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 12 October 2026

Salthouse (sea)
08:25 to 08:40
Sunny with a light SE wind.

1 Red-throated Diver (Feeding and drifting west.) ,

[Graham Sutton]

Mon 12 October 2026

Wiveton
08:00 to 13:00
Wiveton Barn garden records

1 Green Woodpecker (Heard) ,

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker ,

1 Buzzard ,

1 Jay ,

[David Fell]

Mon 12 October 2026

Cley (sea)
07:10 to 08:10
Sunny, light wind.

2 Red-throated Diver (At least.) ,

20 Gannet (At least. Many joining feeding melee close in.) ,

3 Red-breasted Merganser (West.) ,

12 Ringed Plover (West.) ,

1 Arctic Skua (East offshore. Chased some gulls before settling on the sea.) ,

2 Mediterranean Gull (Adults.) ,

11 Little Gull (At least. Three west (two adults, 1st winter) then 8 east. Mix of ages. Mobbed settled skua at one point.) ,

1 Guillemot ,

10 Razorbill (At least.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sun 11 October 2026

Cley Village
13:50 to 13:55
Sunny, westerly breeze. Quite warm out of the wind.

1 Clouded Yellow (In cottage garden.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sun 11 October 2026

Cley Marshes
11:30 to 11:35
Sunny, westerly breeze.

1 Swallow (Flew west.) ,

2 Wheatear (Eye Field.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sun 11 October 2026

Salthouse/Kelling
11:20 to 13:00
Cool westerly, blue canopy.

2 Buzzard (Two nicely contrasting birds, moving west along the coast. Meadow Lane.) ,

4 Swallow (Feeding over the water meadows, then heading east) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Sun 11 October 2026

Cley Village
09:45 to 09:50
Sunny, becoming warmer.

30 Meadow Pipit (At least. Field east of Cley Allotments.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sun 11 October 2026

Cley (sea)
07:45 to 08:45

13 Teal (West) ,

17 Gannet (Minimum count) ,

11 Red-throated Diver (Mostly west. 4 on sea and 1 cutting across Eye field probably heading for the harbour) ,

3 Manx Shearwater (West close in) ,

2 Razorbill ,

3 Wigeon (West) ,

c.100 Ringed Plover (one flock of about 50 plus 2 more sizeable flocks all west) ,

1 Golden Plover (Heard over Eye field) ,

1 Knot (West with Turnstone) ,

1 Turnstone (West with Knot) ,

1 Oystercatcher (West) ,

[David Fell]

Sun 11 October 2026

Cley (sea)
07:20 to 08:50
Sunny, westerly breeze.

26 Red-throated Diver (At least.) ,

4 Manx Shearwater (All west. All close in.) ,

30 Gannet (At least.) ,

4 Common Scoter (Female, then three males. All west.) ,

3 Pintail (West.) ,

80 Ringed Plover (At least. Several flocks heading west.) ,

2 Arctic Tern (Juvs.) ,

2 Guillemot ,

5 Razorbill (At least.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sun 11 October 2026

Walsey Hills
07:10 to 07:30

1 Yellow-browed Warbler (Still present in sallows) ,

[David Fell]