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).

 

Mon 25 August 2025

Cley Village
15:25 to 15:25
Cloudless, warm SW.

1 Hobby ,

1 Marsh Harrier ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Mon 25 August 2025

Cley Marshes
10:00 to 13:00
100% sun, breezy. Visited Skirts-East Bank-Arnolds-Wigeon Marsh.

28 Redshank (24 Arnolds, 4 Serpentine) ,

2 Pied Flycatcher (Main Drain W of E.Bank sluice) ,

12 Curlew (4 Arnolds, 8 Serpentine) ,

34 Cormorant (Arnolds) ,

2 Grey Heron (Ad Arnolds, juv Brackish) ,

2 Little Egret (1 Arnolds, 1 Brackish) ,

34 Black-headed Gull (Arnolds) ,

1 Great Black-backed Gull (Arnolds) ,

2 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Arnolds) ,

13 Shelduck (11 Arnolds, 2 Serp) ,

1 Herring Gull (Arnolds) ,

5 Ruff (Serpentine) ,

3 Black-tailed Godwit (Serpentine) ,

1 Buzzard (Keeper's Marsh) ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Mon 25 August 2025

Cley 10Km Square
08:45 to 11:15
Warm, light to no cloud. Wind switched around from SW.

3 Whinchat (2 on fenceline east of Cley Beach Carpark. One in NWT field Kelling Quags.) ,

3 Wheatear (Eye Field and fence line east of Cley Beach Carpark. ) ,

1 Pied Flycatcher (In copse just west of Meadow Lane track opposite KWM. Thanks to GB and IE.) ,

1 Sparrowhawk (One on ground near Quags) ,

15 Chiffchaff (Estimated number along Meadow Lane hedgerows) ,

3 Blackcap (Meadow Lane) ,

1 Willow Warbler (In copse with Pied Flycatcher) ,

3 Whitethroat (Meadow Lane) ,

4 Reed Warbler (Juvs Meadow Lane) ,

1 Lesser Whitethroat (Meadow Lane) ,

5 Cattle Egret (KWM) ,

4 Stonechat ,

2 Stock Dove (Over KWM west) ,

c.15 House Martin (KWM) ,

c.30 Swallow (KWM) ,

4 Gadwall (KWM) ,

6 Shelduck (KWM) ,

1 Little Egret (KWM) ,

[David Griffiths]

Mon 25 August 2025

Salthouse
07:15 to 07:55
Looking into copse at beginning of Beach Road

3 Reed Warbler ,

2 Chiffchaff ,

1 Cetti's Warbler (Heard and seen) ,

1 Hobby (Fly over west) ,

[David Fell]

Sun 24 August 2025

Kelling WM
12:30 to 13:50
Fine, warm.

2 Stonechat ,

c.30 Swallow (Over Quag.) ,

2 Whitethroat ,

4 Little Egret ,

1 Buzzard ,

1 Kestrel ,

2 Mute Swan ,

7 Cattle Egret (Incl. one juv.) ,

1 Moorhen ,

[Tony Pope]

Sun 24 August 2025

Cley Marshes
08:00 to 08:55
East Bank walk

48 Redshank (45 Arnolds 3 brackish) ,

1 Greenshank (Arnolds) ,

5 Curlew (4 Arnolds 1 Serpentine) ,

12 Dunlin (Arnolds) ,

1 Knot (Juv Arnolds) ,

6 Sandwich Tern (Arnolds) ,

6 Cormorant (Arnolds) ,

1 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Adult Arnolds) ,

11 Shelduck (Arnolds) ,

1 Little Egret (Arnolds) ,

8 Black-tailed Godwit (6 (2 adults 4 juvs) Serpentine 2 adults Arnolds) ,

[David Fell]

Sun 24 August 2025

Kelling WM
06:20 to 07:45

11 Whimbrel (A string of 10 west plus a singleton) ,

3 Chiffchaff ,

5 Whitethroat ,

2 Blackcap ,

4 Cattle Egret (With cattle) ,

1 Curlew ,

1 Stock Dove ,

1 Buzzard (Perched on fencepost) ,

1 Sandwich Tern (East) ,

5 Wigeon ,

2 Great White Egret (Together west) ,

[David Fell]

Sat 23 August 2025

Cley/Salthouse
10:20 to 10:20
Overcast, calm.

14 Curlew (Watling Water. Motorized paraglider returning after diving & sweeping low over the shingle bank at the Iron Road, creating absolute mayhem with the waders.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Sat 23 August 2025

Bayfield Hall
01:00 to 01:15

3 Spotted Flycatcher (In dead tree on edge of Bayfield Lake) ,

[Tony Moverley]

Fri 22 August 2025

Cley (sea)
06:35 to 07:45
WeBS

4 Cormorant ,

1 Common Gull ,

31 Herring Gull ,

17 Sandwich Tern ,

[Cbc Admin]

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