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 18 November 2025

Cley Marshes
08:00 to 08:10
Very cold, some bright spells

15 Snow Bunting (Very flighty: just inland of the pill box) ,

[David Bryant]

Tue 18 November 2025

Cley Marshes
07:25 to 08:50
2-3C, SW f4, sun/cloud. Slight frost in places. Visited, Bishop's, Skirts & E Bank. Water levels very high especially on Arnold's. Very few waders.

211 Pink-footed Goose (210 E from furter W, 1 onto Pat's Pool) ,

52 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (flew E) ,

1 Pintail (Brackish) ,

7 Little Grebe ,

1 Coot (Don's Pool) ,

1 Grey Heron (Brackish) ,

1 Little Egret (flew W) ,

2 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,

1 Red Kite ,

4 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Avocet (Pat's) ,

7 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

3 Redshank (1 Serpentine, 2 Brackish) ,

12 Dunlin ,

41 Lapwing ,

1 Long-tailed Tit (E Bank car park) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Mon 17 November 2025

Cley (sea)
12:45 to 14:40
Very cold, force 5 wind from NW, clear skies generally

1 Mediterranean Gull (Adult WP in gull feeding melee) ,

1 Grey Plover (Flew East) ,

2 Ringed Plover (Flew west) ,

2 Turnstone (west) ,

1 Red-throated Diver (East) ,

1 Gannet (East) ,

1 Kittiwake (Adult west) ,

2 Eider (west) ,

[David Griffiths]

Mon 17 November 2025

Kelling Heath
10:35 to 22:45
Strong wind, broken cloud.

c.1 Green Woodpecker (Heard only, calling.) ,

[Tony Pope]

Mon 17 November 2025

Kelling
10:10 to 10:35
Strong wind, broken cloud.

c.1 Redwing (Heard only, calling.) ,

c.1 Grey Wagtail (Heard only, calling.) ,

c.3 Bullfinch ,

c.50 Pink-footed Goose (Over, E.) ,

1 Great Tit ,

[Tony Pope]

Mon 17 November 2025

Kelling WM
09:50 to 10:10
Strong ind, broken cloud.

c.6 Teal ,

2 Lapwing ,

c.10 Rook ,

c.100 Starling ,

c.10 Mallard ,

1 Redshank ,

c.10 Wigeon ,

c.16 Black-headed Gull ,

1 Common Gull ,

1 Curlew ,

1 Shelduck ,

[Tony Pope]

Mon 17 November 2025

Wiveton
08:00 to 14:00
All records from private garden.

1 Raven (Very vocal bird seen to fly into pine tree) ,

1 Chiffchaff ,

1 Woodcock (Flushed from plantation) ,

1 Buzzard ,

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Heard) ,

[David Fell]

Sun 16 November 2025

Kelling WM
09:20 to 10:30

1 Great White Egret (Flew inland over vilage) ,

3 Red Kite (Between KWM and M Hill) ,

1 Marsh Harrier (Over fields) ,

8 Shoveler ,

300 Common Scoter (On sea ) ,

1 Velvet Scoter (F type. ) ,

350 Starling (Flew west in flocks of c60-80) ,

38 Curlew (In fields) ,

1 Golden Plover ,

15 Wigeon ,

3 Linnet ,

5 Skylark ,

4 Gannet (At sea) ,

[Steven Stansfield]

Sat 15 November 2025

Salthouse
10:55 to 10:55

1 Pintail (On duck pond ) ,

[Gary Bunting]

Sat 15 November 2025

Cley Marshes
10:15 to 14:30
Wet, windy, drizzle, thick cloud. Cool.

5 Water Pipit (Cut reeds to left of Bishops Hide and around Pats Pool.) ,

1 Jack Snipe (Cut reeds to left of Bishops Hide. Two reported asleep earlier but one stayed in same general position for at least 5 hours, only changing orientation, bobbing periodically and the odd stretch.) ,

2 Stonechat (Reeds around Bishops Hide) ,

1 Whinchat (Seen briefly to west of path to Bishops Hide.) ,

1 Cetti's Warbler (Path to Bishops Hide) ,

2 Bearded Tit (Path to Bishops Hide) ,

11 Dunlin (Pats) ,

3 Marsh Harrier (Over scrapes and reedbed) ,

250 Golden Plover (Eye Field) ,

c.1 Grey Plover (Pats) ,

1 Robin (Reeds around Bishops Hide) ,

[David Griffiths]