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).

 

Fri 17 October 2025

Cley Marshes
13:30 to 16:00
Cool, wind from NW, overcast, dry.

4 Velvet Scoter (Drakes west with Common Scoter) ,

17 Common Scoter (west) ,

5 Gannet (Adults east) ,

3 Red-throated Diver (2 on sea, one west) ,

4 Whooper Swan (3 adults still in arable field SW of NWT VC, juvenile on North Scrape.) ,

1 Glossy Ibis (North Scrape then SW towards Cley Village) ,

1 Ruddy Shelduck (Female still associating with Egyptian Geese, field east of NWT VC) ,

c.1500 Pink-footed Goose (Field SE of NWT VC including the leucistic individual.) ,

[David Griffiths]

Fri 17 October 2025

Cley (sea)
09:00 to 10:50
Overcast

3 Whooper Swan (Still in field sw of visitor centre) ,

1 Ruddy Shelduck (In eye field with 2 Egyptian geese.) ,

1 Glaucous Gull (Heading west past beach hotel towards the point. Many thanks to SG for the heads-up.) ,

[John Fairey]

Fri 17 October 2025

Cley Marshes
07:05 to 09:00
12C, NNW f3, cloud. Visited Bishop's, Skirts & E Bank

1441 Pink-footed Goose (508 roosted Pat's 08:01-08:38, rest left from further N from 07:41) ,

140 Canada Goose (Pope's Pool) ,

1 Barnacle Goose (Pope's Pool, with Canada's) ,

6 Pintail (Brackish & Arnold's) ,

4 Little Grebe (Main Drain) ,

2 Grey Heron ,

7 Little Egret ,

15 Cormorant ,

1 Buzzard ,

3 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Water Rail (heard, Pat's) ,

6 Avocet (Pat's) ,

9 Curlew ,

92 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

3 Snipe (Pat's) ,

46 Redshank ,

29 Ruff (26 ad m, 2 ad f, 1 juv m, Pat's) ,

27 Dunlin ,

1 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Thu 16 October 2025

Wiveton
18:25 to 18:25

2 Barn Owl (Flew out of roost together) ,

[David Fell]

Thu 16 October 2025

Cley Marshes
17:30 to 18:00
overcast evening.

2 Glossy Ibis (Spent time mostly feeding together,last seen in front of Bishops) ,

[Jon & Kath Trinder]

Thu 16 October 2025

Kelling WM
09:35 to 10:24
Overcast, light breeze.

1 Red Kite ,

3 Linnet ,

c.10 Teal ,

c.5 Mallard ,

c.9 Shoveler ,

1 Kestrel ,

c.2 Reed Bunting ,

2 Mute Swan ,

c.2 Gadwall ,

1 Cetti's Warbler (Heard only, singing.) ,

c.50 Greenfinch (A flock.) ,

1 Dunnock ,

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

1 Moorhen ,

1 Blackbird ,

1 Pied Wagtail ,

[Tony Pope]

Thu 16 October 2025

Wiveton
08:00 to 13:00
Records from private garden

9 Blackbird (New in) ,

1 Redwing (Came in with Blackbirds) ,

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker ,

1 Tawny Owl (Calling 12.45) ,

[David Fell]

Thu 16 October 2025

Cley Marshes
07:10 to 09:30
13C, N f3-4, cloud. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's

1050 Pink-footed Goose (181 on Pat's started leaving at 07:40) ,

151 Canada Goose ,

3 Whooper Swan (in field by Visitor Centre) ,

7 Pintail (Brackish & Arnold's) ,

1 Water Rail (heard S end E Bank) ,

2 Grey Heron ,

1 Great White Egret (flew W) ,

5 Little Egret ,

51 Cormorant ,

1 Buzzard ,

4 Marsh Harrier ,

2 Kestrel ,

6 Avocet ,

4 Curlew ,

98 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

3 Snipe (Pat's) ,

44 Redshank ,

30 Ruff ,

35 Dunlin ,

1 Little Stint (Pat's) ,

2 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,

1 Wren (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Wed 15 October 2025

Cley (sea)
09:30 to 11:00

2 Velvet Scoter (Both males flew east then dropped on the sea) ,

2 Gannet (West) ,

6 Eider (2 males 4 females all west) ,

1 Guillemot (On sea) ,

3 Razorbill/Guillemot sp. (On sea) ,

8 Common Gull (All west) ,

12 Red-throated Diver (Mostly east) ,

16 Common Scoter (All west in small flocks) ,

6 Brent Goose (All west) ,

13 Wigeon (One flock west) ,

1 Great Black-backed Gull (East) ,

[David Fell]

Wed 15 October 2025

Cley 10Km Square
08:30 to 09:00

1 Dusky Warbler (The bird at Walsey Hills showed well for 10 minutes but was always a bit distant in the murky light of the sallows.) ,

[Geoff Snelson]

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.