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 29 June 2026

Cley (sea)
17:15 to 19:15
Cloudy, easterly breeze. End of the East Bank & back west. Big tern/gull melee eastward. Much coming & going.

2 Mediterranean Gull (1st & 2nd summers.) ,

1 Sandwich Tern (Many.) ,

1 Common Tern (Many.) ,

1 Little Tern (Many. Also eight fishing in the Glaven, from West Bank.) ,

1 Razorbill (Off the end of East Bank.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Mon 29 June 2026

Cley/Salthouse
11:05 to 11:35
Patchy light cloud, fresh SW'er.

1 Little Ringed Plover (Watling Water. Chased off several times by the baby-sitting Avocets.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Sun 28 June 2026

Cley Marshes
20:10 to 21:30
Sunny, warm.

1 Spoonbill (Pats.) ,

5 Little Ringed Plover (At least. Mostly Simmonds.) ,

20 Black-tailed Godwit (Mostly Pats.) ,

41 Curlew (Flying over.) ,

5 Ruff (Pats & Simmonds.) ,

20 Redshank (Pats & Simmonds.) ,

1 Wood Sandpiper (Simmonds.) ,

1 Green Sandpiper (Simmonds.) ,

5 Common Gull (Pats.) ,

25 Mediterranean Gull (At least. Pats, Simmonds & flying over.) ,

1 Little Gull (1st summer. Flew onto Pats.) ,

1 Barn Owl (From hide.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sun 28 June 2026

Blakeney Hbr
16:30 to 17:30
Calm, warm, bright, obs from seal trip boat (highlights only)

1 Eider (Adult male snoozing on shore near Lifeboat Station, boatman said it had been there for 'a while') ,

2 Turnstone ,

3 Black-tailed Godwit ,

c.15 Little Tern ,

c.10 Common Tern ,

c.10 Sandwich Tern ,

[Roger Emmens]

Sun 28 June 2026

Cley Marshes
08:15 to 10:00
Warm, light SW wind, dry

1 Glossy Ibis (Adult on Pats) ,

8 Spoonbill (7 initially then adult in from east) ,

17 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (Including 2 CR birds) ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (Female "Anouk" on Pats) ,

1 Greenshank (Pats) ,

2 Green Sandpiper (Simmonds and Whitwell) ,

3 Wood Sandpiper (Simmonds) ,

9 Redshank (Juvs on Pats inc CR/flagged bird) ,

7 Little Ringed Plover (4 adults and 3 chicks - latter on Simmonds) ,

4 Little Egret (Simmonds/Whitwell) ,

[David Griffiths]

Sun 28 June 2026

Blakeney GM
08:00 to 09:15
Sunny, breezy. Warm. Becoming cloudier.

1 Marsh Harrier (Adult male.) ,

1 Spoonbill ,

6 Mediterranean Gull ,

1 Common Tern ,

6 Little Tern ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sun 28 June 2026

Cley (sea)
05:20 to 06:30
Sunny, breezy. Warm.

2 Gannet (East.) ,

6 Bar-tailed Godwit (West.) ,

3 Mediterranean Gull (Adults.) ,

1 Sandwich Tern (Many.) ,

7 Common Tern (At least.) ,

1 Little Tern (Many. Three fishing in the Glaven near the sluice.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sun 28 June 2026

Cley Marshes
05:00 to 05:05
Sunny, warm.

2 Barn Owl (Close to village.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sat 27 June 2026

Cley Marshes
12:59 to 17:44
29C and sunny, Westerly 3. Visited Bishop's, East Bank, North Scrape, Central Hides.

1 Canada Goose (North Scrape ) ,

53 Shelduck (Across reserve ) ,

26 Gadwall (Across reserve ) ,

47 Teal (Across reserve) ,

28 Cormorant (Arnold's ) ,

2 Little Grebe (Plus 2 large chicks on Don's ) ,

13 Little Tern (Fishing along beach) ,

6 Sandwich Tern (Fishing along beach) ,

92 Avocet (Across reserve. Plus 3 chicks) ,

7 Oystercatcher (Across reserve ) ,

2 Ringed Plover (Brackish) ,

7 Little Ringed Plover (2 Pat's, 3 North Scrape, 2+2 chicks Simmond's) ,

116 Lapwing (102 on Pat's ) ,

16 Curlew (13 between Serpentine and Pope's, 1 Arnold's, 1 Simmond's) ,

37 Black-tailed Godwit (36 Pat's, 1 North Scrape ) ,

1 Snipe (Serpentine ) ,

1 Green Sandpiper (Simmond's) ,

1 Wood Sandpiper (Simmond's) ,

12 Redshank (Plus 2 chicks) ,

8 Ruff (4 Pat's inc 1 satellite, 4 North Scrape ) ,

1 Dunlin (North Scrape) ,

1 Glossy Ibis (Pat's ) ,

4 Spoonbill (Pat's. 2 Juvenile ) ,

6 Little Egret (Across reserve ) ,

1 Cattle Egret (Eye Field) ,

5 Grey Heron (Across reserve ) ,

4 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Kestrel (Hunting along the beach by Eye Field ) ,

2 Bearded Tit (Reeds right of Bishop's seen from hide) ,

[David Nurse]

Sat 27 June 2026

Cley (sea)
05:10 to 06:20
Cloudy, stormy, warm. Little rain.

1 Gannet (Imm.) ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (Adult.) ,

50 Sandwich Tern (At least. Much coming & going.) ,

2 Common Tern (At least.) ,

30 Little Tern (At least. Much toing & froing. Most very close in. One seen to catch a fish in unison with a nearby sandwich tern.) ,

[Andrew Cox]