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 08 April 2026

Cley Marshes
07:00 to 09:45
10-16C, SE f3, sun. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank and shingle to N Scrape and Coastguards

2 Egyptian Goose (pr + 6 tiny goslings, Pat's) ,

2 Pintail (pr, Brackish) ,

1 Pochard (drake, Don's) ,

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

3 Grey Heron ,

11 Little Egret ,

30 Cormorant ,

14 Oystercatcher ,

63 Avocet (incl.34 on N Scrape) ,

6 Curlew ,

123 Black-tailed Godwit ,

22 Redshank ,

10 Ruff ,

56 Dunlin ,

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

4 Ringed Plover (2 Arnold's, 2 on beach) ,

1 Golden Plover ,

1 Marsh Harrier (fem) ,

1 Kestrel ,

1 Short-eared Owl (over W Bank) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Tue 07 April 2026

Cley Marshes
16:00 to 16:00

1 Swallow (East over Bull Marsh) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Tue 07 April 2026

Blakeney Point
09:00 to 13:00

1 Ring Ouzel (Smart male feeding around the huts) ,

c.7 Wheatear (Minimum of 7 birds around the huts and plantation area more widely.) ,

7 Chiffchaff (One at the Hood and rest in Plantation and lifeboat house gardenothers ) ,

[Geoff Snelson]

Tue 07 April 2026

Cley Marshes
07:50 to 10:00
Sunny but still cold wind, hint of a SE. Dry.

4 Sedge Warbler (Skirts to Walsey Hills) ,

2 Little Grebe (Snipes) ,

2 Canada Goose (Pair nesting on Dons Pool) ,

2 Pochard (Pair on Dons Pool) ,

1 Mandarin Duck (Drake on Pats then off high west) ,

4 Little Ringed Plover (Pats) ,

[David Griffiths]

Tue 07 April 2026

Cley Marshes
06:50 to 08:50
7-13C, SE f4, sun. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's.

2 Pintail (Brackish) ,

2 Pochard (pair, Don's Pool) ,

2 Little Grebe (Don's Pool) ,

8 Grey Heron (N Foreland) ,

8 Little Egret ,

39 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,

7 Oystercatcher ,

61 Avocet ,

4 Curlew ,

113 Black-tailed Godwit (110 Pat's, 3 Pope's Pool) ,

22 Redshank ,

3 Ruff (1 ad m, 1 fw m, 1 fw f, Pat's) ,

3 Turnstone ,

107 Dunlin ,

2 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,

2 Ringed Plover (1 beach, 1 Arnold's) ,

1 Buzzard (N Foreland ) ,

1 Marsh Harrier (f) ,

1 Tawny Owl (heard calling from N Foreland) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Mon 06 April 2026

Cley Marshes
13:00 to 15:10
Cool, sunny spells, cool SW wind

4 Blackcap (Walsey Hills, North Foreland) ,

5 Chiffchaff (Walsey Hills, North Foreland, Skirts) ,

2 Little Grebe (Displaying on Snipes Marsh) ,

1 Great White Egret (Dark billed bird north of boardwalk to Central Hides) ,

3 Red Kite (Over reserve) ,

7 Little Ringed Plover (2 on Whitwell, 5 Simmonds) ,

16 Dunlin (Simmonds) ,

6 Ruff (Simmonds) ,

11 Avocet (Simmonds) ,

32 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Simmonds/Whitwell) ,

2 Pintail (Pair flying east over shingle ridge) ,

1 Little Egret (Simmonds) ,

[David Griffiths]

Mon 06 April 2026

Blakeney Hbr
06:50 to 09:20
High Tide

2 Long-tailed Duck (the wintering birds still present) ,

2 Great Northern Diver (1st year birds) ,

3 Spoonbill (west) ,

5 Swallow (west) ,

1 House Martin (west) ,

1 Sandwich Tern ,

1 Peregrine (adult feeding on carcase ) ,

55 Knot ,

114 Bar-tailed Godwit ,

5 Great Crested Grebe ,

[Paul Laurie]

Sat 04 April 2026

Kelling Heath
15:00 to 15:05
Dry, sunny, windy

1 Goshawk (High, drifting west) ,

[Sean Dempster]

Sat 04 April 2026

Cley Marshes
07:45 to 14:30
Cool initially, some sunshine and warming up but increasingly strong SW winds

6 Marsh Harrier (In the air together - 3 of each) ,

1 Sparrowhawk (Large female hunting reserve) ,

8 Mediterranean Gull (West in twos over North Scrape - very vocal) ,

1 Grey Partridge (Field south of A149 opposite Babcock Hide) ,

1 Greylag Goose (21 field west of Babcock track including pale grey (leucism) bid.) ,

1 White-fronted Goose (Eurasian) (With Greylags - something not quite right about this bird?) ,

16 Dunlin (Simmonds) ,

7 Ruff (Simmonds) ,

4 Snipe (Simmonds and 3 on Whitwell) ,

1 Great White Egret (Dark billed bird flew across reserve) ,

[David Griffiths]

Fri 03 April 2026

Cley Village
14:30 to 14:30
Overcast, light SW.

1 Blackcap ,

[Gerard Sabran]

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