CBC Wildlife News

Records submitted in the last 31 days, 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 18 November 2024

Kelling WM
07:30 to 09:20
WeBS

62 Wigeon ,

3 Gadwall ,

21 Teal ,

14 Mallard ,

2 Pintail ,

3 Shoveler ,

1 Curlew ,

51 Black-headed Gull ,

1 Lesser Black-backed Gull ,

3 Herring Gull ,

[Cbc Admin]

Mon 18 November 2024

Salthouse
07:25 to 09:30
WEBS

19 Cormorant ,

2 Little Egret ,

7 Mute Swan ,

5 Shelduck ,

314 Wigeon ,

159 Teal ,

31 Mallard (incl. 19 'feral' on Duck Pond) ,

6 Shoveler ,

6 Moorhen ,

120 Lapwing ,

5 Ruff ,

3 Curlew ,

17 Redshank ,

3 Turnstone ,

81 Black-headed Gull ,

7 Common Gull ,

1 Lesser Black-backed Gull ,

28 Herring Gull ,

6 Great Black-backed Gull ,

2 Meadow Pipit ,

3 Reed Bunting ,

1 Buzzard ,

[Cbc Admin]

Mon 18 November 2024

Cley (sea)
07:20 to 09:15
WeBS

1 Cormorant ,

11 Common Scoter ,

1 Great Black-backed Gull ,

[Cbc Admin]

Mon 18 November 2024

Cley Marshes
06:45 to 09:35
3-6C, WNW f4, sun/cloud. WeBS

1968 Pink-footed Goose ,

97 Greylag Goose ,

36 Canada Goose ,

50 Barnacle Goose ,

46 Shelduck ,

273 Wigeon ,

25 Gadwall ,

462 Teal ,

30 Mallard ,

3 Pintail ,

93 Shoveler ,

2 Water Rail ,

12 Moorhen ,

28 Ringed Plover ,

1094 Lapwing ,

31 Dunlin ,

15 Ruff ,

2 Woodcock ,

43 Black-tailed Godwit ,

14 Curlew ,

11 Redshank ,

1 Turnstone ,

12 Black-headed Gull ,

24 Herring Gull ,

8 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Kestrel ,

1 Kingfisher ,

1 Stonechat ,

2 Goldfinch ,

1 Snow Bunting ,

1 Reed Bunting ,

[Cbc Admin]

Sun 17 November 2024

Salthouse
08:28 to 08:29
Dry and Sunny with cold N.W. Wind

1 Purple Sandpiper (Sheltering behind a Shingle Bank.) ,

1 Cattle Egret (Flying over Beach Road) ,

[Graham Sutton]

Sat 16 November 2024

Cley (sea)
08:00 to 09:00
Wind from West. Overcast, cold.

1 Little Auk (West passed Coastguards. Seen at Cromer at 08:20 and passed Cley at 08:52) ,

[David Griffiths]

Thu 14 November 2024

Blakeney Point
09:00 to 14:00

1 Peregrine (Possible ssp calidus - presumably the same bird photographed (much more clearly!) by Gerard Sabran back in October.) ,

8 Snow Bunting (Small flock feeding close to track to lifeboat station.) ,

c.1 Grey Seal (Breeding season well underway with several hundreds now on the shore.) ,

[Geoff Snelson]

Thu 14 November 2024

Cley Marshes
08:15 to 10:30
Cool wind from North. Overast.

3 Velvet Scoter (2 off Coastguards and on in from west passed the BH.) ,

c.80 Common Scoter (Offshore) ,

2 Goldeneye (Pair west passed Coastguards. ) ,

1 Red-throated Diver (In surf) ,

6 Eider (5 west, drake east) ,

1 Great Skua (East - very distant) ,

4 Snow Bunting (west over BH) ,

1 White-fronted Goose (Eurasian) (With Canadas and Greylags on Eye Field) ,

1 Greylag x Canada Goose (At least one of the variant hybrids in Eye Field) ,

[David Griffiths]

Thu 14 November 2024

Cley Marshes
06:45 to 09:10
10-11C, N f4-5, cloud. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's.

2350 Pink-footed Goose (2250 roosted on Pat's leaving 07:38-08:14 but most soon returned.Another 100 flew S probably off N scrape at 07:21) ,

2 White-fronted Goose (with Pinks) ,

309 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Pat's 08:24 all ads) ,

17 Pintail (Brackish & Arnold's) ,

6 Little Grebe ,

1 Grey Heron ,

6 Little Egret ,

1 Great White Egret (Brackish) ,

20 Cormorant ,

4 Marsh Harrier ,

2 Water Rail (heard) ,

2 Avocet ,

24 Curlew ,

67 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Long-billed Dowitcher (Pope's Pool early then Pat's) ,

1 Snipe (Brackish) ,

38 Redshank ,

29 Ruff (24 ad m, 2 juv m, 3 ad f) ,

27 Dunlin ,

229 Lapwing ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Wed 13 November 2024

Cley Marshes
12:00 to 13:00

1 Long-billed Dowitcher (Feeding distantly with Black-tailed Godwits viewed east of the East Bank.) ,

1 Pintail (One seen from east Bank.) ,

[Joseph Beale]

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.