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 28 October 2026
4 Tundra Bean Goose (Eye Field) ,
1 Black Brant (Eye Field) ,
15 Golden Plover (Eye Field) ,
[Kath & Mick Claydon]
Wed 28 October 2026
Wed 28 October 2026
Wed 28 October 2026
Wed 28 October 2026
4 Tufted Duck (west) ,
63
Ringed Plover
(roosting on the shoreline)
,
79 Golden Plover (in the Eye Field) ,
1 Arctic Skua (west) ,
1 Arctic Tern (juv, feeding offshore) ,
c.45
Little Gull
(mostly distant)
,
c.20
Gannet
(all juvs, including a one legged bird. Some feeding just beyond the surf)
,
5 Rock Pipit (singles, west) ,
[Rob Lee]
Tue 27 October 2026
Tue 27 October 2026
Tue 27 October 2026
1 Grey Wagtail (Feeding briefly in garden.) ,
[Michael Harcup]
Tue 27 October 2026
118 Pink-footed Goose (on Pat's at 06:45, left but many more came back onto reserve) ,
2 Avocet ,
5 Black-tailed Godwit ,
12 Ruff (incl 5 ad m, 1 ad f) ,
32 Dunlin ,
1 Golden Plover ,
2 Red Kite ,
3 Marsh Harrier (incl wing-tagged f Y(B3)) ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
Mon 26 October 2026
1
Whooper Swan
(Adult in from the east, over Eye Field/West Bank and back, dropping onto North Scrape. Very vocal even on the water.)
,
1
Pale-bellied Brent Goose
(With small flock on Eye Field)
,
15 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Eye Field) ,
2
Barnacle Goose
(Eye Field )
,
2400 Pink-footed Goose (Reserve wide) ,
c.30 Greylag Goose ,
c.25 Canada Goose ,
c.12 White-fronted Goose (Eurasian) (Eye Field) ,
c.2 Tundra Bean Goose (Eye Field) ,
4 Pintail (Billy's Wash) ,
250 Wigeon (North Scrape) ,
c.5 Ruff (North Scrape) ,
1 Desert Wheatear (Still along northern edge of reserve/shingle east of beach carpark) ,
7 Stonechat (Beach carpark scrub) ,
3 Red-throated Diver (Sea) ,
[David Griffiths]
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