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 10 January 2026
Sat 10 January 2026
c.10 Blackbird ,
1 Pink-footed Goose (Flew over, E.) ,
1 Robin ,
1 Song Thrush (With Blackbirds.) ,
c.5 Blue Tit ,
1 Sparrowhawk (Being mobbed by corvids.) ,
1 Jay ,
1 Carrion Crow ,
c.10 Woodpigeon (Singing.) ,
c.1 Stock Dove (Heard only, singing.) ,
c.1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Heard only, calling.) ,
1 Kestrel ,
[Tony Pope]
Sat 10 January 2026
1 Buzzard ,
3 Shelduck (1 seen over sea flying W, then 3 seen on pool.) ,
1 Cormorant (W over sea.) ,
16 Brent Goose (W over sea.) ,
1 Red Kite (E along shingle bank.) ,
1 Stonechat ,
3 Meadow Pipit ,
1 Great Black-backed Gull ,
2 Carrion Crow ,
25 Teal ,
1 Common Gull ,
c.60 Lapwing ,
4 Shoveler ,
2 Snipe ,
1 Mute Swan ,
c.10 Wigeon ,
1 Barn Owl ,
c.5 Blackbird ,
c.50 Golden Plover ,
c.5 Redwing ,
1 Water Rail (Flushed from stream) ,
1 Chaffinch ,
c.20 Rook ,
c.10 Woodpigeon ,
c.2 Blue Tit ,
1 Great Tit ,
c.2 Jackdaw ,
[Tony Pope]
Sat 10 January 2026
Sat 10 January 2026
Sat 10 January 2026
3 Great White Egret (2 Bayfield, 1 Wiveton Bridge) ,
3 Otter (Well grown cubs frollicking in Bayfield Lake! Outstanding views - rubbish light though!) ,
2 Woodcock (One flushed at Bayfield. 2nd flew almost the length of the Main Drain and over East Bank.) ,
25 Fieldfare (Glandford - near the ford and several over Wiveton Bridge) ,
8 Siskin (Glandford - south of the ford in Alders) ,
1 Grey Wagtail (At the ford, Glandford) ,
1 Chiffchaff (Cley STW) ,
2 Raven (From Glandford and north towards Wiveton) ,
1
Cattle Egret
(From Wiveton Bridge)
,
1 Great Northern Diver (From NT Tower at Morston - Harbour mouth) ,
1 Slavonian Grebe (From NT Tower at Morston - Harbour mouth) ,
1 Red-necked Grebe (From NT Tower at Morston - Harbour ) ,
5 Red-breasted Merganser (From NT Tower at Morston - Harbour ) ,
1 Greenshank (Morston Harbour creeks) ,
1 Black-throated Diver (Off Gramborough Hill) ,
2 Velvet Scoter (From Gramborough but birds slightly NE off the Quags) ,
2 Caspian Gull (At least two possibly three adults on North Scrape) ,
1 Hen Harrier (Ringtail west at dusk along northern edge of reedbeds/shingle ridge) ,
[David Griffiths]