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).

Tue 07 April 2026

Cley Marshes
16:00 to 16:00

1 Swallow (East over Bull Marsh) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Tue 07 April 2026

Blakeney Point
09:00 to 13:00

1 Ring Ouzel (Smart male feeding around the huts) ,

c.7 Wheatear (Minimum of 7 birds around the huts and plantation area more widely.) ,

7 Chiffchaff (One at the Hood and rest in Plantation and lifeboat house gardenothers ) ,

[Geoff Snelson]

Tue 07 April 2026

Cley Marshes
07:50 to 10:00
Sunny but still cold wind, hint of a SE. Dry.

4 Sedge Warbler (Skirts to Walsey Hills) ,

2 Little Grebe (Snipes) ,

2 Canada Goose (Pair nesting on Dons Pool) ,

2 Pochard (Pair on Dons Pool) ,

1 Mandarin Duck (Drake on Pats then off high west) ,

4 Little Ringed Plover (Pats) ,

[David Griffiths]

Mon 06 April 2026

Cley Marshes
13:00 to 15:10
Cool, sunny spells, cool SW wind

4 Blackcap (Walsey Hills, North Foreland) ,

5 Chiffchaff (Walsey Hills, North Foreland, Skirts) ,

2 Little Grebe (Displaying on Snipes Marsh) ,

1 Great White Egret (Dark billed bird north of boardwalk to Central Hides) ,

3 Red Kite (Over reserve) ,

7 Little Ringed Plover (2 on Whitwell, 5 Simmonds) ,

16 Dunlin (Simmonds) ,

6 Ruff (Simmonds) ,

11 Avocet (Simmonds) ,

32 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Simmonds/Whitwell) ,

2 Pintail (Pair flying east over shingle ridge) ,

1 Little Egret (Simmonds) ,

[David Griffiths]

Mon 06 April 2026

Blakeney Hbr
06:50 to 09:20
High Tide

2 Long-tailed Duck (the wintering birds still present) ,

2 Great Northern Diver (1st year birds) ,

3 Spoonbill (west) ,

5 Swallow (west) ,

1 House Martin (west) ,

1 Sandwich Tern ,

1 Peregrine (adult feeding on carcase ) ,

55 Knot ,

114 Bar-tailed Godwit ,

5 Great Crested Grebe ,

[Paul Laurie]

Sat 04 April 2026

Kelling Heath
15:00 to 15:05
Dry, sunny, windy

1 Goshawk (High, drifting west) ,

[Sean Dempster]

Sat 04 April 2026

Cley Marshes
07:45 to 14:30
Cool initially, some sunshine and warming up but increasingly strong SW winds

6 Marsh Harrier (In the air together - 3 of each) ,

1 Sparrowhawk (Large female hunting reserve) ,

8 Mediterranean Gull (West in twos over North Scrape - very vocal) ,

1 Grey Partridge (Field south of A149 opposite Babcock Hide) ,

1 Greylag Goose (21 field west of Babcock track including pale grey (leucism) bid.) ,

1 White-fronted Goose (Eurasian) (With Greylags - something not quite right about this bird?) ,

16 Dunlin (Simmonds) ,

7 Ruff (Simmonds) ,

4 Snipe (Simmonds and 3 on Whitwell) ,

1 Great White Egret (Dark billed bird flew across reserve) ,

[David Griffiths]

Fri 03 April 2026

Cley Village
14:30 to 14:30
Overcast, light SW.

1 Blackcap ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Thu 02 April 2026

Blakeney (sea)
16:00 to 18:00
Calm sunny evening. Light winds, but cool temperature (about 10 degrees c).

1 Short-eared Owl (Hunting over Blakeney Eye) ,

1 Barn Owl (Hunting over Blakeney Eye) ,

2 Buzzard ,

3 Curlew ,

[Stephen Heaton]

Thu 02 April 2026

Cley Marshes

1 Barn Owl (West Bank) ,

2 Short-eared Owl (West Bank) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]