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).
Wed 04 June 2025
3 Spoonbill ,
3 Grey Heron ,
1 Great White Egret ,
9 Little Egret ,
4 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,
1 Coot (Don's Pool) ,
2 Marsh Harrier ,
1 Kestrel (m) ,
15 Oystercatcher ,
51 Avocet ,
4 Bar-tailed Godwit ,
30 Redshank ,
4 Little Ringed Plover ,
3 Ringed Plover (2 Pat's, f + 2 sm/med Arnold's) ,
30 Lapwing ,
2 Little Tern (pr Brackish still) ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
Tue 03 June 2025
29
Canada Goose
(Over reserve)
,
1
Chinese Water Deer
(Strolled out of the reedbed and then non-chalently over Whitwell Scrape.)
,
3
Spoonbill
(At least two adults - one a parent of the lone tspoon and another out of NF. Tspoon very demanding and we watched, thoroughly entertained as it begged from the adult before the latter eventually gave up and fed the tspoon. )
,
3
Great White Egret
(At least three mobile over the reedbeds with one landing not far from Daukes Hide.)
,
3
Little Egret
(Active around the Central Hides with one bird sporting quite buff plumage tones)
,
5 Cattle Egret (With cattle on Bull Marsh and in flight) ,
1 Whimbrel (West calling) ,
5
Ringed Plover (Tundra)
(Brought down by the rain and not really welcomed by the resident LRPs)
,
6 Little Ringed Plover (Pats and Simmonds) ,
1 Sanderling (Pats) ,
2 Grey Heron (In flight) ,
[David Griffiths]
Tue 03 June 2025
c.30 Canada Goose (flock flew E over E Bank at c.07:00 then back W at 08:22) ,
3 Spoonbill ,
3 Grey Heron ,
6 Little Egret ,
1 Cattle Egret ,
8 Cormorant ,
1 Little Grebe (only bird seenon Snipe's today) ,
1 Red Kite ,
3 Buzzard ,
2 Marsh Harrier ,
6 Oystercatcher ,
47 Avocet ,
18 Redshank ,
1 Knot (Arnold's) ,
1 Dunlin (Arnold's) ,
7 Little Ringed Plover ,
2 Ringed Plover ,
22 Lapwing ,
1 Mediterranean Gull (ad W) ,
1 Sandwich Tern (W) ,
1 Little Tern (Brackish) ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
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