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).

 

Tue 20 October 2026

Cley Marshes
13:00 to 14:00
Dull, windy.

1 Water Pipit (A few metres from Bishops hide) ,

2 Snipe (In front of Bishops) ,

[Mick Roe]

Tue 20 October 2026

Cley Marshes
07:30 to 09:05
12C, E f4-5, overcast. Visited Bishop's, E Bank & Arnold's

8 Pintail (Brackish) ,

5 Little Egret ,

1 Cattle Egret (Pat's at 08:30) ,

4 Glossy Ibis (Pat's) ,

29 Cormorant ,

5 Little Grebe (Main Drain) ,

8 Avocet ,

3 Curlew ,

54 Black-tailed Godwit ,

2 Bar-tailed Godwit (Arnold's) ,

9 Redshank ,

1 Snipe (Pat's) ,

27 Ruff (24 ad m, 2 juv m, 1 ad f, Pat's) ,

1 Curlew Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

56 Dunlin ,

1 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,

2 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,

3 Marsh Harrier (incl. 1 wing-tagged 2cy f) ,

1 Kestrel ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Mon 19 October 2026

Cley Marshes
16:45 to 18:25
Breezy early evening from ESE to E, lots of cloud with occasional bursts of sunshine

1 Baltic Gull (Striking 2CY bird on Whitwell, the most eye-catching bird of the evening) ,

9 Caspian Gull (Seven on Whitwell and two on Pat's Pool - at least five 1w, 2 2w, 1 3w, 1 stunning adult) ,

5 Yellow-legged Gull (Modest mix of 1w, 2 2w and 2 adults) ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (Lone 1w on Whitwell) ,

250 Herring Gull (Mostly crammed onto the islands on Whitwell) ,

350 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Like the HG's, huddled together on Whitwell with more on Pat's) ,

1 Siberian Chiffchaff (Lovely, clean looking tristis in the bushes behind the hides) ,

1 Chiffchaff (collybita) (Behind the hides) ,

3 Goldcrest (Also behind the hides) ,

55 White-fronted Goose (Eurasian) (Two parties, both heading west to east towards dusk) ,

[Mark Golley]

Mon 19 October 2026

Cley Marshes
14:00 to 15:00
Photos by Paul Williams

1 Desert Wheatear ,

[CleyBirdCo]

Mon 19 October 2026

Cley Marshes
13:45 to 14:14
Warm, wind from SE

1 Desert Wheatear (Male on top of beach hotel before flying off towards the boats. Good find earlier by Peter Allen and Another.) ,

[David Griffiths]

Mon 19 October 2026

Cley Marshes
13:00 to 14:00
Sunny, light ESE breeze, not much cloud

1 Desert Wheatear (Gorgeous first-winter male, initially on the Eye Field fence between the beach car park and the North, then got a bit skittish and headed back towards the beach, landing on the Beach Hotel briefly before settling around the tractors on the Point side of West Bank) ,

[Mark Golley]

Mon 19 October 2026

Salthouse
08:40 to 08:42
Clearing sky. No wind.

1 Brown Hare (Salthouse Beach.) ,

[Graham Sutton]

Mon 19 October 2026

Salthouse
08:25 to 08:35
Dull and damp. no wind.

1 Snow Bunting (Feeding on Gramborough Cliff Face.) ,

[Graham Sutton]

Mon 19 October 2026

Salthouse
08:10 to 08:15
Rain stopping. Very poor light, no wind.

1 Bar-tailed Godwit (Feeding on Gramborough lagoon) ,

[Graham Sutton]

Mon 19 October 2026

Cley Marshes
07:45 to 09:50
11-12C, ESE f1, cloud. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's.

9 Pintail (incl.3 m, Brackish) ,

3 Grey Heron ,

3 Little Egret ,

7 Cattle Egret (5 mobile E of E Bank, 2 Pat's) ,

2 Little Grebe (Main Drain) ,

3 Avocet ,

4 Curlew ,

1 Bar-tailed Godwit (Arnold's) ,

44 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Snipe (Pat's) ,

20 Redshank ,

10 Ruff (8 ad m, 2 juv m, Pat's) ,

128 Dunlin ,

10 Ringed Plover ,

2 Grey Plover ,

35 Cormorant ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (1st cal yr, Pat's) ,

1 Buzzard ,

3 Marsh Harrier ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

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