Welcome to Cley Bird Club

The Cley Bird Club (CBC) exists to bring together everybody who has an interest in the Birds of the Cley area in North Norfolk, UK.

Help us maintain our records

If you have visited Cley and made some sightings of birds or other wildlife, or taken some photographs, please share them with us.

If you have not already done so, you will need to register and log in (see top of this page). Registration is free and only requires you to give us your name and email address – this enables us to contact you if we need more information or if someone wishes to use one of your photos.

ADD YOUR SIGHTINGS

About The Club

The Cley Bird Club was founded in 1986 and now has over 450 households as members. It aims to bring together people who enjoy birding in the Cley Square.

Through this website and its regular newsletter, which is produced 3 times a year, it keeps local and visiting members up to date with birding issues and what is being seen in The Square. Indoor meetings are held at Cley during the winter months and, in recent years, a Big Bird Day has been held in January to count birds in the Square.

Membership

We welcome new members, and membership of Cley Bird Club is only £4 per year per household. For this you will get full access to the Cley Bird Club website including all articles, the Forum and access to the latest newsletters as well as any in our archive. These can either be read online or downloaded and then printed.

For an extra £5 per year you can receive professionally printed copies of the newsletter delivered directly to your door. Whenever in the year this application is made the member will receive 3 paper newsletters for that year.

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Recent Highlights

Water Rail photographed from Bishop Hide (David Tipling)

A smart looking American Golden Plover photographed by David Griffiths

Glossy Ibis photographed by Tom Whiley

Hobby by Gerard Sabran

The long staying Long-billed Dowitcher departed in spring before returning a few weeks later (David Griffiths)

A returning Spotted Redshank still in breeding plumage photographed by Richard Price

Turtle Dove by Gerard Sabran

A Wood Sandpiper by David Griffiths

(Please do remember to upload your photographs!)

Latest News

The Spring Newsletter is now available

on the Newsletter page

Species	Count	Location	Last Reported
Cetti's Warbler	c.1	Kelling WM	16/09/2025
Cetti's Warbler	c.1	Kelling WM	15/09/2025
Cetti's Warbler	c.1	Kelling WM	14/09/2025
Bearded Tit	c.12	Cley Marshes	14/09/2025
Cattle Egret	3	Kelling WM	16/09/2025