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).

 

Tue 22 September 2026

Salthouse
10:30 to 10:45
Sunny, very warm (24 degrees)

1 Lapland Bunting (Very confiding: north of car park along Iron Road all morning) ,

2 Mandarin Duck (Two drakes on Pat's from 08.00) ,

[David Bryant]

Tue 22 September 2026

Cley 10Km Square
08:00 to 08:15
Overcast: clearing from north west

10 Golden Plover (On edge of Eye Field) ,

[David Bryant]

Tue 22 September 2026

Cley/Salthouse
07:00 to 07:40
Calm, slightly misty, cool

1 Lapland Bunting (Iron Road - feeding near footbridge) ,

[David Griffiths]

Tue 22 September 2026

Cley Marshes
06:45 to 08:45
11-17C, SSW f2, sun, overcast at times. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's.

80 Canada Goose ,

2 Mandarin Duck (drakes on Pat's from at least 07:00) ,

2 Little Grebe (Main Drain) ,

1 Grey Heron ,

4 Little Egret (Brackish & Arnold's) ,

10 Avocet (2 Pat's, 8 Arnold's) ,

6 Curlew ,

90 Redshank ,

79 Black-tailed Godwit (mainly Pat's) ,

22 Ruff (16 ad m, 2 juv m, 3 ad f, Pat's, 1 juv m Arnold's) ,

54 Dunlin ,

3 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,

1 Kingfisher (flew W along Main Drain by E Bank) ,

2 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Stonechat (m, S end E Bank) ,

23 Meadow Pipit (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Mon 21 September 2026

Cley (sea)
15:15 to 15:55

1 Black Guillemot (Juv on sea) ,

1 Manx Shearwater (West close in) ,

5 Red-throated Diver (All west 1 ditched on sea.) ,

1 Common Scoter (Drake on sea drifting east) ,

[David Fell]

Mon 21 September 2026

Cley (sea)
14:30 to 16:00
Warm, wind from SW, clear skies

1 Black Guillemot (Juvenile east of wreck and slowly drifting east) ,

1 Arctic Skua (West after terns - initially thought to be a Pom, but..) ,

3 Manx Shearwater (west) ,

1 Common Scoter (Drake drifting east) ,

9 Red-throated Diver (west) ,

1 Bar-tailed Godwit (west) ,

5 Sandwich Tern (west) ,

1 Common Tern (west) ,

[David Griffiths]

Mon 21 September 2026

Cley Marshes
13:33 to 13:33
Strong westerly, broken cloud.

1 Peregrine (Juv, SE to NW, high. A wild bird fitted with a (damaged?) streamlined antenna. No jesses ?) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Mon 21 September 2026

Wiveton
08:00 to 14:00
Records from Wiveton Barns garden

1 Grey Wagtail ,

1 Tawny Owl (Heard calling at 12-30) ,

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Heard) ,

[David Fell]

Mon 21 September 2026

Salthouse
07:04 to 07:15
Sunny with a light west wind.

3 Ruff (Feeding on Beach Lane pool) ,

3 Ruff (Feeding on Beach Lane pool) ,

[Graham Sutton]

Mon 21 September 2026

Cley Marshes
06:50 to 09:10
11-15C, WSW f3, hazy sun. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's

70 Pink-footed Goose (W c. 07:00) ,

2 Pintail (Brackish) ,

1 Grey Heron ,

6 Little Egret ,

3 Glossy Ibis (Main Drain S of Arnold's at c.07:30) ,

19 Cormorant ,

1 Water Rail (heard, Pat's) ,

12 Avocet ,

89 Black-tailed Godwit ,

1 Bar-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,

5 Curlew ,

1 Snipe (Pat's) ,

42 Redshank ,

16 Ruff (9 ad m, 4 juv m, 1 ad f) ,

59 Dunlin ,

1 Little Stint (Arnold's) ,

3 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,

3 Knot (Arnold's) ,

2 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

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