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).
Tue 02 December 2025
Tue 02 December 2025
Tue 02 December 2025
Tue 02 December 2025
1 Pintail (ad m) ,
4 Moorhen ,
1 Mute Swan (juv (4GEW)) ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
Tue 02 December 2025
2500 Pink-footed Goose (flocks on and off reserve from fields) ,
13 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (flew E) ,
20 Pintail (2 Brackish, 18 Arnold's but mobile) ,
6 Little Grebe (Don's, Brackish & Main Drain) ,
2 Little Egret ,
1 Cormorant ,
4 Avocet (Pat's) ,
17 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,
4 Curlew ,
3 Redshank ,
5 Snipe (3 Pat's, 2 Brackish) ,
19 Dunlin (Pat's) ,
423 Lapwing ,
1 Golden Plover (Pat's) ,
1 Red Kite (W) ,
1 Kestrel ,
5 Marsh Harrier (incl. yellow tagged fem) ,
2 Stonechat (pr E Bank) ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
Mon 01 December 2025
2 Red Kite (Drifted south together) ,
1 Kestrel ,
2 Buzzard (Came into roost) ,
[David Fell]
Sun 30 November 2025
3 Chaffinch ,
1 Wren ,
1 Bullfinch (Male.) ,
2 Cormorant (Flying SW, separately.) ,
c.50 Lapwing (On field immediately E.) ,
c.10 Curlew (On field immediately E.) ,
1 Kestrel ,
1 Shelduck ,
4 Gadwall ,
c.9 Teal ,
12 Golden Plover (Flying W.) ,
2 Mallard (Both male.) ,
1 Wigeon (Male.) ,
1 Shoveler (Male.) ,
c.1 Cetti's Warbler (Heard only,singing.) ,
[Tony Pope]
Sun 30 November 2025
c.1200 Pink-footed Goose (Wigeon marsh) ,
350 Wigeon (East Bank) ,
7 Shoveler (East Bank) ,
62 Teal (East Bank) ,
2 Shelduck (East Bank) ,
2 Little Egret (East Bank) ,
8 Dunlin (East Bank) ,
1 Ringed Plover (East Bank) ,
1 Stonechat (East Bank) ,
9 Goldfinch (Cricket Marsh) ,
150 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Bull Marsh) ,
[Kath & Mick Claydon]
Sat 29 November 2025
400 Pink-footed Goose (Maximum count mid AM after about 2000 returned from the south and alighted onto Billy's Wash/Eye Field/Bull Marsh) ,
150 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Eye Field) ,
80 Greylag Goose (Field east of Babcock Hide) ,
15
Pintail
(3 Simmonds, 12 Arnolds)
,
c.600 Wigeon (250 Simmonds, 350 Serpentine) ,
4 Avocet (Pats) ,
c.7 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Pats) ,
6 Water Pipit (Maximum count on/over Pats with two seen on Serpentine) ,
c.2
Kingfisher
(From Bishops Hide, using the post and also hovering to fish. Another East Bank)
,
2
Black-headed Gull
(Simmonds including a pink-breasted individual)
,
112 Dunlin (22 Pats, 90 Arnolds) ,
1
Jack Snipe
(Very close to LHS of Bishops Hide and still cryptically camouflaged. A lot of bobbing which actually made one feel queesy! A Common Snipe walked passed allowing fantastic comparison of features.)
,
15 Gadwall (Brackish Lagoon) ,
450 Teal (Pats/Simmonds/Serpentine) ,
1 Chiffchaff (collybita) (East Bank shrubs) ,
1 Water Rail (Dons Pool) ,
c.1 Grey Wagtail (Snipes Marsh) ,
1 Blackcap (Male Walsey Hills) ,
1 Redwing (Walsey Hills) ,
2 Marsh Harrier (Adult female and juvenile over reserve) ,
2 Little Egret (Brackish Lagoon) ,
1 Grey Plover (Arnolds Marsh) ,
2 Ringed Plover (Arnolds Marsh) ,
1 Turnstone (Arnolds Marsh) ,
7 Snipe (Pats, one near Jack Snipe and 6 flew south) ,
[David Griffiths]
Fri 28 November 2025
c.1000 Pink-footed Goose (flocks leaving S as we arrived) ,
45 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (N Scrape, viewed from E Bank) ,
5 Pintail (Arnold's) ,
4 Little Grebe ,
2 Little Egret ,
2 Avocet (Arnold's) ,
8 Black-tailed Godwit (7 Pat's, 1 Arnold's) ,
2 Curlew ,
14 Redshank ,
27 Dunlin ,
2 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,
270 Lapwing ,
1 Water Rail (heard) ,
1 Red Kite (W) ,
6 Marsh Harrier (incl. orange tagged m and yellow tagged fem) ,
1 Buzzard (over N Foreland) ,
1 Kestrel ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
This screen shows all sightings from the date shown here on the left until today in reverse date sequence. There is a limited number that show at one time so the page numbers above let you page through them. If you want to see any earlier sightings you can do this by changing the date on the left to the earliest date you want then click on SHOW MORE. When the screen refreshes you will need to scroll to the bottom then navigate through the pages to find what you are looking for.