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).

 

Wed 28 October 2026

Cley Marshes
16:15 to 16:15

4 Tundra Bean Goose (Eye Field) ,

1 Black Brant (Eye Field) ,

15 Golden Plover (Eye Field) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Wed 28 October 2026

Salthouse Heath
08:30 to 08:30
Overcast, cool SW.

4 Red Kite (Four perched together, with three Magpies in attendance.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Wed 28 October 2026

Salthouse (sea)
08:10 to 08:20
Fresh south west wind.

4 Gannet (Juveniles feeding close to shore.) ,

[Graham Sutton]

Wed 28 October 2026

Salthouse (sea)
07:35 to 08:00
Fresh south west wind.

1 Black-throated Diver (Feeding close to shore.) ,

[Graham Sutton]

Wed 28 October 2026

Cley (sea)
07:00 to 09:00
SSW f4, 7/8 cloud, dry.

4 Tufted Duck (west) ,

63 Ringed Plover (roosting on the shoreline) ,

79 Golden Plover (in the Eye Field) ,

1 Arctic Skua (west) ,

1 Arctic Tern (juv, feeding offshore) ,

c.45 Little Gull (mostly distant) ,

c.20 Gannet (all juvs, including a one legged bird. Some feeding just beyond the surf) ,

5 Rock Pipit (singles, west) ,

[Rob Lee]

Tue 27 October 2026

Cley Marshes
09:00 to 10:00
Cool, some drizzle, SSW

5 Water Pipit (On recently cut area to left of Bishop's Hide. (Also 1+ Meadow Pipits)) ,

[David Bryant]

Tue 27 October 2026

Cley Marshes
08:00 to 09:00
Cool, drizzle, SSW strong breeze

1 Desert Wheatear (Feeding along fence line to the east of the pillbox) ,

[David Bryant]

Tue 27 October 2026

Cley Village
08:00 to 08:02
Light rain

1 Grey Wagtail (Feeding briefly in garden.) ,

[Michael Harcup]

Tue 27 October 2026

Cley Marshes
06:45 to 09:10
15>14C, SW f4, showers.Visited Bishop's Hide.

118 Pink-footed Goose (on Pat's at 06:45, left but many more came back onto reserve) ,

2 Avocet ,

5 Black-tailed Godwit ,

12 Ruff (incl 5 ad m, 1 ad f) ,

32 Dunlin ,

1 Golden Plover ,

2 Red Kite ,

3 Marsh Harrier (incl wing-tagged f Y(B3)) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Mon 26 October 2026

Cley Marshes
07:15 to 10:00
Cold, wind from SW, gusting, light drizzle, very dull day.

1 Whooper Swan (Adult in from the east, over Eye Field/West Bank and back, dropping onto North Scrape. Very vocal even on the water.) ,

1 Pale-bellied Brent Goose (With small flock on Eye Field) ,

15 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Eye Field) ,

2 Barnacle Goose (Eye Field ) ,

2400 Pink-footed Goose (Reserve wide) ,

c.30 Greylag Goose ,

c.25 Canada Goose ,

c.12 White-fronted Goose (Eurasian) (Eye Field) ,

c.2 Tundra Bean Goose (Eye Field) ,

4 Pintail (Billy's Wash) ,

250 Wigeon (North Scrape) ,

c.5 Ruff (North Scrape) ,

1 Desert Wheatear (Still along northern edge of reserve/shingle east of beach carpark) ,

7 Stonechat (Beach carpark scrub) ,

3 Red-throated Diver (Sea) ,

[David Griffiths]

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.