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 18 July 2026
4
Black-tailed Godwit (European)
(Yesterday's adult and juvenile joined by two more distinctive moulting adults, one a large female - all on Pat's Pool)
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85 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) ,
5 Green Sandpiper ,
1 Turnstone (Stunning full summer adult on Pat's. ) ,
2 Dunlin ,
24 Ruff ,
7 Little Ringed Plover ,
[Mark Golley]
Sat 18 July 2026
c.6 Greylag Goose (Watling Water) ,
1 Shoveler (Watling Water) ,
c.8 Teal ,
c.25 Cormorant (Arnold's ) ,
c.25 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's ) ,
c.30 Avocet ,
c.6 Oystercatcher ,
3 Golden Plover (Between Serpentine and Pope's ) ,
1 Ringed Plover ,
c.8 Little Ringed Plover ,
c.10 Curlew ,
c.18 Black-tailed Godwit ,
1
Jack Snipe
(Unexpected in July. Bird with a limp on Serpentine )
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c.25 Redshank ,
c.12 Ruff ,
2 Dunlin ,
1 Spoonbill ,
2 Little Egret ,
3 Marsh Harrier ,
1 Buzzard ,
2 Kestrel (Along Attenborough walk) ,
[David Nurse]
Sat 18 July 2026
1 Black Tern (Juvenile west passed Cley Beach) ,
c.25
Common Tern
(Early morning seawatch and late AM beach walk)
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c.80 Sandwich Tern ,
c.15 Mediterranean Gull (Adults in the main with 2 CY and 3 juvs) ,
c.25 Gannet ,
1 Guillemot ,
2 Razorbill ,
12 Common Scoter (west) ,
1 Red-throated Diver (East and ditched off wreck) ,
12 Kittiwake (Early melee off beach) ,
3 Greenshank (Pats AM) ,
3
Green Sandpiper
(Minimum across Pats/Simmonds)
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2
British Yellow Wagtail
(Juveniles Simmonds PM)
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1 Common Sandpiper (Pats) ,
11 Dunlin (north scrape) ,
5 Ringed Plover (North Scrape) ,
2 Knot (SP west late AM) ,
3 Curlew (west) ,
2 Sanderling (west) ,
4 Spoonbill (Pats AM) ,
1 Marsh Harrier (Male hunting reserve PM) ,
1 Little Egret (Whitwell Scrape) ,
3 Sedge Warbler (Juveniles in front of Daukes Hide) ,
2 Reed Bunting (Juveniles in front of Daukes Hide) ,
[David Griffiths]
Sat 18 July 2026
Fri 17 July 2026
40 Avocet ,
59 Redshank ,
c.150 Lapwing ,
6 Oystercatcher ,
11 Ruff ,
54 Black-tailed Godwit (Mostly (41) on Pat's) ,
2
Green Sandpiper
(Moving between Pat's and Simmond's)
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1 Common Sandpiper (Pat's) ,
1 Wood Sandpiper (Serpentine) ,
6 Dunlin ,
2 Snipe (Serpentine and North Scrape) ,
18 Curlew (Mostly (15) East of East Bank) ,
1 Whimbrel (Arnold's) ,
1
Knot
(In breeding plumage, North Scrape)
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5 Little Egret ,
3 Spoonbill (Serpentine & Arnold's) ,
2 Glossy Ibis (Pat's) ,
2 Grey Heron (Pat's) ,
1 Greenshank (Pat's) ,
1 Golden Plover (Pat's) ,
7 Ringed Plover (Mostly (6) on North Scrape) ,
8
Little Ringed Plover
(Plus 4 chicks on Serpentine)
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9 Greylag Goose (North Scrape) ,
3 Bearded Tit (From Bishop's) ,
16 Sandwich Tern (Mostly (13) Arnolds. Many more feeding along beach) ,
2 Common Tern (North Scrape) ,
7 Shelduck ,
3 Marsh Harrier ,
35 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,
1 Kestrel (Between Serpentine and Arnold's) ,
[David Nurse]
Fri 17 July 2026
1 Hobby (Hunting Sand Martins without success.) ,
c.5 Sand Martin ,
10 Mute Swan ,
2 Lapwing ,
c.10 Mallard ,
1 Grey Heron ,
2 Teal ,
7 Linnet ,
2 Goldfinch ,
1 Little Egret ,
2 Coot ,
1 Moorhen ,
1 Stock Dove ,
c.1 Wigeon (Heard only, calling.) ,
1 Sedge Warbler ,
1 Cetti's Warbler (One seen, then rather subdued song heard.) ,
c.30 Rook ,
c.5 Jackdaw ,
c.30 Woodpigeon ,
1 Stonechat (Male.) ,
1 Kestrel ,
2 Meadow Pipit ,
2 Swallow ,
1 Red Kite ,
[Tony Pope]
Fri 17 July 2026
2
Black-tailed Godwit (European)
(An already moulting juvenile close to Bishop's Hide plus a distinctive well moulted - largely grey - adult, also on Pat's Pool. The juvenile has already dropped several all-grey 1st W feathers into the scapulars & appears rather plain c.f. to juv islandica (which won't be here just yet!))
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45 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Almost all breeding males, a small number of 2CY's as well) ,
2 Glossy Ibis (The two regulars dropped onto Pat's mid-afternoon, then moved to RAR Scrape for a short time.) ,
1 Bittern (Nice flight view across Pat's Pool, out of main reedbed and landing on the northern side of Pat's. After a few minutes, the bird took off and headed off towards the Freshes (feeding flight presumably).) ,
1 Green Sandpiper ,
1 Common Sandpiper ,
8 Ruff ,
1
Black-tailed Godwit (European)
(A shot of the adult - in it's own way, just as distinctive as the juvenile above - the already largely winter plumage with some remnant summer feathers is quite unlike the look of similarly aged Icelandics.)
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[Mark Golley]
Fri 17 July 2026
655 Herring Gull ,
2 Great Black-backed Gull ,
1 Sandwich Tern ,
1 Common Tern ,
12 Mediterranean Gull ,
[Cbc Admin]
Fri 17 July 2026
1 Cormorant ,
5 Black-headed Gull ,
1 Sandwich Tern ,
[Cbc Admin]
Fri 17 July 2026
1 Cormorant ,
3 Little Egret ,
2 Grey Heron ,
2 Mute Swan ,
57 Greylag Goose ,
6 Egyptian Goose ,
27 Mallard (incl. 22 'feral' on Duck Pond) ,
4 Moorhen ,
4 Oystercatcher ,
7 Avocet ,
3 Ringed Plover ,
2 Lapwing ,
40 Curlew ,
1 Redshank ,
173 Black-headed Gull ,
2 Common Gull ,
5 Lesser Black-backed Gull ,
39 Herring Gull ,
1 Great Black-backed Gull ,
3 Kestrel ,
11 Meadow Pipit ,
2 Stonechat ,
9 Linnet ,
2 Reed Bunting ,
1 Buzzard ,
7 Mediterranean Gull ,
[Cbc Admin]