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).

Sun 19 April 2026

Blakeney Hbr
06:00 to 08:30
high tide

2 Glossy Ibis (high over harbour then flew east) ,

1 Raven ,

1 Common Sandpiper ,

1 Great Northern Diver ,

[Paul Laurie]

Sat 18 April 2026

Cley Marshes
11:00 to 12:00
Sunny, Westerly breeze

2 Mediterranean Gull (Pats Pool) ,

[Tim Slater]

Sat 18 April 2026

Salthouse Heath
10:07 to 10:08
W13 sun.

1 White Wagtail (White) (stretch & rest in paddock.) ,

[Tom Whiley]

Fri 17 April 2026

Cley Marshes
14:45 to 14:46
Sunny and warm.

1 Stoat (On Skirts path and entered Reserve via Laddergate Bridge opposite path from Visitor Centre. ) ,

[Michael Harcup]

Fri 17 April 2026

Cley Marshes
10:30 to 12:30

6 Wheatear (Near NW corner Pope's Pool) ,

7 Curlew (Serpentine) ,

4 Ruff (Serpentine) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Fri 17 April 2026

Cley Marshes
07:10 to 08:30
Cool Southerly shifting slightly Easterly. Dry. Cloudy.

c.12 Wheatear (Coastguards to Arnolds Shingle Ridge) ,

1 Whinchat (Superb male found by CG at back of Arnolds Marsh) ,

1 Sandwich Tern (West) ,

3 Little Tern (Offshore, fishing, moving slowly east) ,

1 Garden Warbler (Surprise find at North Screen, soon off over the scrub) ,

5 Whimbrel (Eye Field) ,

[David Griffiths]

Fri 17 April 2026

Cley Marshes
06:40 to 08:50
10-14C, S f3, overcast, brightening. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank to Arnold's.

2 Egyptian Goose (pr with 6 goslings still, Pat's) ,

1 Mallard (fem with 10 tiny ducklings on Don's Pool) ,

1 Pochard (f, Don's Pool) ,

2 Pintail (pr still Arnold's) ,

2 Little Grebe (Don's Pool) ,

4 Grey Heron ,

3 Little Egret ,

1 Bittern (heard booming) ,

14 Cormorant (incl. green c-r juv) ,

11 Oystercatcher ,

74 Avocet ,

96 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Bar-tailed Godwit (Arnold's) ,

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

3 Curlew ,

17 Redshank ,

1 Green Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

6 Ruff (3 ad m, 3 ad f) ,

14 Dunlin ,

4 Little Ringed Plover ,

5 Ringed Plover ,

2 Marsh Harrier (m + f) ,

5 Wheatear ,

1 Whinchat (Wigeon Marsh) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Thu 16 April 2026

Cley Marshes
13:00 to 15:15
Cool SW wind, dry, mixed cloud, some sunshine.

1 Hen Harrier (Male did a flypast in front of Daukes shaking up everything on Pats before disappearing east over the reedbeds.) ,

1 Osprey (Seen high to the east being mobbed by a Marsh harrier and then circled NW and along the shoreline quite high.) ,

2 Marsh Harrier (Male bringing food in to female ) ,

1 Kestrel (Over North Scrape) ,

17 Dunlin (Pats) ,

7 Little Ringed Plover (2 Whitwell, 2 Simmonds, 3 Pats) ,

7 Ruff (across the scrapes) ,

11 Curlew (from North Scrape onto Simmonds) ,

1 Whimbrel (with Curlew) ,

2 Reed Warbler (Singing along boardwalk reeds) ,

1 Greenshank (HO ? west) ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (HO - west) ,

[David Griffiths]

Thu 16 April 2026

Glaven Valley
11:20 to 11:21
Overcast, cool.

1 Treecreeper ,

1 Buzzard (Hill Top,16:31, flying south. A nice pale example.) ,

2 Little Egret (18:59. A pair chancing their arm on a recce for a roosting site in the established Rookery in Deborah's Wood, Hill Top.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Thu 16 April 2026

Cley Marshes
06:45 to 08:45
10-12C, SSW f4, Sun. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's

2 Egyptian Goose (+ 6 goslings still Pat's) ,

2 Pintail (pr Arnold's) ,

2 Pochard (pr Don's Pool) ,

2 Little Grebe (pr Don's Pool) ,

3 Grey Heron ,

1 Little Egret ,

1 Bittern (booming, heard from E Bank) ,

10 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,

11 Oystercatcher ,

57 Avocet ,

75 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Snipe (Pat's) ,

13 Redshank ,

3 Ruff (3 ad m (1 sattelite)) ,

2 Bar-tailed Godwit (1 full sum plumage, 1 all grey, Arnold's) ,

36 Dunlin ,

4 Ringed Plover (3 Arnold's, 1 beach) ,

1 Marsh Harrier (m) ,

4 Wheatear (3 Arnold's, 1 Wigeon marsh) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]