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 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

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

Wiveton
10:15 to 10:30
Cold: odd sunny intervals

1 Great White Egret (On meadows by Wiveton Bridge) ,

[David Bryant]

Sat 10 January 2026

Cley Marshes
09:45 to 09:50
Cold: odd snow flurry

1 Barnacle Goose (On Eye Field) ,

[David Bryant]

Sat 10 January 2026

Cley 10Km Square
08:00 to 16:15
Cool, windy, some light rain and sleet. My highlights from the CBC Big Bird Day.

3 Great White Egret (2 Bayfield, 1 Wiveton Bridge) ,

3 Otter (Well grown cubs frollicking in Bayfield Lake! Outstanding views - rubbish light though!) ,

2 Woodcock (One flushed at Bayfield. 2nd flew almost the length of the Main Drain and over East Bank.) ,

25 Fieldfare (Glandford - near the ford and several over Wiveton Bridge) ,

8 Siskin (Glandford - south of the ford in Alders) ,

1 Grey Wagtail (At the ford, Glandford) ,

1 Chiffchaff (Cley STW) ,

2 Raven (From Glandford and north towards Wiveton) ,

1 Cattle Egret (From Wiveton Bridge) ,

1 Great Northern Diver (From NT Tower at Morston - Harbour mouth) ,

1 Slavonian Grebe (From NT Tower at Morston - Harbour mouth) ,

1 Red-necked Grebe (From NT Tower at Morston - Harbour ) ,

5 Red-breasted Merganser (From NT Tower at Morston - Harbour ) ,

1 Greenshank (Morston Harbour creeks) ,

1 Black-throated Diver (Off Gramborough Hill) ,

2 Velvet Scoter (From Gramborough but birds slightly NE off the Quags) ,

2 Caspian Gull (At least two possibly three adults on North Scrape) ,

1 Hen Harrier (Ringtail west at dusk along northern edge of reedbeds/shingle ridge) ,

[David Griffiths]

Thu 08 January 2026

Cley/Salthouse
12:30 to 12:30
High cloud with a wan sun, very cold.

1 Merlin (Flashed across Watling Water, then vigorously quartered the marsh south of the shingle bank.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Thu 08 January 2026

Bayfield Hall
10:45 to 11:15

4 White-fronted Goose (In field with Greylags) ,

1 Great White Egret (In ditch along lake edge) ,

[David Fell]

Thu 08 January 2026

Cley (sea)
09:00 to 11:05
Strong NE wind, very cold,

1 Great Skua (Harassing gulls before flying along beach and heading towards Salthouse) ,

c.12 Red-throated Diver ,

1 Great Northern Diver ,

1 Black-throated Diver (close inshore) ,

2 Velvet Scoter (males flying west) ,

1 Long-tailed Duck (male flying west) ,

1 Razorbill (on sea close in) ,

3 Guillemot ,

1 Goldeneye (male on sea) ,

[Giselle Hayers]

Wed 07 January 2026

Blakeney Hbr
08:30 to 09:00

3 Red-breasted Merganser (One fishing western side of harbour and two in eastern channel beyond boats.) ,

[Geoff Snelson]

Wed 07 January 2026

Cley Marshes
08:00 to 10:25
3C, W, cloud. WeBS. All fresh-water scrapes frozen, draines and saline pool free.

11 Little Grebe ,

1 Cormorant ,

1 Little Egret ,

3 Mute Swan ,

150 Pink-footed Goose (Part of a flock of c1000 seen flying E at start of count that probably had roosted with these 150 returning and landing.) ,

3 Greylag Goose ,

1 Barnacle Goose ,

79 Dark-bellied Brent Goose ,

26 Shelduck ,

463 Wigeon ,

30 Gadwall ,

749 Teal ,

34 Mallard ,

6 Pintail ,

73 Shoveler ,

1 Water Rail ,

13 Moorhen ,

17 Avocet ,

3 Ringed Plover ,

1 Grey Plover ,

23 Lapwing ,

9 Dunlin ,

24 Ruff ,

2 Snipe ,

21 Curlew ,

5 Redshank ,

9 Turnstone ,

58 Black-headed Gull ,

7 Common Gull ,

9 Herring Gull ,

5 Great Black-backed Gull ,

4 Marsh Harrier ,

3 Meadow Pipit ,

2 Stonechat ,

2 Reed Bunting ,

[Cbc Admin]