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).

Wed 28 October 2026

Cley Marshes
16:15 to 16:15

4 Tundra Bean Goose (Eye Field) ,

1 Black Brant (Eye Field) ,

15 Golden Plover (Eye Field) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Wed 28 October 2026

Cley Marshes
15:45 to 17:00
Overcast last hour after a bright afternoon. Wind dropped off a bit since lunchtime

1 Tundra Bean Goose (On Cricket Marsh with the Pinks. A bit distant though.) ,

87 White-fronted Goose (Eurasian) (Minimum count: 63 flew off as a straggly group in merging groups, heading SSW over the village. A further 24+ out amongst the throng of Pinks too after departure. ) ,

2 Barnacle Goose (In with the Pinks as well.) ,

8000 Pink-footed Goose (Rough count, could have been a thousand either way.) ,

4 Glossy Ibis (The inevitable quartet in over West Bank and east over the reserve at 1615.) ,

3 Caspian Gull (It looked for a while as though it was going to be a blank but two 1w and an adult in the half-light - hence worse than usual phone grab - saved the day) ,

1 Yellow-legged Gull (4CY on Whitwell - poor numbers of large gulls this evening.) ,

[Mark Golley]

Wed 28 October 2026

Cley Marshes
10:00 to 12:15
Sunny intervals in a fresh SSW wind that made viewing quite tricky

1 Pale-bellied Brent Goose (Adult in the Eye Field with DBBs) ,

100 Brent Goose (Good number of sizeable family parties) ,

3 Stonechat (Along Eye Field fence) ,

1 Pintail (Juvenile/1w on North Scrape) ,

250 Wigeon (Flushed by Marsh Harrier, many heading away from the reserve) ,

8 Shoveler (On the front of North) ,

200 Teal (Spread across the North Scrape) ,

1 White-fronted Goose (Eurasian) (Four Russian birds into the back of Billy's Wash with the Pinks) ,

1 Red-throated Diver (Obvious RTD close inshore along the surf-line, not a BTD...) ,

10 Razorbill (Dotted around behind the North) ,

5 Gannet (Gorgeous juveniles lingering close inshore still) ,

[Mark Golley]

Wed 28 October 2026

Salthouse Heath
08:30 to 08:30
Overcast, cool SW.

4 Red Kite (Four perched together, with three Magpies in attendance.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Wed 28 October 2026

Cley (sea)
07:00 to 09:00
SSW f4, 7/8 cloud, dry.

4 Tufted Duck (west) ,

63 Ringed Plover (roosting on the shoreline) ,

79 Golden Plover (in the Eye Field) ,

1 Arctic Skua (west) ,

1 Arctic Tern (juv, feeding offshore) ,

c.45 Little Gull (mostly distant) ,

c.20 Gannet (all juvs, including a one legged bird. Some feeding just beyond the surf) ,

5 Rock Pipit (singles, west) ,

[Rob Lee]

Wed 28 October 2026

Cley Marshes
06:50 to 08:30
8-10C, WSW f4, mainly overcast Visited Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's

510 Pink-footed Goose (510 on Pat's at 06:50, 29 Wigeon Marsh c, 08:00) ,

c.1 Great White Egret ,

1 Little Egret ,

16 Cormorant ,

7 Little Grebe (Main Drain & Brackish) ,

1 Avocet (Pat's) ,

56 Curlew (incl 48 on Arnold's) ,

77 Black-tailed Godwit ,

3 Bar-tailed Godwit (Arnold's) ,

16 Redshank ,

29 Ruff (22 ad m, 3 juv m, 3 ad f, 1 juv f - Pat's) ,

3 Curlew Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

31 Dunlin ,

252 Lapwing ,

1 Red Kite ,

3 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Kestrel (m) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Tue 27 October 2026

Cley Marshes
09:00 to 10:00
Cool, some drizzle, SSW

5 Water Pipit (On recently cut area to left of Bishop's Hide. (Also 1+ Meadow Pipits)) ,

[David Bryant]

Tue 27 October 2026

Cley Marshes
08:00 to 09:00
Cool, drizzle, SSW strong breeze

1 Desert Wheatear (Feeding along fence line to the east of the pillbox) ,

[David Bryant]

Tue 27 October 2026

Cley Village
08:00 to 08:02
Light rain

1 Grey Wagtail (Feeding briefly in garden.) ,

[Michael Harcup]

Tue 27 October 2026

Cley Marshes
06:45 to 09:10
15>14C, SW f4, showers.Visited Bishop's Hide.

118 Pink-footed Goose (on Pat's at 06:45, left but many more came back onto reserve) ,

2 Avocet ,

5 Black-tailed Godwit ,

12 Ruff (incl 5 ad m, 1 ad f) ,

32 Dunlin ,

1 Golden Plover ,

2 Red Kite ,

3 Marsh Harrier (incl wing-tagged f Y(B3)) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]