The Birds of Cley

 

 

The Cley area consists of the Ordnance Survey square TG04 plus the tip of Blakeney Point. Also included are records from the whole of Kelling Heath, the eastern part of which extends beyond the boundary.

 

Just click on the species name below. All names are in traditional order, or you can search for any part of the species name simply by using "Ctrl F". All captions are scientifically accurate. 

Black Brant Branta bernicla nigricans
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis
North American Canada Goose Branta canadensis parvipes/interior
Richardson’s Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii hutchinsii
Ross's Goose Anser rossii
Snow Goose Anser caerulescens caerulescens/atlanticus
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
Greenland White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons flavirostris
Russian White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons albifrons
Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis fabalis
Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
King Eider Somateria spectabilis
Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
American Wigeon Mareca americana
Green-winged Teal Anas crecca carolinensis
Northern Bobwite Colinus virginianus
Quail Coturnix coturnix
Chukar Alectoris chukar
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax
Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus
Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
Corncrake Crex crex
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
Little Crake Zapornia parva
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus himantopus
American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus vociferus
Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius
Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii
Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus alexandrinus
Little Whimbrel Numenius minutus
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus

Great Snipe Gallinago media
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus falcinellus
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
Sanderling Calidris alba
­Hudsonian Dunlin Calidris alpina hudsonia
Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor cursor
Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola pratincola
Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus longicaudus
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle arcticus
Brünnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia

 

Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus fuscatus
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica nilotica
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida hybrida
White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis torresii
Eastern Common Tern Sterna hirundo longipennis
Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea
Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides glaucoides
White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii
Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris melanophris
Albatross sp
Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus exasperatus
Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus pelagicus
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis
Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan mauretanicus
Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli
Fea’s Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta
Black Stork Ciconia nigra
White Stork Ciconia ciconia
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster leucogaster
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus falcinellus
White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus

Little Bittern Botaurus minutus minutus
Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
Great White Egret Ardea alba alba
Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea purpurea
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba melba
Pacific Swift Apus pacificus pacificus
Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
Common or Pallid Swift Apus apus/pallidus
Dark-breasted Barn Owl Tyto alba guttata
Scops Owl Otus scops scops
Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
Goshawk Astur gentilis gentilis
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
Black Kite Milvus migrans migrans
Black-eared Kite Milvus migrans lineatus
White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus lagopus
Hoopoe Upupa epops epops
Bee-eater Merops apiaster
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
Arctic Peregrine Falco peregrinus tundrius/calidus
Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus
Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri

 

 

 A rare vagrant from Europe and latterly also a wanderer from the Isle of Wight reintroduction scheme. All have been immatures apart from one adult seen flying past offshore on 25th April 2015. Records from 2021 onwards have included birds from the Isle of Wight reintroduction scheme, but also further birds of Continental origin (in 2021 & 2024). There have been 35 records: