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 12 January 2026

Salthouse Heath
11:00 to 11:05
Overcast, fresh SW.

60 Fieldfare (60+ ranged along hawthorns at Gallow Hill , + several Redwings.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Mon 12 January 2026

Cley Marshes
07:55 to 09:45
8-9C, S f4, mainly cloudy. Visited Bishop's Hide, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's.

630 Pink-footed Goose (over W) ,

195 Dark-bellied Brent Goose ,

14 Pintail (Arnold's) ,

6 Little Grebe ,

14 Avocet (Arnold's) ,

1 Curlew ,

13 Black-tailed Godwit (8 Pat's, 5 Arnold'sArnold's) ,

1 Jack Snipe (Richardson's Scrape) ,

7 Redshank ,

14 Dunlin (Arnold's) ,

1 Cormorant ,

3 Red Kite ,

1 Kestrel (juv on red & white pole on E Bank) ,

1 Mistle Thrush (E of E Bank ) ,

2 Stonechat (1 E Bank, 1 Pat's) ,

2 Little Egret ,

79 Lapwing ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Sun 11 January 2026

Cley (sea)
12:50 to 14:30
Cold, wind from SW, overcast but dryish

2 Common Gull (Including some smart 1w birds) ,

2 Little Gull (Adult WP and 1W up and down beach in gul melee) ,

c.9 Turnstone (Busy feeding along beach) ,

38 Snow Bunting (In scrub/shingle to west of North Scrape) ,

1 Great Crested Grebe (Offshore) ,

1 Red-throated Diver (offshore) ,

1 Mallard (Drake on sea) ,

6 Teal (On sea) ,

[David Griffiths]

Sun 11 January 2026

Cley Marshes
09:00 to 10:10

c.11 Fieldfare (Pope's/serpentine field. Flew in with a few starlings.) ,

1 Red Kite (Dark-looking individual, hunting reddbed east of Pope's.) ,

1 Water Pipit (Close to the fieldfare flock on Pope's.) ,

[John Fairey]

Sun 11 January 2026

Blakeney Point
08:00 to 11:00
south east wind, frost, overcast

1 Little Gull (adult along shore then east) ,

1 Tufted Duck (west) ,

4 Razorbill ,

1 Gannet ,

2 Raven (on shingle ridge) ,

1 Peregrine (on shingle ridge) ,

1 Merlin (caught a reed bunting) ,

36 Snow Bunting (on shingle ridge then flew west) ,

7 Red Kite ,

11 Marsh Harrier (hunting birds one took a redshank.) ,

[Paul Laurie]

Sat 10 January 2026

Glandford
13:30 to 13:40
Cold, o/c

1 Grey Wagtail (On flooded meadow by Glaven ford) ,

[David Bryant]

Sat 10 January 2026

Kelling Heath
12:42 to 13:14
Dry, broken cloud, light N wind.

c.10 Blackbird ,

1 Pink-footed Goose (Flew over, E.) ,

1 Robin ,

1 Song Thrush (With Blackbirds.) ,

c.5 Blue Tit ,

1 Sparrowhawk (Being mobbed by corvids.) ,

1 Jay ,

1 Carrion Crow ,

c.10 Woodpigeon (Singing.) ,

c.1 Stock Dove (Heard only, singing.) ,

c.1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Heard only, calling.) ,

1 Kestrel ,

[Tony Pope]

Sat 10 January 2026

Morston
12:20 to 12:30
Cold, o/c

1 Water Pipit ,

[David Bryant]

Sat 10 January 2026

Kelling WM
11:25 to 12:35
Dry, broken cloud, light N.

1 Buzzard ,

3 Shelduck (1 seen over sea flying W, then 3 seen on pool.) ,

1 Cormorant (W over sea.) ,

16 Brent Goose (W over sea.) ,

1 Red Kite (E along shingle bank.) ,

1 Stonechat ,

3 Meadow Pipit ,

1 Great Black-backed Gull ,

2 Carrion Crow ,

25 Teal ,

1 Common Gull ,

c.60 Lapwing ,

4 Shoveler ,

2 Snipe ,

1 Mute Swan ,

c.10 Wigeon ,

1 Barn Owl ,

c.5 Blackbird ,

c.50 Golden Plover ,

c.5 Redwing ,

1 Water Rail (Flushed from stream) ,

1 Chaffinch ,

c.20 Rook ,

c.10 Woodpigeon ,

c.2 Blue Tit ,

1 Great Tit ,

c.2 Jackdaw ,

[Tony Pope]

Sat 10 January 2026

Blakeney Hbr
09:30 to 09:40
Cold, o/c

1 Grey Plover ,

[David Bryant]