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 01 July 2026

Cley (sea)
16:00 to 17:45
Sun & cloud. Warm.

1 Gannet ,

18 Common Scoter ,

1 Sandwich Tern (Many.) ,

1 Common Tern (Many.) ,

1 Little Tern (Many.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Wed 01 July 2026

Kelling (sea)
10:45 to 11:30
Sunny, warm.

2 Gannet (East.) ,

6 Bar-tailed Godwit (West.) ,

4 Mediterranean Gull (Three adults, one 1st summer.) ,

35 Sandwich Tern (At least.) ,

3 Common Tern ,

1 Little Tern ,

[Andrew Cox]

Wed 01 July 2026

Cley Village
09:00 to 09:45
Sunny, warm. Private garden.

1 Ringlet ,

2 Holly Blue ,

1 Gatekeeper ,

1 Comma ,

1 Southern Hawker (Female.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Tue 30 June 2026

Cley Marshes
19:30 to 21:30
Sunny, warm.

2 Spoonbill (Pats.) ,

15 Black-tailed Godwit (Most on Pats.) ,

11 Ruff (At least. Pats & Simmonds.) ,

26 Redshank (At least. Pats & Simmonds.) ,

2 Wood Sandpiper (Simmonds.) ,

1 Green Sandpiper (Whitwell.) ,

6 Mediterranean Gull (Three adults, two 2nd summers, one 1st summer. Mostly on Simmonds.) ,

1 Little Tern (Fishing in the Glaven, close to the village. Successful.) ,

1 Barn Owl (Close to the village.) ,

1 Chinese Water Deer (From Daukes.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Tue 30 June 2026

Cley Marshes
09:15 to 10:00

1 Wood Sandpiper (Pat's Pool) ,

2 Green Sandpiper (Pat's Pool) ,

2 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's Pool) ,

1 Glossy Ibis (Pat's Pool) ,

3 Spoonbill (Pat's Pool) ,

15 Swift ,

10 Ruff (1 fem, 9 males) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Tue 30 June 2026

Cley (sea)
06:30 to 07:30
Cloudy, cool. Becoming sunny & warm.

4 Gannet (All east.) ,

25 Common Scoter (At least, west. A group going east a bit later may have been these birds.) ,

2 Mediterranean Gull ,

1 Sandwich Tern (Many.) ,

6 Common Tern (At least.) ,

1 Little Tern (Many.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Tue 30 June 2026

Cley Marshes
05:00 to 06:00
Cloudy, cool.godw

2 Spoonbill (Simmonds.) ,

17 Black-tailed Godwit (Pats.) ,

2 Curlew (Simmonds.) ,

11 Ruff (Pats & Simmonds.) ,

1 Wood Sandpiper (Simmonds.) ,

1 Green Sandpiper (Simmonds & Whitwell.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Mon 29 June 2026

Cley Marshes
08:10 to 10:50
Warm, cooling breeze from SW. Dry.

9 Spoonbill (Initially five on Pats then onto Simmonds where joined by others. 2 ) ,

1 Glossy Ibis (Flew in to Simmonds from Pats then off SW after about half an hour) ,

2 Little Egret (Simmonds) ,

1 Wood Sandpiper (Simmonds - limping adult) ,

7 Ruff (Pats - moulting males) ,

4 Dunlin (Adult SP on Pats) ,

5 Little Ringed Plover (2 adults Pats, 2 adults Simmonds but only one chick seen today) ,

2 Kestrel (Pair hunting reserve) ,

7 Mediterranean Gull (2nd summer Simmonds and half a dozen briefly in flight over North Scrape ) ,

1 Common Gull (1st summer bird on Simmonds) ,

1 Marsh Harrier (Male hunting reserve) ,

2 Grey Heron (In flight over reedbeds) ,

22 Redshank (Juveniles on Simmonds in a single flock) ,

34 Teal (Pats) ,

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

[David Griffiths]

Mon 29 June 2026

Cley Marshes
07:00 to 08:00
Sunny, cool westerly breeze.

6 Spoonbill (Five on Pats. One over West Bank.) ,

1 Glossy Ibis (Pats.) ,

24 Black-tailed Godwit (Pats.) ,

1 Wood Sandpiper (Simmonds.) ,

2 Little Tern (Fishing in the Glaven off West Bank.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Mon 29 June 2026

Blakeney (sea)
06:00 to 07:00
Sunny cool westerly breeze.

1 Gannet (West.) ,

1 Mediterranean Gull ,

30 Sandwich Tern (At least.) ,

3 Common Tern ,

20 Little Tern (At least. ) ,

2 Brown Hare ,

[Andrew Cox]