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).

Mon 20 April 2026

Cley Marshes
13:00 to 15:30
Visited: Beach Road, Iron Road

1 Great White Egret (West of West Bank) ,

1 Little Ringed Plover ,

1 Wheatear ,

2 Whimbrel ,

1 Golden Plover ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Mon 20 April 2026

Cley Marshes
06:26 to 09:10
8-11C, N f4, mainly overcast. WeBS

2 Little Grebe ,

24 Cormorant ,

7 Little Egret ,

10 Grey Heron ,

12 Mute Swan ,

46 Greylag Goose ,

2 Canada Goose ,

1 Dark-bellied Brent Goose ,

2 Egyptian Goose ,

62 Shelduck ,

4 Wigeon ,

15 Gadwall ,

66 Teal ,

26 Mallard ,

2 Pintail ,

26 Shoveler ,

3 Pochard ,

1 Tufted Duck ,

1 Water Rail ,

2 Moorhen ,

33 Oystercatcher ,

120 Avocet ,

10 Little Ringed Plover ,

3 Ringed Plover ,

1 Grey Plover ,

38 Lapwing ,

55 Dunlin ,

16 Ruff ,

4 Snipe ,

201 Black-tailed Godwit ,

5 Bar-tailed Godwit ,

3 Whimbrel ,

14 Curlew ,

45 Redshank ,

2 Greenshank ,

3 Turnstone ,

32 Black-headed Gull ,

5 Lesser Black-backed Gull ,

47 Herring Gull ,

3 Great Black-backed Gull ,

4 Marsh Harrier ,

25 Skylark ,

21 Meadow Pipit ,

11 Wheatear ,

4 Goldfinch ,

10 Linnet ,

8 Reed Bunting ,

1 Bittern (heard booming) ,

1 Great White Egret ,

1 Buzzard ,

[Cbc Admin]

Sun 19 April 2026

Cley Marshes
14:15 to 15:30
Sunny but with very cool SW wind.

2 Great White Egret (Skirts Pool and Richardson Scrape - black billed and reddish tarsi.) ,

[David Griffiths]

Sun 19 April 2026

Cley 10Km Square
08:48 to 09:28
Bright and dry with a northerly wind

1 Black-tailed Godwit (Happy to be corrected if its bar tailed ) ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (Happy to be corrected if its bar tailed ) ,

1 Whitethroat ,

2 Sedge Warbler ,

c.6 Swallow ,

[Claire Brayne]

Sun 19 April 2026

Blakeney Hbr
06:00 to 08:30
high tide

2 Glossy Ibis (high over harbour then flew east) ,

1 Raven ,

1 Common Sandpiper ,

1 Great Northern Diver ,

[Paul Laurie]

Sat 18 April 2026

Cley Marshes
11:00 to 12:00
Sunny, Westerly breeze

2 Mediterranean Gull (Pats Pool) ,

[Tim Slater]

Sat 18 April 2026

Salthouse Heath
10:07 to 10:08
W13 sun.

1 White Wagtail (White) (stretch & rest in paddock.) ,

[Tom Whiley]

Fri 17 April 2026

Cley Marshes
10:30 to 12:30

6 Wheatear (Near NW corner Pope's Pool) ,

7 Curlew (Serpentine) ,

4 Ruff (Serpentine) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Fri 17 April 2026

Cley Marshes
07:10 to 08:30
Cool Southerly shifting slightly Easterly. Dry. Cloudy.

c.12 Wheatear (Coastguards to Arnolds Shingle Ridge) ,

1 Whinchat (Superb male found by CG at back of Arnolds Marsh) ,

1 Sandwich Tern (West) ,

3 Little Tern (Offshore, fishing, moving slowly east) ,

1 Garden Warbler (Surprise find at North Screen, soon off over the scrub) ,

5 Whimbrel (Eye Field) ,

[David Griffiths]

Fri 17 April 2026

Cley Marshes
06:40 to 08:50
10-14C, S f3, overcast, brightening. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank to Arnold's.

2 Egyptian Goose (pr with 6 goslings still, Pat's) ,

1 Mallard (fem with 10 tiny ducklings on Don's Pool) ,

1 Pochard (f, Don's Pool) ,

2 Pintail (pr still Arnold's) ,

2 Little Grebe (Don's Pool) ,

4 Grey Heron ,

3 Little Egret ,

1 Bittern (heard booming) ,

14 Cormorant (incl. green c-r juv) ,

11 Oystercatcher ,

74 Avocet ,

96 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Bar-tailed Godwit (Arnold's) ,

3 Snipe (1 Pat's, 2 Serpentine) ,

3 Curlew ,

17 Redshank ,

1 Green Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

6 Ruff (3 ad m, 3 ad f) ,

14 Dunlin ,

4 Little Ringed Plover ,

5 Ringed Plover ,

2 Marsh Harrier (m + f) ,

5 Wheatear ,

1 Whinchat (Wigeon Marsh) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]