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 18 October 2025

Cley Village
13:55 to 13:58
Overcast and fine,no wind.

2 Grey Wagtail (Briefly in garden.Got photo of one.) ,

[Michael Harcup]

Sat 18 October 2025

Cley Marshes
12:30 to 14:20
Walk from VC to north of Arnolds Marsh and back

3 Whooper Swan (In field east of VC) ,

2 Cetti's Warbler (Heard along East Bank) ,

2 Moorhen (Dons Pool) ,

1 Glossy Ibis (Flew east) ,

2 Marsh Harrier (Over reed bed) ,

3 Grey Heron (Together over Arnolds) ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (Arnolds) ,

6 Pintail (On brackish) ,

5 Curlew (Arnolds) ,

32 Redshank (Arnolds) ,

3 Little Grebe (2 main drain north end of East Bank and 1 on Arnolds) ,

2 Grey Plover (Arnolds) ,

2 Stonechat (Pair north of Arnolds) ,

31 Dunlin (Arnolds) ,

1 Buzzard ,

[David Fell]

Sat 18 October 2025

Morston
11:15 to 12:00
All records from scrub and trees near quay car park

3 Redwing ,

9 Blackbird ,

2 Great Spotted Woodpecker ,

1 Song Thrush ,

2 Greenfinch ,

[David Fell]

Sat 18 October 2025

Cley/Salthouse
10:57 to 10:57
Calm, broken sunlight for the first time in two weeks.

1 Reed Bunting (Sea buckthorn, Babcock hide.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Sat 18 October 2025

Cley Marshes
08:15 to 15:25
Warm morning with wind from ENE, cool PM with wind shift - from SE. Highlights of day.

3 Velvet Scoter (west AM - 2 drakes and a female) ,

2 Little Gull (one adult AM, 2 PM - feeding offshore) ,

2000 Wigeon (Estimated numbers as streaming west AM) ,

1500 Teal (Estimated numbers as streaming west AM) ,

5 Pintail (west) ,

c.1 Mallard (west) ,

c.1 Egyptian Goose (west and way out at sea) ,

1 Slavonian Grebe (west) ,

25 Red-throated Diver (Mainly east) ,

8 Fieldfare (In off sea) ,

500 Starling (In off sea - including one that succumbed to a local Kestrel) ,

c.120 Common Scoter (west but female on Borrow Pit) ,

12 Blackbird (In off the sea - several succumbing to GBBGs and a few survivors ditching on shingle before moving off into coastal scrub) ,

c.1 Ruddy Shelduck (Female still with Egyptian Geese - mainly on Bull Marsh today) ,

c.1 Kestrel ,

1 Shore Lark (Shingle ridge behind Arnolds Marsh AM) ,

500 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (streaming through west in small groups all day) ,

24 Razorbill (On sea) ,

c.1 Dusky Warbler (Still showing occasionally Walsey Hills) ,

c.2 Yellow-browed Warbler (Walsey Hills) ,

2 Noctule Bat (Hunting early PM over Serpentine ) ,

[David Griffiths]

Fri 17 October 2025

Cley Marshes
13:30 to 16:00
Cool, wind from NW, overcast, dry.

4 Velvet Scoter (Drakes west with Common Scoter) ,

17 Common Scoter (west) ,

5 Gannet (Adults east) ,

3 Red-throated Diver (2 on sea, one west) ,

4 Whooper Swan (3 adults still in arable field SW of NWT VC, juvenile on North Scrape.) ,

1 Glossy Ibis (North Scrape then SW towards Cley Village) ,

1 Ruddy Shelduck (Female still associating with Egyptian Geese, field east of NWT VC) ,

c.1500 Pink-footed Goose (Field SE of NWT VC including the leucistic individual.) ,

[David Griffiths]

Fri 17 October 2025

Cley (sea)
09:00 to 10:50
Overcast

3 Whooper Swan (Still in field sw of visitor centre) ,

1 Ruddy Shelduck (In eye field with 2 Egyptian geese.) ,

1 Glaucous Gull (Heading west past beach hotel towards the point. Many thanks to SG for the heads-up.) ,

[John Fairey]

Fri 17 October 2025

Cley Marshes
07:05 to 09:00
12C, NNW f3, cloud. Visited Bishop's, Skirts & E Bank

1441 Pink-footed Goose (508 roosted Pat's 08:01-08:38, rest left from further N from 07:41) ,

140 Canada Goose (Pope's Pool) ,

1 Barnacle Goose (Pope's Pool, with Canada's) ,

6 Pintail (Brackish & Arnold's) ,

4 Little Grebe (Main Drain) ,

2 Grey Heron ,

7 Little Egret ,

15 Cormorant ,

1 Buzzard ,

3 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Water Rail (heard, Pat's) ,

6 Avocet (Pat's) ,

9 Curlew ,

92 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

3 Snipe (Pat's) ,

46 Redshank ,

29 Ruff (26 ad m, 2 ad f, 1 juv m, Pat's) ,

27 Dunlin ,

1 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Thu 16 October 2025

Cley Marshes
17:30 to 18:00
overcast evening.

2 Glossy Ibis (Spent time mostly feeding together,last seen in front of Bishops) ,

[Jon & Kath Trinder]