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).

Fri 12 September 2025

Kelling WM
10:00 to 10:50
Sunny periods, windy.

6 Carrion Crow (On beach.) ,

3 Sandwich Tern (Flew E over sea.) ,

1 Kestrel ,

2 Mute Swan ,

1 Coot ,

2 Moorhen ,

c.25 Wigeon ,

8 Teal ,

c.6 Gadwall ,

1 Wren (Heard calling and singing.) ,

1 Cetti's Warbler (Heard only, singing.) ,

1 Jay (Heard only, calling.) ,

1 Buzzard ,

c.10 Rook ,

c.10 Woodpigeon ,

11 Linnet ,

[Tony Pope]

Thu 11 September 2025

Salthouse
15:20 to 15:35
Sunny afternoon, with occasional rain showers. Breezy.

c.8 Cattle Egret (I counted 8 but they were very active and often disappeared behind cattle or into a hollow. ) ,

[Stephen Heaton]

Thu 11 September 2025

Cley Marshes
11:45 to 11:45
Sun/cloud, breezy

15 Greenshank (Pat's Pool) ,

12 Spoonbill (in from East) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Thu 11 September 2025

Kelling WM
10:45 to 11:50
Fine, breezy.

1 Kestrel ,

3 Sandwich Tern (Over sea.) ,

1 Little Egret (On marsh.) ,

c.20 Rook ,

c.5 House Martin ,

c.10 Swallow ,

1 Wren (Heard only, calling.) ,

1 Cetti's Warbler (Heard only, singing.) ,

c.25 Wigeon (Flock flushed.) ,

3 Shoveler ,

2 Mute Swan ,

c.5 Mallard ,

c.3 Sand Martin ,

2 Teal ,

1 Chiffchaff (Heard only, singing.) ,

[Tony Pope]

Wed 10 September 2025

Salthouse
12:05 to 13:00
Fine, breezy.

3 Cattle Egret ,

4 Mallard ,

3 Curlew ,

1 Kestrel ,

1 Blue Tit ,

1 Cetti's Warbler (Heard only, singing.) ,

6 Teal ,

1 Redshank ,

[Tony Pope]

Wed 10 September 2025

Kelling WM
10:17 to 12:04
Fine, breezy.

1 Stock Dove ,

c.40 Swallow ,

c.10 House Martin ,

c.1 Meadow Pipit ,

1 Little Egret (On marsh.) ,

c.50 Rook ,

c.10 Woodpigeon ,

1 Buzzard ,

1 Cetti's Warbler (Heard only, singing.) ,

2 Mute Swan ,

c.9 Gadwall ,

1 Moorhen ,

1 Sand Martin ,

c.20 Linnet ,

1 Red Kite ,

[Tony Pope]

Tue 09 September 2025

Cley Marshes
10:00 to 12:30
Sun, light breeze. Areas covered: Skirts-East Bank-Serpentine-Arnolds-Wigeon Marsh.

4 Little Egret (Arnolds) ,

23 Black-headed Gull (Arnolds) ,

25 Cormorant (24 Arnolds, 1 Brackish) ,

14 Shelduck (Arnolds) ,

17 Teal (12 Arnolds, 5 Serp) ,

1 Kestrel (Shingle-Arnolds, catching grasshoppers) ,

14 Curlew (Arnolds) ,

1 Great Black-backed Gull (Arnolds) ,

37 Redshank (12 Arnolds, 25 Brackish) ,

2 Grey Heron (1 ad, 1 juv) ,

4 Mallard (Arnolds) ,

1 Sandwich Tern (Arnolds) ,

1 Wheatear (Shingle/Arnolds) ,

22 Meadow Pipit (Shingle/Arnolds) ,

6 Linnet (Shingle/Arnolds) ,

1 Sparrowhawk ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Tue 09 September 2025

Kelling (sea)
07:52 to 08:11
Sunny with light S.W. wind.

1 Red-throated Diver (Drifting west.) ,

[Graham Sutton]

Tue 09 September 2025

Cley Marshes
06:40 to 08:50
10-18C, SSW 3, Sun/cloud. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, Snipe's, E Bank & Arnold's

1 Little Grebe (Brackish) ,

2 Grey Heron ,

12 Little Egret ,

6 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

1 Peregrine (Wigeon Marsh, eating prey) ,

1 Kestrel (Wigeon Marsh) ,

1 Water Rail (heard, 1 Pat's) ,

1 Oystercatcher (Arnold's) ,

3 Avocet ,

183 Curlew (incl 155 on Arnold's at 08:00) ,

100 Black-tailed Godwit ,

6 Snipe (Pat's) ,

1 Greenshank (Pat's) ,

32 Redshank ,

3 Wood Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

32 Ruff (22 ad m, 1 juv m, 1 ad f, 8 juv f) ,

2 Curlew Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

14 Dunlin ,

117 Lapwing ,

6 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's) ,

1 Wheatear (N end E Bank) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Mon 08 September 2025

Kelling WM
15:30 to 16:40

4 Chiffchaff ,

12 Cattle Egret (With cattle) ,

1 Grey Heron (On meadow ) ,

1 Little Egret (With cattle egrets) ,

2 Snipe (Circling overhead then landing on meadow ) ,

1 Goldcrest (By iron gate) ,

2 Mute Swan (On pool) ,

15 Gadwall ,

1 Wheatear (On beach) ,

1 Curlew (Flew onto quags) ,

1 Whimbrel (Flying in tandem with curlew) ,

3 Sandwich Tern (Along shoreline ) ,

6 Sand Martin ,

9 Swallow ,

[Gary Bunting]