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
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
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
Sat 10 January 2026
Sat 10 January 2026
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
1 Merlin (Flashed across Watling Water, then vigorously quartered the marsh south of the shingle bank.) ,
[Gerard Sabran]
Thu 08 January 2026
4 White-fronted Goose (In field with Greylags) ,
1 Great White Egret (In ditch along lake edge) ,
[David Fell]
Thu 08 January 2026
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
Wed 07 January 2026
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]