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).

 

Wed 22 April 2026

Cley Marshes
06:50 to 09:30
9-12C, E f4-5, Sun. Visited Snipes, Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank, Brackish-N Scrape-Coastguards, Beach Rd. Lots of water on Arnold's & Brackish, Billy's Wash dry.

2 Egyptian Goose ,

3 Little Grebe (1 Snipe's, 2 Don's) ,

3 Grey Heron ,

1 Little Egret (Arnold's) ,

1 Bittern (heard) ,

15 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,

6 Oystercatcher ,

43 Avocet ,

3 Curlew ,

5 Whimbrel ,

80 Black-tailed Godwit ,

5 Bar-tailed Godwit (incl. 4 Eye Pool) ,

23 Redshank ,

10 Ruff (4 ad m (1 sat), 2 fw m, 4 ad f) ,

32 Dunlin ,

5 Little Ringed Plover ,

3 Ringed Plover (2 Brackish Shingle, 1 shingle N of N Scrape) ,

1 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Kestrel ,

2 Stonechat (m nr N Screen, m Eye Field at Coastguards) ,

1 Wheatear (N of Eye Field) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Wed 22 April 2026

Cley 10Km Square
06:00 to 08:45
Iron road, east bank, coast guards and Glandford road

5 Whimbrel (Flew east over Iron road) ,

2 Swallow (Perched on fence Iron road) ,

1 Little Grebe (Dons pool) ,

13 Sedge Warbler (10 East bank, 2 Iron road, 1 Glandford road) ,

1 Reed Warbler (Singing off East bank) ,

1 Reed Bunting (Male East bank) ,

4 Grey Heron (3 East bank 1 Iron road) ,

5 Cetti's Warbler (3 Glandford road 2 Iron road) ,

4 Bar-tailed Godwit (Eye pool) ,

1 Ruff (Eye pool with Bar-wits) ,

3 Wheatear (Eye field) ,

3 Skylark (Eye field) ,

4 Whitethroat (Glandford road) ,

4 Chiffchaff (Glandford road) ,

6 Blackcap (Glandford road) ,

1 Goldcrest (Glandford road) ,

1 Kestrel (Glandford road) ,

1 Lesser Whitethroat (Near 30mph signs on road leading to Cley Green from Glandford road) ,

1 Song Thrush (Glandford road) ,

[David Fell]

Tue 21 April 2026

Cley Village
15:12 to 15:12
Cold easterly, cloudless.

1 Red Kite (Checking out Anterton Hill gardens for builder's lunchtime sandwich scraps !) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Tue 21 April 2026

Kelling WM
09:00 to 10:30

1 Red Kite (Checking out a mistle thrush on Weybourne airstrip. No sandwiches here!) ,

[John Fairey]

Tue 21 April 2026

Cley Marshes
06:55 to 08:45
9-11C, ENE f5-6, mainly overcast. Visited Bishop's, Snipe's, Att Walk & Babcock

2 Egyptian Goose (adults, no sign of goslings) ,

1 Little Grebe (heard, Snipe's) ,

2 Oystercatcher (W of Iron Rd) ,

90 Avocet (incl.65 Pat's, 23 Watling Water) ,

110 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

4 Bar-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

5 Redshank ,

12 Ruff (3 ad m, 3 fw m, 4 ad f, 2 fw f Pat's) ,

23 Dunlin (Pat's) ,

4 Little Ringed Plover (3 Pat's, 1 Watling) ,

1 Marsh Harrier ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Mon 20 April 2026

Cley Marshes
13:00 to 15:30
Visited: Beach Road, Iron Road

1 Great White Egret (West of West Bank) ,

1 Little Ringed Plover ,

1 Wheatear ,

2 Whimbrel ,

1 Golden Plover ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Sun 19 April 2026

Cley Marshes
14:15 to 15:30
Sunny but with very cool SW wind.

2 Great White Egret (Skirts Pool and Richardson Scrape - black billed and reddish tarsi.) ,

[David Griffiths]

Sun 19 April 2026

Cley 10Km Square
08:48 to 09:28
Bright and dry with a northerly wind

1 Black-tailed Godwit (Happy to be corrected if its bar tailed ) ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (Happy to be corrected if its bar tailed ) ,

1 Whitethroat ,

2 Sedge Warbler ,

c.6 Swallow ,

[Claire Brayne]

Sun 19 April 2026

Blakeney Hbr
06:00 to 08:30
high tide

2 Glossy Ibis (high over harbour then flew east) ,

1 Raven ,

1 Common Sandpiper ,

1 Great Northern Diver ,

[Paul Laurie]

Sat 18 April 2026

Salthouse Heath
10:07 to 10:08
W13 sun.

1 White Wagtail (White) (stretch & rest in paddock.) ,

[Tom Whiley]

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