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).
Tue 21 October 2025
12 Ruff (Pats) ,
2 Water Pipit (Simmonds) ,
8 Avocet (Pats) ,
12
Cattle Egret
(Mobile around scrapes)
,
2
Reed Bunting
(Reedbeds and Boardwalk)
,
5
Whooper Swan
(Adults on Pats, off to North Scrape and then back to field near NWT VC.)
,
9 Marsh Harrier (Over reserve) ,
35 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Pats) ,
[David Griffiths]
Tue 21 October 2025
Tue 21 October 2025
Tue 21 October 2025
5 Whooper Swan (field E of Visitor Centre) ,
149 Canada Goose (Pope's Pool, early morning) ,
1036 Pink-footed Goose (incl 46 on Pat's) ,
10 Egyptian Goose (Pat's) ,
1 Ruddy Shelduck (Pat's) ,
2 Pintail (Brackish) ,
2 Little Grebe (Brackish) ,
1 Coot (Don's Pool) ,
3 Grey Heron (Brackish) ,
5 Little Egret ,
12 Cattle Egret (4 with cow's on Wigeon Marsh, 8 with cows by Pat's) ,
53 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,
3 Marsh Harrier ,
5 Avocet (Pat's) ,
6 Curlew ,
107 Black-tailed Godwit (4 Arnold's, rest Pat's) ,
4 Greenshank (Pat's) ,
1 Spotted Redshank (Pat's) ,
32 Redshank ,
2 Snipe (Pat's) ,
34 Ruff (30 ad m, 1 juv m, 2 ad f, 1 juv f, Pat's) ,
45 Dunlin ,
2 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,
2 Glossy Ibis (Pat's briefly early) ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
Mon 20 October 2025
Mon 20 October 2025
140 Canada Goose (Pope's Pool) ,
5 Whooper Swan ,
8 Egyptian Goose ,
1 Ruddy Shelduck ,
9 Cormorant ,
2 Water Rail (heard) ,
3 Marsh Harrier ,
1 Coot (Don's Pool) ,
1 Tawny Owl (heard calling from N Foreland at 07:00) ,
5 Avocet ,
111 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,
23 Ruff (Pat's) ,
1 Curlew Sandpiper (Pat's) ,
18 Dunlin (Pat's) ,
1 Little Stint (Pat's) ,
1 Snipe (Pat's) ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
Mon 20 October 2025
2828 Pink-footed Goose (roosted leaving between 07:35 and 07:56. 55 Pat's Pool, 135 Simmonds' Scrape, 18 Whitwell Scrape, 2620 North Scrape.) ,
[Cbc Admin]
Sun 19 October 2025
1 Great Northern Diver (On sea. Has been here a few days now.) ,
4 Red-throated Diver (All west) ,
10 Common Scoter (8 east 2 west) ,
1 Grey Heron (East) ,
3 Gannet (2 east 1 west adults) ,
6 Wigeon (East) ,
3 Eider (Drakes west) ,
[David Fell]