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).
Mon 20 October 2025
Mon 20 October 2025
140 Canada Goose (Pope's Pool) ,
5 Whooper Swan ,
8 Egyptian Goose ,
1 Ruddy Shelduck ,
9 Cormorant ,
2 Water Rail (heard) ,
3 Marsh Harrier ,
1 Coot (Don's Pool) ,
1 Tawny Owl (heard calling from N Foreland at 07:00) ,
5 Avocet ,
111 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,
23 Ruff (Pat's) ,
1 Curlew Sandpiper (Pat's) ,
18 Dunlin (Pat's) ,
1 Little Stint (Pat's) ,
1 Snipe (Pat's) ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
Sun 19 October 2025
1 Great Northern Diver (On sea. Has been here a few days now.) ,
4 Red-throated Diver (All west) ,
10 Common Scoter (8 east 2 west) ,
1 Grey Heron (East) ,
3 Gannet (2 east 1 west adults) ,
6 Wigeon (East) ,
3 Eider (Drakes west) ,
[David Fell]
Sun 19 October 2025
Sun 19 October 2025
Sat 18 October 2025
Sat 18 October 2025
3 Whooper Swan (In field east of VC) ,
2 Cetti's Warbler (Heard along East Bank) ,
2 Moorhen (Dons Pool) ,
1 Glossy Ibis (Flew east) ,
2 Marsh Harrier (Over reed bed) ,
3 Grey Heron (Together over Arnolds) ,
1 Black-tailed Godwit (Arnolds) ,
6 Pintail (On brackish) ,
5 Curlew (Arnolds) ,
32 Redshank (Arnolds) ,
3 Little Grebe (2 main drain north end of East Bank and 1 on Arnolds) ,
2 Grey Plover (Arnolds) ,
2 Stonechat (Pair north of Arnolds) ,
31 Dunlin (Arnolds) ,
1 Buzzard ,
[David Fell]
Sat 18 October 2025
3 Redwing ,
9 Blackbird ,
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker ,
1 Song Thrush ,
2 Greenfinch ,
[David Fell]
Sat 18 October 2025
Sat 18 October 2025
3 Velvet Scoter (west AM - 2 drakes and a female) ,
2 Little Gull (one adult AM, 2 PM - feeding offshore) ,
2000 Wigeon (Estimated numbers as streaming west AM) ,
1500 Teal (Estimated numbers as streaming west AM) ,
5 Pintail (west) ,
c.1 Mallard (west) ,
c.1 Egyptian Goose (west and way out at sea) ,
1 Slavonian Grebe (west) ,
25 Red-throated Diver (Mainly east) ,
8 Fieldfare (In off sea) ,
500 Starling (In off sea - including one that succumbed to a local Kestrel) ,
c.120
Common Scoter
(west but female on Borrow Pit)
,
12
Blackbird
(In off the sea - several succumbing to GBBGs and a few survivors ditching on shingle before moving off into coastal scrub)
,
c.1
Ruddy Shelduck
(Female still with Egyptian Geese - mainly on Bull Marsh today)
,
1
Shore Lark
(Shingle ridge behind Arnolds Marsh AM)
,
500 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (streaming through west in small groups all day) ,
24 Razorbill (On sea) ,
c.1 Dusky Warbler (Still showing occasionally Walsey Hills) ,
c.2 Yellow-browed Warbler (Walsey Hills) ,
2 Noctule Bat (Hunting early PM over Serpentine ) ,
[David Griffiths]
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