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).
Sat 29 November 2025
400 Pink-footed Goose (Maximum count mid AM after about 2000 returned from the south and alighted onto Billy's Wash/Eye Field/Bull Marsh) ,
150 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Eye Field) ,
80 Greylag Goose (Field east of Babcock Hide) ,
15
Pintail
(3 Simmonds, 12 Arnolds)
,
c.600 Wigeon (250 Simmonds, 350 Serpentine) ,
4 Avocet (Pats) ,
c.7 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Pats) ,
6 Water Pipit (Maximum count on/over Pats with two seen on Serpentine) ,
c.2
Kingfisher
(From Bishops Hide, using the post and also hovering to fish. Another East Bank)
,
2
Black-headed Gull
(Simmonds including a pink-breasted individual)
,
112 Dunlin (22 Pats, 90 Arnolds) ,
1
Jack Snipe
(Very close to LHS of Bishops Hide and still cryptically camouflaged. A lot of bobbing which actually made one feel queesy! A Common Snipe walked passed allowing fantastic comparison of features.)
,
15 Gadwall (Brackish Lagoon) ,
450 Teal (Pats/Simmonds/Serpentine) ,
1 Chiffchaff (collybita) (East Bank shrubs) ,
1 Water Rail (Dons Pool) ,
c.1 Grey Wagtail (Snipes Marsh) ,
1 Blackcap (Male Walsey Hills) ,
1 Redwing (Walsey Hills) ,
2 Marsh Harrier (Adult female and juvenile over reserve) ,
2 Little Egret (Brackish Lagoon) ,
1 Grey Plover (Arnolds Marsh) ,
2 Ringed Plover (Arnolds Marsh) ,
1 Turnstone (Arnolds Marsh) ,
7 Snipe (Pats, one near Jack Snipe and 6 flew south) ,
[David Griffiths]
Fri 28 November 2025
c.1000 Pink-footed Goose (flocks leaving S as we arrived) ,
45 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (N Scrape, viewed from E Bank) ,
5 Pintail (Arnold's) ,
4 Little Grebe ,
2 Little Egret ,
2 Avocet (Arnold's) ,
8 Black-tailed Godwit (7 Pat's, 1 Arnold's) ,
2 Curlew ,
14 Redshank ,
27 Dunlin ,
2 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,
270 Lapwing ,
1 Water Rail (heard) ,
1 Red Kite (W) ,
6 Marsh Harrier (incl. orange tagged m and yellow tagged fem) ,
1 Buzzard (over N Foreland) ,
1 Kestrel ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
Thu 27 November 2025
Thu 27 November 2025
3
Stonechat
(Males between carpark and North Scrape)
,
1 Woodcock (In off the sea and inland. Surprised me as the wind definitely against the bird!) ,
450 Brent Goose (Eye Field) ,
c.3300 Pink-footed Goose (Approx numbers spread over Eye Field and Billy's Wash) ,
c.1
Raven
(East along northern fenceline then SW over Hilltop)
,
2 Red Kite (One over reserve, second on carcass Eye Field then off) ,
3 Marsh Harrier (Adult male, adult female and a 1st year bird) ,
1 Buzzard (Dark bird over field to east of NWT VC) ,
3 Water Pipit (One showing well on cut reeds to left of Bishops Hide. Two rather surprisingly flying south over the A149, calling, and continuing until lost at southern end of field. Off on travels?) ,
11 Dunlin (Pats) ,
2 Snipe (Pats) ,
7 Black-tailed Godwit (Icelandic) (Pats) ,
1 Fieldfare (South over VC) ,
[David Griffiths]
Wed 26 November 2025
Wed 26 November 2025
Wed 26 November 2025
1000 Pink-footed Goose (flocks leaving as we arrived) ,
39 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (E) ,
c.6 Egyptian Goose (Pat's) ,
3 Pintail (Pope's Pool) ,
6 Little Grebe (2 Don's, 4 Main Drain) ,
4 Little Egret ,
4 Cormorant (Pope's Pool) ,
2 Water Rail (heard, 1 Pat's, 1 S end E Bank) ,
2 Avocet (Arnold's) ,
9 Black-tailed Godwit (6 Pat's, 3 Arnold's) ,
4 Curlew ,
17 Redshank ,
1 Ruff (ad m, Pat's) ,
15 Dunlin ,
1 Ringed Plover (Arnold's) ,
1 Grey Plover (Arnold's) ,
96 Lapwing ,
2 Kingfisher (1 Pat's, 1 Main Drain) ,
3 Red Kite (flying W together over reserve at c.08:00) ,
3 Marsh Harrier ,
1 Stonechat (reedbed S of Pat's) ,
[David & Pat Wileman]
Tue 25 November 2025
Tue 25 November 2025
1 Goosander (Very confiding (At northern end of lake)) ,
[David Bryant]
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