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).

Sat 11 May 2024

Cley Village
09:00 to 09:10
Sunny, light breeze.

1 Montagu's Harrier (I saw this from Wiveton bank at around 9am. Someone pointed it out to me, and I got these few poor shots, into the sun. I then heard someone else say the bird had been downgraded to a pale marsh harrier. I leave it to the experts, if anyone can ID it from these pics.) ,

[John Fairey]

Fri 10 May 2024

Blakeney GM
09:35 to 09:35
Sunny, calm.

1 Purple Heron ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Fri 10 May 2024

Blakeney GM
07:09 to 07:30
E7, sun.

1 Purple Heron (breeding condition.) ,

[Tom Whiley]

Fri 10 May 2024

Cley Marshes
06:15 to 07:00
Sunny, warm.

1 Golden Plover (Sp bird on Eye Field.) ,

1 Whimbrel (Flew off saltmarsh.) ,

5 Sandwich Tern (Beach.) ,

10 Little Tern (Beach.) ,

50 Common Scoter (Approx. Two groups passing west offshore.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Thu 09 May 2024

Blakeney GM
17:40 to 18:00
Sunny, warm.

1 Purple Heron (Showed well,if briefly a couple of times. Edge of reeds a little to the north of Wiveton Hall Woods.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Thu 09 May 2024

Cley Marshes
14:30 to 17:30
Sunny, warm but cool breeze.

1 Glossy Ibis (Seen to drop down in the vicinity of the North Scrape from the East Bank.) ,

2 Golden Plover (Pair of summer plumaged birds on Eye Field, close to the pond.) ,

8 Black-tailed Godwit (Pats.) ,

23 Sandwich Tern (At least. Along the shore.) ,

40 Little Tern (At least. Most up & down the shoreline. A few on Arnolds, Saline Pool & North Scrape.) ,

1 Wheatear (Male on Eye Field, close to pond.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Thu 09 May 2024

Blakeney GM
07:30 to 09:00
Warm, clear, light breeze from NNE

1 Purple Heron (Adult on fresh marsh off Wiveton Bank. Took 20 minutes to find it even though only in a small, reed-fringed ditch. Feeding in and out of ditch for over an hour before flying north and landing in a ditch next to main reedbed.) ,

[David Griffiths]

Thu 09 May 2024

Cley Marshes
07:00 to 07:45
Sunny, becoming warm. West Bank only.

1 Golden Plover (Eye Pool. Splendid sp northern male.) ,

2 Mediterranean Gull (2nd summer on saltmarsh. 1st summer flew west.) ,

5 Yellow Wagtail (At least. Headng west.) ,

1 Wheatear (Male.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Thu 09 May 2024

Cley Marshes
06:45 to 10:00
12-16C, SSW f3 reducin f2, increasingly sunny. Visited Bishop's, Snipe's, E Bank, Arnold's Sea Pool & Iron Rd.

12 Mute Swan ,

4 Egyptian Goose ( + 5 goslings still on Pat's) ,

2 Grey Heron ,

3 Little Egret ,

5 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,

1 Marsh Harrier (male) ,

1 Sparrowhawk ,

3 Coot ,

14 Oystercatcher ,

96 Avocet ,

39 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Greenshank (Wigeon Marsh) ,

14 Redshank ,

1 Common Sandpiper (Arnold's/Main Drain) ,

13 Turnstone (Arnold's) ,

181 Dunlin (Arnold's) ,

7 Little Ringed Plover ,

7 Ringed Plover ,

4 Sandwich Tern ,

2 Little Tern (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Thu 09 May 2024

Cley (sea)
06:00 to 07:00
Sun breaking through above, murky out to sea. Milder.

130 Common Scoter (At least. Several groups going west.) ,

30 Sandwich Tern (At least. Small melee near the wreck with herring & black headed gulls.) ,

4 Little Tern (At least.) ,

5 Yellow Wagtail (West along the shingle.) ,

[Andrew Cox]