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).
Fri 08 May 2026
1 Bittern (Off East Bank c.14.30) ,
2 Spoonbill (Over N.Foreland) ,
1 Wheatear (Eye Field) ,
2 Golden Plover (Eye Field) ,
[Kath & Mick Claydon]
Fri 08 May 2026
Fri 08 May 2026
1 Bittern (Just left of the east bank in the reeds, then flew 300 metres northbound and dropped back in the reeds.) ,
[Mick Roe]
Fri 08 May 2026
12 Little Tern (Feeding offshore) ,
2 Sandwich Tern (West) ,
4 Common Sandpiper (Two North Scrape, 2 Simmonds) ,
42 Dunlin (Pats) ,
4 Little Ringed Plover (2 Pats, 2 Whitwell) ,
2
Temminck's Stint
(Simmonds)
,
2
Wood Sandpiper
(Whitwell Scrape, including CR and flagged individual)
,
2
Golden Plover
(SP birds on Eye Field)
,
[David Griffiths]
Fri 08 May 2026
1 Pink-footed Goose (Pat's) ,
2 Egyptian Goose (pr + 2 goslings) ,
1 Little Grebe (heard, Snipe's) ,
1 Water Rail (heard, Snipe's) ,
2 Grey Heron ,
1 Little Egret (Brackish) ,
9 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,
8 Oystercatcher ,
31 Avocet (11 serpentine, rest spread around ) ,
1 Curlew ,
1 Whimbrel ,
1 Snipe (Pat's) ,
49 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,
17 Redshank ,
2 Common Sandpiper (Pat's) ,
1 Ruff (ad m, Pat's) ,
29 Dunlin ,
3 Little Ringed Plover (2 Pat's, 1 Serpentine) ,
7 Ringed Plover (Shingle & Arnold's) ,
2 Little Tern (Arnold's) ,
2 Wheatear (1 Arnold's, 1 Serpentine (could have been the same)) ,
2 Red-legged Partridge (Arnold's!!) ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
Thu 07 May 2026
Thu 07 May 2026
2 Egyptian Goose (+ 2 goslings, Pat's) ,
1 Little Grebe (heard, Snipe's) ,
2 Grey Heron (still frequenting the main reedbed) ,
4 Little Egret ,
7 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,
10 Oystercatcher ,
18 Avocet ,
1 Curlew (E of E Bank) ,
1 Whimbrel (E of E Bank) ,
1 Bar-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,
89 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,
12 Redshank ,
1 Common Sandpiper (Pat;s) ,
2 Ruff (imm m, Pat's) ,
35 Dunlin (Pat's) ,
3 Little Ringed Plover (1 Serpentine, 2 Pat's) ,
4 Ringed Plover (2 Serpentine, 2 Brackish shingle) ,
1 Red Kite ,
6 Little Tern (Arnold's) ,
1 Wheatear (fem, Arnold's) ,
1 Marsh Harrier (ad m) ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
Wed 06 May 2026
Wed 06 May 2026
1 Spoonbill (Simmonds) ,
1 Great White Egret (Simmonds (black billed bird)) ,
c.100 Dunlin (North scrape) ,
4 Wood Sandpiper (North scrape) ,
1 Common Sandpiper (North scrape) ,
4 Ruff (North scrape. All males in cracking plumage.) ,
3 Little Ringed Plover (Pats) ,
4 Ringed Plover (North scrape) ,
1 Snipe (North scrape) ,
2 Whimbrel (Eye field) ,
3 Golden Plover (Eye field summer plumage birds) ,
5 Wheatear (Eye field) ,
[David Fell]
Wed 06 May 2026
3 Spoonbill (ads, Pat's Pool) ,
2 Great White Egret (flew E) ,
3 Oystercatcher ,
32 Avocet (5 Pat's, 26 Watling Water, 1 Swan Lake) ,
62 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,
2 Bar-tailed Godwit (1 Swan Lake, 1 Pat's) ,
1 Snipe (Watling Water) ,
8 Redshank ,
3 Common Sandpiper (2 Pat's, 1 Watling Water) ,
5 Ruff ,
5 Little Ringed Plover (1 ad m, 3 imm m, 1 ad f, Pat's) ,
3 Ringed Plover (Swan Lake) ,
1 Red Kite ,
1 Buzzard ,
1 Marsh Harrier (over Watling Water) ,
1 Swallow (in Babcock hide) ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
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