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).

Tue 02 December 2025

Cley Marshes
13:30 to 14:30
Sunny, cold SW wind. Dry

80 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Eye Field including a leucistic bird with very distinctive head making.) ,

1 Pale-bellied Brent Goose (Eye Field) ,

[David Griffiths]

Tue 02 December 2025

Kelling
11:45 to 12:00
Sunny with S 15mph wind, cool

2 Red Kite (Over school and village ) ,

[Steven Stansfield]

Tue 02 December 2025

Cley/Salthouse
11:42 to 11:42
Fresh southerly, cloudless.

1 Peregrine (Flew south over Attenborough's Walk, adjacent to Watling Water.) ,

2 Glossy Ibis (Same site, same time.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Tue 02 December 2025

Kelling (sea)
10:00 to 11:20
Sunny with S 15mph wind, cool

618 Common Scoter (Counted from photograph) ,

8 Velvet Scoter (One near adult drake, others immatures/F) ,

[Steven Stansfield]

Tue 02 December 2025

Salthouse
09:30 to 09:45
Duck Pond

1 Pintail (ad m) ,

4 Moorhen ,

1 Mute Swan (juv (4GEW)) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Tue 02 December 2025

Cley Marshes
07:40 to 09:25
8-9C, S f3-4, sun after early cloud. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's.

2500 Pink-footed Goose (flocks on and off reserve from fields) ,

13 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (flew E) ,

20 Pintail (2 Brackish, 18 Arnold's but mobile) ,

6 Little Grebe (Don's, Brackish & Main Drain) ,

2 Little Egret ,

1 Cormorant ,

4 Avocet (Pat's) ,

17 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

4 Curlew ,

3 Redshank ,

5 Snipe (3 Pat's, 2 Brackish) ,

19 Dunlin (Pat's) ,

423 Lapwing ,

1 Golden Plover (Pat's) ,

1 Red Kite (W) ,

1 Kestrel ,

5 Marsh Harrier (incl. yellow tagged fem) ,

2 Stonechat (pr E Bank) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Mon 01 December 2025

Wiveton
08:00 to 15:00

2 Red Kite (Drifted south together) ,

1 Kestrel ,

2 Buzzard (Came into roost) ,

[David Fell]

Sun 30 November 2025

Kelling WM
14:45 to 15:33
Fine, cold, breezy.

3 Chaffinch ,

1 Wren ,

1 Bullfinch (Male.) ,

2 Cormorant (Flying SW, separately.) ,

c.50 Lapwing (On field immediately E.) ,

c.10 Curlew (On field immediately E.) ,

1 Kestrel ,

1 Shelduck ,

4 Gadwall ,

c.9 Teal ,

12 Golden Plover (Flying W.) ,

2 Mallard (Both male.) ,

1 Wigeon (Male.) ,

1 Shoveler (Male.) ,

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

[Tony Pope]

Sun 30 November 2025

Cley Marshes
11:30 to 12:45
Sun, cold wind, 5-6C

c.1200 Pink-footed Goose (Wigeon marsh) ,

350 Wigeon (East Bank) ,

7 Shoveler (East Bank) ,

62 Teal (East Bank) ,

2 Shelduck (East Bank) ,

2 Little Egret (East Bank) ,

8 Dunlin (East Bank) ,

1 Ringed Plover (East Bank) ,

1 Stonechat (East Bank) ,

9 Goldfinch (Cricket Marsh) ,

150 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Bull Marsh) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Sat 29 November 2025

Cley Marshes
08:30 to 14:30
Cool, overcast, drizzle to moderate rain. Dull weather, cold Southerly wind.

400 Pink-footed Goose (Maximum count mid AM after about 2000 returned from the south and alighted onto Billy's Wash/Eye Field/Bull Marsh) ,

150 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Eye Field) ,

80 Greylag Goose (Field east of Babcock Hide) ,

15 Pintail (3 Simmonds, 12 Arnolds) ,

c.600 Wigeon (250 Simmonds, 350 Serpentine) ,

4 Avocet (Pats) ,

c.7 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Pats) ,

6 Water Pipit (Maximum count on/over Pats with two seen on Serpentine) ,

c.2 Kingfisher (From Bishops Hide, using the post and also hovering to fish. Another East Bank) ,

2 Black-headed Gull (Simmonds including a pink-breasted individual) ,

112 Dunlin (22 Pats, 90 Arnolds) ,

1 Jack Snipe (Very close to LHS of Bishops Hide and still cryptically camouflaged. A lot of bobbing which actually made one feel queesy! A Common Snipe walked passed allowing fantastic comparison of features.) ,

15 Gadwall (Brackish Lagoon) ,

450 Teal (Pats/Simmonds/Serpentine) ,

1 Chiffchaff (collybita) (East Bank shrubs) ,

1 Water Rail (Dons Pool) ,

c.1 Grey Wagtail (Snipes Marsh) ,

1 Blackcap (Male Walsey Hills) ,

1 Redwing (Walsey Hills) ,

2 Marsh Harrier (Adult female and juvenile over reserve) ,

2 Little Egret (Brackish Lagoon) ,

1 Grey Plover (Arnolds Marsh) ,

2 Ringed Plover (Arnolds Marsh) ,

1 Turnstone (Arnolds Marsh) ,

7 Snipe (Pats, one near Jack Snipe and 6 flew south) ,

[David Griffiths]