CBC Wildlife News

Records submitted, most recent first. Amber indicates scarce, 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).

 

Mon 19 October 2026

Salthouse
08:40 to 08:42
Clearing sky. No wind.

1 Brown Hare (Salthouse Beach.) ,

[Graham Sutton]

Mon 19 October 2026

Salthouse
08:25 to 08:35
Dull and damp. no wind.

1 Snow Bunting (Feeding on Gramborough Cliff Face.) ,

[Graham Sutton]

Mon 19 October 2026

Salthouse
08:10 to 08:15
Rain stopping. Very poor light, no wind.

1 Bar-tailed Godwit (Feeding on Gramborough lagoon) ,

[Graham Sutton]

Sun 18 October 2026

Salthouse
14:45 to 15:15

4 Stonechat (2 pair fence line Gramboro) ,

1 Fieldfare (Gramboro) ,

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Gramboro) ,

1 Grey Plover (Gramboro pool) ,

1 Bar-tailed Godwit (Gramboro pool) ,

[David Fell]

Sun 18 October 2026

Walsey Hills
13:00 to 14:30

2 Woodcock (Flushed from pines) ,

2 Brambling (On feeders) ,

1 Lesser Redpoll (On feeders) ,

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker ,

[David Fell]

Sun 18 October 2026

Cley (sea)
07:00 to 11:00

75 Wigeon (West) ,

4 Red-throated Diver ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (Adult east) ,

41 Common Scoter (West. Minimum count) ,

2 Manx Shearwater (West) ,

90 Eider (West mostly males) ,

1 Leach's Petrel (West) ,

1 Arctic Tern (East) ,

[David Fell]

Sat 17 October 2026

Cley Marshes
08:10 to 13:35
Wind from NW vectoring northerly, strong gusts. Some heavy showers

1 Storm Petrel (West inshore - fantastic pickup by MN and enjoyed by many observers) ,

1 Sabine's Gull (Juvenile tracked westward from Walcott and seen at Sheringham and Gramborough. Seen as it rose up from the surf line and overhead whn I was near the pillbox east of the beach carpark. Then off like a rocket across the Eye Field, gaining height and west well inland tracking it in front of and over the tree line towards Blakeney!! ) ,

3 Arctic Skua (East) ,

1 Great Skua (East) ,

36 Eider (west - mainly drakes) ,

1 Goldeneye (Drake west) ,

1 Grey Phalarope (West along beach about 50 metres out) ,

3 Red-breasted Merganser (West) ,

500 Brent Goose (approx - west) ,

c.200 Wigeon (west) ,

c.120 Common Scoter (west) ,

c.1 Sooty Shearwater (West) ,

2 Grey Plover (West) ,

60 Ringed Plover (East) ,

c.13 Cattle Egret (Various fields with the cattle) ,

120 Golden Plover (Eye Field) ,

c.3 Rock Pipit (Flew west in front of beach shelter) ,

60 Kittiwake (East) ,

c.15 Little Gull (Feeding offshore) ,

c.200 Gannet (At least - constant stream east) ,

[David Griffiths]

Sat 17 October 2026

Cley (sea)
07:00 to 11:00

221 Brent Goose (c100 more seen in a 10min spell pm) ,

8 Common Gull ,

11 Red-throated Diver ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (Adult) ,

3 Red-breasted Merganser (West) ,

6 Common Tern ,

9 Pintail (West) ,

1 Great Skua (West) ,

23 Eider (All west mostly males) ,

1 Manx Shearwater (East) ,

1 Arctic Skua ,

2 Oystercatcher ,

5 Skylark (In off) ,

20 Ringed Plover (Flock west) ,

1 Short-eared Owl (Heading west in off) ,

[David Fell]

Fri 16 October 2026

Cley (sea)
13:10 to 16:10
Wind from NW, clear and dry

1 Arctic Tern (Juvenile feeding offshore ) ,

3 Arctic Skua (Including one juvenile west along surf line ) ,

15 Little Gull (All ages mainly feeding offshore ) ,

8 Mediterranean Gull (Feeding offshore ) ,

1 Merlin (Female in off and after a brief spell on the ground off west) ,

2 Red-throated Diver (In the surf) ,

12 Razorbill ,

[David Griffiths]

Thu 15 October 2026

Kelling WM
11:00 to 11:30
Warm, moderate southerly.

8 Red Kite (Sporting together along the shingle ridge in the up-draught of the warm southerly hitting the shingle bank.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

This screen shows all sightings from the date shown here on the left until today in reverse date sequence.  There is a limited number that show at one time so the page numbers above let you page through them.  If you want to see any earlier sightings you can do this by changing the date on the left to the earliest date you want then click on SHOW MORE.  When the screen refreshes you will need to scroll to the bottom then navigate through the pages to find what you are looking for.