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).
Sat 15 November 2025
1 Woodcock (Very tired bird beside A149, safely moved under hedge.) ,
[Gary Bunting]
Sat 15 November 2025
1 Pintail (On duck pond ) ,
[Gary Bunting]
Sat 15 November 2025
5
Water Pipit
(Cut reeds to left of Bishops Hide and around Pats Pool.)
,
1
Jack Snipe
(Cut reeds to left of Bishops Hide. Two reported asleep earlier but one stayed in same general position for at least 5 hours, only changing orientation, bobbing periodically and the odd stretch.)
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2
Stonechat
(Reeds around Bishops Hide)
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1 Whinchat (Seen briefly to west of path to Bishops Hide.) ,
1 Cetti's Warbler (Path to Bishops Hide) ,
2 Bearded Tit (Path to Bishops Hide) ,
11 Dunlin (Pats) ,
3 Marsh Harrier (Over scrapes and reedbed) ,
250 Golden Plover (Eye Field) ,
c.1 Grey Plover (Pats) ,
1 Robin (Reeds around Bishops Hide) ,
[David Griffiths]
Thu 13 November 2025
Wed 12 November 2025
2 Swallow (East over iron rd.) ,
1 Jack Snipe (Flushed onto swan lake from reeds by path) ,
1 Great Northern Diver (East past beach hotel, close in.) ,
[John Fairey]
Wed 12 November 2025
143 Pink-footed Goose (left roost , prob all Whitwell & Simmond's) ,
27 Black-tailed Godwit ,
1 Curlew ,
3 Snipe ,
18 Ruff (13 ad m, 3 juv m, 2 ad f,) ,
25 Dunlin ,
411 Lapwing ,
1 Buzzard ,
2 Marsh Harrier ,
1 Water Pipit ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
Tue 11 November 2025
Tue 11 November 2025
1210 Pink-footed Goose (960 W over field behindVisitor Centre and 250 E over reserve fro further west.) ,
4 Pintail (Arnold's) ,
3 Little Grebe (Don's Pool & Brackish) ,
2 Little Egret ,
6 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,
1 Coot (Don's Pool) ,
6 Moorhen (in Catchwater Drain W of E Bank) ,
1 Curlew (Brackish) ,
19 Redshank ,
65 Black-tailed Godwit (1 Pope's Pool, 64 Pat's) ,
15 Ruff (10 ad m, 2 juv m, 2 ad f, 1 juv f, Pat's) ,
74 Dunlin ,
1 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,
547 Lapwing ,
1 Marsh Harrier ,
1 Stonechat (Bull Marsh) ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
Mon 10 November 2025
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker ,
1 Red Kite (Heard) ,
1 Marsh Harrier (Over north) ,
2 Raven (Flew north am then back into trees pm) ,
1 Sparrowhawk ,
1 Goldcrest ,
3 Lapwing (Flew west) ,
[David Fell]
Sun 09 November 2025
1 Fieldfare (In hedge near Kelling WM) ,
1 Grey Partridge (Heard from field west of Kelling WM) ,
2 Chiffchaff (In bushes along Meadow Lane) ,
1 Kingfisher (Seen from Meadow Lane) ,
[David Fell]