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).

 

Fri 24 April 2026

Cley Marshes
11:45 to 13:00
Clear sunshine and a slight breeze

4 Bearded Tit (Don's Pool) ,

[John Mears]

Fri 24 April 2026

Cley Marshes
10:30 to 14:45
Sun, lighter, warmer wind than recently.

1 Peregrine ,

3 Yellow Wagtail (Iron Road) ,

1 Snipe (Whitwell) ,

1 Wheatear (Eye Field) ,

1 Cattle Egret (Keeper's Marsh) ,

19 Ruff (Across reserve.) ,

27 Black-tailed Godwit (Serpentine and Pat's Pool.) ,

1 Spoonbill (Whitwell) ,

5 Bearded Tit (East Bank: 1 seen by us, others reported 5.) ,

1 Whitethroat (Visitor Centre car park) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Fri 24 April 2026

Cley Marshes
08:45 to 09:10
Warm, little or no wind, clearish skies

3 Swift (Initially two then 3 over scrapes) ,

[David Griffiths]

Fri 24 April 2026

Cley Marshes
06:40 to 08:55
3-10C, NNW veering NNE f2, sun, some early mist patches. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's

2 Pintail (pr Arnold's) ,

1 Pochard (m Don's Pool) ,

1 Little Grebe (Don's Pool) ,

7 Grey Heron ,

3 Little Egret ,

1 Bittern (heard booming) ,

24 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

16 Oystercatcher ,

41 Avocet ,

8 Curlew ,

47 Black-tailed Godwit ,

14 Bar-tailed Godwit (Arnold's) ,

3 Snipe ,

9 Redshank ,

4 Ruff (3 ad m, 1 fw m) ,

6 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,

4 Ringed Plover (3 Arnold's, 1 Brackish shingle) ,

1 Green Sandpiper (Pat's) ,

1 Wheatear (Arnold's) ,

1 Marsh Harrier (fem) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Thu 23 April 2026

Cley Marshes
19:45 to 19:54

c.1 Wheatear (On shingle bank and boats at beach car park) ,

[Garry Price]

Thu 23 April 2026

Cley/Salthouse
13:36 to 13:37
Overcast, & a cold easterly.

2 Redshank (Watling Water. Metal ring BTO DT87468 being checked out by D & P Wileman.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Thu 23 April 2026

Cley Marshes
06:40 to 08:35
8-10C, E f4, Cloud brightening,. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank, viwing Arnold's from shelter.

1 Dark-bellied Brent Goose ,

2 Egyptian Goose (pr Pat's, no chicks) ,

2 Pintail (pr Arnold's) ,

1 Little Grebe (Snipe's) ,

1 Little Egret ,

1 Bittern (heard booming) ,

5 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,

11 Oystercatcher ,

39 Avocet ,

2 Curlew (Serpentine) ,

48 Black-tailed Godwit ,

16 Bar-tailed Godwit (Arnold's) ,

11 Redshank ,

2 Common Sandpiper (1 Serpentine, 1 Pats early morning) ,

58 Dunlin ,

9 Ruff (incl 2 ad m, 3 fw m, 3 ad f) ,

5 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,

2 Ringed Plover (1 Brackish, 1 Arnold's) ,

2 Marsh Harrier (m + f) ,

3 Brown Hare (Arnold's) ,

1 Chinese Water Deer (W end Brackish) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Wed 22 April 2026

Cley Marshes
06:50 to 09:30
9-12C, E f4-5, Sun. Visited Snipes, Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank, Brackish-N Scrape-Coastguards, Beach Rd. Lots of water on Arnold's & Brackish, Billy's Wash dry.

2 Egyptian Goose ,

3 Little Grebe (1 Snipe's, 2 Don's) ,

3 Grey Heron ,

1 Little Egret (Arnold's) ,

1 Bittern (heard) ,

15 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,

6 Oystercatcher ,

43 Avocet ,

3 Curlew ,

5 Whimbrel ,

80 Black-tailed Godwit ,

5 Bar-tailed Godwit (incl. 4 Eye Pool) ,

23 Redshank ,

10 Ruff (4 ad m (1 sat), 2 fw m, 4 ad f) ,

32 Dunlin ,

5 Little Ringed Plover ,

3 Ringed Plover (2 Brackish Shingle, 1 shingle N of N Scrape) ,

1 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Kestrel ,

2 Stonechat (m nr N Screen, m Eye Field at Coastguards) ,

1 Wheatear (N of Eye Field) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Wed 22 April 2026

Cley 10Km Square
06:00 to 08:45
Iron road, east bank, coast guards and Glandford road

5 Whimbrel (Flew east over Iron road) ,

2 Swallow (Perched on fence Iron road) ,

1 Little Grebe (Dons pool) ,

13 Sedge Warbler (10 East bank, 2 Iron road, 1 Glandford road) ,

1 Reed Warbler (Singing off East bank) ,

1 Reed Bunting (Male East bank) ,

4 Grey Heron (3 East bank 1 Iron road) ,

5 Cetti's Warbler (3 Glandford road 2 Iron road) ,

4 Bar-tailed Godwit (Eye pool) ,

1 Ruff (Eye pool with Bar-wits) ,

3 Wheatear (Eye field) ,

3 Skylark (Eye field) ,

4 Whitethroat (Glandford road) ,

4 Chiffchaff (Glandford road) ,

6 Blackcap (Glandford road) ,

1 Goldcrest (Glandford road) ,

1 Kestrel (Glandford road) ,

1 Lesser Whitethroat (Near 30mph signs on road leading to Cley Green from Glandford road) ,

1 Song Thrush (Glandford road) ,

[David Fell]

Tue 21 April 2026

Kelling WM
09:00 to 10:30

1 Red Kite (Checking out a mistle thrush on Weybourne airstrip. No sandwiches here!) ,

[John Fairey]

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.