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).

Wed 29 October 2025

Cley/Salthouse
10:26 to 10:27
Overcast, damp, slight SW.

1 Yellowhammer (Babcock hide; a surprise, perched alongside a Reed Bunting & Stonechat.) ,

1 Treecreeper (11:46. Wiveton, Leatherpool Lane.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Wed 29 October 2025

Cley Marshes
07:15 to 09:20
10-11C, SW f3. overcast. Visited Pat's Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's

1 Pink-footed Goose (Pat's) ,

9 Pintail (Brackish) ,

1 Little Grebe (Don's Pool) ,

1 Coot (Don's Pool) ,

1 Grey Heron (Brackish) ,

2 Little Egret ,

22 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,

2 Marsh Harrier (juvs) ,

1 Kestrel ,

4 Curlew ,

59 Black-tailed Godwit (38 Pat's, 21 Arnold's) ,

1 Spotted Redshank (Pat's) ,

25 Redshank ,

1 Ruff (juv, Pat's) ,

35 Dunlin ,

2 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,

1 Grey Phalarope (Pope's Pool) ,

1 Fieldfare (Serpentine) ,

3 Moorhen (2 Catchwater Drain, 1 Don's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Tue 28 October 2025

Cley/Salthouse
10:07 to 10:07
Broken cloud, fresh, cool westerly.

1 Peregrine (Juv mobbed by corvids high over Watling Water, then flew west.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Tue 28 October 2025

Cley (sea)
08:05 to 08:06
WSW25, sun and blue sky, HT1012.

2 Long-tailed Duck ( Females W inshore.) ,

[Tom Whiley]

Tue 28 October 2025

Cley Marshes
07:10 to 09:00
10-11C, SW f6, Mainly sunny. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's.

85 Pink-footed Goose (field E of Visitor Centre at 07:15) ,

5 Egyptian Goose (field E of Visitor Centre early then flew off) ,

1 Ruddy Shelduck (field E of Visitor Centre early the flew off) ,

1 Pintail (Arnold's) ,

1 Coot (Don's Pool) ,

1 Little Egret ,

18 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,

1 Buzzard ,

3 Marsh Harrier ,

2 Avocet (Pat's) ,

81 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

3 Curlew ,

2 Snipe (Pat's) ,

1 Spotted Redshank (Pat's) ,

23 Redshank ,

1 Grey Phalarope (Pope's Pool) ,

3 Dunlin (Pat's) ,

2 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Mon 27 October 2025

Blakeney GM
15:20 to 15:25
Sun/9c/nw10

1 Short-eared Owl (Mobbed by Rooks, forced down onto Freshes. ) ,

[Richard Burton]

Mon 27 October 2025

Wiveton
08:00 to 14:00
All records from private garden

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker ,

1 Buzzard ,

1 Red Kite ,

1 Kestrel ,

2 Pied Wagtail ,

1 Common Gull ,

400 Starling (Large flock flew south) ,

[David Fell]

Mon 27 October 2025

Cley Marshes
07:15 to 08:15
9C, W f6, cloud/lt rain showers. Visited Bishop's, S end E Bank, Beach Rd

30 Pink-footed Goose ,

4 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Pat's) ,

42 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

1 Spotted Redshank (Pat's) ,

4 Dunlin (Pat's) ,

8 Mute Swan (Catchwater Drain & Walsey Marsh) ,

1 Moorhen (Catchwater drain) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Sun 26 October 2025

Cley (sea)
06:50 to 08:30

23 Common Scoter (17 west 6 on sea) ,

14 Gannet (11 east 4 west mainly juvs) ,

47 Wigeon (All west .19 the largest flock) ,

15 Common Gull (All west including a few juvs) ,

3 Shelduck (West) ,

11 Kittiwake (All west including a juv) ,

1 Red-throated Diver (West) ,

2 Pintail (West) ,

c.70 Ringed Plover (Flew west after being flushed from shingle) ,

7 Turnstone (On shingle then flew east) ,

1 Arctic Tern (Struggling to fly west into the wind) ,

[David Fell]

Sat 25 October 2025

Cley Marshes
12:15 to 12:30

1 Jack Snipe (Snoozing in front of Bishop's. Had to wait a while for it to raise its head.) ,

[Geoff Snelson]