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).
Sun 22 February 2026
13
White-fronted Goose (Eurasian)
(with 2 Barnacle & 6 Greylag...)
,
[Tom Whiley]
Sun 22 February 2026
1 Barn Owl (West of West Bank) ,
29 White-fronted Goose (11 West of Iron Rd, 18 East.) ,
2 Barnacle Goose (West of Iron Rd) ,
1000 Lapwing (At least across reserve (468 Watling Water)) ,
[Kath & Mick Claydon]
Fri 20 February 2026
3
Marsh Harrier
(One of which was enjoying breakfast on the bank of Whitwell scrape.)
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3 Red Kite (Over the central scrapes.) ,
[John Fairey]
Fri 20 February 2026
3 Great Crested Grebe ,
21 Black-headed Gull ,
1 Common Gull ,
100 Herring Gull ,
2 Great Black-backed Gull ,
[Cbc Admin]
Fri 20 February 2026
3 Greylag Goose ,
1 Shelduck ,
35 Wigeon ,
4 Gadwall ,
24 Teal ,
6 Shoveler ,
1 Redshank ,
32 Black-headed Gull ,
4 Common Gull ,
[Cbc Admin]
Fri 20 February 2026
1 Little Egret ,
6 Mute Swan ,
1 Pink-footed Goose ,
30 White-fronted Goose ,
4 Greylag Goose ,
2 Barnacle Goose ,
12 Shelduck ,
418 Wigeon ,
32 Teal ,
34 Mallard (Incl 12 'feral' on Duck Pond) ,
1 Pintail (on Duck Pond) ,
9 Moorhen ,
1 Oystercatcher ,
17 Curlew ,
3 Redshank ,
99 Black-headed Gull ,
27 Herring Gull ,
7 Great Black-backed Gull ,
2 Marsh Harrier ,
1 Skylark ,
4 Meadow Pipit ,
1 Stonechat ,
18 Linnet ,
[Cbc Admin]
Fri 20 February 2026
7 Little Grebe ,
1 Great Crested Grebe (Brackish) ,
6 Cormorant ,
4 Little Egret ,
2 Grey Heron ,
5 Mute Swan ,
26 Greylag Goose ,
6 Canada Goose ,
3 Dark-bellied Brent Goose ,
76 Shelduck ,
791 Wigeon ,
31 Gadwall ,
237 Teal ,
42 Mallard ,
13 Pintail ,
53 Shoveler ,
7 Moorhen ,
3 Oystercatcher ,
69 Avocet ,
105 Ringed Plover ,
12 Golden Plover ,
439 Lapwing ,
97 Dunlin ,
22 Black-tailed Godwit ,
10 Curlew ,
16 Redshank ,
3 Turnstone ,
141 Black-headed Gull ,
93 Herring Gull ,
6 Great Black-backed Gull ,
3 Marsh Harrier ,
10 Skylark ,
5 Meadow Pipit ,
2 Stonechat ,
3 Reed Bunting ,
1 Buzzard ,
[Cbc Admin]
Thu 19 February 2026
1 Oystercatcher (Pat's) ,
58 Avocet (Pat's) ,
1 Jack Snipe (Richardson's) ,
18 Lapwing (in field S of Babcock) ,
1 Buzzard (on gate at Pope's entrance) ,
2 Marsh Harrier ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
Wed 18 February 2026
23
White-fronted Goose (Eurasian)
(With two Barnacle, Iron Road meadow.)
,
[Gerard Sabran]
Tue 17 February 2026
23
White-fronted Goose
(In field west of Babcock hide.)
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2
Barnacle Goose
(In field east of Babcock.)
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5 Dunlin (In field with the barnacles.) ,
[John Fairey]
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