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 20 November 2025

Cley Marshes
10:20 to 10:35
Cold, strong NW wind, overcast. Dry at time of sightings.

4 Twite (Initially seen in flight driving south from the beach carpark. Alighted in cattle pen north east of the sluice. Drinking briefly then off into scrub before being picked up again on the fenceline. After a couple of minutes away over the road west towards saltmarsh.) ,

[David Griffiths]

Thu 20 November 2025

Cley (sea)
07:40 to 10:15
Cold, strong NW wind, overcast with some sunshine. Rain and sleet at times.

1 Little Auk (West with Dunlin) ,

c.60 Dunlin (Small groups west) ,

3 Snipe (1, 2, 3 west with Dunlin) ,

2 Bar-tailed Godwit (west) ,

2 Eider (Drakes east) ,

1 Scaup (Female west with Common Scoter) ,

c.35 Common Scoter (west) ,

3 Red-breasted Merganser (Redheads west) ,

6 Goosander (west - 2m, 3f, 1 juv type) ,

1 Red-necked Grebe (Adult west) ,

3 Great Crested Grebe (West) ,

1 Guillemot (west) ,

3 Little Gull (west - 2ad, 1 juv) ,

1 Gannet (Adult west) ,

1 Grey Plover (west) ,

1 Knot (west) ,

c.15 Pintail (East, 1 drake west) ,

c.75 Teal (west) ,

c.120 Wigeon (west) ,

25 Brent Goose (west) ,

1 Merlin (Juvenile chased west by Kestrel) ,

1 Kestrel (Chasing Merlin!) ,

2 Snow Bunting (West along shingle) ,

[David Griffiths]

Thu 20 November 2025

Cley Marshes
07:35 to 08:30
3>2C, WNW f6, overcast. Very cold!! Visited Bishop's, Skirts, Snipe's Marsh & South half of E Bank. Very few birds other than ducks!

35 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (E over reserve 07:53-07:58) ,

1 Grey Heron (flew W) ,

5 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,

2 Moorhen (Catchwater drain) ,

6 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Kestrel ,

3 Curlew (onto pat's) ,

5 Lapwing (Pat's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Wed 19 November 2025

Cley Village
13:00 to 13:15
Broken cloud, bitterly cold, strong northerly.

1 Chiffchaff (In the lee of Anterton Hill hedgerow, with mixed flock.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Tue 18 November 2025

Cley Marshes
12:00 to 16:00
Cold with light rain from around 1pm

1 Water Pipit (Pats Pool close in from Bishops Hide at 3.30pm) ,

15 Snow Bunting (End of East Bank flying both sides of path on shingle ridge) ,

8 Marsh Harrier (Many sightings but 8 seen together at 3.30pm) ,

1500 Pink-footed Goose (Many small skein’s throughout our visit ) ,

4 Snipe (All in flight ) ,

20 Black-tailed Godwit ,

[Steve Hearn]

Tue 18 November 2025

Cley Marshes
08:00 to 08:10
Very cold, some bright spells

15 Snow Bunting (Very flighty: just inland of the pill box) ,

[David Bryant]

Tue 18 November 2025

Cley (sea)
07:40 to 10:00
Cold, crisp, strong southerly wind. Dry.

1 Great Northern Diver (Adult WP west) ,

1 Red-breasted Merganser (Redhead west) ,

2 Common Scoter (West) ,

1 Redshank (On beach then off west. Surf Bird) ,

1 Little Gull (1w West) ,

1 Stonechat (Beach Scrub) ,

[David Griffiths]

Tue 18 November 2025

Cley Marshes
07:25 to 08:50
2-3C, SW f4, sun/cloud. Slight frost in places. Visited, Bishop's, Skirts & E Bank. Water levels very high especially on Arnold's. Very few waders.

211 Pink-footed Goose (210 E from furter W, 1 onto Pat's Pool) ,

52 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (flew E) ,

1 Pintail (Brackish) ,

7 Little Grebe ,

1 Coot (Don's Pool) ,

1 Grey Heron (Brackish) ,

1 Little Egret (flew W) ,

2 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,

1 Red Kite ,

4 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Avocet (Pat's) ,

7 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

3 Redshank (1 Serpentine, 2 Brackish) ,

12 Dunlin ,

41 Lapwing ,

1 Long-tailed Tit (E Bank car park) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Tue 18 November 2025

Cley (sea)
07:15 to 08:30

16 Teal (West) ,

3 Dunlin (West) ,

1 Shelduck (West) ,

34 Ringed Plover (All west largest flock 11) ,

2 Great Crested Grebe (West) ,

5 Common Scoter (West with Teal) ,

1 Gannet (Adult east) ,

1 Red-breasted Merganser (Male west) ,

1 Eider (West) ,

1 Black-throated Diver (Close in west showing some SP) ,

[David Fell]

Mon 17 November 2025

Kelling
10:10 to 10:35
Strong wind, broken cloud.

c.1 Redwing (Heard only, calling.) ,

c.1 Grey Wagtail (Heard only, calling.) ,

c.3 Bullfinch ,

c.50 Pink-footed Goose (Over, E.) ,

1 Great Tit ,

[Tony Pope]

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.