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
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
1 Merlin (West of village) ,
[Kath & Mick Claydon]
Fri 05 September 2025
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
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
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
Fri 05 September 2025
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
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
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
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]