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).
Sun 05 July 2026
1
Bittern
(West over scrapes and towards West Bank. Seen from OWL Carpark)
,
6 Spoonbill (Pats) ,
2
Glossy Ibis
(Adult and ? 2CY Pats)
,
3 Little Egret (Simmonds) ,
2 Green Sandpiper (Simmonds and Whitwell) ,
6 Ruff (Pats and Simmonds) ,
1
Fox
(Pats)
,
200 Common Tern (Massive ongoing feeding progressing from east to west infront of beach. Really great to see such numbers!) ,
c.50 Sandwich Tern (In feeding melee) ,
c.20 Little Tern (Fishing offshore) ,
c.1 Arctic Tern (west) ,
16 Mediterranean Gull (10 west offshore, 4 adult BP west over Hilltop, 2 on reserve) ,
36 Dunlin (west) ,
2 Curlew (west) ,
2 Bar-tailed Godwit (west) ,
14 Common Scoter (13 east, 1 west) ,
1 Arctic Skua (west) ,
[David Griffiths]
Sun 05 July 2026
48 Common Tern (feeding offshore) ,
76 Sandwich Tern (feeding offshore) ,
22 Little Tern (feeding offshore) ,
17 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (west) ,
1 Bar-tailed Godwit (west) ,
3 Arctic Skua (dark phase adults tern chasing) ,
3 Mediterranean Gull (one juvenile & two adults offshore) ,
[Paul Laurie]
Sat 04 July 2026
1 Greylag Goose ,
1 Shelduck ,
1 Teal ,
1 Cormorant ,
1 Little Grebe ,
1 Mediterranean Gull (Arnolds) ,
1 Little Tern (Procession West along beach) ,
1 Common Tern (1 on Arnold's, several along beach) ,
1 Sandwich Tern (Procession west along beach) ,
1 Avocet ,
1 Oystercatcher ,
1 Ringed Plover ,
1 Little Ringed Plover ,
1 Curlew ,
1 Black-tailed Godwit ,
1 Snipe (Serpentine ) ,
1 Green Sandpiper (Simmond's) ,
1 Redshank ,
1 Greenshank (Simmond's) ,
1
Curlew Sandpiper
(Pat's, then later on N Scrape)
,
1 Dunlin (Juvenile, N Scrape) ,
2 Glossy Ibis (Pat's ) ,
8 Spoonbill (Pat's ) ,
1 Little Egret ,
1 Water Rail ,
1 Marsh Harrier ,
1 Kestrel ,
1 Hobby ,
1 Ruff ,
[David Nurse]
Sat 04 July 2026
2 Glossy Ibis (Adult BP and ? 2CY bird, Pats) ,
9
Spoonbill
(Pats)
,
1 Hobby (Over reserve) ,
2
Mediterranean Gull
(adult BP and 2nd summer)
,
11
Ruff
(Moulting males)
,
2 Curlew (Simmonds) ,
1
Curlew Sandpiper
(Moulting adult Pats)
,
15
Mute Swan
(11 Simmonds, Pair with two cygnets Catchwater Drain inc one )
,
65 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Mainly Pats) ,
35 Avocet (Pats and Simmonds) ,
2 Green Sandpiper (Simmonds) ,
1 Little Tern (Pats) ,
5 Kestrel (Two adults and 3 juveniles hunting over reserve together!) ,
[David Griffiths]
Fri 03 July 2026
12 Ruff (7 Pat's, 2 Simmonds, 1 North Scrape) ,
6 Little Egret (Across reserve) ,
6 Spoonbill (4 Pat's, 2 Brackish) ,
2
Glossy Ibis
(Pat's, 1 in non breeding plumage )
,
10 Little Ringed Plover (2 Pat's, 1 Arnold's, 7 N Scrape) ,
6 Bearded Tit (3 Pat's, 1 Don's, 1 by Brackish ) ,
31 Black-tailed Godwit (27 Pat's, 3 Simmond's, 1 N Scrape ) ,
102 Lapwing (79 Pat's, 15 Serpentine + chick, 8 Simmond's) ,
25 Redshank (10 Pat's, 10 N Scrape, 1 Pope's, 4 Serpentine + 3 chicks) ,
68 Avocet (47 Pat's, 5 N Scrape, 5 Serpentine + 2 chicks, 11 Arnold's + 3 chicks) ,
1 Dunlin (North Scrape. Juvenile ) ,
1 Water Rail (Richardson from Bishop's ) ,
25 Curlew (6 east of East Bank, 18 Eye Field, 1 W of West Bank) ,
5 Oystercatcher (Across reserve) ,
2 Grey Heron (1 in tree on main Reed bed, 1 Eye Field, both juvenile ) ,
2 Greenshank (1 Arnold's, 1 Simmond's) ,
3 Ringed Plover (1 Arnold's, 2 Brackish + 1 chick) ,
30 Cormorant (Arnold's ) ,
2 Sandwich Tern (With fish, west along beach) ,
5 Little Tern (3 fishing along beach, 2 fishing in Glaven) ,
1 Snipe (North Scrape ) ,
1 Wood Sandpiper (Simmond's) ,
1 Green Sandpiper (Simmond's) ,
1 Water Vole (In drain in front of Bishop's ) ,
[David Nurse]
Fri 03 July 2026
1
Hobby
(Demolishing dragonflies over the reserve)
,
7
Ruff
(Moulting males)
,
8 Spoonbill (Pats) ,
1 Glossy Ibis (Adult) ,
6 Little Ringed Plover (3 adults plus three well-grown chicks Simmonds) ,
5 Bearded Tit (Juveniles from Daukes Hides) ,
3 Green Sandpiper (2 Simmonds, 1 Whitwell) ,
1
Greenshank
(Simmonds)
,
[David Griffiths]
Fri 03 July 2026
1 Silver-washed Fritillary (Male.) ,
1 Speckled Wood ,
1 Green-veined White ,
2 Large White ,
1 Migrant Hawker ,
1 Common Darter ,
[Andrew Cox]
Fri 03 July 2026
2 Little Grebe (juvs, Don's ) ,
4 Spoonbill (incl. 2 ads & 1 imm) ,
1 Grey Heron ,
2 Glossy Ibis (Pat's) ,
4 Little Egret ,
10 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,
7 Oystercatcher (plus 1 lge chick) ,
56 Avocet (plus 3 chicks) ,
35 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,
1 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (ad m, Pat's) ,
9 Curlew ,
14 Redshank (plus 5 chicks) ,
9 Ruff (ad m, Pat's) ,
3 Knot (Arnold's) ,
15 Dunlin (Arnold's) ,
4 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,
5 Ringed Plover (+ 6 chicks) ,
1 Fox (Pat's) ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
Fri 03 July 2026
1 Gannet (West.) ,
1 Whimbrel ,
1 Mediterranean Gull (Adult.) ,
48 Sandwich Tern (At least. ) ,
1 Common Tern ,
1 Arctic Tern ,
20 Little Tern (At least. Still much coming & going.) ,
[Andrew Cox]
Thu 02 July 2026
10 Spoonbill ,
2 Grey Heron ,
1 Little Egret ,
2 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,
5 Oystercatcher ,
1 Glossy Ibis (Pat's) ,
73 Avocet (plus 2 chicks) ,
38 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,
1 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (ad m, Pat's) ,
2 Green Sandpiper (Pat's) ,
12 Redshank ,
12 Ruff (7 ad m, 1 ad f Pat's, 4 ad m Serpentine) ,
4 Little Ringed Plover ,
5 Ringed Plover (4 Arnold's, 1 Brackish) ,
1 Mediterranean Gull (ad Pat's) ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
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