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 21 April 2026

Cley Village
15:12 to 15:12
Cold easterly, cloudless.

1 Red Kite (Checking out Anterton Hill gardens for builder's lunchtime sandwich scraps !) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Tue 21 April 2026

Cley Marshes
06:55 to 08:45
9-11C, ENE f5-6, mainly overcast. Visited Bishop's, Snipe's, Att Walk & Babcock

2 Egyptian Goose (adults, no sign of goslings) ,

1 Little Grebe (heard, Snipe's) ,

2 Oystercatcher (W of Iron Rd) ,

90 Avocet (incl.65 Pat's, 23 Watling Water) ,

110 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

4 Bar-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

5 Redshank ,

12 Ruff (3 ad m, 3 fw m, 4 ad f, 2 fw f Pat's) ,

23 Dunlin (Pat's) ,

4 Little Ringed Plover (3 Pat's, 1 Watling) ,

1 Marsh Harrier ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Mon 20 April 2026

Cley Marshes
13:00 to 15:30
Visited: Beach Road, Iron Road

1 Great White Egret (West of West Bank) ,

1 Little Ringed Plover ,

1 Wheatear ,

2 Whimbrel ,

1 Golden Plover ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Sun 19 April 2026

Cley Marshes
14:15 to 15:30
Sunny but with very cool SW wind.

2 Great White Egret (Skirts Pool and Richardson Scrape - black billed and reddish tarsi.) ,

[David Griffiths]

Sun 19 April 2026

Cley 10Km Square
08:48 to 09:28
Bright and dry with a northerly wind

1 Black-tailed Godwit (Happy to be corrected if its bar tailed ) ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (Happy to be corrected if its bar tailed ) ,

1 Whitethroat ,

2 Sedge Warbler ,

c.6 Swallow ,

[Claire Brayne]

Sun 19 April 2026

Blakeney Hbr
06:00 to 08:30
high tide

2 Glossy Ibis (high over harbour then flew east) ,

1 Raven ,

1 Common Sandpiper ,

1 Great Northern Diver ,

[Paul Laurie]

Sat 18 April 2026

Cley Marshes
11:00 to 12:00
Sunny, Westerly breeze

2 Mediterranean Gull (Pats Pool) ,

[Tim Slater]

Sat 18 April 2026

Salthouse Heath
10:07 to 10:08
W13 sun.

1 White Wagtail (White) (stretch & rest in paddock.) ,

[Tom Whiley]

Fri 17 April 2026

Cley Marshes
10:30 to 12:30

6 Wheatear (Near NW corner Pope's Pool) ,

7 Curlew (Serpentine) ,

4 Ruff (Serpentine) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Fri 17 April 2026

Cley Marshes
07:10 to 08:30
Cool Southerly shifting slightly Easterly. Dry. Cloudy.

c.12 Wheatear (Coastguards to Arnolds Shingle Ridge) ,

1 Whinchat (Superb male found by CG at back of Arnolds Marsh) ,

1 Sandwich Tern (West) ,

3 Little Tern (Offshore, fishing, moving slowly east) ,

1 Garden Warbler (Surprise find at North Screen, soon off over the scrub) ,

5 Whimbrel (Eye Field) ,

[David Griffiths]