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).

 

Fri 19 September 2025

Cley Marshes
17:05 to 19:05
Sunny, warm.

1 Glossy Ibis (Briefly in flight.) ,

130 Pink-footed Goose (At least.) ,

1 Little Stint (Pats.) ,

6 Snipe (At least. In flight.) ,

12 Black-tailed Godwit (Simmonds & Pats.) ,

2 Curlew (Simmonds.) ,

8 Ruff (Pats.) ,

2 Greenshank (Pats.) ,

1 Wood Sandpiper (Pats.) ,

2 Yellow-legged Gull (Adults. Looked to be male & female. Pats.) ,

20 Sandwich Tern (At least. Along shingle ridge.) ,

[Andrew Cox]

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 Village
16:09 to 16:09
Cloudless, warm.

1 Rook (Rook, juv Hobby tussle.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

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]

Thu 18 September 2025

Cley Village
15:47 to 16:52
Broken cloud, warm south-westerly.

1 Spotted Flycatcher (Hill Top; in transit.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Thu 18 September 2025

Cley (sea)
14:00 to 15:00
Wind from the South-West Warm

1 Gannet (Flying close in ) ,

2 Common Tern (Sitting on the beach near East Bank ) ,

[Graham Brownlow]

Wed 17 September 2025

Cley Marshes
18:14 to 18:15
SSE19, grey cloud.

2 Arctic Skua (1 of 2 on shingle...!) ,

[Tom Whiley]

Wed 17 September 2025

Cley Marshes
15:00 to 15:26
Warm, sunny after clearing rain. Windy from SW.

1 Wheatear (Beach Road.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Wed 17 September 2025

Cley Marshes
08:30 to 10:10
Wet and cold, heavy rain

2 Pectoral Sandpiper (Swan Lake, feeding in centre of muddy island and then closer to the south-east end of the muddy island) ,

3 Snipe (Swan Lake) ,

6 Dunlin (Swan Lake) ,

3 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Swan Lake) ,

20 Gannet (Feeding offshore - mainly 2 CY and upto adult) ,

c.4 Red-throated Diver (2 east, 1 west, 1 on sea) ,

2 Arctic Skua (west - dark phase birds) ,

1 Common Tern (west) ,

12 Sandwich Tern (mainly west) ,

c.5 Teal (west) ,

1 Merlin (west along shingle - male) ,

[David Griffiths]

Tue 16 September 2025

Cley Marshes
14:40 to 15:45
Cloud, windy. Sightings Pat's Pool from Bishops

12 Ruff ,

1 Little Stint ,

4 Dunlin ,

22 Black-tailed Godwit ,

8 Avocet ,

1 Snipe ,

4 Sandwich Tern ,

1 Great Black-backed Gull ,

2 Lesser Black-backed Gull ,

343 Black-headed Gull ,

28 Teal ,

26 Mallard ,

7 Shelduck ,

19 Greylag Goose ,

1 Grey Heron (Juv) ,

14 Spoonbill (Flushed from Whitewell scrape) ,

2 Little Egret ,

2 Stock Dove ,

2 Woodpigeon ,

1 Cetti's Warbler ,

2 Carrion Crow ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

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