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).

Sun 08 June 2025

Cley (sea)
08:35 to 10:20
Wind from north west vectoring west later, dry, some sunny spells.

3 Puffin (2 and 1 east) ,

c.120 Guillemot (East) ,

c.50 Razorbill (East and 2 on sea off Coastguards ) ,

7 Fulmar (East) ,

1 Manx Shearwater (West) ,

c.25 Gannet (East) ,

12 Bar-tailed Godwit (West) ,

c.30 Common Tern (West) ,

c.120 Sandwich Tern ,

10 Little Tern ,

6 Knot (West) ,

5 Common Scoter (West) ,

[David Griffiths]

Sat 07 June 2025

Cley Marshes
08:30 to 14:15
Breezy but warmish, some very heavy showers

c.20 Gannet (Feeding and east offshore) ,

14 Bar-tailed Godwit (west) ,

1 Black-headed Gull (Juvenile west) ,

1 Fulmar (west) ,

3 Common Scoter (west) ,

1 Guillemot (on sea) ,

2 Razorbill (east and ditched to NE) ,

c.100 Sandwich Tern (Estimate) ,

6 Little Tern ,

1 Common Tern ,

6 Great White Egret (Max count on reserve) ,

9 Cattle Egret (Max count on North Scrape) ,

4 Spoonbill (Max count across reserve) ,

1 Marsh Warbler (Excellent pick up by TD along the Skirts. Continued to sing and show occassionally throughout the morning and into the early afternoon.) ,

1 Whitethroat (Nest building on the Sirts) ,

1 Bittern (Heard booming mid morning) ,

3 Wigeon (North Scrape) ,

[David Griffiths]

Fri 06 June 2025

Cley Marshes
10:09 to 10:09
Overcast, fresh SW'er.

1 Spoonbill (Babcock Hide : N Foreland/Watling Water round trip for platform reinforcements..) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Fri 06 June 2025

Cley Marshes
09:30 to 10:40
Stormy

2 Spoonbill (Some excellent views of juv being fed; unfortunately didn't get a shot of the juv falling over!) ,

2 Cattle Egret (Flitting around amongst the cattle) ,

2 Great White Egret (Much debate about whether these are juvs., but seems likely according to the experts.) ,

[John Fairey]

Fri 06 June 2025

Cley (sea)
07:45 to 09:30
Wind from SW, sea fairly choppy. Good visibility.

c.25 Common Scoter (west) ,

c.30 Gannet (Feeding offshore and generally east) ,

1 Common Tern (West with fish) ,

c.100 Sandwich Tern (East/west, fishing) ,

c.20 Little Tern (fishing and west) ,

1 Fulmar (west) ,

1 Whimbrel (west) ,

12 Manx Shearwater ,

1 Red-throated Diver (SP bird west) ,

1 Kittiwake (Adult east) ,

2 Avocet (west) ,

[David Griffiths]

Fri 06 June 2025

Cley Marshes
06:35 to 09:00
11-14C, SW f4, cloud, rain startedjust after 09:00. Visited Bishop's & Skirts, Snipe's, E Bank, Arnold's, Sea Pool to Iron Rd.

3 Wigeon (Serpentine) ,

1 Spoonbill ,

2 Great White Egret ,

3 Little Egret ,

1 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,

1 Buzzard ,

2 Kestrel (Iron Rd) ,

2 Marsh Harrier (m + f ) ,

1 Water Rail (heard) ,

11 Oystercatcher ,

61 Avocet ,

27 Redshank ,

6 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,

12 Ringed Plover (incl. 8 tundrae on Pat's) ,

2 Reeves' Muntjac (Beach - looked like they were trying to work out what the sea was, obviously didn't like it and went back inland.) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Fri 06 June 2025

Cley Marshes

1 Swallow (In front of Daukes Hide) ,

[Philip & Patricia Cartlidge]

Fri 06 June 2025

Cley Marshes

2 Spoonbill (Juvenile begging) ,

[Philip & Patricia Cartlidge]

Fri 06 June 2025

Cley Marshes

1 Spoonbill (Juvenile) ,

[Philip & Patricia Cartlidge]

Thu 05 June 2025

Cley Marshes
06:45 to 09:05
13-14C, S f4, Light rain. Visited Bishop's & central hides.

1 Spoonbill ,

4 Little Egret ,

3 Marsh Harrier (1m, 2f) ,

1 Water Rail (heard from Bishop's) ,

2 Oystercatcher (Pat's) ,

45 Avocet ,

23 Redshank ,

3 Dunlin (Pat's) ,

4 Ringed Plover (all tundra including 1 c-r bird from Norway) ,

6 Little Ringed Plover ,

30 Lapwing ,

[David & Pat Wileman]