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 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]

Fri 05 September 2025

Salthouse
14:30 to 14:30
Sun/Cloud. Light breeze.

1 Merlin (West of village) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Fri 05 September 2025

Cley Marshes
13:30 to 16:10
Warm, sunny with light cloud. Wind from SW

4 Whimbrel (Simmonds Scrape then off south, very vocal) ,

4 Ringed Plover (In briefly to Simmonds then flew off west) ,

3 Dunlin (In briefly to Simmonds then flew off west) ,

1 Wood Sandpiper (Pats, then South Pool, then lost) ,

1 Green Sandpiper (Pats/Simmonds) ,

15 Ruff (Some moulting males present) ,

c.1 Little Stint (Juvenile on Simmonds for at least 2 hours) ,

7 Avocet (Pats) ,

45 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Mainly Pats but a few on Simmonds) ,

c.1 Pintail (Female on Pats) ,

25 Shoveler (Influx over the last day or so) ,

c.15 Wigeon (Influx over the last day or so) ,

c.150 Teal (Pats/Simmonds) ,

c.1 Yellow-legged Gull (God candidate for a juvenile on Pats but asleep most of the time) ,

3 Marsh Harrier (Different aged females) ,

1 Spoonbill (Into North Scrape from the east) ,

[David Griffiths]

Fri 05 September 2025

Kelling WM
10:58 to 12:15
Mostly sunny, light wind.

1 Stonechat ,

9 Goldfinch ,

1 Teal (Flew W along beach.) ,

1 Little Egret (On marsh.) ,

45 Rook (Est.) ,

1 Jackdaw ,

[Tony Pope]

Fri 05 September 2025

Kelling WM
10:58 to 12:15
Mostly sunny, light breeze.

2 Jackdaw ,

30 Swallow (Est. Probably more.) ,

50 House Martin (Est. Probably more.) ,

1 Moorhen ,

5 Cattle Egret (Including a juv.) ,

2 Mute Swan ,

9 Curlew (Flew over, W.) ,

20 Woodpigeon (Est. Probably more.) ,

1 Chiffchaff (Heard only, singing.) ,

2 Blue Tit ,

[Tony Pope]

Fri 05 September 2025

Salthouse
08:30 to 08:35
W14, sun & cloud.

1 Wheatear (...resigned to the heap...) ,

[Tom Whiley]

Fri 05 September 2025

Cley Marshes
06:40 to 08:40
12-16C,, WSW f4, sun. Visited Pat's, Skirts, Snipe's (no birds), E Bank & Arnold's

2 Little Grebe (Skirts Pool) ,

3 Little Egret ,

1 Water Rail (heard by E Bank) ,

1 Oystercatcher (Arnold's) ,

10 Avocet ,

40 Curlew ,

73 Black-tailed Godwit (2 Serpentine, rest Pat's) ,

1 Bar-tailed Godwit (juv, Pat's) ,

67 Redshank ,

17 Ruff (14 ad m, 1 ad f, 2 juv f) ,

6 Curlew Sandpiper (juvs, Serpentine) ,

4 Dunlin (Serpentine) ,

4 Ringed Plover (Serpentine & Brackish) ,

7 Lapwing ,

1 Wheatear (E of E Bank) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Thu 04 September 2025

Cley/Salthouse
11:00 to 13:15
Blustery and showers

c.30 Curlew (field east of Salthouse beach road) ,

3 Cattle Egret (north of track to Quags) ,

4 Wheatear (Cley beach fence-then flew west) ,

1 Kestrel (east of Cley beach car park) ,

1 Cetti's Warbler (heard in Blackberry bushes along iron road) ,

5 Curlew Sandpiper (pool near end of iron road) ,

1 Little Stint (pool near end of iron road) ,

1 Ruff (juv. pool near end of iron road) ,

2 Wigeon (pool near end of iron road) ,

c.5 Dunlin (pool near end of iron road) ,

3 Snipe (pool near end of iron road) ,

[Ian Doble]

Thu 04 September 2025

Cley Marshes
08:00 to 10:00
Overcast, wind from SW, rain just before 10:00

4 Wheatear (East of Beach Carpark) ,

4 Guillemot (Feeding offshore) ,

4 Razorbill (Well grown juveniles offshore) ,

3 Sandwich Tern (Feeding with auks) ,

1 Common Tern (Feeding with auks) ,

2 Wood Sandpiper (South Pool) ,

1 Pintail (Pats - female) ,

2 Garganey (Pats - flew in from north end of reserve) ,

6 Gadwall (Pats) ,

5 Wigeon (Pats) ,

7 Ruff (Pats) ,

6 Avocet (Pats) ,

60 Teal (Pats) ,

c.12 Shoveler (Pats) ,

c.25 Mallard (Pats) ,

c.2 Cetti's Warbler (Juveniles in "song" near Bishops Hide) ,

3 Bearded Tit (Juveniles near Bishops Hide) ,

[David Griffiths]

Thu 04 September 2025

Cley Marshes
06:40 to 09:25
14-18C, SSW f3, Sun. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, Snipe's, E Bank & Arnold's

1 Little Grebe (Skirts Pool) ,

1 Pintail (fem, Pat's) ,

2 Grey Heron ,

6 Little Egret ,

10 Cattle Egret (with cows on Wigeon Marsh) ,

30 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

2 Marsh Harrier ,

16 Avocet ,

28 Curlew ,

4 Snipe ,

76 Black-tailed Godwit ,

19 Ruff (11 ad m, 1 juv m 1 juv f) ,

51 Redshank ,

2 Curlew Sandpiper (Serpentine) ,

1 Dunlin (Serpentine) ,

1 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,

3 Ringed Plover (Serpentine) ,

2 Lapwing ,

7 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]