CBC Wildlife News

Records submitted in the last 14 days, most recent first. Amber indicates local or uncommon, 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 13 October 2026

Cley Village
15:30 to 15:30
Gusting, warm SW, sun after rain.

1 Chaffinch (To ring, or not to ring? Chaffinch with a dead right foot. Ring too tight when fitted? No blood supply to the foot? And a Dunnock cleanly ringed, same site.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Tue 13 October 2026

Cley Marshes
06:05 to 08:40
15-17C, S f4-5, cloud early then sun from 08:00 til we left. Pinkfoot Roost Count. sunrise 06:18. Visited Bishop's Skirts & E Bank. NB. Pinkfoot results will be published shortly.

1 Barnacle Goose (with Pinkfeet on Pat's) ,

4 Egyptian Goose ,

6 Grey Heron (incl 4 flying W at 07:25) ,

1 Great White Egret (landed on Skirts Pool) ,

1 Little Egret (Brackish) ,

3 Glossy Ibis (Pat's) ,

4 Avocet (Pat's) ,

8 Curlew ,

70 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Snipe (Pat's) ,

27 Redshank ,

29 Ruff (21 ad m, 5 juv m,2 ad f, 1 juv f, Pat's) ,

66 Dunlin ,

1 Little Grebe (Main Drain) ,

1 Stonechat (East Bank) ,

11 Marsh Harrier (flew W over N of reserve at 06:50) ,

c.400 Starling (large flock out of reedbed at 07:25) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Mon 12 October 2026

Salthouse (sea)
08:25 to 08:40
Sunny with a light SE wind.

1 Red-throated Diver (Feeding and drifting west.) ,

[Graham Sutton]

Mon 12 October 2026

Wiveton
08:00 to 13:00
Wiveton Barn garden records

1 Green Woodpecker (Heard) ,

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker ,

1 Buzzard ,

1 Jay ,

[David Fell]

Mon 12 October 2026

Salthouse
07:55 to 08:20
Dry and sunny, with light SE wind.

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

[Graham Sutton]

Mon 12 October 2026

Salthouse
07:20 to 07:25
Dry at sunrise, with light SE wind.

1 Brent Goose (Feeding beside Gramborough Lagoon) ,

[Graham Sutton]

Mon 12 October 2026

Cley (sea)
07:10 to 08:10
Sunny, light wind.

2 Red-throated Diver (At least.) ,

20 Gannet (At least. Many joining feeding melee close in.) ,

3 Red-breasted Merganser (West.) ,

12 Ringed Plover (West.) ,

1 Arctic Skua (East offshore. Chased some gulls before settling on the sea.) ,

2 Mediterranean Gull (Adults.) ,

11 Little Gull (At least. Three west (two adults, 1st winter) then 8 east. Mix of ages. Mobbed settled skua at one point.) ,

1 Guillemot ,

10 Razorbill (At least.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sun 11 October 2026

Cley Marshes
11:30 to 11:35
Sunny, westerly breeze.

1 Swallow (Flew west.) ,

2 Wheatear (Eye Field.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sun 11 October 2026

Cley Village
09:45 to 09:50
Sunny, becoming warmer.

30 Meadow Pipit (At least. Field east of Cley Allotments.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sun 11 October 2026

Cley (sea)
07:20 to 08:50
Sunny, westerly breeze.

26 Red-throated Diver (At least.) ,

4 Manx Shearwater (All west. All close in.) ,

30 Gannet (At least.) ,

4 Common Scoter (Female, then three males. All west.) ,

3 Pintail (West.) ,

80 Ringed Plover (At least. Several flocks heading west.) ,

2 Arctic Tern (Juvs.) ,

2 Guillemot ,

5 Razorbill (At least.) ,

[Andrew Cox]