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).

Sat 24 January 2026

Cley Marshes
16:00 to 16:45
Clear, cool, light winds

250 Brent Goose (On Keepers Marsh, then left heading west) ,

1 Marsh Harrier ,

3 Cetti's Warbler (Singing males in ditches from Beach Hotel to Visitor Centre) ,

[Roger Emmens]

Sat 24 January 2026

Cley Marshes
15:04 to 15:04
Fresh SE, and bright sunlight.

1 Barn Owl (Seen from Beach Rd, this very brown bird was a dead-ringer for a SEO when flying low, & head on. It flew from Old Woman's Lane, heading north. It gained height over the Eye Field until lost from view over Coastguards.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Sat 24 January 2026

Kelling WM
12:32 to 13:34
Fair, SE moderate.

c.20 Teal ,

2 Stonechat ,

c.30 Curlew ,

c.601 Rook ,

2 Linnet ,

1 Redshank ,

4 Greylag Goose ,

c.100 Wigeon ,

4 Gadwall ,

5 Shelduck ,

1 Mute Swan ,

5 Shoveler ,

2 Black-headed Gull ,

1 Common Gull ,

2 Egyptian Goose ,

1 Buzzard (Showing a lot of white.) ,

1 Woodpigeon (Some song.) ,

c.5 Jackdaw ,

[Tony Pope]

Sat 24 January 2026

Cley Marshes
09:00 to 10:00
Bright and fine, c. 7 degrees

c.1 Stonechat ,

[Steve Barford]

Sat 24 January 2026

Cley Marshes
09:00 to 10:00
Bright and fine, c. 7 degrees

c.1 Stonechat ,

[Steve Barford]

Sat 24 January 2026

Cley Marshes
08:15 to 14:30
Cool, mainly sunny. Wind from SE.

2 Great Northern Diver (Flew east) ,

45 Red-throated Diver (Mainly west - AM and PM sessions) ,

2 Guillemot (Sea off Coastguards) ,

1 Razorbill (Sea off Coastguards) ,

c.1 Common Scoter (West) ,

7 Great Crested Grebe (2 AM, 5 PM) ,

1 Slavonian Grebe (Off Coastguards PM drifting east) ,

7 Gannet (1 AM, 6 adults east PM) ,

1 Fulmar (West then back east AM) ,

2 Water Rail (Main drain swimming AM, From Bishops Hide PM) ,

1 Snipe (Bishops Hide AM) ,

1 Jack Snipe (In cut reeds left of Bishops Hide PM) ,

19 Avocet (Pats) ,

12 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Pats) ,

4 Stonechat (2 beach, 2 Pats reeds) ,

2 Pintail (Pair on Brackish) ,

1 Great White Egret (Around the reserve AM) ,

2 Turnstone (Beach PM) ,

25 Pink-footed Goose (In to North Scrape PM) ,

21 Twite (Near Little Eye on shingle then very mobile around saltmarsh west of Salthouse beach road) ,

[David Griffiths]

Fri 23 January 2026

Cley/Salthouse
10:40 to 10:46
Overcast, gloomy & cold !

1 White-fronted Goose (Eurasian) (North of the A149, in with a few Greylag.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Fri 23 January 2026

Cley Marshes
07:55 to 09:40
7C, SE f4, overcast with lt mist. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's

195 Pink-footed Goose (high E in 2 flocks) ,

2 White-fronted Goose (left roost on Pat's) ,

80 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (E) ,

11 Pintail (Arnold's) ,

5 Little Grebe (Main Drain/Brackish) ,

4 Little Egret ,

22 Avocet (Pat's) ,

2 Curlew ,

12 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

18 Redshank ,

10 Turnstone (beach) ,

32 Dunlin (Arnold's/Popes Pool) ,

15 Ringed Plover (beach) ,

315 Lapwing ,

1 Red Kite ,

5 Marsh Harrier ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Thu 22 January 2026

Cley Marshes
07:55 to 09:55
5-6C, ESE f4, light cloud & mist. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's

139 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (flew E) ,

4 Pintail (3 Arnold's, 1 Brackish) ,

7 Little Grebe (2 Don's, 5 Main Drain/Brackish) ,

3 Little Egret ,

1 Cormorant ,

22 Avocet (Pat's) ,

13 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

1 Snipe (Richardson's) ,

3 Curlew (1 Brackish, 2 Arnold's) ,

3 Redshank ,

6 Dunlin ,

10 Ringed Plover (Beach) ,

240 Lapwing ,

5 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Buzzard ,

1 Short-eared Owl (Probable - flushed from Arnold's and flew off E, landed E end Sea Pool but lost in mist) ,

3 Stonechat (pr Arnold's, m Pat's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Wed 21 January 2026

Cley/Salthouse
13:30 to 14:30
Overcast, SSE 20mph, very nippy !

4 Marsh Harrier (Babcock Hide. ) ,

[Gerard Sabran]