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).

Mon 17 November 2025

Cley (sea)
12:45 to 14:40
Very cold, force 5 wind from NW, clear skies generally

1 Mediterranean Gull (Adult WP in gull feeding melee) ,

1 Grey Plover (Flew East) ,

2 Ringed Plover (Flew west) ,

2 Turnstone (west) ,

1 Red-throated Diver (East) ,

1 Gannet (East) ,

1 Kittiwake (Adult west) ,

2 Eider (west) ,

[David Griffiths]

Sun 16 November 2025

Kelling WM
09:20 to 10:30

1 Great White Egret (Flew inland over vilage) ,

3 Red Kite (Between KWM and M Hill) ,

1 Marsh Harrier (Over fields) ,

8 Shoveler ,

300 Common Scoter (On sea ) ,

1 Velvet Scoter (F type. ) ,

350 Starling (Flew west in flocks of c60-80) ,

38 Curlew (In fields) ,

1 Golden Plover ,

15 Wigeon ,

3 Linnet ,

5 Skylark ,

4 Gannet (At sea) ,

[Steven Stansfield]

Sat 15 November 2025

Walsey Hills
11:04 to 11:04

1 Woodcock (Very tired bird beside A149, safely moved under hedge.) ,

[Gary Bunting]

Sat 15 November 2025

Salthouse
10:55 to 10:55

1 Pintail (On duck pond ) ,

[Gary Bunting]

Sat 15 November 2025

Cley Marshes
10:15 to 14:30
Wet, windy, drizzle, thick cloud. Cool.

5 Water Pipit (Cut reeds to left of Bishops Hide and around Pats Pool.) ,

1 Jack Snipe (Cut reeds to left of Bishops Hide. Two reported asleep earlier but one stayed in same general position for at least 5 hours, only changing orientation, bobbing periodically and the odd stretch.) ,

2 Stonechat (Reeds around Bishops Hide) ,

1 Whinchat (Seen briefly to west of path to Bishops Hide.) ,

1 Cetti's Warbler (Path to Bishops Hide) ,

2 Bearded Tit (Path to Bishops Hide) ,

11 Dunlin (Pats) ,

3 Marsh Harrier (Over scrapes and reedbed) ,

250 Golden Plover (Eye Field) ,

c.1 Grey Plover (Pats) ,

1 Robin (Reeds around Bishops Hide) ,

[David Griffiths]

Thu 13 November 2025

Cley Marshes
07:45 to 09:30
Cool SW wind, generally clear, dry.

2 Razorbill (On sea off Coastguards) ,

c.15 Golden Plover (Eye Field) ,

c.40 Lapwing (Eye Field) ,

2 Water Pipit (To left of Bishops Hide on cut reedbed.) ,

17 Dunlin (Pats) ,

35 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Eye Field) ,

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

1 Avocet (Pats) ,

[David Griffiths]

Wed 12 November 2025

Cley Marshes
09:00 to 10:40

2 Swallow (East over iron rd.) ,

1 Jack Snipe (Flushed onto swan lake from reeds by path) ,

1 Great Northern Diver (East past beach hotel, close in.) ,

[John Fairey]

Wed 12 November 2025

Cley Marshes
07:20 to 09:00
13C,S f4, rain. Visited Bishop's & central hides.

143 Pink-footed Goose (left roost , prob all Whitwell & Simmond's) ,

27 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Curlew ,

3 Snipe ,

18 Ruff (13 ad m, 3 juv m, 2 ad f,) ,

25 Dunlin ,

411 Lapwing ,

1 Buzzard ,

2 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Water Pipit ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Tue 11 November 2025

Cley/Salthouse
12:22 to 15:12
Overcast. light S.

3 Glossy Ibis (Energetically flighting between Iron Rd to East Bank, stopping off in various ditches..) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Tue 11 November 2025

Cley Marshes
07:15 to 08:35
7-9C, S f3, cloud then lt rain. Visited Bishop's, Skirt's and E Bank to the Lookout.

1210 Pink-footed Goose (960 W over field behindVisitor Centre and 250 E over reserve fro further west.) ,

4 Pintail (Arnold's) ,

3 Little Grebe (Don's Pool & Brackish) ,

2 Little Egret ,

6 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,

1 Coot (Don's Pool) ,

6 Moorhen (in Catchwater Drain W of E Bank) ,

1 Curlew (Brackish) ,

19 Redshank ,

65 Black-tailed Godwit (1 Pope's Pool, 64 Pat's) ,

15 Ruff (10 ad m, 2 juv m, 2 ad f, 1 juv f, Pat's) ,

74 Dunlin ,

1 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,

547 Lapwing ,

1 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Stonechat (Bull Marsh) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]