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).

 

Sat 10 January 2026

Glandford
13:30 to 13:40
Cold, o/c

1 Grey Wagtail (On flooded meadow by Glaven ford) ,

[David Bryant]

Sat 10 January 2026

Morston
12:20 to 12:30
Cold, o/c

1 Water Pipit ,

[David Bryant]

Sat 10 January 2026

Wiveton
10:15 to 10:30
Cold: odd sunny intervals

1 Great White Egret (On meadows by Wiveton Bridge) ,

[David Bryant]

Sat 10 January 2026

Cley Marshes
09:45 to 09:50
Cold: odd snow flurry

1 Barnacle Goose (On Eye Field) ,

[David Bryant]

Sat 10 January 2026

Cley 10Km Square
08:00 to 16:15
Cool, windy, some light rain and sleet. My highlights from the CBC Big Bird Day.

3 Great White Egret (2 Bayfield, 1 Wiveton Bridge) ,

3 Otter (Well grown cubs frollicking in Bayfield Lake! Outstanding views - rubbish light though!) ,

2 Woodcock (One flushed at Bayfield. 2nd flew almost the length of the Main Drain and over East Bank.) ,

25 Fieldfare (Glandford - near the ford and several over Wiveton Bridge) ,

8 Siskin (Glandford - south of the ford in Alders) ,

1 Grey Wagtail (At the ford, Glandford) ,

1 Chiffchaff (Cley STW) ,

2 Raven (From Glandford and north towards Wiveton) ,

1 Cattle Egret (From Wiveton Bridge) ,

1 Great Northern Diver (From NT Tower at Morston - Harbour mouth) ,

1 Slavonian Grebe (From NT Tower at Morston - Harbour mouth) ,

1 Red-necked Grebe (From NT Tower at Morston - Harbour ) ,

5 Red-breasted Merganser (From NT Tower at Morston - Harbour ) ,

1 Greenshank (Morston Harbour creeks) ,

1 Black-throated Diver (Off Gramborough Hill) ,

2 Velvet Scoter (From Gramborough but birds slightly NE off the Quags) ,

2 Caspian Gull (At least two possibly three adults on North Scrape) ,

1 Hen Harrier (Ringtail west at dusk along northern edge of reedbeds/shingle ridge) ,

[David Griffiths]

Thu 08 January 2026

Cley/Salthouse
12:30 to 12:30
High cloud with a wan sun, very cold.

1 Merlin (Flashed across Watling Water, then vigorously quartered the marsh south of the shingle bank.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Thu 08 January 2026

Bayfield Hall
10:45 to 11:15

4 White-fronted Goose (In field with Greylags) ,

1 Great White Egret (In ditch along lake edge) ,

[David Fell]

Thu 08 January 2026

Cley (sea)
09:00 to 11:05
Strong NE wind, very cold,

1 Great Skua (Harassing gulls before flying along beach and heading towards Salthouse) ,

c.12 Red-throated Diver ,

1 Great Northern Diver ,

1 Black-throated Diver (close inshore) ,

2 Velvet Scoter (males flying west) ,

1 Long-tailed Duck (male flying west) ,

1 Razorbill (on sea close in) ,

3 Guillemot ,

1 Goldeneye (male on sea) ,

[Giselle Hayers]

Wed 07 January 2026

Kelling WM
15:30 to 15:57
Cloudy, dry, cold fresh SW wind.

2 Egyptian Goose ,

5 Lapwing ,

1 Barn Owl ,

5 Teal ,

2 Shelduck ,

1 Buzzard ,

1 Cormorant (Over, S.) ,

1 Meadow Pipit (Heard only, calling.) ,

[Tony Pope]

Wed 07 January 2026

Blakeney (sea)
08:00 to 09:30

1 Velvet Scoter (male east with Common Scoter) ,

550 Common Scoter (large group some distance off shore) ,

2 Snipe (in off sea) ,

1 Barnacle Goose (out to sea then back inland) ,

3 Great Crested Grebe ,

[Paul Laurie]

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.