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 05 May 2025

Cley Marshes
15:00 to 17:30
Sunny with clouds. Brisk, cold ne breeze.

1 Gannet (Offshore.) ,

1 Hobby ,

6 Dunlin (Two Pats, four Arnolds.) ,

1 Whimbrel (Simmonds.) ,

4 Curlew (Arnolds.) ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (North Scrape.) ,

2 Greenshank (Pats.) ,

2 Common Sandpiper (Pats.) ,

8 Sandwich Tern (West.) ,

6 Little Tern (East.) ,

6 Wheatear (Five from shingle area near North Scrape, one Eye Field.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Mon 05 May 2025

Cley (sea)
06:00 to 08:00
Sun & clouds. Fresh North Easterly.

24 Gannet (Most east. Mainly adults, a few imms.) ,

1 Kittiwake (West.) ,

26 Sandwich Tern (At least. Most east.) ,

5 Common Tern (East.) ,

10 Little Tern (East.) ,

1 Razorbill (East.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sun 04 May 2025

Cley Marshes
16:15 to 17:00
Sun & cloud. Cold wind. All sightings from Pats.

2 Barnacle Goose ,

1 Ringed Plover ,

1 Dunlin ,

1 Little Stint ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit ,

2 Greenshank ,

1 Wood Sandpiper ,

2 Common Sandpiper ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sun 04 May 2025

Blakeney (sea)
13:45 to 15:45
Sunny, some cloud. Brisk, cold northerly breeze.

6 Gannet (East.) ,

2 Common Scoter (Pair east.) ,

22 Sandwich Tern (West.) ,

2 Common Tern (West.) ,

4 Little Tern (West.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sun 04 May 2025

Cley (sea)
05:40 to 07:00
Cloudy with some sun. Light shower. Cold northerly breeze.

1 Great Crested Grebe (West.) ,

4 Gannet (West. All adults.) ,

45 Common Scoter (At least. Several groups east.) ,

12 Sandwich Tern (At least. All east.) ,

4 Little Tern (East.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sat 03 May 2025

Cley Marshes
13:30 to 17:00
Sun with clouds. Cold northerly breeze.

4 Gannet (Two adults, two imm. All moving east offshore.) ,

750 Common Scoter (Est. At least. Big swarm settled on the sea just offshore from the far eastern end of Cley Marsh.) ,

3 Velvet Scoter (At least three among the Commons.) ,

1 Long-tailed Duck (Female, close to the Scoter flock.) ,

1 Red Kite ,

1 Hobby ,

2 Ringed Plover (Arnolds & Sea Pool.) ,

1 Grey Plover (Arnolds.) ,

5 Dunlin (Three Arnolds, two Pats.) ,

1 Turnstone (Arnolds.) ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (Pats.) ,

10 Ruff (Pats.) ,

2 Greenshank (Pats.) ,

1 Wood Sandpiper (Pats.) ,

4 Common Sandpiper (Pats & Simmonds.) ,

25 Common Gull (At least. All 1st year birds moving west.) ,

25 Sandwich Tern (At least. West.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sat 03 May 2025

Cley Village
13:00 to 13:30
Sun & cloud. Breezy. Sightings from footpath running parallel to coast road coming from North Forland.

2 Four-spotted Chaser ,

1 Hairy Dragonfly ,

1 Red Admiral ,

1 Peacock ,

3 Wall Brown (At least.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sat 03 May 2025

Cley Village
09:15 to 11:00
Sunny, some cloud. Rising breeze. Sheltered cottage garden.

1 Sparrowhawk ,

1 Red Kite ,

2 Marsh Harrier (Pair.) ,

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker ,

12 Swift (At least.) ,

1 Swallow ,

2 House Martin ,

1 Dunnock ,

1 Lesser Whitethroat (Heard.) ,

1 Chiffchaff ,

1 Blackcap ,

1 Blue Tit ,

1 Long-tailed Tit ,

1 Coal Tit ,

2 Chaffinch ,

1 Greenfinch ,

1 Goldfinch ,

1 Large White ,

3 Green-veined White (At least.) ,

3 Orange tip (At least. All males.) ,

1 Holly Blue (Male.) ,

2 Speckled Wood ,

1 Wall Brown (Female.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sat 03 May 2025

Cley Marshes
06:50 to 08:20

1 Cattle Egret (near central hides) ,

1 Common Sandpiper (pats) ,

Swallow ,

Avocet ,

Wigeon ,

Dunlin ,

Little Ringed Plover ,

Oystercatcher ,

Redshank ,

2 Spoonbill (collecting nesting material (pats)) ,

1 Pied Wagtail ,

Shelduck ,

Lapwing ,

4 Canada Goose ,

Greylag Goose ,

1 Mute Swan (dyke in front of hides) ,

1 Little Egret (pats) ,

2 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Great White Egret (simmonds) ,

Shoveler ,

2 Goldfinch ,

2 Wren ,

Sedge Warbler ,

Reed Warbler ,

Black-headed Gull ,

4 Cetti's Warbler (scattered between central hides and bishops hide) ,

80 Brent Goose (on field south of reserve) ,

1 Whitethroat (skirts) ,

1 Bearded Tit (approach to bishops) ,

Teal ,

Black-tailed Godwit (pats) ,

6 Ruff (pats) ,

Gadwall ,

1 Wood Sandpiper (pats) ,

2 Collared Dove ,

Starling ,

1 Blackbird ,

House Sparrow ,

3 Grey Heron ,

[Gary Bunting]

Sat 03 May 2025

Blakeney (sea)
05:50 to 07:30
Sun & cloud. Light wind, chilly.

3 Barnacle Goose (West.) ,

1 Sanderling (West.) ,

2 Whimbrel (East.) ,

3 Common Gull (West. All 1st cals.) ,

18 Sandwich Tern (At least. All east. Some going west could have been the same birds.) ,

4 Common Tern (West.) ,

12 Little Tern (At least. West.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

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.