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).

 

Sun 28 September 2025

Salthouse
07:46 to 08:05
Overcast, brief sunny periods. Light wind.

6 Cattle Egret (Feeding with cattle, south of Gramborough Hill.) ,

[Graham Sutton]

Sun 28 September 2025

Cley 10Km Square
07:45 to 10:00
Cool, overcast with threat of rain. Light southerly winds.

1 Yellow-browed Warbler (Very brief and unobliging bird at Friary Hills) ,

1 Lesser Whitethroat (Friary Hills - probably easter origin. Very dark head and dark grey uppers.) ,

1 Blackcap (Male Friary Hills) ,

2 Goldcrest (Friary Hills) ,

1 Crossbill (Flew west over Friary Hills) ,

3 Cattle Egret (Blakeney Freshmarsh with cattle) ,

4 Great White Egret (Flew east along coast - later seen at Kelling) ,

3 Marsh Harrier (Blakeney Freshmarsh) ,

c.1 Pink-footed Goose (2500 - in to freshmarsh/Cley from SW) ,

1 Hobby (Over Snipes Marsh) ,

1 Red Kite (Morston) ,

11 Little Egret (Morston) ,

[David Griffiths]

Sat 27 September 2025

Salthouse
13:00 to 13:40

1 Ringed Plover (Swan lake) ,

1 Snipe (Feeding in margins ) ,

1 Little Egret ,

2 Black-tailed Godwit ,

3 Redshank ,

10 Black-headed Gull ,

4 Shelduck ,

17 Teal ,

2 Pectoral Sandpiper (Showing very well) ,

7 Canada Goose (On meadow ) ,

1 Kestrel ,

2 Curlew (One either side of iron road) ,

1 Cormorant (Feeding under footbridge over main drain channel ) ,

1 Little Grebe (Main drain) ,

6 Cattle Egret (3 east of iron road, 3 west of iron road ) ,

1 Cetti's Warbler (Near car park ) ,

6 Carrion Crow ,

2 Greylag Goose ,

[Gary Bunting]

Fri 26 September 2025

Blakeney GM
14:00 to 14:01

1 Fieldfare (Briefly on Hedgerow at Friary Hills ) ,

[Richard Taylor]

Fri 26 September 2025

Wiveton
08:00 to 15:00
All records from private garden

2 Red Kite (Both drifted north) ,

3 Buzzard (2 adults and a vocal juv) ,

1 Raven (Flew south calling) ,

[David Fell]

Fri 26 September 2025

Cley 10Km Square
07:55 to 07:55

2 Swallow (Over Holt Road near Salthouse Heath junction) ,

1 Red Kite (Over Holt Road) ,

[David Fell]

Fri 26 September 2025

Cley (sea)
06:45 to 07:45
Clouds, some sun. Easterly breeze.

1 Red-throated Diver ,

2 Gannet ,

2 Common Scoter (Female & male west.) ,

5 Brent Goose ,

4 Wigeon (At least.) ,

20 Teal (At least.) ,

60 Black-headed Gull (At least. Three groups east low over the sea close in.) ,

8 Common Gull ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (Adult, with BH Gulls.) ,

3 Sandwich Tern ,

[Andrew Cox]

Thu 25 September 2025

Cley Marshes
15:15 to 16:00
Sunny, easterly breeze.

1 Glossy Ibis (Flew up from among pink feet.) ,

1 Ruddy Shelduck (Flew off with a small flock of pink feet.) ,

1 Dunlin (Whitwell.) ,

2 Curlew (Whitwell.) ,

15 Black-tailed Godwit (Whitwell & Pats.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Thu 25 September 2025

Cley (sea)
14:15 to 15:00
Sunny, Easterly breeze.

2 Red-throated Diver ,

1 Gannet ,

1 Guillemot ,

[Andrew Cox]

Thu 25 September 2025

Salthouse
14:02 to 15:02
east wind sunny

c.3 Little Stint (Swan meadow off iron road) ,

2 Curlew Sandpiper ,

2 Pectoral Sandpiper ,

3 Redshank ,

[Steve Meredith]

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.