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 22 February 2026

Cley Marshes
15:38 to 15:50
WSW19, sun & white cloud.

13 White-fronted Goose (Eurasian) (with 2 Barnacle & 6 Greylag...) ,

[Tom Whiley]

Sun 22 February 2026

Cley Marshes
11:15 to 13:30
Sun/windy 12C

1 Barn Owl (West of West Bank) ,

29 White-fronted Goose (11 West of Iron Rd, 18 East.) ,

2 Barnacle Goose (West of Iron Rd) ,

1000 Lapwing (At least across reserve (468 Watling Water)) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Fri 20 February 2026

Cley Marshes
09:00 to 10:55

3 Marsh Harrier (One of which was enjoying breakfast on the bank of Whitwell scrape.) ,

3 Red Kite (Over the central scrapes.) ,

[John Fairey]

Fri 20 February 2026

Cley (sea)
07:35 to 09:23
WeBS

3 Great Crested Grebe ,

21 Black-headed Gull ,

1 Common Gull ,

100 Herring Gull ,

2 Great Black-backed Gull ,

[Cbc Admin]

Fri 20 February 2026

Kelling WM
07:30 to 09:25
WeBS

3 Greylag Goose ,

1 Shelduck ,

35 Wigeon ,

4 Gadwall ,

24 Teal ,

6 Shoveler ,

1 Redshank ,

32 Black-headed Gull ,

4 Common Gull ,

[Cbc Admin]

Fri 20 February 2026

Salthouse
07:30 to 09:45
WeBS

1 Little Egret ,

6 Mute Swan ,

1 Pink-footed Goose ,

30 White-fronted Goose ,

4 Greylag Goose ,

2 Barnacle Goose ,

12 Shelduck ,

418 Wigeon ,

32 Teal ,

34 Mallard (Incl 12 'feral' on Duck Pond) ,

1 Pintail (on Duck Pond) ,

9 Moorhen ,

1 Oystercatcher ,

17 Curlew ,

3 Redshank ,

99 Black-headed Gull ,

27 Herring Gull ,

7 Great Black-backed Gull ,

2 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Skylark ,

4 Meadow Pipit ,

1 Stonechat ,

18 Linnet ,

[Cbc Admin]

Fri 20 February 2026

Cley Marshes
07:20 to 09:50
4-7C, SW, cloud brightening. WeBS

7 Little Grebe ,

1 Great Crested Grebe (Brackish) ,

6 Cormorant ,

4 Little Egret ,

2 Grey Heron ,

5 Mute Swan ,

26 Greylag Goose ,

6 Canada Goose ,

3 Dark-bellied Brent Goose ,

76 Shelduck ,

791 Wigeon ,

31 Gadwall ,

237 Teal ,

42 Mallard ,

13 Pintail ,

53 Shoveler ,

7 Moorhen ,

3 Oystercatcher ,

69 Avocet ,

105 Ringed Plover ,

12 Golden Plover ,

439 Lapwing ,

97 Dunlin ,

22 Black-tailed Godwit ,

10 Curlew ,

16 Redshank ,

3 Turnstone ,

141 Black-headed Gull ,

93 Herring Gull ,

6 Great Black-backed Gull ,

3 Marsh Harrier ,

10 Skylark ,

5 Meadow Pipit ,

2 Stonechat ,

3 Reed Bunting ,

1 Buzzard ,

[Cbc Admin]

Thu 19 February 2026

Cley Marshes
07:40 to 08:25
3C, E f4, rain. Unpleasant. Visited Bishop's and areas along coast road,

1 Oystercatcher (Pat's) ,

58 Avocet (Pat's) ,

1 Jack Snipe (Richardson's) ,

18 Lapwing (in field S of Babcock) ,

1 Buzzard (on gate at Pope's entrance) ,

2 Marsh Harrier ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Wed 18 February 2026

Cley/Salthouse
11:30 to 11:30
Cold SE, weak sunlight.

23 White-fronted Goose (Eurasian) (With two Barnacle, Iron Road meadow.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Tue 17 February 2026

Cley Marshes
09:00 to 10:00

23 White-fronted Goose (In field west of Babcock hide.) ,

2 Barnacle Goose (In field east of Babcock.) ,

5 Dunlin (In field with the barnacles.) ,

[John Fairey]