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 24 August 2026

Salthouse
10:48 to 10:50
Sunny with Broken cloud and N.E. wind.

1 Clouded Yellow (Very worn individual on Meadow Lane, taken with I phone) ,

[Graham Sutton]

Mon 24 August 2026

Salthouse
07:05 to 07:12
Sunny with broken cloud and N.E. wind.

1 Greenshank (Feeding on Beach Lane pool) ,

[Graham Sutton]

Sun 23 August 2026

Cley Marshes
17:00 to 18:45
Brisk northerly breeze with clear skies and sunshine.

4 Wood Sandpiper (Nice flock of juveniles on Simmonds for a short time before heading west. Enjoy the record shot! ) ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (Juvenile again with the islandicas, not seen it for a day or two but I think it's the same bird. Now with new grey 1w scaps. ) ,

55 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Fewer juveniles now. ) ,

1 Yellow-legged Gull (Near adult - 5CY - on Pat's Pool) ,

1 Herring Gull (Scandinavian) (Amazingly, a smart juvenile that seems to be argentatus briefly at the back of Simmonds. Seems improbable at first but brisk northerly airstream could have pushed this one - perhaps from southern part of argentatus range, into the North Sea. Likely coming similar distance to some cachinnans. ) ,

20 Ruff ,

1 Little Ringed Plover (Juvenile on Simmonds) ,

3 Green Sandpiper ,

11 Whimbrel (In-off and away into the sunset) ,

[Mark Golley]

Sun 23 August 2026

Cley (sea)
07:45 to 08:15
Warm, light SW wind, clear skies

30 Cattle Egret (West at sea having been tracked from Cromer. Appeared to veer inland at mouth of Blakeney Harbour. Interesting statistic for the day with 46 seen at Holkham and 67 at Welney!) ,

4 Whimbrel (west) ,

1 Great White Egret (west) ,

[David Griffiths]

Sun 23 August 2026

Walsey Hills
07:15 to 08:00

2 Lesser Whitethroat ,

1 Whitethroat ,

1 Blackcap (Heard ) ,

[David Fell]

Sat 22 August 2026

Glaven Valley
19:00 to 19:01
Bright, still, warm

1 Green Woodpecker (In mown field above Wiveton Bridge) ,

1 Barn Owl (Upstream of poplars between Wiveton Bridge and Glandford) ,

[Sean Dempster]

Fri 21 August 2026

Cley (sea)
14:00 to 15:15
Cool, dry with rain later, wind strengthening from NNW

1 Mediterranean Gull (Juvenile west) ,

1 Little Gull (Juvenile in melee) ,

1 Common Tern (Juvenile west) ,

1 Spotted Redshank (West at sea with Grey Plover) ,

1 Grey Plover (west) ,

1 Oystercatcher (wet) ,

1 Arctic Skua (east) ,

c.15 Gannet (Mainly west) ,

1 Sanderling (west) ,

1 Bar-tailed Godwit (west) ,

c.30 Sandwich Tern (west) ,

3 Common Scoter (west) ,

1 Teal (west) ,

[David Griffiths]

Fri 21 August 2026

Wiveton
08:00 to 13:00
All records from Wiveton Barns garden

1 Green Woodpecker (Heard yaffling) ,

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Heard and seen) ,

1 Swift (Flew north) ,

[David Fell]

Fri 21 August 2026

Cley Marshes
07:45 to 10:00
Cool, dry, wind from NNW, brisk.

3 Arctic Skua (Including 2 adults after terns) ,

12 Arctic Tern (East) ,

1 Fulmar (east) ,

1 Whimbrel (west) ,

6 Oystercatcher (west) ,

3 Sanderling (west) ,

2 Red-throated Diver (east) ,

2 Kittiwake (east) ,

1 Wood Sandpiper (Pats) ,

2 Garganey (Pats) ,

[David Griffiths]

Fri 21 August 2026

Cley Marshes
06:30 to 08:30
13-15C, NNW f4, overcast but dry after earlier shower.

1 Grey Heron (Standing on E Bank) ,

1 Little Egret (Arnold's) ,

6 Cormorant ,

14 Avocet (incl 3 juvs on Serpentine (saw them fly today)) ,

86 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (juv Pat's) ,

22 Curlew ,

3 Snipe (2 Pat's, 1 Serpentine) ,

68 Redshank ,

21 Ruff (15 ad m, 3 juv m, 3 ad f) ,

3 Turnstone (Pat's) ,

46 Dunlin ,

6 Little Ringed Plover (incl. 3 juvs) ,

2 Ringed Plover (Brackish) ,

5 Golden Plover (Arnold's) ,

2 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]