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).

Fri 12 December 2025

Wiveton
08:00 to 15:00
All records from private garden

1 Red Kite (A vocal bird circling the plantation) ,

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker ,

14 Long-tailed Tit (All on fat ball feeder) ,

[David Fell]

Fri 12 December 2025

Cley Marshes
07:30 to 09:00

1 Kingfisher (The bird was very busy from first light, making several visits to the nearest post to Bishops, and caught three sticklebacks whilst I was there. Just enough red on the lower bill to make this a female I think.) ,

[Geoff Snelson]

Wed 10 December 2025

Cley Marshes
14:40 to 14:45

1 Water Rail (Snipes marsh) ,

[Gary Bunting]

Wed 10 December 2025

Kelling WM
12:30 to 14:30

4 Blue Tit ,

1 Great Tit ,

1 Goldfinch ,

4 Chaffinch ,

1 Blackbird ,

2 Pheasant ,

4 Red Kite ,

1 Wren ,

14 Wigeon ,

1 Dunnock ,

1 Robin ,

4 Teal ,

1 Cormorant ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (West along shore) ,

3 Stonechat (On camp fence) ,

1 Curlew (West) ,

1 Redshank ,

7 Linnet (Shingle bank) ,

2 Egyptian Goose ,

1 Snipe ,

1 Buzzard ,

1 Magpie ,

3 Moorhen ,

15 Greenfinch (Flock landed dead tree in meadow lane) ,

1 Kestrel ,

[Gary Bunting]

Wed 10 December 2025

Kelling WM
12:03 to 12:40
Fine, fresh SW wind.

1 Red Kite ,

1 Pied Wagtail ,

1 Buzzard ,

4 Linnet ,

1 Stonechat (Male.) ,

1 Little Egret ,

1 Carrion Crow ,

2 Mallard ,

1 Kestrel ,

1 Moorhen ,

1 Blackbird ,

[Tony Pope]

Wed 10 December 2025

Cley Marshes
07:00 to 10:00
Cool, wind increasing in strength from SW. Generally clear skies over reserve

31 Marsh Harrier (Minimum count of birds out of reedbed roost) ,

1 Peregrine (Juvenile hunting Eye Field ) ,

3000 Pink-footed Goose (Bull Marsh - topped up slowly with birds coming in from the south) ,

c.12 Pintail (North Scrape) ,

2 Ruff (North Scrape) ,

7 Gadwall (North Scrape) ,

3 Glossy Ibis (Flew across North Scrape and off west - dropping onto South Pool) ,

2 Water Pipit (Cut reeds left of Bishops Hide) ,

40 Golden Plover (Into Pats) ,

28 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Pats) ,

6 Dunlin (Pats) ,

1500 Lapwing (across reserve) ,

c.4 Avocet (Pats) ,

1 Kingfisher (Male feeding by hovering over pool to west of Pats cut-reed area. Incredible to watch this protracted hovering reminiscent of Pied Kingfisher. No apologies for the number of pictures!) ,

2 Little Egret (Pats) ,

6 Snipe (Pats) ,

[David Griffiths]

Wed 10 December 2025

Cley Marshes
06:51 to 08:11
9C, SSW f4, clear with sun after 07:57 sunrise. Viisted Bishop's for Pink-foot roost count. Full roost figures to be added later.

3 Glossy Ibis (Pat's till 07:33) ,

1 Kingfisher (Pat's) ,

4 Avocet (Pat's) ,

10 Ruff (incl. 1 sattelite, Pat's) ,

2 Redshank ,

350 Lapwing (Pat's) ,

17 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Little Egret (Pat's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Wed 10 December 2025

Cley Marshes
06:50 to 07:37
9C, SSW f5, clear. 07:03 sunrise. PINK-FOOTED GOOSE ROOST count with Pat Wileman (Bishop's Hide), Chris Gooddie (Visitor Centre), John Swallow (Central Hides) & David Griffiths (Gillmor Hide).

3538 Pink-footed Goose (roosted with 1969 on Pat's Pool, 1169 on Simmond's, 160 on Whitwell and 260 on N Scrape, all leaving the scrapes between 07:15 and 07:57. ) ,

[Cbc Admin]

Mon 08 December 2025

Kelling WM
07:35 to 09:45
WeBS

2 Egyptian Goose ,

25 Wigeon ,

2 Gadwall ,

12 Teal ,

4 Mallard ,

6 Shoveler ,

2 Moorhen ,

35 Curlew ,

92 Black-headed Gull ,

2 Common Gull ,

1 Mediterranean Gull ,

[Cbc Admin]

Mon 08 December 2025

Kelling (sea)
07:35 to 09:45
WeBS

113 Common Scoter ,

1 Velvet Scoter ,

1 Great Black-backed Gull ,

[Cbc Admin]