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).

Fri 03 April 2026

Cley Village
14:30 to 14:30
Overcast, light SW.

1 Blackcap ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Thu 02 April 2026

Blakeney (sea)
16:00 to 18:00
Calm sunny evening. Light winds, but cool temperature (about 10 degrees c).

1 Short-eared Owl (Hunting over Blakeney Eye) ,

1 Barn Owl (Hunting over Blakeney Eye) ,

2 Buzzard ,

3 Curlew ,

[Stephen Heaton]

Thu 02 April 2026

Cley Marshes
07:45 to 10:30
Initially very cold and damp, light drizzle, strong SW wind. Later sunny with light cloud.

1 Sandwich Tern (West) ,

3 Eider (Drakes east) ,

c.50 Kittiwake (west in small groups) ,

3 Spoonbill (West over reserve, 1 on Pats 10:15) ,

7 Common Scoter (west) ,

c.250 Black-headed Gull (Approximate numbers - all west in groups of 25 - 50) ,

1 Firecrest (Walsey Hills track) ,

2 Blackcap (Walsey Hills) ,

2 Chiffchaff (Walsey Hills) ,

1 Coot (Lone bird on Snipes Marsh) ,

2 Little Grebe (Snipes Marsh) ,

2 Canada Goose (Prospecting Dons Pool) ,

51 Dunlin (Pats) ,

88 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Pats) ,

[David Griffiths]

Thu 02 April 2026

Cley Marshes
06:55 to 08:20
6C, N f5, cloud with drizzly showers. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts & E Bank.

2 Pintail (pr Arnold's) ,

1 Little Grebe (Snipe's) ,

1 Coot (Snipe's) ,

1 Spoonbill (Pat's) ,

12 Grey Heron ,

6 Little Egret ,

27 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,

5 Oystercatcher ,

56 Avocet ,

20 Redshank ,

26 Curlew (mainly E of E Bank) ,

1 Snipe (Pat's) ,

119 Black-tailed Godwit (mainly Pat's) ,

9 Ruff (3 ad m, 1 fw m, 1 ad f) ,

43 Dunlin ,

4 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Thu 02 April 2026

Cley Marshes

1 Barn Owl (West Bank) ,

2 Short-eared Owl (West Bank) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Wed 01 April 2026

Salthouse
14:00 to 14:15
Calm, sunny, some cloud. Light NW.

2 Wheatear (Pair of wheatear, on the track, to east of the middle of Iron Rd. ) ,

[Jonathan White]

Wed 01 April 2026

Cley Marshes
11:30 to 14:15
Calm, very light SW breeze, 11 degrees C.

14 Twite (Frequenting saltmarsh at NW end of Iron Road. Regularly perching up on fences but flighty and disappearing to feed on the marsh. Vey vocal with some song evident rather than just calls.) ,

7 Turnstone (Saltmarsh NE of Iron Road) ,

7 Dunlin (Pools NE of Iron Road) ,

[David Griffiths]

Wed 01 April 2026

Wiveton
08:30 to 08:40
Records from private garden and seen by R Petley the owner.

1 Redwing (Feeding on lawn with Song Thrush) ,

1 Song Thrush (On lawn with Redwing) ,

[David Fell]

Wed 01 April 2026

Cley Marshes
06:50 to 09:35
8-11C, WSW f2, cloud. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's

8 Pintail (2 pr Brackish, 1 pr Arnold's, 1 pr Pope's Pool) ,

2 Pochard (pr Don's Pool) ,

1 Coot (Snipe's) ,

7 Spoonbill ,

14 Grey Heron (iincl. 12 on top of N Foreland when disturbed) ,

1 Great White Egret ,

12 Little Egret ,

39 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,

10 Oystercatcher ,

67 Avocet (incl. 22 Pat's, 24 Pope's Pool, 15 Arnold's) ,

97 Black-tailed Godwit (mainly Pat's) ,

4 Curlew (Arnold's) ,

26 Redshank ,

13 Ruff (10m, 7 ad m, 1 fw m, 2 ad f, 1 fw f) ,

3 Turnstone (Beach) ,

28 Dunlin ,

2 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,

4 Ringed Plover (Beach) ,

1 Fox (Pat's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Tue 31 March 2026

Salthouse
12:30 to 13:30

12 Twite (Possibly more: very 'fidgety'!) ,

[David Bryant]