CBC Wildlife News
Records submitted in the last 31 days, 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).
Wed 27 March 2024
11 Pintail ,
1 Tufted Duck (drake, Pat's) ,
3 Pochard (m Snipe's, m + f Skirts Pool) ,
1 Little Grebe (Big Pool) ,
12 Grey Heron ,
10 Little Egret ,
1 Cattle Egret ,
4 Cormorant ,
1 Red Kite (flew W) ,
1 Bittern (heard) ,
1 Marsh Harrier (fem) ,
2 Coot ,
133 Avocet ,
16 Oystercatcher ,
25 Curlew ,
287 Black-tailed Godwit ,
1 Long-billed Dowitcher (Pat's) ,
27 Redshank ,
23 Ruff (15 adm, 6 1wm, 1 adf, 1 1wf) ,
1 Turnstone (Beach) ,
3 Ringed Plover (Sea Pool shingle) ,
1 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,
2 Little Ringed Plover (Pat's) ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
Wed 27 March 2024
34 Starling ,
37 Woodpigeon ,
1 Skylark (singing) ,
6 Black-headed Gull ,
1 Grey Heron ,
1 Little Egret ,
1 Mute Swan ,
43 Curlew (group feeding across the marshes) ,
2 Oystercatcher ,
6 Wigeon ,
2 Greylag Goose ,
14 Rook ,
2 Gadwall (on the duck pond) ,
6 Moorhen (3 adults feeding three chicks on the duck pond) ,
1 Marsh Harrier (flyover, hunting) ,
2 Pied Wagtail (pair feeding) ,
[Steve Hale]
Tue 26 March 2024
Tue 26 March 2024
1 Ring Ouzel (Male, flew off Saltmarsh at Morston Down into sueda bushes along coastpath ) ,
3 Grey Partridge (Off Blakeney-Morston coastpath. ) ,
[Richard Burton]
Tue 26 March 2024
8 Pintail (Brackish) ,
2 Pochard (m + f, Skirts Pool) ,
1 Little Grebe (Snipe's Marsh) ,
6 Grey Heron ,
10 Little Egret ,
1 Sparrowhawk ,
1 Marsh Harrier (fem) ,
1 Buzzard ,
2 Coot ,
6 Oystercatcher ,
21 Avocet (incl. 19 Swan Lake) ,
1 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,
3 Ringed Plover (Sea Pool shingle) ,
19 Curlew ,
122 Black-tailed Godwit (flew into Arnold's from west at 08:36) ,
2 Turnstone ,
34 Redshank ,
1 Kestrel ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
Mon 25 March 2024
Mon 25 March 2024
Mon 25 March 2024
Mon 25 March 2024
5 Pintail ,
2 Pochard (m +f , Skirts Pool) ,
4 Little Grebe ,
1 Cormorant ,
9 Grey Heron ,
3 Little Egret ,
5 Marsh Harrier ,
1 Sparrowhawk ,
5 Coot ,
9 Oystercatcher ,
118 Avocet ,
4 Curlew ,
1 Long-billed Dowitcher ,
24 Redshank ,
14 Ruff ,
3 Turnstone ,
2 Dunlin ,
2 Ringed Plover ,
1 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
Sun 24 March 2024
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