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).

Tue 30 June 2026

Cley Marshes
19:30 to 21:30
Sunny, warm.

2 Spoonbill (Pats.) ,

15 Black-tailed Godwit (Most on Pats.) ,

11 Ruff (At least. Pats & Simmonds.) ,

26 Redshank (At least. Pats & Simmonds.) ,

2 Wood Sandpiper (Simmonds.) ,

1 Green Sandpiper (Whitwell.) ,

6 Mediterranean Gull (Three adults, two 2nd summers, one 1st summer. Mostly on Simmonds.) ,

1 Little Tern (Fishing in the Glaven, close to the village. Successful.) ,

1 Barn Owl (Close to the village.) ,

1 Chinese Water Deer (From Daukes.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Tue 30 June 2026

Cley Marshes
09:15 to 10:00

1 Wood Sandpiper (Pat's Pool) ,

2 Green Sandpiper (Pat's Pool) ,

2 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's Pool) ,

1 Glossy Ibis (Pat's Pool) ,

3 Spoonbill (Pat's Pool) ,

15 Swift ,

10 Ruff (1 fem, 9 males) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Tue 30 June 2026

Cley (sea)
06:30 to 07:30
Cloudy, cool. Becoming sunny & warm.

4 Gannet (All east.) ,

25 Common Scoter (At least, west. A group going east a bit later may have been these birds.) ,

2 Mediterranean Gull ,

1 Sandwich Tern (Many.) ,

6 Common Tern (At least.) ,

1 Little Tern (Many.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Tue 30 June 2026

Cley Marshes
05:00 to 06:00
Cloudy, cool.godw

2 Spoonbill (Simmonds.) ,

17 Black-tailed Godwit (Pats.) ,

2 Curlew (Simmonds.) ,

11 Ruff (Pats & Simmonds.) ,

1 Wood Sandpiper (Simmonds.) ,

1 Green Sandpiper (Simmonds & Whitwell.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Mon 29 June 2026

Glaven Valley
11:30 to 12:00
Sunny, hit. River Glaven & Natural Surroundings.

2 Four-spotted Chaser (Ditch in wetland area.) ,

25 Banded Demoiselle (At least. Many on the Glaven.) ,

1 Emperor Dragonfly (Wetland area.) ,

1 Brown Hawker (Pond.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Mon 29 June 2026

Cley/Salthouse
11:05 to 11:35
Patchy light cloud, fresh SW'er.

1 Little Ringed Plover (Watling Water. Chased off several times by the baby-sitting Avocets.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Mon 29 June 2026

Cley Marshes
08:10 to 10:50
Warm, cooling breeze from SW. Dry.

9 Spoonbill (Initially five on Pats then onto Simmonds where joined by others. 2 ) ,

1 Glossy Ibis (Flew in to Simmonds from Pats then off SW after about half an hour) ,

2 Little Egret (Simmonds) ,

1 Wood Sandpiper (Simmonds - limping adult) ,

7 Ruff (Pats - moulting males) ,

4 Dunlin (Adult SP on Pats) ,

5 Little Ringed Plover (2 adults Pats, 2 adults Simmonds but only one chick seen today) ,

2 Kestrel (Pair hunting reserve) ,

7 Mediterranean Gull (2nd summer Simmonds and half a dozen briefly in flight over North Scrape ) ,

1 Common Gull (1st summer bird on Simmonds) ,

1 Marsh Harrier (Male hunting reserve) ,

2 Grey Heron (In flight over reedbeds) ,

22 Redshank (Juveniles on Simmonds in a single flock) ,

34 Teal (Pats) ,

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

[David Griffiths]

Mon 29 June 2026

Cley Marshes
07:00 to 08:00
Sunny, cool westerly breeze.

6 Spoonbill (Five on Pats. One over West Bank.) ,

1 Glossy Ibis (Pats.) ,

24 Black-tailed Godwit (Pats.) ,

1 Wood Sandpiper (Simmonds.) ,

2 Little Tern (Fishing in the Glaven off West Bank.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Mon 29 June 2026

Cley Marshes
06:15 to 09:05
15--21C, WSW 3, Sun. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts' E Bank & Arnold's.

2 Little Grebe (juvs, 1 Snipe's, 1 Don's Pool.) ,

8 Spoonbill ,

2 Grey Heron ,

1 Glossy Ibis (Pat's early) ,

1 Great White Egret (ad) ,

3 Little Egret ,

5 Cormorant ,

6 Oystercatcher (plus 1 chick still on Arnold's) ,

78 Avocet (plus 2 chicks) ,

18 Curlew (between E Bank & Pope's Pool) ,

28 Black-tailed Godwit (22 Pat's, 6 Arnold's) ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (Pat's early) ,

1 Greenshank (Pat's) ,

30 Redshank (plus 3 sm chicks on Arnold's) ,

2 Green Sandpiper (Snipe's) ,

12 Ruff (11 ad m, 1 ad f Pat's) ,

57 Lapwing (around reserve plus 1 sm chick on Serpentine) ,

4 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,

4 Ringed Plover (1 Brackish, 3 + 1 lge chick Arnold's) ,

3 Mediterranean Gull (Arnold's) ,

4 Buzzard (over N Foreland) ,

2 Marsh Harrier (m + f) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Mon 29 June 2026

Blakeney (sea)
06:00 to 07:00
Sunny cool westerly breeze.

1 Gannet (West.) ,

1 Mediterranean Gull ,

30 Sandwich Tern (At least.) ,

3 Common Tern ,

20 Little Tern (At least. ) ,

2 Brown Hare ,

[Andrew Cox]