CBC Wildlife 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).
Thu 31 July 2025
2 Egyptian Goose (Serpentine) ,
19 Canada Goose (Serpentine) ,
130 Greylag Goose (Serpentine area) ,
1 Grey Heron ,
1 Spoonbill (Snipe's) ,
1 Great White Egret ,
8 Little Egret ,
1 Cattle Egret ,
6 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,
3 Little Grebe (ad + 1 lge chick on Snipe's, 2 ads Don's) ,
2 Moorhen (ad, juv and 2 small chicks on Snipes) ,
4 Oystercatcher (Arnold's) ,
50 Curlew ,
47 Black-tailed Godwit ,
1 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (Serpentine,ad 'Anouk') ,
35 Redshank (plus 2 med/lge chicks on Arnold's) ,
6 Green Sandpiper (4 Pat's, 2 Serpentine) ,
1 Wood Sandpiper (Pat's) ,
1 Common Sandpiper (Pat's) ,
15 Ruff (13 adm, 2 adf, Pat's) ,
8 Dunlin (Arnold's) ,
8 Ringed Plover (incl. 2 juvs) ,
2 Golden Plover (Arnold's) ,
5 Lapwing (plus 1 lge chick on Serpentine) ,
2 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's) ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
Wed 30 July 2025
1
Great White Egret
(Flew west over reserve)
,
3
Marsh Harrier
(Female and 2 juvs with one of the latter taking an unhealthy interest in a deceased Black Headed Gull on Whitwell Scrape)
,
c.230 Lapwing (Pats and Simmonds with leucistic bird still around (Pats)) ,
15 Ruff (All on Pats) ,
3 Green Sandpiper (Pats) ,
23 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Pats) ,
1 Little Egret (Simmonds) ,
9
Cattle Egret
(One Eye Field, 5 on Simmonds and 3 flew west)
,
1
Chinese Water Deer
(Simmonds)
,
1 Curlew (Simmonds then off west) ,
[David Griffiths]
Wed 30 July 2025
184 Greylag Goose (flew into Serpentine from fields at 6:40) ,
2 Little Grebe (ad + 2 lge chicks Snipe's, ad Don's) ,
1 Grey Heron ,
7 Little Egret ,
12 Cattle Egret (10 off E Bank, 2 briefly Pat's) ,
2 Cormorant ,
1 Marsh Harrier ,
2 Kestrel ,
5 Oystercatcher (Arnold's) ,
2 Avocet (Pat's) ,
70 Curlew ,
1 Whimbrel (heard only) ,
45 Black-tailed Godwit (44 Pat's, 1 Arnold's) ,
1 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (ad f, 'Anouk' Pat's) ,
3 Snipe (2 Pat's, 1 Serpentine) ,
1 Greenshank (Arnold's) ,
40 Redshank (plus 2 lge chicks) ,
7 Green Sandpiper (5 Snipe's, 2 Pat's) ,
1 Common Sandpiper (Pat's) ,
16 Ruff (14 ad m, 2 ad f, Pat's) ,
10 Dunlin (Arnold's) ,
66 Lapwing (plus 1 lge chick) ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
Tue 29 July 2025
192 Greylag Goose (E of E Bank, flew in from 06:45 ) ,
3 Little Grebe (plus 2 lge chicks ) ,
2 Spoonbill (ad + juv, Pat's) ,
2 Grey Heron ,
1 Great White Egret (Pat's) ,
10 Little Egret ,
3 Cattle Egret ,
10 Cormorant ,
2 Marsh Harrier (m + f) ,
2 Kestrel ,
5 Oystercatcher (Arnold's) ,
7 Avocet (incl. 5 juvs, Pat's) ,
60 Curlew (56 off E Bank, 4 Arnold's) ,
1 Snipe (Serpentine) ,
46 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,
1 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (ad f, 'Anouk', Pat's) ,
1 Greenshank (Arnold's) ,
47 Redshank ,
5 Green Sandpiper (2 Snipe's, 3 Pat's) ,
2 Common Sandpiper (Pat's) ,
13 Ruff (11 ad m, 2 ad f, Pat's) ,
9 Dunlin (Arnold's) ,
3 Ringed Plover (1 beach, 2+ 2 lge chicks Arnold's) ,
21 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's) ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
Mon 28 July 2025
4 Gadwall (+ 7 ducklings, Serp) ,
4 Shelduck (Serp. Incl. 2 juvs) ,
21 Cormorant (Arnolds) ,
7 Redshank (Arnolds) ,
7 Lapwing (Serp. incl 2 Lg chicks) ,
1 Green Sandpiper (Serp) ,
1 Ringed Plover (Arnolds) ,
1 Little Ringed Plover (Arnolds) ,
2 Oystercatcher (Arnolds) ,
46 Curlew (44 E2, 2 Arnolds) ,
2 Herring Gull (Arnolds) ,
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Arnolds) ,
127 Black-headed Gull (Arnolds) ,
2 Sandwich Tern (Arnolds) ,
4 Little Egret (2 Arnolds, 2 Serp) ,
1 Cattle Egret (Serp) ,
1 Spoonbill (Serp) ,
1 Kestrel (NE Arnolds) ,
[Kath & Mick Claydon]
Mon 28 July 2025
Mon 28 July 2025
6 Spoonbill (2 adults and 2 tspoons Simmonds) ,
7 Cattle Egret (1 Simmonds, remainder west over reserve) ,
3 Green Sandpiper (Pats) ,
1 Common Sandpiper (Simmonds) ,
3 Curlew (Simmonds) ,
2 Marsh Harrier (Female and juvenile) ,
160
Lapwing
(Inc leucistic bird)
,
c.3 Arctic Skua (west - distant) ,
1 Fulmar (west) ,
1 Arctic Tern (Feeding melee over wreck) ,
3 Little Tern (Feeding and then west) ,
1 Mediterranean Gull (adult SP moulting out west) ,
1 Kittiwake (Juv west) ,
150 Teal (west) ,
c.200 Common Scoter (west) ,
c.20 Gannet (mainly east) ,
4 Whimbrel (west) ,
3 Turnstone (west) ,
12 Bar-tailed Godwit (west) ,
25 Oystercatcher (west) ,
35 Dunlin (west) ,
5 Sanderling (west) ,
1 Ringed Plover (west) ,
1 Curlew (west) ,
1 Guillemot (Pale chocolate southern bird on sea then off east) ,
1 Razorbill (East) ,
3 Common Tern (west) ,
[David Griffiths]
Sun 27 July 2025
Fri 25 July 2025
20
Gannet
(Inc adult drifting east with the tide)
,
15 Common Scoter (Raft offshore - mainly females but also 2 juv drakes) ,
6 Little Tern (Feeding offshore before trundling off towards BP) ,
1 Arctic Tern (In with small feeding melee off the wreck) ,
4 Sandwich Tern ,
c.25 Common Tern ,
2 Stonechat (Juvs on fenceline) ,
21
Cattle Egret
(Near West Bank sluice with cattle)
,
5
Spoonbill
(Simmonds - inc tspoons )
,
2 Golden Plover (Simmonds and over North Scrape) ,
c.120
Lapwing
(Simmonds and Pats including a leucistic individual)
,
1 Grey Heron (Juvenile into Big Pool) ,
2 Marsh Harrier (Juveniles) ,
[David Griffiths]
Fri 25 July 2025
1 Little Grebe (+ 1 lge chick, Snipe's) ,
1 Spoonbill (ad, Pat's) ,
6 Grey Heron ,
4 Little Egret (Arnold's) ,
3 Cattle Egret (2 with cows Serpentine, 1 N Foreland) ,
7 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,
1 Marsh Harrier (juv) ,
1 Kestrel (Sea Pool) ,
4 Oystercatcher (plus 1 chick still on Arnold's) ,
14 Avocet (Pat's) ,
57 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's, later 27 Arnold's & 1 Swan Lake) ,
1 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (ad f, 'Anouk' Pat's then Arnold's) ,
77 Curlew ,
22 Redshank ,
4 Green Sandpiper (3 Pat's, 1 Snipe's) ,
1 Common Sandpiper (Pat's) ,
10 Ruff (8 ad m, 2 ad f, Pat's) ,
8 Sanderling (Arnold's) ,
10 Dunlin ,
4 Ringed Plover (2 Arnold's, 2 Beach off Sea Pool) ,
1 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's) ,
1 Bearded Tit (E Bank) ,
[David & Pat Wileman]