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).

 

Thu 02 April 2026

Cley Marshes
07:45 to 10:30
Initially very cold and damp, light drizzle, strong SW wind. Later sunny with light cloud.

1 Sandwich Tern (West) ,

3 Eider (Drakes east) ,

c.50 Kittiwake (west in small groups) ,

3 Spoonbill (West over reserve, 1 on Pats 10:15) ,

7 Common Scoter (west) ,

c.250 Black-headed Gull (Approximate numbers - all west in groups of 25 - 50) ,

1 Firecrest (Walsey Hills track) ,

2 Blackcap (Walsey Hills) ,

2 Chiffchaff (Walsey Hills) ,

1 Coot (Lone bird on Snipes Marsh) ,

2 Little Grebe (Snipes Marsh) ,

2 Canada Goose (Prospecting Dons Pool) ,

51 Dunlin (Pats) ,

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

[David Griffiths]

Wed 01 April 2026

Cley Marshes
11:30 to 14:15
Calm, very light SW breeze, 11 degrees C.

14 Twite (Frequenting saltmarsh at NW end of Iron Road. Regularly perching up on fences but flighty and disappearing to feed on the marsh. Vey vocal with some song evident rather than just calls.) ,

7 Turnstone (Saltmarsh NE of Iron Road) ,

7 Dunlin (Pools NE of Iron Road) ,

[David Griffiths]

Wed 01 April 2026

Wiveton
08:30 to 08:40
Records from private garden and seen by R Petley the owner.

1 Redwing (Feeding on lawn with Song Thrush) ,

1 Song Thrush (On lawn with Redwing) ,

[David Fell]

Wed 01 April 2026

Cley Marshes
06:50 to 09:35
8-11C, WSW f2, cloud. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's

8 Pintail (2 pr Brackish, 1 pr Arnold's, 1 pr Pope's Pool) ,

2 Pochard (pr Don's Pool) ,

1 Coot (Snipe's) ,

7 Spoonbill ,

14 Grey Heron (iincl. 12 on top of N Foreland when disturbed) ,

1 Great White Egret ,

12 Little Egret ,

39 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,

10 Oystercatcher ,

67 Avocet (incl. 22 Pat's, 24 Pope's Pool, 15 Arnold's) ,

97 Black-tailed Godwit (mainly Pat's) ,

4 Curlew (Arnold's) ,

26 Redshank ,

13 Ruff (10m, 7 ad m, 1 fw m, 2 ad f, 1 fw f) ,

3 Turnstone (Beach) ,

28 Dunlin ,

2 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,

4 Ringed Plover (Beach) ,

1 Fox (Pat's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Tue 31 March 2026

Blakeney GM
16:30 to 17:00
Cool dry evening.

c.1 Hen Harrier (One male quartering either side of the sea defence. ) ,

[Stephen Heaton]

Tue 31 March 2026

Salthouse
12:30 to 13:30

12 Twite (Possibly more: very 'fidgety'!) ,

[David Bryant]

Tue 31 March 2026

Cley Marshes
06:55 to 08:45
7-8C, W f2-3, cloud with some lt rain. Visted Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts, & E Bank.

6 Pintail (Arnold's) ,

2 Pochard (pr, Don's Pool) ,

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

1 Coot (Snipe's) ,

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

10 Grey Heron ,

4 Little Egret ,

41 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,

5 Oystercatcher ,

55 Avocet ,

101 Black-tailed Godwit ,

20 Curlew ,

3 Snipe ,

32 Redshank ,

22 Ruff (incl. 8 ad m, 1 ad f) ,

21 Dunlin (Pat's) ,

1 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,

1 Stock Dove (E of E Bank) ,

2 Magpie (E of Pope's Pool) ,

1 Chinese Water Deer (E of Pope's Pool) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Mon 30 March 2026

Cley Village
15:40 to 15:40
Cold, fresh NNW'ly, broken cloud.

1 Great White Egret (From the Glaven valley to Cley marsh.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Mon 30 March 2026

Cley Marshes
11:15 to 11:30
Sunny with cold North wind

1 White-tailed Eagle ,

1 White-tailed Eagle ,

1 White-tailed Eagle ,

[Paul & Jan Williams]

Mon 30 March 2026

Cley Marshes
11:00 to 11:25
Cold, sunny, strong SW wind

1 White-tailed Eagle (Satellite tagged bird ? 2CY, on east bank of North Scrape after previously landing on Pats Pool. Soon mobbed by BHGs and then off west over the reserve, being lost as it went over the Blakeney Bank. Seen by others in Blakeney heading SSW.) ,

[David Griffiths]

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