

1 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Kestrel (hunting repeatedly alongside Beach Road) ,

[Steve Hale]

This screen shows all sightings from the date shown here on the left until today in reverse date sequence.  There is a limited number that show at one time so the page numbers above let you page through them.  If you want to see any earlier sightings you can do this by changing the date on the left to the earliest date you want then click on SHOW MORE.  When the screen refreshes you will need to scroll to the bottom then navigate through the pages to find what you are looking for.