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).
Fri 12 December 2025
1 Red Kite (A vocal bird circling the plantation) ,
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker ,
14 Long-tailed Tit (All on fat ball feeder) ,
[David Fell]
Fri 12 December 2025
Wed 10 December 2025
1 Water Rail (Snipes marsh) ,
[Gary Bunting]
Wed 10 December 2025
4 Blue Tit ,
1 Great Tit ,
1 Goldfinch ,
4 Chaffinch ,
1 Blackbird ,
2 Pheasant ,
4 Red Kite ,
1 Wren ,
14 Wigeon ,
1 Dunnock ,
1 Robin ,
4 Teal ,
1 Cormorant ,
1 Mediterranean Gull (West along shore) ,
3 Stonechat (On camp fence) ,
1 Curlew (West) ,
1 Redshank ,
7 Linnet (Shingle bank) ,
2 Egyptian Goose ,
1 Snipe ,
1 Buzzard ,
1 Magpie ,
3 Moorhen ,
15 Greenfinch (Flock landed dead tree in meadow lane) ,
1 Kestrel ,
[Gary Bunting]
Wed 10 December 2025
1 Red Kite ,
1 Pied Wagtail ,
1 Buzzard ,
4 Linnet ,
1 Stonechat (Male.) ,
1 Little Egret ,
1 Carrion Crow ,
2 Mallard ,
1 Kestrel ,
1 Moorhen ,
1 Blackbird ,
[Tony Pope]
Wed 10 December 2025
31 Marsh Harrier (Minimum count of birds out of reedbed roost) ,
1 Peregrine (Juvenile hunting Eye Field ) ,
3000 Pink-footed Goose (Bull Marsh - topped up slowly with birds coming in from the south) ,
c.12 Pintail (North Scrape) ,
2 Ruff (North Scrape) ,
7 Gadwall (North Scrape) ,
3 Glossy Ibis (Flew across North Scrape and off west - dropping onto South Pool) ,
2
Water Pipit
(Cut reeds left of Bishops Hide)
,
40
Golden Plover
(Into Pats)
,
28 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Pats) ,
6 Dunlin (Pats) ,
1500
Lapwing
(across reserve)
,
c.4 Avocet (Pats) ,
1
Kingfisher
(Male feeding by hovering over pool to west of Pats cut-reed area. Incredible to watch this protracted hovering reminiscent of Pied Kingfisher. No apologies for the number of pictures!)
,
[David Griffiths]
Wed 10 December 2025
3 Glossy Ibis (Pat's till 07:33) ,
1 Kingfisher (Pat's) ,
4 Avocet (Pat's) ,
10 Ruff (incl. 1 sattelite, Pat's) ,
2 Redshank ,
350 Lapwing (Pat's) ,
17 Black-tailed Godwit ,
1 Little Egret (Pat's) ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
Wed 10 December 2025
3538 Pink-footed Goose (roosted with 1969 on Pat's Pool, 1169 on Simmond's, 160 on Whitwell and 260 on N Scrape, all leaving the scrapes between 07:15 and 07:57. ) ,
[Cbc Admin]
Mon 08 December 2025
2 Egyptian Goose ,
25 Wigeon ,
2 Gadwall ,
12 Teal ,
4 Mallard ,
6 Shoveler ,
2 Moorhen ,
35 Curlew ,
92 Black-headed Gull ,
2 Common Gull ,
1 Mediterranean Gull ,
[Cbc Admin]
Mon 08 December 2025
113 Common Scoter ,
1 Velvet Scoter ,
1 Great Black-backed Gull ,
[Cbc Admin]