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
Tue 13 January 2026
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
Mon 12 January 2026
Mon 12 January 2026
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
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
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
Sun 11 January 2026
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
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]