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 02 July 2025
1 Great White Egret (Snipes) ,
1 Grey Heron ,
1 Red Kite ,
[Mick Roe]
Wed 02 July 2025
2 Little Grebe (1 + 3sm chicks, Snipes, 1 Don's Pool) ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
Wed 02 July 2025
22 Gannet (All east, often close in. Mostly imm birds but several adults.) ,
50 Common Scoter (At least. West.) ,
1 Bar-tailed Godwit (West.) ,
1 Whimbrel (West.) ,
20 Mediterranean Gull (At least.) ,
1 Common Gull (Adult.) ,
1 Kittiwake (Adult.) ,
100 Sandwich Tern (At least. Much coming & going as usual.) ,
6 Common Tern (At least.) ,
14 Little Tern (At least.) ,
[Andrew Cox]
Tue 01 July 2025
Tue 01 July 2025
2 Gannet (East.) ,
1 Hobby ,
2 Dunlin (Arnolds. Sp.) ,
2 Curlew Sandpiper (Arnolds. One sp, one 1st summer.) ,
14 Black-tailed Godwit (Serpentine/Arnolds/Pats.) ,
1 Green Sandpiper (Simmonds.) ,
9 Mediterranean Gull (At least. Arnolds/sea/Simmonds.) ,
5 Common Gull ,
14 Sandwich Tern (Arnolds. More along the shoreline.) ,
[Andrew Cox]
Tue 01 July 2025
1 Coal Tit ,
1 Treecreeper (Trees in private garden. First one I've seen in the village.) ,
[Andrew Cox]
Tue 01 July 2025
1
Collared Pratincole
(Sat out at north-west end of Simmonds Scrape. Had been spotted by a visitor earlier who'd then let some other birders know on East Bank. Stayed until 08:12 when, after a couple of feeding flights it moved off high north-west. )
,
9 Spoonbill (Simmonds including two very young tspoons which might be out of NF.) ,
13 Cattle Egret (Serpentine) ,
2
Curlew Sandpiper
(Swan Lake - adult SP and presumed 1st summer bird.)
,
2 Dunlin (SP on Swan Lake) ,
23 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Swan Lake) ,
3 Mediterranean Gull (Swan Lake) ,
5 Sandwich Tern (Swan Lake) ,
1 Tufted Duck (Drake moving to eclipse Swan Lake) ,
1
Great White Egret
(Snipes)
,
4 Little Grebe (Adult and two chicks Snipes) ,
[David Griffiths]
Tue 01 July 2025
6 Sandwich Tern ,
[Cbc Admin]
Tue 01 July 2025
34 Teal ,
2 Little Grebe ,
6 Spoonbill (2 ads, 4 juvs) ,
3 Grey Heron ,
1 Great White Egret ,
29 Little Egret ,
6 Cattle Egret ,
3 Cormorant ,
3 Marsh Harrier (juvs) ,
1 Coot (ad + 2 lge chicks) ,
9 Oystercatcher ,
79 Avocet (incl. 3 juvs) ,
24 Curlew ,
15 Redshank ,
4 Black-tailed Godwit ,
2 Ruff (ad m) ,
10 Little Ringed Plover (chicks on Pat's have now fledged) ,
30 Lapwing (plus 2 tiny chicks) ,
13 Sandwich Tern (Arnold's) ,
1 Kingfisher (Main Drain) ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
Tue 01 July 2025
4 Gannet (Offshore.) ,
5 Eider (Eclipsed male & four females west, very close in.) ,
80 Common Scoter (Approx. Lifted off offshore & went east. Later 30 back west.) ,
1 Dunlin (West along beach.) ,
1 Collared Pratincole (Simmonds. Made off west at 08:00.) ,
1 Mediterranean Gull (West.) ,
100 Sandwich Tern (At least. Much coming & going along the shore. Many carrying or catching sandeels.) ,
4 Common Tern (Beach.) ,
3 Little Tern (Beach.) ,
2 Bearded Tit (Juvs, from East Bank.) ,
1 Barn Owl ,
[Andrew Cox]