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 02 August 2025
4 Roe Deer (In cut field west of north end of OWL) ,
[David Fell]
Sat 02 August 2025
5 Green Sandpiper (4 Pats 1 Simmons) ,
1 Common Sandpiper (Pats) ,
1 Wood Sandpiper (Pats) ,
1 Curlew Sandpiper (SP on Pats) ,
1 Mediterranean Gull (Juv Pats) ,
2 Marsh Harrier (Male and juv) ,
1 Chinese Water Deer (In front of Dukes) ,
[David Fell]
Sat 02 August 2025
1 Bittern (Flew east across East Bank, landing near Don’s Pool) ,
[Sean Dempster]
Sat 02 August 2025
Sat 02 August 2025
15 Sandwich Tern (offshore) ,
5 Little Tern ,
1 Arctic Tern (west) ,
2 Common Tern (west) ,
12 Bar-tailed Godwit (west) ,
5 Sanderling (west) ,
6 Oystercatcher (west) ,
25 Dunlin (west) ,
c.1 Grey Plover (west) ,
65 Curlew (60 on Eye Field, 5 west during seawatch) ,
1 Whimbrel (west) ,
5 Turnstone (west) ,
250 Common Scoter (west) ,
c.60 Teal (west) ,
c.20 Gannet ,
c.3 Marsh Harrier (Female and 2 juveniles) ,
15 Ruff (All on Pats) ,
1 Wood Sandpiper (Pats) ,
2 Common Sandpiper (Pats/Simmonds) ,
3
Green Sandpiper
(Pats/Simmonds)
,
1 Curlew Sandpiper (Moulting adult on Pats) ,
8 Redshank (Simmonds - 2 groups of four) ,
30 Lapwing (Pats/Simmonds) ,
58 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Serpentine) ,
35 Dunlin (Arnolds late AM) ,
1 Avocet (Arnolds Marsh) ,
28 Redshank (Arnolds Marsh) ,
12 Knot (Flew west) ,
120
Greylag Goose
(Serpentine including a dodgy looking leucistic bird)
,
c.23
Cattle Egret
(Maximum on fields with cattle AM and then regular sightings throughout the day)
,
5 Spoonbill (2 adults, 3 t-spoons on Simmonds) ,
1 Great White Egret (East over reserve) ,
12 Little Egret (Reserve wide) ,
c.2 Bearded Tit (Juvenile males opposite Daukes Hide PM) ,
2
Whitethroat
(Juveniles feeding on blackberries on the Skirts path PM)
,
[David Griffiths]
Fri 01 August 2025
4 Cattle Egret (3 East of Salthouse Beach Road, 1 Eye Field) ,
4 Arctic Skua (Initially 2 pale phase in from north harrassing terns then off west and then east where settled on the sea) ,
1 Arctic Tern (west) ,
1 Common Tern (west) ,
c.60 Common Scoter (west) ,
c.30 Teal (west) ,
c.25 Sandwich Tern (west) ,
1 Bar-tailed Godwit (west) ,
1 Knot (west) ,
1 Oystercatcher (west) ,
c.15 Gannet (west) ,
1 Little Gull (adult feeding offshore for ca 20 minutes then off west) ,
[David Griffiths]
Fri 01 August 2025
Thu 31 July 2025
2 Egyptian Goose (Serpentine) ,
19 Canada Goose (Serpentine) ,
130 Greylag Goose (Serpentine area) ,
1 Grey Heron ,
1 Spoonbill (Snipe's) ,
1 Great White Egret ,
8 Little Egret ,
1 Cattle Egret ,
6 Cormorant (Arnold's) ,
3 Little Grebe (ad + 1 lge chick on Snipe's, 2 ads Don's) ,
2 Moorhen (ad, juv and 2 small chicks on Snipes) ,
4 Oystercatcher (Arnold's) ,
50 Curlew ,
47 Black-tailed Godwit ,
1 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (Serpentine,ad 'Anouk') ,
35 Redshank (plus 2 med/lge chicks on Arnold's) ,
6 Green Sandpiper (4 Pat's, 2 Serpentine) ,
1 Wood Sandpiper (Pat's) ,
1 Common Sandpiper (Pat's) ,
15 Ruff (13 adm, 2 adf, Pat's) ,
8 Dunlin (Arnold's) ,
8 Ringed Plover (incl. 2 juvs) ,
2 Golden Plover (Arnold's) ,
5 Lapwing (plus 1 lge chick on Serpentine) ,
2 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's) ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
Wed 30 July 2025
1
Great White Egret
(Flew west over reserve)
,
3
Marsh Harrier
(Female and 2 juvs with one of the latter taking an unhealthy interest in a deceased Black Headed Gull on Whitwell Scrape)
,
c.230 Lapwing (Pats and Simmonds with leucistic bird still around (Pats)) ,
15 Ruff (All on Pats) ,
3 Green Sandpiper (Pats) ,
23 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Pats) ,
1 Little Egret (Simmonds) ,
9
Cattle Egret
(One Eye Field, 5 on Simmonds and 3 flew west)
,
1
Chinese Water Deer
(Simmonds)
,
1 Curlew (Simmonds then off west) ,
[David Griffiths]
Wed 30 July 2025
184 Greylag Goose (flew into Serpentine from fields at 6:40) ,
2 Little Grebe (ad + 2 lge chicks Snipe's, ad Don's) ,
1 Grey Heron ,
7 Little Egret ,
12 Cattle Egret (10 off E Bank, 2 briefly Pat's) ,
2 Cormorant ,
1 Marsh Harrier ,
2 Kestrel ,
5 Oystercatcher (Arnold's) ,
2 Avocet (Pat's) ,
70 Curlew ,
1 Whimbrel (heard only) ,
45 Black-tailed Godwit (44 Pat's, 1 Arnold's) ,
1 Black-tailed Godwit (European) (ad f, 'Anouk' Pat's) ,
3 Snipe (2 Pat's, 1 Serpentine) ,
1 Greenshank (Arnold's) ,
40 Redshank (plus 2 lge chicks) ,
7 Green Sandpiper (5 Snipe's, 2 Pat's) ,
1 Common Sandpiper (Pat's) ,
16 Ruff (14 ad m, 2 ad f, Pat's) ,
10 Dunlin (Arnold's) ,
66 Lapwing (plus 1 lge chick) ,
[David & Pat Wileman]