CBC Wildlife News
Records submitted, most recent first. Amber indicates scarce, 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).
Fri 12 December 2025
1 Red Kite (A vocal bird circling the plantation) ,
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker ,
14 Long-tailed Tit (All on fat ball feeder) ,
[David Fell]
Fri 12 December 2025
Wed 10 December 2025
1 Red Kite ,
1 Pied Wagtail ,
1 Buzzard ,
4 Linnet ,
1 Stonechat (Male.) ,
1 Little Egret ,
1 Carrion Crow ,
2 Mallard ,
1 Kestrel ,
1 Moorhen ,
1 Blackbird ,
[Tony Pope]
Wed 10 December 2025
31 Marsh Harrier (Minimum count of birds out of reedbed roost) ,
1 Peregrine (Juvenile hunting Eye Field ) ,
3000 Pink-footed Goose (Bull Marsh - topped up slowly with birds coming in from the south) ,
c.12 Pintail (North Scrape) ,
2 Ruff (North Scrape) ,
7 Gadwall (North Scrape) ,
3 Glossy Ibis (Flew across North Scrape and off west - dropping onto South Pool) ,
2
Water Pipit
(Cut reeds left of Bishops Hide)
,
40
Golden Plover
(Into Pats)
,
28 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Pats) ,
6 Dunlin (Pats) ,
1500
Lapwing
(across reserve)
,
c.4 Avocet (Pats) ,
1
Kingfisher
(Male feeding by hovering over pool to west of Pats cut-reed area. Incredible to watch this protracted hovering reminiscent of Pied Kingfisher. No apologies for the number of pictures!)
,
[David Griffiths]
Wed 10 December 2025
3 Glossy Ibis (Pat's till 07:33) ,
1 Kingfisher (Pat's) ,
4 Avocet (Pat's) ,
10 Ruff (incl. 1 sattelite, Pat's) ,
2 Redshank ,
350 Lapwing (Pat's) ,
17 Black-tailed Godwit ,
1 Little Egret (Pat's) ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
Fri 05 December 2025
2 Red Kite (Fabulous display over the sea defence bank) ,
2 Curlew ,
3 Little Egret ,
1 Marsh Harrier ,
1 Stonechat (Male displaying very well close to footpath. ) ,
[Stephen Heaton]
Fri 05 December 2025
2 Stonechat ,
c.1 Cetti's Warbler (Heard only, singing.) ,
1 Carrion Crow (On beach.) ,
10 Mallard ,
c.21 Teal ,
6 Egyptian Goose (Flushed by Red Kite.) ,
3 Red Kite ,
1 Buzzard ,
1 Kestrel ,
1 Magpie ,
2 Song Thrush ,
1 Bullfinch ,
[Tony Pope]
Fri 05 December 2025
c.1360 Pink-footed Goose ,
138 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (in from west) ,
1 Pintail (Brackish) ,
8 Little Grebe (6 Main Drain, 2 Brackish) ,
2 Little Egret ,
4 Avocet (Pat's/Arnold's) ,
1 Snipe (Pat's) ,
11 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,
9 Redshank ,
4 Dunlin ,
559 Lapwing ,
4 Marsh Harrier ,
1 Water Pipit (Pat's) ,
1 Chinese Water Deer (Snipe's) ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
Thu 04 December 2025
2000 Pink-footed Goose (plus, on and off the reserve) ,
75 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (plus, Eye Field) ,
20 Pintail (Pope's Pool) ,
6 Little Grebe ,
2 Little Egret ,
4 Cormorant ,
1 Water Rail (heard, S end E Bank) ,
4 Avocet ,
2 Curlew ,
16 Black-tailed Godwit (15 Pat's, 1 Arnold's) ,
1 Snipe (Brackish) ,
6 Redshank ,
6 Dunlin ,
6 Golden Plover (Pat's) ,
698 Lapwing ,
3 Marsh Harrier ,
2 Kingfisher (1 Pat's, 1 Main Drain) ,
3 Stonechat (pr Arnold's, 1 Pat's) ,
1 Water Pipit (Pat's) ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
Wed 03 December 2025
2000 Pink-footed Goose (on Wigeon Marsh, many more flying around) ,
13 Pintail (Arnold's/Brackish) ,
4 Little Grebe (1 Don's, 3 Brackish/Main Drain) ,
1 Little Egret ,
2 Cormorant ,
8 Moorhen (incl 6 on Snipe's) ,
5 Avocet (2 Arnold's, 3 Pat's) ,
2 Curlew ,
24 Black-tailed Godwit (Pat's) ,
1 Snipe (Pat's) ,
14 Redshank ,
3 Ruff (2 ad m, 1 fw m, Pat's) ,
5 Dunlin (Pat's) ,
1 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,
326 Lapwing ,
1 Buzzard ,
3 Marsh Harrier ,
1 Peregrine (ad, Brackish shingle) ,
1 Kestrel (juv) ,
1 Grey Wagtail (briefly, Snipe's Marsh) ,
2 Stonechat (pr, Arnold's) ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
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