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 22 September 2025

Wiveton
08:00 to 13:00
Private garden records

3 Buzzard (2 adults and a vocal juv) ,

1 Sparrowhawk ,

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Female) ,

1 Tawny Owl (Heard calling) ,

[David Fell]

Sun 21 September 2025

Wiveton Downs
18:30 to 18:30
Cloudy, cool

1 Green Woodpecker ,

[Sean Dempster]

Sun 21 September 2025

Cley (sea)
14:00 to 18:00
Sunny with clouds. Brisk NW breeze.

5 Red-throated Diver ,

5 Manx Shearwater (At least. One close in.) ,

150 Gannet (At least. Steady passage all afternoon. Almost all juvs) ,

2 Great Skua ,

18 Arctic Skua (Some very close in, including smart pp & dp adults.) ,

1 Kittiwake (Juv close in.) ,

15 Sandwich Tern (At least.) ,

75 Common Tern (At least. Most in three groups heading west.) ,

1 Little Tern (West.) ,

3 Razorbill (At least.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sun 21 September 2025

Cley (sea)
06:30 to 09:30
Cloudy some rain, strong NW. Becoming clearer.

15 Red-throated Diver (At least.) ,

5 Great Crested Grebe ,

3 Manx Shearwater (At least. One very close in west. ) ,

30 Gannet (At least.Mix of ages.) ,

1 Bar-tailed Godwit (West.) ,

15 Arctic Skua (At least. Some very close in, chasing terns.) ,

4 Kittiwake (East.) ,

50 Sandwich Tern ,

c.10 Common Tern ,

c.1 Black Tern ,

2 Razorbill (West.) ,

3 Common Scoter (Two males & a female on the sea, quite close in.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sat 20 September 2025

Cley Marshes
17:15 to 17:45
Cloudy, occasional sun.

1 Hobby (Arnolds.) ,

1 Golden Plover (Arnolds.) ,

2 Curlew Sandpiper (Arnolds.) ,

15 Dunlin (Arnolds.) ,

1 Knot (Brackish pool.) ,

1 Bar-tailed Godwit (Flew onto Arnolds.) ,

60 Black-tailed Godwit (Most on Arnolds.) ,

2 Spotted Redshank (Brackish pool.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sat 20 September 2025

Cley (sea)
14:15 to 17:15
Sun & clouds, becoming cloudier with a few spots of rain.

3 Red-throated Diver (At least, inc sp close in.) ,

30 Gannet (At least. Mostly juvs but a mix of ages.) ,

7 Common Scoter (West.) ,

3 Arctic Skua (Two pp adults west, one intermediate adult chasing terns very close in, often over shingle bank. Sat on sea for a while then flew off east along the upper beach.) ,

2 Mediterranean Gull (1st & 2nd winters.) ,

40 Sandwich Tern (At least. Much coming & going.) ,

11 Common Tern (At least. Mostly juvs.) ,

1 Guillemot (Close in on the sea.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sat 20 September 2025

Cley Marshes
10:15 to 12:15
Cloudy, cool. Becoming sunnier & warmer.

1 Marsh Harrier (Male.) ,

3 Cattle Egret (Keepers Marsh.) ,

123 Teal (At least.) ,

8 Shoveler ,

17 Black-tailed Godwit (Pats.) ,

1 Ruff ,

1 Wood Sandpiper (Whitwell) ,

12 Sandwich Tern (Flushed from Pats. ) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sat 20 September 2025

Cley Marshes
08:10 to 13:45
AM - misty, low cloud, clearing later. Wind from SW.

60 Gannet (Mainly juveniles and 2CY birds fishing offshore) ,

c.4 Red-throated Diver (3 east, 1 west) ,

12 Ringed Plover (On the beach) ,

8 Common Tern (inc 3 juveniles) ,

40 Sandwich Tern ,

c.3 Razorbill (Juveniles offshore drifting with tide) ,

2 Guillemot (Juveniles offshore drifting with tide) ,

2 Glossy Ibis (On North Scrape all morning) ,

2 Grey Heron (Juvs on N Scrape) ,

200 Pink-footed Goose (In from west mainly and onto North Scrape) ,

c.12 Pintail (In from north) ,

1 Wood Sandpiper (Pats PM) ,

1 Little Stint (Pats PM) ,

5 Curlew Sandpiper (Arnolds Marsh) ,

1 Spotted Redshank (Brackish Lagoon) ,

44 Redshank (Arnolds Marsh) ,

7 Ruff (Pats) ,

12 Avocet (Pats) ,

2 Arctic Skua (AM chugging terns offshore then two late AM. One in from east and chasing terns over Arnolds Marsh, second from sea with both settling on Brackish briefly. One then off east and other alighted onto shingle north of Brackish before heading off east.) ,

7 Cattle Egret (One west towards Blakeney AM, six with cattle near Pope's Marsh early PM.) ,

[David Griffiths]

Fri 19 September 2025

Kelling WM
16:49 to 17:30
Dry and sunny.

1 Wheatear ,

1 Little Egret ,

c.30 Gadwall (Est. of flock flushed by Marsh Harrier.) ,

1 Marsh Harrier ,

2 Moorhen ,

3 Cattle Egret ,

2 Mute Swan ,

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

c.5 Mallard ,

c.5 Teal ,

[Tony Pope]

Fri 19 September 2025

Cley Marshes
09:00 to 10:30

1 Arctic Skua (At north end of east bank. Not often you get them this close.) ,

[John Fairey]

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