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).

 

Wed 12 November 2025

Cley Marshes
07:20 to 09:00
13C,S f4, rain. Visited Bishop's & central hides.

143 Pink-footed Goose (left roost , prob all Whitwell & Simmond's) ,

27 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Curlew ,

3 Snipe ,

18 Ruff (13 ad m, 3 juv m, 2 ad f,) ,

25 Dunlin ,

411 Lapwing ,

1 Buzzard ,

2 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Water Pipit ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Tue 11 November 2025

Cley/Salthouse
12:22 to 15:12
Overcast. light S.

3 Glossy Ibis (Energetically flighting between Iron Rd to East Bank, stopping off in various ditches..) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Tue 11 November 2025

Cley Marshes
07:15 to 08:35
7-9C, S f3, cloud then lt rain. Visited Bishop's, Skirt's and E Bank to the Lookout.

1210 Pink-footed Goose (960 W over field behindVisitor Centre and 250 E over reserve fro further west.) ,

4 Pintail (Arnold's) ,

3 Little Grebe (Don's Pool & Brackish) ,

2 Little Egret ,

6 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,

1 Coot (Don's Pool) ,

6 Moorhen (in Catchwater Drain W of E Bank) ,

1 Curlew (Brackish) ,

19 Redshank ,

65 Black-tailed Godwit (1 Pope's Pool, 64 Pat's) ,

15 Ruff (10 ad m, 2 juv m, 2 ad f, 1 juv f, Pat's) ,

74 Dunlin ,

1 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,

547 Lapwing ,

1 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Stonechat (Bull Marsh) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Mon 10 November 2025

Wiveton
08:00 to 14:30
All records from private garden

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker ,

1 Red Kite (Heard) ,

1 Marsh Harrier (Over north) ,

2 Raven (Flew north am then back into trees pm) ,

1 Sparrowhawk ,

1 Goldcrest ,

3 Lapwing (Flew west) ,

[David Fell]

Sun 09 November 2025

Cley 10Km Square
13:00 to 14:30

1 Fieldfare (In hedge near Kelling WM) ,

1 Grey Partridge (Heard from field west of Kelling WM) ,

2 Chiffchaff (In bushes along Meadow Lane) ,

1 Kingfisher (Seen from Meadow Lane) ,

[David Fell]

Sun 09 November 2025

Cley Marshes
Sun, light wind. ALL SIGHTINGS FROM BABCOCK HIDE

1 Ringed Plover ,

1 Redshank ,

1 Ruff ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit ,

18 Lapwing ,

2 Snipe ,

31 Wigeon ,

2 Shelduck ,

2 Shoveler ,

28 Teal ,

2 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Buzzard ,

1 Red Kite ,

12 Linnet ,

6 Goldfinch ,

3 Stonechat ,

2 Meadow Pipit ,

3 Reed Bunting ,

3 Carrion Crow ,

1 Kingfisher ,

1 Cormorant ,

[Kath & Mick Claydon]

Sat 08 November 2025

Cley/Salthouse
09:00 to 09:53
Overcast, light SW.

2 Yellowhammer (Babcock's, Watling Water. Almost daily.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Fri 07 November 2025

Salthouse
11:30 to 12:30

7 Mute Swan (2 adults with 5 young all colour ringed near duck pond) ,

1 Pintail (Male in run-off from duck pond) ,

3 Stonechat (1 male 2 females Granborough ) ,

[David Fell]

Fri 07 November 2025

Salthouse/Kelling
10:00 to 10:30
Warm , no wind, mainly overcast.

1 Siberian Chiffchaff (Willows on Meadow Lane.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Fri 07 November 2025

Cley Marshes
08:00 to 15:50

3 Twite (by sluice on west bank) ,

1 Hen Harrier (ring-tail over Blakeney chapel) ,

3 Short-eared Owl (two around Blakeney chapel in the morning and one in off the sea over Arnold's at 2pm) ,

21 Rock Pipit (Sluice on west bank and salt marsh) ,

15 Cattle Egret (over saltmarsh and on to Blakeney FM. ) ,

559 Blackbird (groups of 4 - 10 coming in all day and occasional larger group including 77 off the sea at 3pm. ) ,

[Paul Laurie]

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.