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 30 March 2026

Cley Village
15:40 to 15:40
Cold, fresh NNW'ly, broken cloud.

1 Great White Egret (From the Glaven valley to Cley marsh.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Mon 30 March 2026

Cley Marshes
11:00 to 11:25
Cold, sunny, strong SW wind

1 White-tailed Eagle (Satellite tagged bird ? 2CY, on east bank of North Scrape after previously landing on Pats Pool. Soon mobbed by BHGs and then off west over the reserve, being lost as it went over the Blakeney Bank. Seen by others in Blakeney heading SSW.) ,

[David Griffiths]

Mon 30 March 2026

Cley Marshes
06:55 to 08:45
6-8C, W f5-6, sun/cloud. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's.

2 Egyptian Goose (Pat's) ,

6 Pintail (4 Brackish, 2 Arnold's) ,

1 Little Grebe (calling from drain W of E Bank) ,

6 Grey Heron ,

2 Little Egret ,

32 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,

5 Oystercatcher ,

69 Avocet ,

110 Black-tailed Godwit ,

7 Curlew ,

18 Redshank ,

14 Ruff (9 ad m, 2 fw m, 3 ad f) ,

5 Turnstone (flushed fro shoreline) ,

19 Dunlin ,

3 Marsh Harrier (1 m, 2 f) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Sun 29 March 2026

Cley Marshes
09:00 to 09:06

1 Hen Harrier (Male flew west over Beach Road) ,

1 Stonechat (Male on brambles Beach Road) ,

[David Fell]

Sun 29 March 2026

Cley Marshes
07:15 to 08:50
Walk along East Bank then along shingle past Arnolds and back

2 Great White Egret (1 Serpentine 1 Brackish both black bills) ,

10 Grey Heron (9 standing sentry on Serpentine 1 Brackish) ,

10 Curlew (8 Serpentine 2 Arnolds) ,

1 Reed Bunting (Male off East Bank) ,

2 Pochard (Pair Dons Pool) ,

4 Pintail (2 pair Arnolds) ,

2 Little Egret (Arnolds) ,

[David Fell]

Sat 28 March 2026

Cley Marshes
08:00 to 13:00
Dry, light cloud, some sunshine, strong and cold SW wind.

2 Marsh Harrier (Some spectacular display flights this morning.) ,

2 Red Kite (Over reserve) ,

1 Merlin (Juveniles across reserve west) ,

1 Peregrine (Hunting reserve then off south) ,

c.120 Golden Plover (west) ,

14 Ruff (Simmonds) ,

1 Little Ringed Plover (Whitwell; 2 others seen on Pats by another observer earlier) ,

3 Great White Egret (At least three on reserve - 2 dark billed) ,

2 Sand Martin (West over Simmonds midday) ,

14 Dunlin (Simmonds) ,

1 Mediterranean Gull (1w Pats AM) ,

2 Bearded Tit (From Bishops AM) ,

1 Bittern (2 flights observed but not by me (main reedbed)) ,

4 Twite (West, calling over beach carpark at about 09:15. 14 seen at north end of Iron Road earlier by another observer) ,

c.120 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Pats, Simmonds, Whitwell) ,

[David Griffiths]

Fri 27 March 2026

Kelling WM
07:15 to 09:45
Cool, drizzle at times, cold wind from SW.

c.80 Wigeon (Water Meadow) ,

5 Shoveler ,

15 Teal ,

5 Mallard ,

1 Little Egret ,

2 Coot ,

1 Wheatear (Male on Quags and bathing in beach pools) ,

6 Shelduck ,

2 Red Kite ,

2 Oystercatcher ,

2 Stonechat ,

2 Goldcrest (Meadow Lane) ,

3 Chiffchaff (Meadow Lane) ,

[David Griffiths]

Fri 27 March 2026

Cley Marshes
06:50 to 08:25
6-8C, SSW f4, cloud/lt showers - felt colder. Visited Snipe's, Bishop's, Skirts & E Bank.

6 Pintail (2 Arnold's, 4 Brackish) ,

2 Pochard (m+f, Don's Pool) ,

2 Little Grebe (heard, 1 Snipe's, 1 Don's Pool) ,

6 Grey Heron ,

2 Little Egret ,

29 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,

1 Coot (Snipe's Marsh) ,

6 Oystercatcher (1 Pope's Pool, 5 Arnold's) ,

54 Avocet ,

2 Curlew (Arnold's) ,

24 Redshank ,

12 Ruff (incl. 5ad m,1 fw m, 2 ad f) ,

100 Black-tailed Godwit ,

28 Dunlin ,

2 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Thu 26 March 2026

Cley Marshes
17:17 to 17:30
NW20, sun.

12 Twite (twittering flock Arnolds Marsh.) ,

[Tom Whiley]

Thu 26 March 2026

Blakeney GM
16:30 to 17:45
Clear skies and sunshine. Chilly westerly breeze.

1 Hen Harrier (Male. Flew over the river heading inland. ) ,

2 Linnet (Male and female among the thorns. ) ,

4 Little Egret (At various locations. Also with a Chinese water deer. ) ,

2 Curlew ,

[Stephen Heaton]

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.