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).

 

Sat 22 November 2025

Cley Marshes
13:10 to 13:15

1 Pale-bellied Brent Goose (With main db Brent Goose flock on the Eye Field) ,

[William Earp]

Fri 21 November 2025

Cley Village
14:00 to 15:00
Bright, fresh NW'er.

2 Firecrest (Hedgerow on Anterton Hill.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

Fri 21 November 2025

Cley Marshes
10:30 to 12:20

22 Snow Bunting (On beach by N Hide. ) ,

c.7500 Pink-footed Goose (Onto Cricket Marsh from East) ,

1 Jack Snipe (Bishops) ,

2 Cetti's Warbler (Bishops) ,

3 Red Kite (Two Arnolds, one West Bank) ,

3 Marsh Harrier ,

25 Shelduck ,

150 Dark-bellied Brent Goose ,

6 Meadow Pipit ,

1 Kestrel ,

1 Rock Pipit (West Bank ) ,

8 Mute Swan (Bishops) ,

[Steven Stansfield]

Fri 21 November 2025

Kelling WM
10:10 to 11:00
Fine, light breeze.

30 Wigeon ,

1 Snipe ,

1 Redshank ,

3 Red Kite ,

2 Buzzard ,

20 Linnet ,

c.1 Kestrel ,

6 Mallard ,

50 Starling ,

c.50 Rook ,

c.1 Dunnock ,

c.100 Lapwing ,

c.1 Stonechat ,

1 Fieldfare ,

1 Carrion Crow ,

1 Bullfinch ,

1 Marsh Harrier ,

[Tony Pope]

Fri 21 November 2025

Cley (sea)
09:00 to 10:30

4 Great Crested Grebe ,

3 Eider (West ) ,

1 Marsh Harrier (In off from several miles out) ,

1 Gannet (East) ,

2 Long-tailed Duck (West) ,

1 Great Northern Diver (East) ,

80 Wigeon ,

35 Teal ,

[Steven Stansfield]

Fri 21 November 2025

Cley Marshes
07:35 to 09:35
4-7C, ENE then SSW f3, sun. Visited Bishop's, Skirts, E Bank & Arnold's

2900 Pink-footed Goose (in from E at 09:35) ,

49 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (flew E over reserve) ,

7 Pintail (Arnold's) ,

2 Little Grebe (Main Drain) ,

2 Little Egret ,

2 Cormorant ,

1 Coot (heard, Don's Pool) ,

1 Curlew (Arnold's) ,

1 Redshank (Brackish) ,

1 Black-tailed Godwit (Brackish) ,

12 Dunlin (Arnold's) ,

10 Lapwing (Pat's) ,

2 Red Kite ,

3 Marsh Harrier ,

2 Water Pipit (Pat's) ,

1 Snow Bunting (behind Arnold's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Thu 20 November 2025

Cley Marshes
10:20 to 10:35
Cold, strong NW wind, overcast. Dry at time of sightings.

4 Twite (Initially seen in flight driving south from the beach carpark. Alighted in cattle pen north east of the sluice. Drinking briefly then off into scrub before being picked up again on the fenceline. After a couple of minutes away over the road west towards saltmarsh.) ,

[David Griffiths]

Thu 20 November 2025

Cley (sea)
07:40 to 10:15
Cold, strong NW wind, overcast with some sunshine. Rain and sleet at times.

1 Little Auk (West with Dunlin) ,

c.60 Dunlin (Small groups west) ,

3 Snipe (1, 2, 3 west with Dunlin) ,

2 Bar-tailed Godwit (west) ,

2 Eider (Drakes east) ,

1 Scaup (Female west with Common Scoter) ,

c.35 Common Scoter (west) ,

3 Red-breasted Merganser (Redheads west) ,

6 Goosander (west - 2m, 3f, 1 juv type) ,

1 Red-necked Grebe (Adult west) ,

3 Great Crested Grebe (West) ,

1 Guillemot (west) ,

3 Little Gull (west - 2ad, 1 juv) ,

1 Gannet (Adult west) ,

1 Grey Plover (west) ,

1 Knot (west) ,

c.15 Pintail (East, 1 drake west) ,

c.75 Teal (west) ,

c.120 Wigeon (west) ,

25 Brent Goose (west) ,

1 Merlin (Juvenile chased west by Kestrel) ,

1 Kestrel (Chasing Merlin!) ,

2 Snow Bunting (West along shingle) ,

[David Griffiths]

Thu 20 November 2025

Cley Marshes
07:35 to 08:30
3>2C, WNW f6, overcast. Very cold!! Visited Bishop's, Skirts, Snipe's Marsh & South half of E Bank. Very few birds other than ducks!

35 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (E over reserve 07:53-07:58) ,

1 Grey Heron (flew W) ,

5 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,

2 Moorhen (Catchwater drain) ,

6 Marsh Harrier ,

1 Kestrel ,

3 Curlew (onto pat's) ,

5 Lapwing (Pat's) ,

[David & Pat Wileman]

Wed 19 November 2025

Cley Village
13:00 to 13:15
Broken cloud, bitterly cold, strong northerly.

1 Chiffchaff (In the lee of Anterton Hill hedgerow, with mixed flock.) ,

[Gerard Sabran]

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