CBC Bird News

Records submitted in the last 14 days, most recent first. Amber indicates local or uncommon, 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).

Sunday 07 March 2021

Cley Marshes, 17:00 to 17:30, Still, overcast
1 Goldeneye (Female in same drain), 1 Hen Harrier (Male flew east from windmill to East Bank), 1 Kingfisher (Drain on East Bank) [Sean Dempster]

Cley Marshes, 16:00 to 16:00, Sunny
1 Bittern (On Keepers Marsh south of central hides and rapidly walked into reeds.) [Michael Harcup]

Morston, 15:00 to 16:00, Clear and Bright
1 Red Kite, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Reed Bunting [Nicholas Martin]

Glandford, 14:05 to 14:10
1 Barn Owl (Perched on hedgerow behind Cley Spy.) [David Fell]

Blakeney, 13:00 to 13:15
9 Crossbill (4 males 5 females in garden off Back Lane drinking from watering can.) [David Fell]

Kelling Heath, 10:30 to 12:00, Warm, sunny light SW breeze
12 Crossbill (Near level crossing) [David Griffiths]

Kelling Heath, 08:30 to 09:20, Cold overcast light NE wind
1 Stonechat, 18 Crossbill (Two flocks 10 + 8 mobile around south side and favouring area around level crossing) [David Griffiths]

Saturday 06 March 2021

Cley Marshes, 13:30 to 15:00, Cool Northerly wind, overcast
1 Goldeneye (Female still frequenting mani drain south of Arnolds Marsh), 2 Red Kite (Hunting over East Bank and perched up near Sea Pool), 30 Ringed Plover, 40 Golden Plover (Serpentine), 5 Grey Plover, 190 Dunlin (approx on Arnolds), 2 Bar-tailed Godwit (Arnolds) [David Griffiths]

Kelling Heath, 13:00 to 14:00, Calm and bright
1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Stonechat (Male in close vicinity) [Mick Roe]

Friday 05 March 2021

Cley Marshes, 16:00 to 17:40, Cool, overcast with moderate breeze
1 Pale-bellied Brent Goose (On Eye Field with about 1500 Dark Bellied Brents), 2 Barn Owl (From Blakeney Freshers and then hunting over saltmarsh and across to Eye Field and east), 1 Short-eared Owl (Hunting over saltmarsh west of West Bank briefly, dropping out of sight and not continuing towards West Bank) [David Griffiths]

Kelling Heath, 12:00 to 13:15
8 Crossbill (Using tree by level crossing in house garden as a resting tree between feeds. Other usual stuff showing in sunshine.) [John Bennett]

Wiveton, 08:00 to 12:00
1 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard (In the air together), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker [David Fell]

Thursday 04 March 2021

Blakeney Hbr, 15:00 to 16:40, Cloud/5c/nne15
2 Red-breasted Merganser (Pair on New Cut. ), 1 Hen Harrier (Male, across New Cut @ 15.40, off Freshes, heading west. ) [Richard Burton]

Cley Marshes, 10:00 to 11:30, Cool, overcast with moderate breeze
9 White-fronted Goose (Walsey Marsh), 4 Pochard (Don's Pool - 2m, 2f ), 1 Hen Harrier (Male flew east hunting across south side of main reedbeds) [David Griffiths]

Wednesday 03 March 2021

Cley 10Km Square
There is no map for Cley 10Km Square
, 14:50 to 14:55, Overcast, dull, cold
1 Ruff (same pool), 1 Green Sandpiper (still favouring the flooded pool in field next to Holt/Cley road south of Swan Farm) [David Griffiths]

Tuesday 02 March 2021

Salthouse, 09:15 to 09:45, grey ,foggy ,cold
1 Black-necked Grebe (worth the long cold walk), 35 Lapwing, 18 Dunlin, 5 Ruff, 4 Redshank [Brian Shaw]

Sunday 28 February 2021

Blakeney GM, 12:00 to 12:45, Sun & sea fret/5c/ne10
3 Marsh Harrier (2m,1f.), 4 Buzzard, 1 Woodcock (Flushed on Friary Hills. ) [Richard Burton]

Saturday 27 February 2021

Cley Marshes, 15:45 to 15:50, Sunny
1 Great White Egret (On Keepers Marsh south of central hides.) [Michael Harcup]

Blakeney, 12:15 to 16:15, Sun/9c/nw, veering ne 5-15
1 Red Kite (Over Garden ), 1 Merlin (Female, hunting low through Starlings @ 14.50.), 1 Avocet (Harbour at low tide. ), 1 Barn Owl (Hunting over West Freshes and Young's Land @ 15.50), 800 Starling (Flock over Freshes ) [Richard Burton]

Friday 26 February 2021

Salthouse, 09:30 to 09:50, Blue sky, sunshine. Slight windchill on ungloved hands. Glorious.
400 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Great to hear them chattering after several weeks of local Johnson Jaunt. 2 off CR birds again. No scope so not able to read. Probably our ‘Dutch’ birds from last Autumn and Winter 19/20. L4GJ & L3GD, Pair. Look out for them.), 1 Pale-bellied Brent Goose (Foraging with DbBrent congregation.), 1 Black-necked Grebe (Still faithful to the West Drain, North end of Iron Road. Incredible staring red eyes, piercing man. A real treat up close and almost personal.), 1 Red Kite (Foraging Southside of A149, (Sarbury Hill) Iron Road Carpark, magic.), 70 Curlew (Eastside of Salthouse beach road. Quite a sizeable herd not as big as some we’ve had tho.) [Graham Fellows]

Wiveton, 08:00 to 16:00
3 Red Kite (All together. Seen a couple of times during the morning. One being attacked by female sprawk.), 1 Marsh Harrier (Female. What a day for raptors.), 1 Sparrowhawk (Female after kite), 4 Buzzard (Active all morning with 4 together being the maximum.), 1 Kestrel, 2 Barn Owl (2 sightings 1 @ 8.10am the other @ 11am. views very brief as they flew into nest box so could have been the same bird or the pair. ), 1 Green Woodpecker (Heard yaffling), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Bullfinch (A stunning male.) [David Fell]

Thursday 25 February 2021

Morston, 15:00 to 16:45, Dull, calm day
5 Red Kite (over saltmarsh), 1 Greenshank (In harbour) [David Griffiths]

Salthouse, 12:45 to 13:00
1 Red Kite (1 this morning ), 1 Hen Harrier (Male flew west over Beach Road towards Cley) [Richard Petley]

Cley 10Km Square
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, 12:30 to 15:15
10 Pochard (8 males 2 females Snipes Marsh), 1 Black-necked Grebe (Still west of Iron Road ), 1 Red Kite (Over Popes), 15 Ringed Plover (Arnolds Marsh), 1 Grey Plover (Arnolds Marsh), 150 Dunlin (At least this number Arnolds Marsh), 1 Ruff (Pool west of Iron Road), 54 Redshank (Arnolds Marsh), 2 Stonechat (Male on skirts Male on East Bank), 1 Cetti's Warbler (Heard Walsey Hills) [David Fell]

Wednesday 24 February 2021

Blakeney GM, 13:30 to 14:50, Sun&cloud /17c/sw25
1 Great White Egret (East end Freshes ), 1 Red Kite, 3 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 5 Snipe [Richard Burton]

Wiveton, 08:00 to 16:00
2 Buzzard, 1 Woodcock (In private garden), 1 Barn Owl (Seen at roost) [David Fell]

Tuesday 23 February 2021

Cley Marshes, 16:00 to 17:00, Clear, breezy
20 Gadwall, 20 Shoveler (Mainly pairs feeding ), 2 Marsh Harrier (Flying over marshes disturbing Lapwings ), 1 Barn Owl (Landing on fence post by roadside), 1 Skylark [Nicholas Martin]

Wiveton Downs, 15:00 to 15:55, Clear, windy
2 Red Kite, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard (Circling over high trees), 1 Skylark, 2 Stonechat (One pair, socially distanced on barbed wire fence, near pigs) [Nicholas Martin]

Cley 10Km Square
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, 14:45 to 14:45, Fine
1 Green Sandpiper (Feeding by pool alongside the west side of the Cley -Holt road just south of Swan Lodge dwelling. ) [Michael Harcup]

Cley 10Km Square
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, 11:00 to 13:55
2 Little Grebe (In drainage ditch where B N Grebe should have been), 1 Great White Egret (Flew east over reserve before disappearing into reed bed), 1 Red Kite (Over field near Babcock), 4 Marsh Harrier (3 over reserve the other took a Lapwing near Babcock), 1 Hen Harrier (Male flew east past Babcock 11.45), 12 Stonechat (5 (2 males 3 females) on fence west of Beach Rd,2 males near Centre, 3 (2 males and a female) on fence east of East Bank and a male and female near Babcock.), 1 Cetti's Warbler (West of Beach Road) [David Fell]

Blakeney Hbr, 09:00 to 11:00, Sun&cloud /9c/s20
4 Spoonbill (Flying west, mid am. ), 4 Marsh Harrier (Pair on Central Freshes ), 2 Stonechat (Males, on Freshes. ) [Richard Burton]

Cley Marshes, 08:15 to 08:55
4 Spoonbill (Watling Water) [Peter & Sue Morrison]

Cley (sea), 07:30 to 08:00
1 Black-necked Grebe (On seat at end of Iron Road, swimming and flying east) [Peter & Sue Morrison]