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).

Wed 02 July 2025

Cley Marshes
09:15 to 09:15
Overcast, fine rain.

1 Great White Egret (Snipes) ,

1 Grey Heron ,

1 Red Kite ,

[Mick Roe]

Wed 02 July 2025

Cley Marshes
06:25 to 08:55
15-16C, N f2, cloud with some lt rain. at the end. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, Snipe's (viewing from Walsey), E Bank & Arnold's.

2 Little Grebe (1 + 3sm chicks, Snipes, 1 Don's Pool) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Wed 02 July 2025

Blakeney (sea)
05:30 to 07:30
Overcast, cold northerly breeze.

22 Gannet (All east, often close in. Mostly imm birds but several adults.) ,

50 Common Scoter (At least. West.) ,

1 Bar-tailed Godwit (West.) ,

1 Whimbrel (West.) ,

20 Mediterranean Gull (At least.) ,

1 Common Gull (Adult.) ,

1 Kittiwake (Adult.) ,

100 Sandwich Tern (At least. Much coming & going as usual.) ,

6 Common Tern (At least.) ,

14 Little Tern (At least.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Tue 01 July 2025

Cley Village
13:35 to 13:35
Broken cloud, freshening northerly.

1 Great White Egret (Hauling back to N Foreland from Blakeney Freshes.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Tue 01 July 2025

Cley Marshes
13:30 to 17:00
Sunny, warm. Becoming cloudier with a chilly nw breeze.

2 Gannet (East.) ,

1 Hobby ,

2 Dunlin (Arnolds. Sp.) ,

2 Curlew Sandpiper (Arnolds. One sp, one 1st summer.) ,

14 Black-tailed Godwit (Serpentine/Arnolds/Pats.) ,

1 Green Sandpiper (Simmonds.) ,

9 Mediterranean Gull (At least. Arnolds/sea/Simmonds.) ,

5 Common Gull ,

14 Sandwich Tern (Arnolds. More along the shoreline.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Tue 01 July 2025

Cley Village
08:30 to 08:35
Becoming sunnier. Warm.

1 Coal Tit ,

1 Treecreeper (Trees in private garden. First one I've seen in the village.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Tue 01 July 2025

Cley Marshes
07:30 to 08:15
Warm, overcast and light breeze from the East

1 Collared Pratincole (Sat out at north-west end of Simmonds Scrape. Had been spotted by a visitor earlier who'd then let some other birders know on East Bank. Stayed until 08:12 when, after a couple of feeding flights it moved off high north-west. ) ,

9 Spoonbill (Simmonds including two very young tspoons which might be out of NF.) ,

13 Cattle Egret (Serpentine) ,

2 Curlew Sandpiper (Swan Lake - adult SP and presumed 1st summer bird.) ,

2 Dunlin (SP on Swan Lake) ,

23 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Swan Lake) ,

3 Mediterranean Gull (Swan Lake) ,

5 Sandwich Tern (Swan Lake) ,

1 Tufted Duck (Drake moving to eclipse Swan Lake) ,

1 Great White Egret (Snipes) ,

4 Little Grebe (Adult and two chicks Snipes) ,

[David Griffiths]

Tue 01 July 2025

Salthouse (sea)
06:30 to 08:30
WeBS

6 Sandwich Tern ,

[Cbc Admin]

Tue 01 July 2025

Cley Marshes
06:25 to 08:50
19-23C, NW, cloud. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, Snipe's, E Bank & Arnold's

34 Teal ,

2 Little Grebe ,

6 Spoonbill (2 ads, 4 juvs) ,

3 Grey Heron ,

1 Great White Egret ,

29 Little Egret ,

6 Cattle Egret ,

3 Cormorant ,

3 Marsh Harrier (juvs) ,

1 Coot (ad + 2 lge chicks) ,

9 Oystercatcher ,

79 Avocet (incl. 3 juvs) ,

24 Curlew ,

15 Redshank ,

4 Black-tailed Godwit ,

2 Ruff (ad m) ,

10 Little Ringed Plover (chicks on Pat's have now fledged) ,

30 Lapwing (plus 2 tiny chicks) ,

13 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's) ,

1 Kingfisher (Main Drain) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Tue 01 July 2025

Cley Marshes
06:00 to 08:00
Cloudy, some sun. Warm.

4 Gannet (Offshore.) ,

5 Eider (Eclipsed male & four females west, very close in.) ,

80 Common Scoter (Approx. Lifted off offshore & went east. Later 30 back west.) ,

1 Dunlin (West along beach.) ,

1 Collared Pratincole (Simmonds. Made off west at 08:00.) ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (West.) ,

100 Sandwich Tern (At least. Much coming & going along the shore. Many carrying or catching sandeels.) ,

4 Common Tern (Beach.) ,

3 Little Tern (Beach.) ,

2 Bearded Tit (Juvs, from East Bank.) ,

1 Barn Owl ,

[Andrew Cox]