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).
Mon 26 January 2026
1 Red-breasted Merganser ,
2 Long-tailed Duck ,
2 Marsh Harrier ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
Mon 26 January 2026
c.1580 Pink-footed Goose (flew over high E disappearing into mist) ,
71 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (24 incl 12 juvs Arnold's at 08:45, rest E low over reserve ) ,
4 Little Grebe (Brackish) ,
4 Little Egret ,
5 Marsh Harrier ,
1 Cormorant ,
27 Black-tailed Godwit (26 Pat's, 1 Arnold's) ,
8 Curlew (7 Arnold's, 1 Brackish) ,
1 Snipe (Richardson's) ,
12 Redshank ,
2 Turnstone (Beach) ,
22 Avocet (Pat's) ,
52 Dunlin (Arnold's) ,
3 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,
2 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,
372 Lapwing ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
Sun 25 January 2026
1 Moorhen ,
c.8 Greenfinch ,
1 Kestrel ,
c.5 Gadwall ,
c.10 Teal ,
5 Shelduck ,
1 Mute Swan ,
c.50 Linnet (A flock.) ,
c.100 Wigeon ,
2 Shoveler ,
2 Mallard ,
[Tony Pope]
Sun 25 January 2026
1 Coal Tit ,
c.50 Pink-footed Goose (Over, E.) ,
[Tony Pope]
Sun 25 January 2026
1 Black-throated Diver (On sea off Watch House) ,
29 Red-throated Diver ( on sea) ,
6 Great Crested Grebe (on sea) ,
1 Red-necked Grebe ( Blakeney Harbour off lifeboat house) ,
1 Water Rail (Watch House) ,
6 Kittiwake (east) ,
31 Gannet (east) ,
6 Guillemot (summer plumaged birds) ,
5 Goldeneye (in harbour) ,
1 Barnacle Goose (west) ,
1 Merlin ,
1 Sparrowhawk ,
12 Rock Pipit ,
[Paul Laurie]
Sat 24 January 2026
250 Brent Goose (On Keepers Marsh, then left heading west) ,
1 Marsh Harrier ,
3 Cetti's Warbler (Singing males in ditches from Beach Hotel to Visitor Centre) ,
[Roger Emmens]
Sat 24 January 2026
Sat 24 January 2026
c.20 Teal ,
2 Stonechat ,
c.30 Curlew ,
c.601 Rook ,
2 Linnet ,
1 Redshank ,
4 Greylag Goose ,
c.100 Wigeon ,
4 Gadwall ,
5 Shelduck ,
1 Mute Swan ,
5 Shoveler ,
2 Black-headed Gull ,
1 Common Gull ,
2 Egyptian Goose ,
1 Buzzard (Showing a lot of white.) ,
1 Woodpigeon (Some song.) ,
c.5 Jackdaw ,
[Tony Pope]
Sat 24 January 2026
Sat 24 January 2026
2 Great Northern Diver (Flew east) ,
45 Red-throated Diver (Mainly west - AM and PM sessions) ,
2 Guillemot (Sea off Coastguards) ,
1 Razorbill (Sea off Coastguards) ,
c.1 Common Scoter (West) ,
7 Great Crested Grebe (2 AM, 5 PM) ,
1 Slavonian Grebe (Off Coastguards PM drifting east) ,
7
Gannet
(1 AM, 6 adults east PM)
,
1 Fulmar (West then back east AM) ,
2
Water Rail
(Main drain swimming AM, From Bishops Hide PM)
,
1 Snipe (Bishops Hide AM) ,
1
Jack Snipe
(In cut reeds left of Bishops Hide PM)
,
19 Avocet (Pats) ,
12 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Pats) ,
4 Stonechat (2 beach, 2 Pats reeds) ,
2 Pintail (Pair on Brackish) ,
1 Great White Egret (Around the reserve AM) ,
25 Pink-footed Goose (In to North Scrape PM) ,
21 Twite (Near Little Eye on shingle then very mobile around saltmarsh west of Salthouse beach road) ,
[David Griffiths]