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).

 

Thu 08 October 2026

Cley (sea)
07:00 to 10:45

1 Gadwall (West) ,

1 Knot (In with Teal) ,

1 Leach's Petrel (West close in. Several observers) ,

89 Teal (All west) ,

37 Red-throated Diver (31 East 6 West) ,

13 Common Scoter (West) ,

104 Gannet (Minimum count ) ,

292 Wigeon (West) ,

10 Razorbill/Guillemot sp. (West) ,

41 Brent Goose (West) ,

6 Arctic Skua (5 west 1 East) ,

3 Manx Shearwater (West) ,

8 Sandwich Tern (West) ,

3 Great Skua (All west a 2 & 1) ,

1 Grey Plover (West) ,

3 Guillemot (West close in) ,

4 Pintail (West in with other duck) ,

12 Dunlin (West) ,

2 Turnstone (West) ,

1 Kittiwake (Adult west) ,

1 Common Tern (Feeding off shore) ,

1 Arctic Tern (West) ,

1 Common Gull (West) ,

6 Eider (All adult males west) ,

[David Fell]

Thu 08 October 2026

Cley (sea)
07:00 to 08:15
Rain easing, then cloudy with some sunshine. Strong nw breeze.

1 Red-throated Diver (Many.) ,

1 Manx Shearwater (West, close.) ,

1 Leach's Petrel (West, close.) ,

1 Gannet (Many.) ,

10 Common Scoter (At least.) ,

1 Grey Plover ,

1 Great Skua (West, close.) ,

5 Arctic Skua (One east, close. Rest west distant.) ,

1 Arctic Tern (West.) ,

8 Sandwich Tern ,

1 Guillemot (Close, west.) ,

1 Razorbill (Many.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Wed 07 October 2026

Cley (sea)
15:35 to 18:00
Light rain petering out,cloudy. Strong nw breeze.

1 Red-throated Diver (Many.) ,

5 Manx Shearwater (At least. Two west quite close; others east, more distant.) ,

1 Sooty Shearwater (West, quite close.) ,

1 Gannet (Many. Lots of adults.) ,

250 Brent Goose (At least. Groups heading west throughout.) ,

1 Wigeon (Many.) ,

20 Pintail (At least.) ,

14 Common Scoter (At least.) ,

9 Eider (Male & three females, then five males. All west.) ,

4 Grey Plover ,

5 Dunlin ,

1 Great Skua (West, close.) ,

3 Arctic Skua (At least. Moving fast east.) ,

8 Little Gull (All adults inc three close in.) ,

3 Sandwich Tern (West.) ,

5 Arctic Tern (All juvs, west.) ,

1 Guillemot (On sea close in.) ,

1 Razorbill (Many.) ,

1 Short-eared Owl (In off the sea.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Wed 07 October 2026

Blakeney (sea)
09:20 to 10:40
Cloudy, breeze wnw. Then light rain.

4 Red-throated Diver (At least.) ,

3 Gannet ,

15 Common Scoter (West.) ,

2 Grey Plover ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (Adult.) ,

4 Sandwich Tern ,

5 Razorbill ,

[Andrew Cox]

Wed 07 October 2026

Cley (sea)
07:20 to 09:20
Misty first thing, the clearing. Cloud building from the wnw on a rising breeze.

6 Red-throated Diver (At least.) ,

1 Great Crested Grebe (West.) ,

10 Gannet (At least. Mix of ages.) ,

12 Common Scoter (West.) ,

1 Sanderling (West. Along shore.) ,

1 Greenshank (Salt pans off East Bank.) ,

6 Razorbill (At least.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Tue 06 October 2026

Cley (sea)
16:00 to 18:00
Cold northerly breeze bringing sea mist & poor visibility. Eventually cleared a little with sunshine before coming in thick again.

4 Red-throated Diver (Three very close in.) ,

1 Gannet (Adult or sub adult came out of the mist into the sunshine. Turned & went back in.) ,

50 Ringed Plover (Approx. Sitting on the shingle beach. Some west west as it cleared.) ,

1 Grey Plover (East along the shoreline.) ,

2 Turnstone (With Ringed Plovers.) ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (1st winter east along shore.) ,

2 Sandwich Tern (Adult & juv calling somewhere in the mist. Eventually they showed close in, going east.) ,

2 Razorbill (At least. On the sea.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Tue 06 October 2026

Morston
12:00 to 12:30
Cloudy, some sun. Morston to Blakney.

4 Red Kite (Circling together.) ,

8 Grey Partridge (Small covey in field southward.) ,

100 Golden Plover (At least.) ,

1 Greenshank (Creek at Morston.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Tue 06 October 2026

Cley Marshes
08:45 to 09:15
Misty, mild, gentle westerly breeze

2 Spotted Redshank (At northern end of Arnold's Marsh) ,

[David Bryant]

Tue 06 October 2026

Cley Marshes
06:45 to 07:00
Sunny, cool.

4 Glossy Ibis (Flew over West Bank& settled down on the Glaven) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Mon 05 October 2026

Cley (sea)
07:00 to 08:45
Sunny, some cloud. Breeze wsw.

14 Red-throated Diver (At least.) ,

1 Manx Shearwater (West, just offshore.) ,

20 Gannet (At least. Mix of ages.) ,

30 Pintail (West. Several groups.) ,

2 Common Scoter (East.) ,

1 Grey Plover ,

1 Great Skua (East, quite distant.) ,

1 Mediterranean Gull ,

1 Common Tern (Juv.) ,

4 Razorbill (At least.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

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.