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 12 October 2026

Kelling WM
07:00 to 09:02
WeBS

1 Little Egret ,

2 Mute Swan ,

36 Wigeon ,

34 Gadwall ,

35 Teal ,

22 Mallard ,

2 Shoveler ,

1 Snipe ,

6 Black-headed Gull ,

1 Reed Bunting ,

1 Great White Egret ,

[Cbc Admin]

Sun 11 October 2026

Cley (sea)
14:50 to 17:00
Sunny, westerly breeze moderating.

5 Red-throated Diver ,

20 Gannet (At least.) ,

7 Common Scoter (All west.) ,

4 Mediterranean Gull (Three adults, one 2nd winter.) ,

2 Little Gull (1st winters west.) ,

1 Sandwich Tern (Juv.) ,

1 Common Tern (Juv.) ,

20 Razorbill (At least.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sun 11 October 2026

Cley Village
13:50 to 13:55
Sunny, westerly breeze. Quite warm out of the wind.

1 Clouded Yellow (In cottage garden.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sun 11 October 2026

Cley Marshes
11:30 to 11:35
Sunny, westerly breeze.

1 Swallow (Flew west.) ,

2 Wheatear (Eye Field.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sun 11 October 2026

Salthouse/Kelling
11:20 to 13:00
Cool westerly, blue canopy.

2 Buzzard (Two nicely contrasting birds, moving west along the coast. Meadow Lane.) ,

4 Swallow (Feeding over the water meadows, then heading east) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Sun 11 October 2026

Cley Village
09:45 to 09:50
Sunny, becoming warmer.

30 Meadow Pipit (At least. Field east of Cley Allotments.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sun 11 October 2026

Cley (sea)
07:45 to 08:45

13 Teal (West) ,

17 Gannet (Minimum count) ,

11 Red-throated Diver (Mostly west. 4 on sea and 1 cutting across Eye field probably heading for the harbour) ,

3 Manx Shearwater (West close in) ,

2 Razorbill ,

3 Wigeon (West) ,

c.100 Ringed Plover (one flock of about 50 plus 2 more sizeable flocks all west) ,

1 Golden Plover (Heard over Eye field) ,

1 Knot (West with Turnstone) ,

1 Turnstone (West with Knot) ,

1 Oystercatcher (West) ,

[David Fell]

Sun 11 October 2026

Cley (sea)
07:20 to 08:50
Sunny, westerly breeze.

26 Red-throated Diver (At least.) ,

4 Manx Shearwater (All west. All close in.) ,

30 Gannet (At least.) ,

4 Common Scoter (Female, then three males. All west.) ,

3 Pintail (West.) ,

80 Ringed Plover (At least. Several flocks heading west.) ,

2 Arctic Tern (Juvs.) ,

2 Guillemot ,

5 Razorbill (At least.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

Sun 11 October 2026

Walsey Hills
07:10 to 07:30

1 Yellow-browed Warbler (Still present in sallows) ,

[David Fell]

Sat 10 October 2026

Cley (sea)
07:00 to 08:20
Sunny, cold westerly breeze.

10 Red-throated Diver (At least.) ,

1 Manx Shearwater (West, distant.) ,

130 Gannet (At least. Regular procession, mostly east. Mix of ages but predominently juvs.) ,

2 Common Scoter (Pair, west.) ,

3 Dunlin (West.) ,

1 Turnstone (West.) ,

45 Curlew (West.) ,

1 Arctic Skua (East, offshore.) ,

1 Arctic Tern (Juv west.) ,

65 Razorbill (At least.) ,

[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.