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).

Thu 30 April 2026

Kelling Heath
09:30 to 09:45
Sunny and windy

1 Turtle Dove (Along railway line on caravan site ) ,

[Colin Hunt]

Thu 30 April 2026

Cley Marshes

1 Spotted Redshank (Pat's Pool) ,

1 Curlew Sandpiper (Pat's Pool) ,

1 Common Sandpiper (Pat's Pool) ,

1 Wood Sandpiper (South Pool) ,

1 Lesser Whitethroat (Visitor Centre car park) ,

1 Whitethroat (Visitor Centre car park) ,

6 Wheatear (Eye Field) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Wed 29 April 2026

Cley Marshes
06:45 to 08:50
11-14C, E f5, Sun, felt colder than temp. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's. Water back on Pope's Pool, levels high on Brackish & Arnold's

2 Egyptian Goose (E of E Bank) ,

2 Pintail (pr Arnold's still) ,

1 Little Grebe (Snipe's) ,

2 Grey Heron ,

3 Little Egret ,

12 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

9 Oystercatcher ,

7 Avocet (Pat's) ,

16 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

1 Bar-tailed Godwit (Arnold's) ,

11 Curlew (E of E Bank) ,

8 Redshank ,

2 Common Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

8 Ruff (5 m, 3 f, Pat's) ,

5 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,

1 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,

4 Marsh Harrier (m + 2 f main reedbed, m over Wigeon Marsh) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Wed 29 April 2026

Cley Marshes
Sun. Cold strong wind.

3 Ruff (Central scrapes) ,

2 Garganey (Watling Water) ,

1 Common Sandpiper (Watling Water) ,

2 Wall Brown (Attenborough Walk) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Tue 28 April 2026

Cley Marshes
08:30 to 09:00
Overcast, blustery, gloomy!

3 Wood Sandpiper (Lurking in reed fringes of South Pool) ,

[David Bryant]

Tue 28 April 2026

Cley Marshes
06:50 to 08:20
9C, NE f5, cloud after earlier rain - felt cold. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts & E Bank.

2 Egyptian Goose (E of E Bank) ,

4 Canada Goose (1 still on nest Don's Pool) ,

1 Little Grebe (Don's Pool) ,

2 Grey Heron (E of E Bank) ,

13 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

2 Oystercatcher ,

16 Avocet ,

2 Curlew ,

1 Whimbrel (Pat's) ,

12 Black-tailed Godwit ,

5 Redshank ,

3 Ruff (1 ad m, 2 fw m, Pat's) ,

25 Dunlin ,

2 Little Ringed Plover ,

1 Marsh Harrier (m) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Tue 28 April 2026

Cley Marshes

2 Swift (Over Pope's marshes.) ,

4 Wheatear (Eye Field) ,

1 Common Sandpiper (Car Park Pool) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Mon 27 April 2026

Walsey Hills
09:39 to 09:39
360 degrees blue.

1 Skylark (Walsey 'set-aside' patch.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Mon 27 April 2026

Cley Marshes
06:35 to 09:00
8-15C, S f2-3, mainly overcast. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's. Pope's Pool dried up.

2 Egyptian Goose (E of E Bamk) ,

2 Pintail (pr Arnold's still) ,

2 Little Grebe (Snipe's) ,

7 Grey Heron (sitting up in small trees in main reedbed) ,

1 Bittern (heard booming) ,

1 Little Egret (Arnold's) ,

3 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

12 Oystercatcher ,

10 Avocet (8 Pat's, 2 Arnold's) ,

2 Curlew ,

2 Snipe (1 Pat's, 1 Serpentine) ,

13 Black-tailed Godwit ,

10 Redshank ,

1 Green Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

1 Common Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

1 Turnstone (Arnold's) ,

31 Ruff (incl. 15 m, 14 f) ,

88 Dunlin (Pat's) ,

8 Little Ringed Plover (6 Pat's, 2 Serpentine) ,

5 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,

2 Marsh Harrier (m+ f) ,

1 Wheatear (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Sun 26 April 2026

Cley 10Km Square
06:00 to 09:00
Visited Kelling Heath, Iron Road, East Bank and Beach Road CP.

1 Garden Warbler (Kelling Heath CP) ,

1 Yellow Wagtail (Flew over Iron Road) ,

1 Common Sandpiper (Swan Lake) ,

1 Bittern (Heard booming several times) ,

2 Pochard (Usual pair on Dons) ,

1 Tufted Duck (Male dropped into Dons briefly then flew off) ,

1 Bearded Tit (Male and female off East bank) ,

1 Great White Egret (Yellow billed bird flew north East bank) ,

1 Reed Warbler (East bank) ,

1 Water Rail (Flew across drain near East bank CP) ,

1 Whinchat (Male on fence line east of Beach CP (found by DG)) ,

3 Wheatear (Eye field) ,

1 Whimbrel (Eye field) ,

2 Water Vole (Both swam across east side of drain off East bank) ,

[David Fell]