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 13 January 2026

Cley/Salthouse
14:40 to 14:49
Rain clearing, overcast gloom.

1 Barn Owl (The Hangs/Cuckoo Corner.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Tue 13 January 2026

Cley Marshes
07:55 to 09:20
7-8C, SW f4, cloud. Visited Bishop's and central hides.

240 Pink-footed Goose (W) ,

260 Dark-bellied Brent Goose ,

7 Avocet ,

170 Lapwing ,

2 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

5 Ruff (ad m,Pat's) ,

1 Little Egret ,

4 Marsh Harrier (1 m, 3 f) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Mon 12 January 2026

Salthouse Heath
11:00 to 11:05
Overcast, fresh SW.

60 Fieldfare (60+ ranged along hawthorns at Gallow Hill , + several Redwings.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Mon 12 January 2026

Cley Marshes
10:00 to 14:30
12c. SF/3 mostly cloudy 72 species seen in total. Full circuit of Marshes inc. Snipes

1 Little Gull (Adult flew East off Coastguards) ,

1 Caspian Gull (Adult on North Scrape) ,

57 Pintail (On North Scrape) ,

[Edmund Mackrill]

Mon 12 January 2026

Wiveton
08:00 to 13:30
All records from private garden

2 Woodcock (1 flew over the other flushed) ,

1 Green Woodpecker (Twice heard yaffling) ,

1 Sparrowhawk (Female) ,

1 Buzzard ,

1 Raven (Flew north calling) ,

[David Fell]

Mon 12 January 2026

Cley Marshes
07:55 to 09:45
8-9C, S f4, mainly cloudy. Visited Bishop's Hide, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's.

630 Pink-footed Goose (over W) ,

195 Dark-bellied Brent Goose ,

14 Pintail (Arnold's) ,

6 Little Grebe ,

14 Avocet (Arnold's) ,

1 Curlew ,

13 Black-tailed Godwit (8 Pat's, 5 Arnold'sArnold's) ,

1 Jack Snipe (Richardson's Scrape) ,

7 Redshank ,

14 Dunlin (Arnold's) ,

1 Cormorant ,

3 Red Kite ,

1 Kestrel (juv on red & white pole on E Bank) ,

1 Mistle Thrush (E of E Bank ) ,

2 Stonechat (1 E Bank, 1 Pat's) ,

2 Little Egret ,

79 Lapwing ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Sun 11 January 2026

Cley (sea)
12:50 to 14:30
Cold, wind from SW, overcast but dryish

2 Common Gull (Including some smart 1w birds) ,

2 Little Gull (Adult WP and 1W up and down beach in gul melee) ,

c.9 Turnstone (Busy feeding along beach) ,

38 Snow Bunting (In scrub/shingle to west of North Scrape) ,

1 Great Crested Grebe (Offshore) ,

1 Red-throated Diver (offshore) ,

1 Mallard (Drake on sea) ,

6 Teal (On sea) ,

[David Griffiths]

Sun 11 January 2026

Cley Marshes
09:00 to 10:10

c.11 Fieldfare (Pope's/serpentine field. Flew in with a few starlings.) ,

1 Red Kite (Dark-looking individual, hunting reddbed east of Pope's.) ,

1 Water Pipit (Close to the fieldfare flock on Pope's.) ,

[John Fairey]

Sun 11 January 2026

Blakeney Point
08:00 to 11:00
south east wind, frost, overcast

1 Little Gull (adult along shore then east) ,

1 Tufted Duck (west) ,

4 Razorbill ,

1 Gannet ,

2 Raven (on shingle ridge) ,

1 Peregrine (on shingle ridge) ,

1 Merlin (caught a reed bunting) ,

36 Snow Bunting (on shingle ridge then flew west) ,

7 Red Kite ,

11 Marsh Harrier (hunting birds one took a redshank.) ,

[Paul Laurie]

Sat 10 January 2026

Cley 10Km Square
08:00 to 16:15
Cool, windy, some light rain and sleet. My highlights from the CBC Big Bird Day.

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]