Newsletters

Members can view or download the latest newsletters here. If you are expecting to receive a paper copy and have not done so then please contact our Membership Secretary

For earlier newsletters, going back to the first one in April 1985, visit our Archive page (accessible by members only).

All newsletters include a review of birds seen during the previous 4 months, a brief review of other interesting sightings in the rest of Norfolk, and Cley Eye, containing notes, news and comments.

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  • Editorial: Pelicans in Norfolk
  • Cley Square Bird News – November 2025 to October 2026 Pat & David Wileman
  • The best of the rest of Norfolk – November 2025 to February 2026 Julian Thomas
  • Red-breasted Goose: in the Cley Square and beyond Mark Golley
  • Greg Bond Kath Claydon
  • The Eastern Black Redstart at Sheringham Graeme Hewson
  • Other Wildlife Reports in the Cley Square Winter 2025–26 Russ Malin
  • What has happened to our Otters? Julian Thomas
  • Club News: Membership news, CBC Big Bird Day, Indoor Winter Meetings
  • Cley News: NWT Cley & Salthouse Marshes – Notes from the Warden, NOA Walsey Hills, The Hangs
  • A Bonxie from Bear Island at Salthouse Adam Spruce
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  • Cley Square Bird News – July to October 2025 Pat & David Wileman
  • Other Wildlife Reports in the Cley Square Autumn 2025 Russ Malin
  • The Black-winged Kite at Hickling Ashley Banwell
  • Autumn 2025 Photo Highlights
  • The best of the rest of Norfolk – July to October 2025 Julian Thomas
  • Club News Membership News, CBC Big Bird Day, Indoor Winter Meetings
  • Cley News Notes from the Warden, NOA Walsey Hills, The Environment Agency and the banks
  • Obituaries: Tony Marr (1939-2025), Tony Prater (1943-2025) Richard Porter, John Marchant
  • What is birdwatching all about? Natalie Kyriacou
  • Review: Life Changing – Cley & Salthouse Marshes by David North Seán Dempster
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  • Editorial
  • Cley Square Bird News – March to June 2025 Pat & David Wileman
  • The best of the rest of Norfolk – March to June 2025 Julian Thomas
  • Other Wildlife Reports in the Cley Square Spring 2025 Russ Malin
  • Club News
  • Spring 2025 Photo Highlights
  • Cley News: Nurdles, Glaven Poplars – the future & NWT Cley & Salthouse Marshes – Notes from the Warden
  • Booted Eagle: new to Britain, Norfolk & the Cley Square – in a roundabout way Steve Gantlett
  • Kelling Water Meadow – a brief history Moss Taylor
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  • Editorial – taking better note of our breeding birds
  • Cley Square Bird News – November 2024 to February 2025 Pat & David Wileman
  • The best of the rest in Norfolk – November 2024 to February 2025 Julian Thomas
  • Club News
  • Cley News
  • The Arctic Peregrine at Cley Steve Gantlett
  • Winter 2024–25 Photo Highlights
  • Other Wildlife Reports in the Cley Square Winter 2024–25 Russ Malin
  • Two dead Sparrowhawks… Steve Gantlett
  • The 5th CBC New Year Big Bird Day – Saturday 4th January 2025
  • The Cley and Norfolk Rare Bird Photograph Archive Steve Gantlett
  • Review: The North Sea Bird Club 1979–2019
  • The 2025 Lesser White-fronted Geese in Norfolk Steve Gantlett
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  • Editorial – early CBC Newsletters and more Turtle Doves
  • Cley Square Bird News – July to October 2024 Pat & David Wileman
  • Other Wildlife Reports in the Cley Square Autumn 2024 Russ Malin
  • Remember when you would twitch a Cattle Egret? David Griffiths
  • Autumn 2024 Photo Highlights
  • Two exceptional falls of migrants on Blakeney Point within a week Steve Gantlett
  • Blakeney Point: Longshore Drift Migrant Supernova Rob Holmes
  • Club News
  • Cley News
  • The best of the rest of Norfolk – July to October 2024 Julian Thomas

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  • Editorial
  • Cley Square Bird News – March to June 2024 – Pat & David Wileman
  • White-tailed Eagle WN88 – Steve Gantlett
  • Spring 2024 Photo Highlights
  • Breeding bird changes at Cley in living memory
  • The best of the rest of Norfolk – March to June 2024 – Julian Thomas
  • Other Wildlife Reports in the Cley Square Spring 2024 – Russ Malin
  • Club News
  • Cley News
  • Birding and the brain – Isabel Cooke
  • What has happened to our Barn Owls? – Julian Thomas
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  • Editorial
  • Cley Square Bird News – November 2023 to February 2024 – Pat & David Wileman
  • Other Wildlife Reports in the Cley Square Winter 2023-24 – Russ Malin
  • The best of the rest in Norfolk – November 2023 to February 2024 – Julian Thomas
  • A breeding bird survey on Salthouse Heath in 2023 – Richard Porter
  • Winter 2023-24 Photo Highlights
  • Pink-footed Geese at Cley – a brief history – David Griffiths
  • Club News
  • Cley News
  • The 5th CBC New Year Big Bird Day – Saturday 6th January 2024
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  • Editorial – The future of Turtle Doves?
  • Cley Square Bird News – July to October 2023 – Pat & David Wileman
  • The Blakeney Point 2023 breeding season – Duncan Halpin, Head Ranger, Blakeney Point NT
  • The best of the rest in Norfolk – July to October 2023 – Julian Thomas
  • Other Wildlife Reports in the Cley Square – Autumn 2023 – Russ Malin
  • Autumn 2023 Photo Highlights
  • The Grayling – flailing or failing – Richard Porter
  • A summer White-tailed Eagle at Bayfield – Richard Price
  • Club News
  • Cley News
  • Comments
  • Mannington – a hidden gem in North Norfolk – Emma Buck, Mannington Estate Countryside Ranger
  • Who owns the Cley Square? II – Steve Gantlett
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  • Cley Square Bird News – March to June 2023 – Pat & David Wileman
  • Other Wildlife Reports in the Cley Square Spring 2023 – Russ Malin
  • The changing plumages of Cley’s long-staying, over-wintering Long-billed Dowitcher – Steve Gantlett
  • Spring 2023 Photo Highlights
  • A selection of previous summer-plumaged ‘Lesser Golden Plovers, compared to the June 2023 bird – Steve Gantlett
  • The best of the rest in Norfolk – March to June 2023 – Julian Thomas
  • Club News
  • Cley News
  • Dave ‘the dog’ Rutherford
  • A Phylloscopus conundrum in Walsey Hills – Chris Gooddie
  • Home Farm Wetlands Project, Bayfield – Richard Price
  • Who owns the Cley Square? – Steve Gantlett

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  • Cley Square Bird News – November 2022 – February 2023 — Pat & David Wileman
  • Cley Bird Club – a brief history
  • Review ‘The Meaning of Geese’ — Tom Green
  • Other Wildlife Reports in the Cley Square Winter 2022-23 — Julian Thomas
  • Winter 2022/23 Photo Highlights
  • The Best of the Rest in Norfolk – November 2022 – February 2023 — Russ Malin
  • The 4th CBC New Year Big Bird Day – Saturday 7th January 2023
  • Club News
  • Cley News
  • The Motus Wildlife Tracking System – including in the Cley Square — Steve Stansfield & Ewan Parsons
  • Birds – a local farmer’s perspective — Patrick Allen

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  • Cley Square Bird News – July to October 2022 – Pat & David Wileman
  • Autumn 2022 Other Wildlife Reports in the Cley Square – Russ Malin
  • Spoonbills breeding at Cley, at last! – Steve Gantlett
  • Autumn 2022 Photo Highlights
  • Bitterns breeding again at Cley (at last!) – David Griffiths
  • The best of the rest in Norfolk – July to October 2022 – Julian Thomas
  • Club News
  • Cley News
  • Battle of the Box III – a truce – Richard Price
  • Decline and Fall – Tom Green

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  • Cley Square Bird News – March to June 2022 – Pat & David Wileman
  • The best of the rest in Norfolk – March to June 2022 –  Julian Thomas
  • Spring 2022 Other Wildlife Reports in the Cley square
  • Spring 2022 Photo Highlights
  • The changing face of Salthouse Heath – Steve Gantlett
  • Centenary Celebration of Richard Richardson’s birth  – Moss Taylor & Robina Churchyard
  • Kelling Hard – a local County Wildlife Site is no more  – Chris Mason
  • Robert Gillmor MBE 1936–2022 – a personal reflection  – Tom Green
  • Noel Elms 1935–2022
  • A poisoned Fox? What to do if you think you might have come across wildlife crime – Julian Thomas
  • All our yesterdays – Ortolans for supper
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  • Cley Square Bird News – November 2021 to February 2022 – Pat & David Wileman
  • Winter 2021-22 Other Wildlife Reports in the Cley square
  • The best of the rest in Norfolk – November 2021 to February 2022 – Julian Thomas
  • The identification of Isabelline Wheatears at Cley – Mark Golley
  • Winter 2021-22 Photo Highlights
  • Casper – Cley’s white Barn Owl – Steve Gantlett
  • The first confirmed Brünnich’s Guillemot for Norfolk – Marcus Nash
  • The Brünnich’s trek – Steve Gantlett
  • The third CBC New Year Big Bird Day, 8th & 9th January 2022
  • Club & Cley News
  • DIMW – a personal reflection – Richard Porter
  • Baltic Gulls at Cley and Titchwell – Tom Whiley

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  • Editorial
  • Club & Cley News
  • An update on the Enviroment Agency’s mowing of the East and West Banks Chris Gooddie
  • Cley Square Bird News – July to October 2021 Pat & Dave Wileman
  • Battle of the Box 2 – Newsletter 120 Postscript Richard Price
  • Autumn 2021 Other Wildlife Reports in the Cley Square
  • Autumn 2021 Photo Highlights
  • The best of the rest in Norfolk – July to October 2021
  • Walsey Hills: my journey so far Emma Buck
  • Blakeney Point: a carpet of flowers – but where were the butterflies? Richard Porter
  • One Swallow doesn’t make a summer Chris Abrams
  • All our yesterdays: autumns gone by. Planet Crunch – the Life (or Death?) of Planet Earth
  • The Blakeney Point Sykes’s Warbler Kayn Forbes

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  • Cley Square Bird News – March to June 2021 Pat & Dave Wileman
  • Spring 2021 White-tailed Eagles in the Cley square Steve Gantlett
  • Wild Ken Hill and the reintroduction of White-tailed Eagles to Norfolk Dominic Buscall
  • Spring 2021 Photo Highlights
  • Best of the Rest – Birds in Norfolk March to June 2021
  • Other Wildlife in the Cley square
  • Beavers to be reintroduced to the Glaven Valley Jonah Tosney
  • Conserving Swifts Ann Duff
  • Lockdown Birding, a personal view – March to June 2020 David Griffiths
  • Orange-breasted Meadow Pipits in spring Malcolm Davies, illustrated by Tom Whiley

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