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 08 November 2025

Cley/Salthouse
09:00 to 09:53
Overcast, light SW.

2 Yellowhammer (Babcock's, Watling Water. Almost daily.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Fri 07 November 2025

Salthouse
11:30 to 12:30

7 Mute Swan (2 adults with 5 young all colour ringed near duck pond) ,

1 Pintail (Male in run-off from duck pond) ,

3 Stonechat (1 male 2 females Granborough ) ,

[David Fell]

Fri 07 November 2025

Wiveton
11:00 to 11:15

c.30 Blackbird (In and over private garden in 15min look.) ,

[David Fell]

Fri 07 November 2025

Salthouse/Kelling
10:00 to 10:30
Warm , no wind, mainly overcast.

1 Siberian Chiffchaff (Willows on Meadow Lane.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Fri 07 November 2025

Cley Marshes
08:00 to 15:50

3 Twite (by sluice on west bank) ,

1 Hen Harrier (ring-tail over Blakeney chapel) ,

3 Short-eared Owl (two around Blakeney chapel in the morning and one in off the sea over Arnold's at 2pm) ,

21 Rock Pipit (Sluice on west bank and salt marsh) ,

15 Cattle Egret (over saltmarsh and on to Blakeney FM. ) ,

559 Blackbird (groups of 4 - 10 coming in all day and occasional larger group including 77 off the sea at 3pm. ) ,

[Paul Laurie]

Thu 06 November 2025

Cley Marshes
13:20 to 13:35
Dull & overcast 17 deg light rain

c.2 Glossy Ibis (East of east bank looking from Attenborough’s walk looking down 1st drain. Birds 50yds from gate. Flew off together towards Salthouse marsh) ,

[SueChristine Bradshaw]

Thu 06 November 2025

Salthouse
13:15 to 14:45
Warm, 17 degrees C.

1 Pallas's Warbler (Gramborough environs. Excellent find by JF. Took some searching and very mobile bird but seen by many as it foraged around.) ,

[David Griffiths]

Thu 06 November 2025

Cley Marshes
08:30 to 09:00

1 Whinchat (The whinchat finally settled briefly in front of Bishop's hide.) ,

[Geoff Snelson]

Wed 05 November 2025

Cley Marshes
15:30 to 16:45
Cloudy, southerly wind.

1700 Pink-footed Goose (In from south to roost at dusk.) ,

c.21 Cattle Egret (15+6 into N.Foreland at dusk) ,

10 Marsh Harrier (Into Cley roost at dusk) ,

2 Glossy Ibis (East past Visitor Centre 15.30) ,

12 Little Egret (Into N.Foreland at dusk) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Tue 04 November 2025

Cley Marshes
07:15 to 09:05
13-15C, SSW f5, Sun/lt cloud. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, Snipe's, E Bank & Arnold's.

300 Pink-footed Goose (S onto Eye Field area at 08:08.) ,

4 Pintail ,

2 Little Grebe (Main Drain) ,

2 Little Egret ,

38 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,

1 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Kestrel ,

2 Red Kite (flying together over Sea Pool area) ,

1 Avocet (Pat's) ,

1 Snipe (Pat's) ,

2 Curlew ,

92 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

3 Greenshank (Pat's) ,

1 Spotted Redshank (Pat's) ,

20 Redshank ,

14 Ruff (Pat's, 5 ad m, 2 juv m, 7 left before aging) ,

16 Dunlin ,

395 Lapwing ,

1 Grey Phalarope (still Pope's Pool) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

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