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 26 April 2026
1 Lesser Whitethroat (Heard only.) ,
1 Marsh Harrier (Having a brief tussle with a buzzard ! ) ,
[Mick Roe]
Sun 26 April 2026
Sun 26 April 2026
5 Wheatear (Eye Field) ,
7
Whimbrel
(2 east, five Eye Field)
,
1
Whinchat
(Male Eye Field fenceline)
,
1
Cetti's Warbler
(Skirts path)
,
2 Common Sandpiper (Pats) ,
93 Dunlin (Pats) ,
4 Little Ringed Plover (Pats) ,
28 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Pats) ,
2 Ringed Plover (Beach Shingle east of Cley Beach carpark) ,
1 Little Tern (west) ,
[David Griffiths]
Sun 26 April 2026
1 Garden Warbler (Kelling Heath CP) ,
1 Yellow Wagtail (Flew over Iron Road) ,
1 Common Sandpiper (Swan Lake) ,
1 Bittern (Heard booming several times) ,
2 Pochard (Usual pair on Dons) ,
1 Tufted Duck (Male dropped into Dons briefly then flew off) ,
1 Bearded Tit (Male and female off East bank) ,
1 Great White Egret (Yellow billed bird flew north East bank) ,
1 Reed Warbler (East bank) ,
1 Water Rail (Flew across drain near East bank CP) ,
1 Whinchat (Male on fence line east of Beach CP (found by DG)) ,
3 Wheatear (Eye field) ,
1 Whimbrel (Eye field) ,
2 Water Vole (Both swam across east side of drain off East bank) ,
[David Fell]
Sat 25 April 2026
1 Lesser Whitethroat (Singing in small trees. North East corner of water meadoe) ,
[Nigel Young]
Sat 25 April 2026
3
Bearded Tit
(East Bank - male collecting insects)
,
2
Pochard
(Pair on Dons Pool - no action yet again)
,
2 Canada Goose (Pair on Dons Pool - one on nest) ,
1
White Stork
(Bird tracked from further east and over Cley at 09:30. Circled a couple of times and off west gaining altitude. Turns out to have been a metal-ringed bird.)
,
11
British Yellow Wagtail
(Stunning male in front of Daukes late AM then steady flow over 15 minutes with cattle west of Iron Road)
,
3 Common Sandpiper (Pats and 2 on Watling Water) ,
1 Wood Sandpiper (South Pool - later 2 seen on same pool by another birder) ,
60 Dunlin (50+ on Pats, 10 on Swan Lake) ,
c.25
Ruff
(Pats, Simmonds, Swan Lake, Watling Water. Some males getting really spruced up.)
,
c.1
Cattle Egret
(Breeding plumaged bird on Simmonds then with cattle on Keepers)
,
1 Whimbrel (West over Simmonds, calling) ,
1 Whinchat (Stunning male at northern end of Simmonds) ,
1 Wheatear (Male on Simmonds) ,
2
Garganey
(Pair on Watling Water)
,
[David Griffiths]
Sat 25 April 2026
Fri 24 April 2026
Fri 24 April 2026
1 Peregrine ,
3 Yellow Wagtail (Iron Road) ,
1 Snipe (Whitwell) ,
1 Wheatear (Eye Field) ,
1 Cattle Egret (Keeper's Marsh) ,
19 Ruff (Across reserve.) ,
27 Black-tailed Godwit (Serpentine and Pat's Pool.) ,
1 Spoonbill (Whitwell) ,
5 Bearded Tit (East Bank: 1 seen by us, others reported 5.) ,
1 Whitethroat (Visitor Centre car park) ,
[Kath & Mick Claydon]