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 29 August 2026

Blakeney Point
12:30 to 14:50
Overcast, warm, light rain. Wind from south.

1 Wryneck (At the Hood) ,

1 Whinchat (At the Hood) ,

3 Wheatear ,

1 Tree Pipit (At the Hood) ,

2 Grey Plover (Blakeney Harbour) ,

5 Bar-tailed Godwit (Blakeney Harbour) ,

[David Griffiths]

Sat 29 August 2026

Cley (sea)
08:30 to 09:30
Wind SW 3-4. Bright with hazy cloud

1 Stone Curlew (Flushed up from the shingle behind Brackish Pool and flew towards North Scrape) ,

[Rob Lee]

Sat 29 August 2026

Cley Marshes
08:15 to 12:30
Warm, dry then a touch of light drizzle. Wind from SW.

6 Whinchat (Eye Field fenceline) ,

7 British Yellow Wagtail (Eye field) ,

4 Wheatear (Eye Field) ,

c.150 Common Tern (melee offshore) ,

6 Curlew Sandpiper (North Scrape at 09:00) ,

1 Little Stint (North Scrape at 09:00) ,

2 Common Sandpiper (North Scrape at 09:00) ,

1 Green Sandpiper (North Scrape at 09:00) ,

c.60 Dunlin (North Scrape at 09:00) ,

4 Little Stint (Pats at 10:15) ,

45 Dunlin (Pats at 10:15) ,

4 Turnstone (Pats at 10:15) ,

6 Little Stint (Simmonds at 11:00) ,

15 Ruff (Pats/Simmonds) ,

4 Avocet (Pats) ,

1 Wood Sandpiper (Simmonds at 11:00) ,

c.150 Swallow (over reserve) ,

[David Griffiths]

Sat 29 August 2026

Cley Marshes
08:05 to 08:05

1 Kingfisher (Seen by other birder along main drain) ,

[David Fell]

Sat 29 August 2026

Cley Marshes
07:00 to 08:00
All records from Bishop Hide onto Pats

68 Dunlin ,

3 Turnstone ,

3 Snipe ,

69 Black-tailed Godwit ,

6 Little Stint ,

7 Avocet ,

7 Ruff ,

1 Greenshank (Heard) ,

[David Fell]

Sat 29 August 2026

Salthouse
06:35 to 06:40

1 Whinchat (On hedge in beet field west of village) ,

[David Fell]

Sat 29 August 2026

Cley 10Km Square
06:25 to 06:25

1 Barn Owl (Perched on hedge near Swan Lodge) ,

[David Fell]

Fri 28 August 2026

Cley Marshes
14:30 to 15:00
8/8 cloud with showers

15 Little Stint ,

9 Curlew Sandpiper ,

1 Peregrine (Juv. blue colour ringed female (PB) from Norwich Cathedral) ,

[Rob Lee]

Fri 28 August 2026

Cley (sea)
08:15 to 10:15
Warm, wind from SW, generally clear.

c.300 Common Tern (approximate numbers - steady stream west. NB some 400 seen earlier by PW on Arnolds Marsh!) ,

c.70 Sandwich Tern (west) ,

4 Bar-tailed Godwit (west) ,

32 Knot (west) ,

c.200 Dunlin (west) ,

25 Turnstone (west) ,

50 Ringed Plover (west) ,

8 Golden Plover (west) ,

2 Whimbrel (west) ,

4 Curlew (west) ,

1 Purple Sandpiper (west ) ,

1 British Yellow Wagtail (Shingle west of the boats) ,

1 Wheatear (West of the boats) ,

8 Reed Bunting (west of boats) ,

[David Griffiths]

Fri 28 August 2026

Cley Marshes
06:30 to 08:45
16-19C, SSW f3-4, hazy sun. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's

1 Spoonbill (Arnold's) ,

4 Little Egret ,

2 Oystercatcher (Arnold's) ,

10 Avocet (incl.3 juvs) ,

26 Curlew ,

1 Whimbrel ,

98 Black-tailed Godwit ,

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

2 Snipe (Pat's) ,

58 Redshank ,

2 Green Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

14 Ruff (8 ad m, 3 juv m, 2 ad fem, 1 juv f Pat's) ,

1 Turnstone (Pat's) ,

1 Sanderling (Pat's) ,

6 Curlew Sandpiper (2 Pat's, 4 Arnold's) ,

128 Dunlin ,

12 Little Stint (Pat's) ,

1 Little Ringed Plover (juv, Pat's) ,

c.400 Common Tern (at least, coming and going on Arnold's) ,

2 Marsh Harrier (juvs) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]