CBC Wildlife News

Records submitted in the last 14 days, most recent first. Amber indicates local or uncommon, 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 20 November 2024

Cley (sea)
14:34 to 14:35
NW30, snow storm.

1 Common Scoter (nigra & alba) ,

[Tom Whiley]

Wed 20 November 2024

Cley Marshes
07:25 to 09:40
2-4C, W f5 gusting 7, mainly sunny. (snow pm). Visited Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's

c.2000 Pink-footed Goose (over the scrapes as we arrived, 720 still on pat's at 07:40) ,

12 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (on Pat's to wash) ,

5 Whooper Swan (3 ad, 2 juv Pat's then flew off W at 08:14) ,

1 Goldeneye (fem, Pat's) ,

2 Little Grebe (Brackish & Main Drain) ,

1 Grey Heron (Brackish) ,

1 Great White Egret (Brackish) ,

4 Little Egret ,

7 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,

3 Marsh Harrier ,

2 Water Rail (heard, E Bank) ,

1 Avocet ,

1 Curlew (Brackish) ,

7 Black-tailed Godwit ,

2 Redshank (Brackish) ,

12 Dunlin ,

107 Lapwing ,

2 Little Auk (1 E over N Scrape area, 1 W offshore) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Wed 20 November 2024

Cley (sea)
07:15 to 12:30
Rough sea

1486 Dunlin (west) ,

12 Goldeneye (west) ,

23 Red-throated Diver ,

1895 Teal (west) ,

568 Wigeon (west) ,

223 Common Scoter (west) ,

2 Sanderling (west) ,

6 Turnstone (west) ,

26 Gannet (east) ,

5 Redshank (west) ,

76 Ringed Plover (west) ,

1 Red-necked Grebe (west) ,

4 Red-breasted Merganser (west) ,

14 Grey Plover (west) ,

22 Snipe (west) ,

18 Pintail (west) ,

11 Mallard (west) ,

2 Curlew (west) ,

4 Gadwall (west) ,

3 Tufted Duck (west) ,

271 Knot (west) ,

49 Shelduck (west) ,

5 Kittiwake (west) ,

4 Great Crested Grebe (west) ,

16 Little Auk (two east 14 west, some duplication likely. ) ,

3 Velvet Scoter (east) ,

9 Goosander (west) ,

41 Eider (west) ,

2 Bar-tailed Godwit (west) ,

3 Great Northern Diver ,

1 Long-tailed Duck (imm fem west) ,

7 Shoveler (west) ,

2 Guillemot ,

1 Razorbill ,

1 Grey Phalarope (on the sea off the fishing boats 1140 & 1215) ,

1 Scaup (west) ,

3 Blackbird (in off) ,

3 Fieldfare (in off) ,

[Paul Laurie]

Tue 19 November 2024

Cley (sea)
09:45 to 11:15
Strong Northerly wind shifting slightly from NE. Cold, overcast. Some light rain.

300 Kittiwake (During my session but even more earlier and obviously a wreck in progress with reorienting birds?) ,

1501 Common Gull (All west) ,

60 Great Black-backed Gull (west) ,

c.5 Red-throated Diver (East) ,

c.1 Velvet Scoter (on sea) ,

c.50 Common Scoter (West) ,

54 Barnacle Goose (West over beachroad having previously been on the Eye Field) ,

2 Little Auk (West. Good pickup from SG and seen heading through the surf before a brief stop infront of the shelter, then off west. Second later spent 15 minutes in the surf being bashed about before heading west.) ,

c.15 Gannet (East) ,

c.1 Arctic Skua (East) ,

[David Griffiths]

Sun 17 November 2024

Salthouse
08:28 to 08:29
Dry and Sunny with cold N.W. Wind

1 Purple Sandpiper (Sheltering behind a Shingle Bank.) ,

1 Cattle Egret (Flying over Beach Road) ,

[Graham Sutton]

Sat 16 November 2024

Cley (sea)
08:00 to 09:00
Wind from West. Overcast, cold.

1 Little Auk (West passed Coastguards. Seen at Cromer at 08:20 and passed Cley at 08:52) ,

[David Griffiths]

Thu 14 November 2024

Blakeney Point
09:00 to 14:00

1 Peregrine (Possible ssp calidus - presumably the same bird photographed (much more clearly!) by Gerard Sabran back in October.) ,

8 Snow Bunting (Small flock feeding close to track to lifeboat station.) ,

c.1 Grey Seal (Breeding season well underway with several hundreds now on the shore.) ,

[Geoff Snelson]

Thu 14 November 2024

Cley Marshes
08:15 to 10:30
Cool wind from North. Overast.

3 Velvet Scoter (2 off Coastguards and on in from west passed the BH.) ,

c.80 Common Scoter (Offshore) ,

2 Goldeneye (Pair west passed Coastguards. ) ,

1 Red-throated Diver (In surf) ,

6 Eider (5 west, drake east) ,

1 Great Skua (East - very distant) ,

4 Snow Bunting (west over BH) ,

1 White-fronted Goose (Eurasian) (With Canadas and Greylags on Eye Field) ,

1 Greylag x Canada Goose (At least one of the variant hybrids in Eye Field) ,

[David Griffiths]

Thu 14 November 2024

Cley Marshes
06:45 to 09:10
10-11C, N f4-5, cloud. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's.

2350 Pink-footed Goose (2250 roosted on Pat's leaving 07:38-08:14 but most soon returned.Another 100 flew S probably off N scrape at 07:21) ,

2 White-fronted Goose (with Pinks) ,

309 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Pat's 08:24 all ads) ,

17 Pintail (Brackish & Arnold's) ,

6 Little Grebe ,

1 Grey Heron ,

6 Little Egret ,

1 Great White Egret (Brackish) ,

20 Cormorant ,

4 Marsh Harrier ,

2 Water Rail (heard) ,

2 Avocet ,

24 Curlew ,

67 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Long-billed Dowitcher (Pope's Pool early then Pat's) ,

1 Snipe (Brackish) ,

38 Redshank ,

29 Ruff (24 ad m, 2 juv m, 3 ad f) ,

27 Dunlin ,

229 Lapwing ,

[David & Pat Wileman]