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 08 September 2025

Kelling WM
08:48 to 09:39
Sunny periods, breezy.

1 Dunnock ,

1 Whitethroat ,

50 Swallow (Est.) ,

1 Stonechat ,

1 Meadow Pipit ,

1 Cetti's Warbler (Heard only, singing.) ,

2 Mute Swan ,

2 Little Grebe ,

7 Teal ,

1 Reed Bunting (Heard only, calling.) ,

1 Barn Owl ,

1 Red Kite ,

2 Mallard ,

1 Woodpigeon ,

1 Rook ,

1 Chiffchaff (One seen.) ,

1 Kestrel ,

1 Chaffinch (Male.) ,

[Tony Pope]

Sun 07 September 2025

Kelling WM
13:44 to 15:20
Sunny, warm, fresh wind.

c.5 Goldfinch ,

1 Stonechat ,

c.10 Swallow ,

1 Kestrel (On shingle bank.) ,

2 Mute Swan ,

6 Cattle Egret ,

3 Mallard ,

1 Stock Dove ,

c.5 Woodpigeon (Est.) ,

1 Moorhen ,

c.10 Linnet ,

1 Curlew (On marsh.) ,

2 Gadwall ,

1 Common Gull ,

1 Sand Martin ,

1 Little Grebe (Juv.) ,

2 House Martin ,

1 Chiffchaff (Heard only, singing.) ,

1 Greenfinch ,

[Tony Pope]

Sun 07 September 2025

Cley (sea)
07:30 to 07:30
Calm sea, sunny and clear

1 Nathusius’ Pipistrelle Bat (Small bat sp. seen to fly in-off. Flight low, strong, direct, continuing inland. 30 m range. Unable to observe through bins; time and location seemed entirely wrong for a bat so concluded I had been mistaken. Later saw similar sightings on BirdGuides plus appeal from Norfolk Mammal Recorder for records. Now feel confident it must have been this species.) ,

[William Earp]

Sat 06 September 2025

Cley Marshes
16:15 to 16:30
Clear viewing conditions

1 Common Gull (A juv/1stW that showed every recognised characteristic of a Russian Common Gull - heinei. Unmarked White head, dark boa, unmarked white upper tail and covs, unmarked under tail and covs. White flanks and white underwing. A prominent black secondary bar. Finally pink base to the bill. Observed by myself and Graham Fellowes) ,

[Edmund Mackrill]

Sat 06 September 2025

Kelling WM
13:52 to 14:50
Sunny periods, wind moderate.

1 Black-headed Gull ,

25 Rook (Est.) ,

2 Jackdaw ,

5 Woodpigeon (Est.) ,

1 Cormorant (Flew over W.) ,

9 Linnet ,

1 Great Tit ,

1 Moorhen ,

8 Gadwall ,

2 Mute Swan ,

4 Cattle Egret ,

20 Swallow (Est.) ,

20 House Martin (Est.) ,

1 Sand Martin ,

1 Chiffchaff (1 heard singing.) ,

1 Goldfinch ,

1 Blue Tit ,

[Tony Pope]

Sat 06 September 2025

Cley Marshes
12:40 to 15:00
Cloud, sunny spells. Light wind increasing. Areas visited: Skirts-East Bank-Arnolds-Wigeon Marsh.

1 Wheatear (N of Arnolds) ,

40 Cormorant (Arnolds) ,

34 Black-headed Gull (Arnolds) ,

17 Shelduck (14 Arnolds, 3 Serpentine) ,

1 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Arnolds) ,

1 Grey Heron (Arnolds) ,

34 Redshank ( 30 Arnolds, 2 Serp, 2 Brackish ) ,

43 Teal (39 Arnolds, 2 Serp, 2 Brackish) ,

3 Shoveler (Arnolds) ,

1 Herring Gull (Arnolds) ,

4 Gadwall (Brackish) ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (Arnolds) ,

18 Curlew (16 Wigeon Marsh, 2 Arnolds) ,

2 Little Egret (1 Arnolds, 1 Brackish) ,

1 Sandwich Tern (Arnolds) ,

2 Avocet (Arnolds) ,

3 Greenshank (1 Serpentine, 2 West over East Bank) ,

3 Green Sandpiper (NE over East Bank) ,

1 Kestrel (Arnolds) ,

1 Cetti's Warbler (East Bank) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Sat 06 September 2025

Cley Marshes
08:15 to 16:00
Warm, wind from SW veering from SE, dry

1 Black Tern (WP adult east passed Coastguards) ,

15 Little Tern (East) ,

2 Common Tern (East) ,

55 Sandwich Tern (East) ,

1 Red-throated Diver (west) ,

c.2 Knot (west) ,

1 Hobby (East chasing Common Terns) ,

60 Teal (west) ,

1 Great Skua (west) ,

c.50 Gannet (west) ,

1 Fulmar (west) ,

c.6 Cattle Egret (North Scrape) ,

1 Dotterel (Heard only - could not locate bird, but flying west) ,

1 Yellow-legged Gull (Juvenile on Pats AM and PM) ,

1 Water Vole (Juvenile in Catchwater Drain from bridge to Bishops Hide) ,

3 Greenshank (1 on Pats AM and two flew west over Simmonds PM) ,

2 Green Sandpiper (Simmonds PM) ,

4 Wood Sandpiper (Pats - 1 in early PM and three over later to South Pool) ,

1 Weasel (From Daukes PM) ,

1 Bittern (Flew over Billy's Wash and landed in ditch north of Whitwell Scrape) ,

60 Swallow (Over reserve AM) ,

3 Sand Martin (Over Simmonds PM) ,

c.1 Caspian Gull (Juvenile to 1st winter on Pats) ,

7 Spoonbill (1 adult Pats, 6 Simmonds (4 adults, 2 Juveniles) ) ,

[David Griffiths]

Sat 06 September 2025

Salthouse
07:30 to 08:58
Cloudy with sunny periods. Variable light wind

1 Cuckoo (Juvenile feeding on and near Gramborough Hill) ,

[Graham Sutton]