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 October 2025
Sat 18 October 2025
3 Whooper Swan (In field east of VC) ,
2 Cetti's Warbler (Heard along East Bank) ,
2 Moorhen (Dons Pool) ,
1 Glossy Ibis (Flew east) ,
2 Marsh Harrier (Over reed bed) ,
3 Grey Heron (Together over Arnolds) ,
1 Black-tailed Godwit (Arnolds) ,
6 Pintail (On brackish) ,
5 Curlew (Arnolds) ,
32 Redshank (Arnolds) ,
3 Little Grebe (2 main drain north end of East Bank and 1 on Arnolds) ,
2 Grey Plover (Arnolds) ,
2 Stonechat (Pair north of Arnolds) ,
31 Dunlin (Arnolds) ,
1 Buzzard ,
[David Fell]
Sat 18 October 2025
3 Redwing ,
9 Blackbird ,
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker ,
1 Song Thrush ,
2 Greenfinch ,
[David Fell]
Sat 18 October 2025
Sat 18 October 2025
3 Velvet Scoter (west AM - 2 drakes and a female) ,
2 Little Gull (one adult AM, 2 PM - feeding offshore) ,
2000 Wigeon (Estimated numbers as streaming west AM) ,
1500 Teal (Estimated numbers as streaming west AM) ,
5 Pintail (west) ,
c.1 Mallard (west) ,
c.1 Egyptian Goose (west and way out at sea) ,
1 Slavonian Grebe (west) ,
25 Red-throated Diver (Mainly east) ,
8 Fieldfare (In off sea) ,
500 Starling (In off sea - including one that succumbed to a local Kestrel) ,
c.120
Common Scoter
(west but female on Borrow Pit)
,
12
Blackbird
(In off the sea - several succumbing to GBBGs and a few survivors ditching on shingle before moving off into coastal scrub)
,
c.1
Ruddy Shelduck
(Female still with Egyptian Geese - mainly on Bull Marsh today)
,
1
Shore Lark
(Shingle ridge behind Arnolds Marsh AM)
,
500 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (streaming through west in small groups all day) ,
24 Razorbill (On sea) ,
c.1 Dusky Warbler (Still showing occasionally Walsey Hills) ,
c.2 Yellow-browed Warbler (Walsey Hills) ,
2 Noctule Bat (Hunting early PM over Serpentine ) ,
[David Griffiths]
Fri 17 October 2025
4
Velvet Scoter
(Drakes west with Common Scoter)
,
17 Common Scoter (west) ,
5 Gannet (Adults east) ,
3 Red-throated Diver (2 on sea, one west) ,
4
Whooper Swan
(3 adults still in arable field SW of NWT VC, juvenile on North Scrape.)
,
1 Glossy Ibis (North Scrape then SW towards Cley Village) ,
1 Ruddy Shelduck (Female still associating with Egyptian Geese, field east of NWT VC) ,
c.1500
Pink-footed Goose
(Field SE of NWT VC including the leucistic individual.)
,
[David Griffiths]
Fri 17 October 2025
Fri 17 October 2025
1441 Pink-footed Goose (508 roosted Pat's 08:01-08:38, rest left from further N from 07:41) ,
140 Canada Goose (Pope's Pool) ,
1 Barnacle Goose (Pope's Pool, with Canada's) ,
6 Pintail (Brackish & Arnold's) ,
4 Little Grebe (Main Drain) ,
2 Grey Heron ,
7 Little Egret ,
15 Cormorant ,
1 Buzzard ,
3 Marsh Harrier ,
1 Water Rail (heard, Pat's) ,
6 Avocet (Pat's) ,
9 Curlew ,
92 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,
3 Snipe (Pat's) ,
46 Redshank ,
29 Ruff (26 ad m, 2 ad f, 1 juv m, Pat's) ,
27 Dunlin ,
1 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
Thu 16 October 2025
2 Glossy Ibis (Spent time mostly feeding together,last seen in front of Bishops) ,
[Jon & Kath Trinder]