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).

 

Sun 11 January 2026

Cley (sea)
12:50 to 14:30
Cold, wind from SW, overcast but dryish

2 Common Gull (Including some smart 1w birds) ,

2 Little Gull (Adult WP and 1W up and down beach in gul melee) ,

c.9 Turnstone (Busy feeding along beach) ,

38 Snow Bunting (In scrub/shingle to west of North Scrape) ,

1 Great Crested Grebe (Offshore) ,

1 Red-throated Diver (offshore) ,

1 Mallard (Drake on sea) ,

6 Teal (On sea) ,

[David Griffiths]

Sun 11 January 2026

Cley Marshes
09:00 to 10:10

c.11 Fieldfare (Pope's/serpentine field. Flew in with a few starlings.) ,

1 Red Kite (Dark-looking individual, hunting reddbed east of Pope's.) ,

1 Water Pipit (Close to the fieldfare flock on Pope's.) ,

[John Fairey]

Sun 11 January 2026

Blakeney Point
08:00 to 11:00
south east wind, frost, overcast

1 Little Gull (adult along shore then east) ,

1 Tufted Duck (west) ,

4 Razorbill ,

1 Gannet ,

2 Raven (on shingle ridge) ,

1 Peregrine (on shingle ridge) ,

1 Merlin (caught a reed bunting) ,

36 Snow Bunting (on shingle ridge then flew west) ,

7 Red Kite ,

11 Marsh Harrier (hunting birds one took a redshank.) ,

[Paul Laurie]

Sat 10 January 2026

Glandford
13:30 to 13:40
Cold, o/c

1 Grey Wagtail (On flooded meadow by Glaven ford) ,

[David Bryant]

Sat 10 January 2026

Kelling Heath
12:42 to 13:14
Dry, broken cloud, light N wind.

c.10 Blackbird ,

1 Pink-footed Goose (Flew over, E.) ,

1 Robin ,

1 Song Thrush (With Blackbirds.) ,

c.5 Blue Tit ,

1 Sparrowhawk (Being mobbed by corvids.) ,

1 Jay ,

1 Carrion Crow ,

c.10 Woodpigeon (Singing.) ,

c.1 Stock Dove (Heard only, singing.) ,

c.1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Heard only, calling.) ,

1 Kestrel ,

[Tony Pope]

Sat 10 January 2026

Morston
12:20 to 12:30
Cold, o/c

1 Water Pipit ,

[David Bryant]

Sat 10 January 2026

Wiveton
10:15 to 10:30
Cold: odd sunny intervals

1 Great White Egret (On meadows by Wiveton Bridge) ,

[David Bryant]

Sat 10 January 2026

Cley Marshes
09:45 to 09:50
Cold: odd snow flurry

1 Barnacle Goose (On Eye Field) ,

[David Bryant]

Sat 10 January 2026

Blakeney Hbr
09:30 to 09:40
Cold, o/c

1 Grey Plover ,

[David Bryant]

Sat 10 January 2026

Cley 10Km Square
08:00 to 16:15
Cool, windy, some light rain and sleet. My highlights from the CBC Big Bird Day.

3 Great White Egret (2 Bayfield, 1 Wiveton Bridge) ,

3 Otter (Well grown cubs frollicking in Bayfield Lake! Outstanding views - rubbish light though!) ,

2 Woodcock (One flushed at Bayfield. 2nd flew almost the length of the Main Drain and over East Bank.) ,

25 Fieldfare (Glandford - near the ford and several over Wiveton Bridge) ,

8 Siskin (Glandford - south of the ford in Alders) ,

1 Grey Wagtail (At the ford, Glandford) ,

1 Chiffchaff (Cley STW) ,

2 Raven (From Glandford and north towards Wiveton) ,

1 Cattle Egret (From Wiveton Bridge) ,

1 Great Northern Diver (From NT Tower at Morston - Harbour mouth) ,

1 Slavonian Grebe (From NT Tower at Morston - Harbour mouth) ,

1 Red-necked Grebe (From NT Tower at Morston - Harbour ) ,

5 Red-breasted Merganser (From NT Tower at Morston - Harbour ) ,

1 Greenshank (Morston Harbour creeks) ,

1 Black-throated Diver (Off Gramborough Hill) ,

2 Velvet Scoter (From Gramborough but birds slightly NE off the Quags) ,

2 Caspian Gull (At least two possibly three adults on North Scrape) ,

1 Hen Harrier (Ringtail west at dusk along northern edge of reedbeds/shingle ridge) ,

[David Griffiths]

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.