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 28 April 2026

Cley Marshes
08:30 to 09:00
Overcast, blustery, gloomy!

3 Wood Sandpiper (Lurking in reed fringes of South Pool) ,

[David Bryant]

Tue 28 April 2026

Cley Marshes
06:50 to 08:20
9C, NE f5, cloud after earlier rain - felt cold. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts & E Bank.

2 Egyptian Goose (E of E Bank) ,

4 Canada Goose (1 still on nest Don's Pool) ,

1 Little Grebe (Don's Pool) ,

2 Grey Heron (E of E Bank) ,

13 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

2 Oystercatcher ,

16 Avocet ,

2 Curlew ,

1 Whimbrel (Pat's) ,

12 Black-tailed Godwit ,

5 Redshank ,

3 Ruff (1 ad m, 2 fw m, Pat's) ,

25 Dunlin ,

2 Little Ringed Plover ,

1 Marsh Harrier (m) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Tue 28 April 2026

Cley Marshes

2 Swift (Over Pope's marshes.) ,

4 Wheatear (Eye Field) ,

1 Common Sandpiper (Car Park Pool) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Mon 27 April 2026

Walsey Hills
09:39 to 09:39
360 degrees blue.

1 Skylark (Walsey 'set-aside' patch.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Mon 27 April 2026

Cley Marshes
06:35 to 09:00
8-15C, S f2-3, mainly overcast. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's. Pope's Pool dried up.

2 Egyptian Goose (E of E Bamk) ,

2 Pintail (pr Arnold's still) ,

2 Little Grebe (Snipe's) ,

7 Grey Heron (sitting up in small trees in main reedbed) ,

1 Bittern (heard booming) ,

1 Little Egret (Arnold's) ,

3 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

12 Oystercatcher ,

10 Avocet (8 Pat's, 2 Arnold's) ,

2 Curlew ,

2 Snipe (1 Pat's, 1 Serpentine) ,

13 Black-tailed Godwit ,

10 Redshank ,

1 Green Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

1 Common Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

1 Turnstone (Arnold's) ,

31 Ruff (incl. 15 m, 14 f) ,

88 Dunlin (Pat's) ,

8 Little Ringed Plover (6 Pat's, 2 Serpentine) ,

5 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,

2 Marsh Harrier (m+ f) ,

1 Wheatear (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Sun 26 April 2026

Blakeney GM
11:30 to 11:30
Fair cold easterly.

1 Lesser Whitethroat (Heard only.) ,

1 Marsh Harrier (Having a brief tussle with a buzzard ! ) ,

[Mick Roe]

Sun 26 April 2026

Salthouse Heath
09:30 to 09:50
Sunny and warm

1 Green Hairstreak (Freshly hatched on gorse) ,

[Graham Sutton]

Sun 26 April 2026

Cley Marshes
08:15 to 10:00
Fine, warming up, clearish skies, breeze from SW

5 Wheatear (Eye Field) ,

7 Whimbrel (2 east, five Eye Field) ,

2 Golden Plover (Eye Field) ,

1 Whinchat (Male Eye Field fenceline) ,

1 Cetti's Warbler (Skirts path) ,

2 Common Sandpiper (Pats) ,

93 Dunlin (Pats) ,

4 Little Ringed Plover (Pats) ,

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

2 Ringed Plover (Beach Shingle east of Cley Beach carpark) ,

1 Little Tern (west) ,

[David Griffiths]

Sun 26 April 2026

Cley 10Km Square
06:00 to 09:00
Visited Kelling Heath, Iron Road, East Bank and Beach Road CP.

1 Garden Warbler (Kelling Heath CP) ,

1 Yellow Wagtail (Flew over Iron Road) ,

1 Common Sandpiper (Swan Lake) ,

1 Bittern (Heard booming several times) ,

2 Pochard (Usual pair on Dons) ,

1 Tufted Duck (Male dropped into Dons briefly then flew off) ,

1 Bearded Tit (Male and female off East bank) ,

1 Great White Egret (Yellow billed bird flew north East bank) ,

1 Reed Warbler (East bank) ,

1 Water Rail (Flew across drain near East bank CP) ,

1 Whinchat (Male on fence line east of Beach CP (found by DG)) ,

3 Wheatear (Eye field) ,

1 Whimbrel (Eye field) ,

2 Water Vole (Both swam across east side of drain off East bank) ,

[David Fell]

Sat 25 April 2026

Kelling WM
13:30 to 13:55
Sunny and clear. Minimal bree,e

1 Lesser Whitethroat (Singing in small trees. North East corner of water meadoe) ,

[Nigel Young]