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).
Wed 28 October 2026
4 Tundra Bean Goose (Eye Field) ,
1 Black Brant (Eye Field) ,
15 Golden Plover (Eye Field) ,
[Kath & Mick Claydon]
Wed 28 October 2026
1
Tundra Bean Goose
(On Cricket Marsh with the Pinks. A bit distant though.)
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87 White-fronted Goose (Eurasian) (Minimum count: 63 flew off as a straggly group in merging groups, heading SSW over the village. A further 24+ out amongst the throng of Pinks too after departure. ) ,
2 Barnacle Goose (In with the Pinks as well.) ,
8000
Pink-footed Goose
(Rough count, could have been a thousand either way.)
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4 Glossy Ibis (The inevitable quartet in over West Bank and east over the reserve at 1615.) ,
3
Caspian Gull
(It looked for a while as though it was going to be a blank but two 1w and an adult in the half-light - hence worse than usual phone grab - saved the day)
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1 Yellow-legged Gull (4CY on Whitwell - poor numbers of large gulls this evening.) ,
[Mark Golley]
Wed 28 October 2026
1
Pale-bellied Brent Goose
(Adult in the Eye Field with DBBs)
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100 Brent Goose (Good number of sizeable family parties) ,
3 Stonechat (Along Eye Field fence) ,
1 Pintail (Juvenile/1w on North Scrape) ,
250 Wigeon (Flushed by Marsh Harrier, many heading away from the reserve) ,
8 Shoveler (On the front of North) ,
200 Teal (Spread across the North Scrape) ,
1 White-fronted Goose (Eurasian) (Four Russian birds into the back of Billy's Wash with the Pinks) ,
1 Red-throated Diver (Obvious RTD close inshore along the surf-line, not a BTD...) ,
10 Razorbill (Dotted around behind the North) ,
5 Gannet (Gorgeous juveniles lingering close inshore still) ,
[Mark Golley]
Wed 28 October 2026
510 Pink-footed Goose (510 on Pat's at 06:50, 29 Wigeon Marsh c, 08:00) ,
c.1 Great White Egret ,
1 Little Egret ,
16 Cormorant ,
7 Little Grebe (Main Drain & Brackish) ,
1 Avocet (Pat's) ,
56 Curlew (incl 48 on Arnold's) ,
77 Black-tailed Godwit ,
3 Bar-tailed Godwit (Arnold's) ,
16 Redshank ,
29 Ruff (22 ad m, 3 juv m, 3 ad f, 1 juv f - Pat's) ,
3 Curlew Sandpiper (Pat's) ,
31 Dunlin ,
252 Lapwing ,
1 Red Kite ,
3 Marsh Harrier ,
1 Kestrel (m) ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
Tue 27 October 2026
Tue 27 October 2026
Tue 27 October 2026
1 Grey Wagtail (Feeding briefly in garden.) ,
[Michael Harcup]
Tue 27 October 2026
118 Pink-footed Goose (on Pat's at 06:45, left but many more came back onto reserve) ,
2 Avocet ,
5 Black-tailed Godwit ,
12 Ruff (incl 5 ad m, 1 ad f) ,
32 Dunlin ,
1 Golden Plover ,
2 Red Kite ,
3 Marsh Harrier (incl wing-tagged f Y(B3)) ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
Mon 26 October 2026
Mon 26 October 2026
1
Whooper Swan
(Adult in from the east, over Eye Field/West Bank and back, dropping onto North Scrape. Very vocal even on the water.)
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1
Pale-bellied Brent Goose
(With small flock on Eye Field)
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15 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Eye Field) ,
2
Barnacle Goose
(Eye Field )
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2400 Pink-footed Goose (Reserve wide) ,
c.30 Greylag Goose ,
c.25 Canada Goose ,
c.12 White-fronted Goose (Eurasian) (Eye Field) ,
c.2 Tundra Bean Goose (Eye Field) ,
4 Pintail (Billy's Wash) ,
250 Wigeon (North Scrape) ,
c.5 Ruff (North Scrape) ,
1 Desert Wheatear (Still along northern edge of reserve/shingle east of beach carpark) ,
7 Stonechat (Beach carpark scrub) ,
3 Red-throated Diver (Sea) ,
[David Griffiths]