2 Bullfinch (Assumed a pair as flew off together) [Paul Shuttleworth]

1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Treecreeper, 8 Nuthatch (At least.), 1 Reed Bunting (Singing Male, lower lake.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Red-backed Shrike (Male still this evening) [Clive Atkins]

2 Mediterranean Gull (One adult plus the usual hybrid.), 20 Common Tern (At least.), 1 Bearded Tit, 2 Cuckoo (Male & female. Possibly a second Male.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 4 Wren, 1 Chiffchaff (Heard only.) [Nick Boxall]

1 Red-backed Shrike (Nice male ) [Clive Atkins]

12 Teal (Males; one female.), 2 Marsh Harrier (Male & female.), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel (Male.), 1 Hobby (Hunting dragonflies from the ditch.), 2 Oystercatcher, 10 Avocet, 1 Little Ringed Plover (Appeared to be display lighting.), 40 Lapwing, 2 Curlew, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Redshank, 1 Spotted Redshank (Summer plumage. Far SE corner, then feeding all along the back of the flood. Resting occasionally.), 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Tern (Flying over , heading north. One carrying a fish.), 1 Cuckoo (Male, somewhere on the old tip.), 10 Swift (At least.), 4 Bearded Tit (At. Least. Male carrying food & at least one young.) [Andrew Cox]

7 Little Ringed Plover (3 adults 4 tiny chicks. Usual corner on LDH Causeway.), 2 Oystercatcher, 20 Common Tern (Circa.), 1 Yellow Wagtail (Billets Farm.), 12 Pied Wagtail (At least. ), 50 Sand Martin (Plus. Hide Bay hide.), 10 Swallow (Circa.), 10 House Martin (Circa.), 1 Black Swan (New Bay hide.), 1 Green Sandpiper (Hide Bay hide.), 1 Cuckoo (Seen & heard, LDHC.), 1 Nightingale (Old road, VC entrance.), 1 Blackcap (Male. Old road.), 1 Chiffchaff (Seen, few more heard. Old Road.), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Old Road.), 4 Buzzard, 1 Marsh Harrier (Female, Hide Bay hide.), 2 Kestrel, 5 Shoveler (3 drakes, 2 female.), 6 Teal (Drakes.), 20 Black-tailed Godwit (Fly over's, Billets Farm.), 100 Mute Swan (Circa. Pair with 2 small Cygnets.), 5 Egyptian Goose, 20 Skylark (At least.) [David Hale] ,

1 Cuckoo (male calling - all records Nayland & Little Horkesley), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Kingfisher, 5 Skylark (males), 2 Swallow (pair), 6 Chiffchaff (males - several families), 6 Blackcap (males - some with young), 1 Garden Warbler (male), 10 Whitethroat (males - most with nests or young), 1 Reed Warbler (male), 2 Grey Wagtail (+), 2 Bullfinch (pair), 3 Yellowhammer (males) [Martin Peers]

1 Red Kite (Gliding over grazing area near car park.), 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Kestrel, 1 Cuckoo (In flight around Flying Fields, heard another across saltings towards Tollesbury.), 1 Curlew, 2 Cetti's Warbler (Heard only. Immediate Car park area and Reed beds by wooden steps leading to the sea wall.), 1 Sedge Warbler, 13 Avocet (+), 6 Redshank, 3 Swallow, 10 Lapwing (+), 10 Oystercatcher (+), 5 Common Tern, 4 Goldfinch, 7 Linnet, 1 Chiffchaff (Heard only, car park area), 4 Chaffinch, 3 Reed Bunting, 4 Little Egret, 10 Shelduck (+ ), 10 Pochard (+), 2 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, 10 Greylag Goose (+), 10 Canada Goose (+) [Nick Boxall]

2 Buzzard, 1 Skylark (Singing Male.), 5 Swallow (At least.), 1 Goldcrest (Singing Male.), 6 Nuthatch (At least.), 2 Goldfinch (Pair.), 2 Linnet (Pair.), 1 Garden Warbler (Singing Male.. ) [Andrew Cox]

1 Kestrel (Female, chasing crow.), 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker (At least.), 1 Skylark (Singing Male.), 2 Nuthatch (At least.), 1 Yellowhammer (Singing Male.) [Andrew Cox]

2 Whitethroat (Near reserve car park, Bobbingworth Nature Reserve) [Nick Boxall]

40 Sand Martin (+), 12 Swallow, 2 Yellowhammer, 1 Kestrel, 1 Cuckoo, 2 Bullfinch (both males), 4 Turtle Dove (At least 4 on site, possibly more), 3 Common Tern, 10 Linnet, 1 Little Egret, 1 Lesser Whitethroat [Matt Turner] , ,

1 Ring-necked Duck (Layer Breton Causeway ) [David Curle] , ,

100 Greylag Goose (+, including many juvs), 40 Canada Goose (pair + 6 juvs & 30+ adults), 4 Gadwall (duck with 3 fully grown juvs), 1 Tufted Duck (male), 8 Great Crested Grebe (4 pairs; 2 nests seen), 2 Common Tern, 6 Sand Martin (a few persist despite destruction of nesting cliff by contractors in March), 1 Garden Warbler (territorial male), 3 Reed Warbler (territorial males), 2 Bullfinch (pair, probably with nest) [Martin Peers]

8 Mute Swan (pair + 6 cygnets (2 'Polish' types)), 10 Shelduck (no sign of duckling today), 5 Gadwall (duck with 4 ducklings ), 8 Coot (including pair + 4 juvs [Docura's Farm]), 2 Oystercatcher (pair with nest in crops [another pair at lagoons]), 24 Lapwing (20 failed breeders (many in moult); pair with chicks in crops), 2 Redshank (pair with suspected young in cover), 2 Swift, 2 Cetti's Warbler (male in song; female? alarming), 1 Sedge Warbler (+ feeding young in nest), 1 Yellow Wagtail (in barley [Docura's Farm]), 1 Grey Wagtail (+ female with calling young at pump station. Also noted one adult + one hind Fallow Deer) [Martin Peers]

6 Canada Goose (pair with 4 goslings - all wildfowl records from lakes near Ridgnalls), 36 Mallard (including two broods), 8 Tufted Duck (6 males), 1 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Grey Partridge (pair flushed near Ridgnalls), 3 Little Grebe (trilling males), 2 Great Crested Grebe (pair), 3 Moorhen (broods), 9 Coot (including pair + 3 fully grown juvs), 6 Stock Dove (3 pairs), 1 Kestrel, 10 Swallow (5 pairs), 4 Chiffchaff (territories), 5 Blackcap (territories), 3 Whitethroat (territories), 3 Reed Warbler (territorial males - Ridgnalls), 3 Spotted Flycatcher (pair in large garden corner Green Lane; singing male in large garden Holly Lane opposite Coveneys), 4 Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting (male Ridgnalls) [Martin Peers]

3 Mallard (brood), 2 Buzzard, 1 Turtle Dove (Boxted Hall - male purring), 1 Kestrel, 10 Swallow (5 pairs - all with nests), 2 Lesser Whitethroat (territories, at least one with nest [2018= 2]), 7 Whitethroat (territories - all with nests [8]), 1 Nuthatch, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Spotted Flycatcher (pair with nest at Boxted Hall), 2 Bullfinch (pair with nest) [Martin Peers]

2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker (At least.), 1 Treecreeper (Male singing.) [Andrew Cox]

3 Green Woodpecker (At least.), 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker (At least.), 10 Swift, 3 Swallow, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Nuthatch (At least.), 7 Goldfinch (At least.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Turtle Dove (Visiting back garden in West Chelmsford) [Stuart Anderson] ,

2 Marsh Harrier (Male and female in same area as before), 1 Peregrine Falcon (Juv male flew low over bridge then onto pylon), 1 Kestrel, 3 Egyptian Goose (2 adult, 1 young), 1 Song Thrush (Singing male), 2 Lesser Whitethroat (singing males north and south of bridge), 1 Red-legged Partridge (north marsh), 2 Stock Dove, 22 Avocet [Matt Turner] , , ,

4 Little Tern, 3 Common Tern, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Ringed Plover, 6 Oystercatcher, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 6 Swift, 30 Black-headed Gull (At least), 30 Herring Gull (At least) [Stuart Anderson]

3 Great Crested Grebe (Female on nest with male close by and another bird opposite side), 1 Grey Heron (Landed near the female GCG and the male came to her rescue and saw the heron off!), 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 15 Swift (Feeding very low over water at 20:30, I could hear their wings over my head), 2 Common Tern, 25 Sand Martin (+), 1 Kingfisher (Very brief glimpse low over waters edge near causeway), 2 Blackcap (singing males ), 3 Cormorant, 50 Jackdaw (+ noisy roost frequently taking to the air), 1 Bullfinch (called twice) [Matt Turner]

1 Turtle Dove (Observed in back garden by my wife Christine (2nd visit in a week)) [Stuart Anderson]

1 Turtle Dove (Had top down in light rain as collecting bookcase. Not too happy until I heard t/d purring at a12/a120 junction!) [Matt Turner]

1 Marsh Harrier (Adult Male.), 1 Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Avocet, 60 Black-headed Gull (At least 60 young, many well grown.), 20 Common Tern (At least. Including at least four hatched young.), 4 Cuckoo (Three males, one female.), 4 Swift, 1 Mediterranean Gull (Adult.), 4 Bearded Tit (At least. Male & at least three young.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Red Kite (Gliding overhead, heading south over Templefields.) [Nick Boxall]

200 Greylag Goose (circa. On and around small lake.), 7 Mute Swan (Inc. one nesting.), 2 Shelduck, 2 Mallard (Females with six and seven well grown young.), 28 Pochard (22 male.), 9 Tufted Duck (Eight male.), 12 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 1 Cormorant, 30 Coot (circa.), 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Common Tern, 1 Cuckoo (Calling.), 5 Swift, 1 Kestrel (Male.), 1 Hobby, 2 Skylark (Singing.), 2 Swallow, 10 House Martin (+.), 3 Chiffchaff (Singing.), 1 Sedge Warbler (Singing.), 3 Reed Warbler (Singing.) [Malcolm Corbett]

200 Swift (Approx 200 - Feeding high over the Visitor Centre during a maternity bat Roost count. Only a small patch of sky could be seen.) [John Smart]

30 Canada Goose (+.), 120 Greylag Goose (+.), 7 Mute Swan (Inc. one on nest.), 13 Pochard (Nine male.), 24 Tufted Duck (Only two female.), 2 Little Grebe (Pair.), 11 Great Crested Grebe (Inc. pair displaying.), 12 Grey Heron (circa.), 2 Common Tern, 1 Cuckoo (Calling.), 4 Chiffchaff (Singing.), 1 Sedge Warbler (Singing.), 5 Reed Warbler (Singing.), 1 Reed Bunting (Male.) [Malcolm Corbett]

5 Yellowhammer (Along side of lane), 30 Long-tailed Tit (Large, noisy very mobile flock in hedgerow next to St Johns Church) [Martin Iddon]

1 Peregrine Falcon (Young male having his breakfast on regular pylon), 1 Kestrel, 28 Avocet (16 adult, 12 young), 1 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Lesser Whitethroat (Singing male heard), 4 Egyptian Goose (2 adult, 2 young), 1 Black Swan, 2 Tufted Duck (male and female), 30 Gadwall (out of sight initially but sent up by distant jogger), 1 Stock Dove, 2 Reed Bunting ( both males on marsh), 1 Sedge Warbler (on marsh), 12 Cormorant [Matt Turner]

1 Spoonbill (Flew low around island at 7.20 mobbed by BH gulls then off low over trees N/E didn't land. ), 1 Little Ringed Plover (Along West bank) [Brian Bolton]

4 Pied Wagtail (Regular ), 6 Goldfinch, 10 Swallow (Nesting in farmyard), 4 Skylark (In arable fields ), 10 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel (Hovering ), 10 Dunnock, 2 Moorhen (With a chick ), 12 Mallard [Ann Darnell]

1 Teal (drake Cinnamon Teal feeding in fresh water fleet, viewable from sea wall) [Murray Orchard]

2 Kestrel, 6 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Treecreeper (Singing Male.), 3 Goldfinch (At least.), 1 Yellowhammer (Singing Male.) [Andrew Cox]

2 Cuckoo (two birds between Hallsford Bridge and Langford Bridge - one flew along the hedge line as another was calling), 2 Garden Warbler (Great Myles - 2 singing), 1 Reed Warbler (Great Myles - singing), 1 Lesser Whitethroat (singing), 1 Little Owl, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Linnet, 3 Swallow, 21 Swift, 5 Stock Dove (BBS Breeding bird survey - 38 species) [Andrew Stroud]

2 Swallow, 1 Lesser Whitethroat (Singing Male.), 6 Nuthatch (At least.), 3 Goldfinch, 2 Linnet (Pair.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Red-legged Partridge (Lodge Hills), 4 Stock Dove (Wormingford total 8 territories [average= 6]), 1 Cuckoo (male - Lodge Hills), 2 Swift, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker (Wormingford total 4 territories [5]), 1 Kestrel (Lodge Hills), 6 Swallow (7 territories [8]), 5 House Martin (territories [7]), 11 Chiffchaff (total territories [15]), 10 Blackcap (total territories= 15 [14]), 10 Whitethroat (territories; total= 22 [21]), 5 Reed Warbler (territorial males: my best ever here), 3 Mistle Thrush (territories [3]), 1 Grey Wagtail, 10 Linnet (5 pairs - total= 15 pairs [14]), 1 Bullfinch (male), 13 Yellowhammer (territories; total= 21 [22]), 4 Reed Bunting (territorial males) [Martin Peers]

2 Shelduck (pair with 8 large ducklings in Heybridge Creek), 2 Cetti's Warbler (singing males in upper reaches of Heybridge Creek), 18 Swift (flying around over the town) [Murray Orchard]

420 Black-headed Gull (minimum number of breeding pairs with many young seen. Birds present on ten islands and a raft.), 17 Common Tern (total of sitting birds/AON with one chick seen. All except one pair on 3 small/low bare islands in middle/south side of pit.), 2 Avocet (a pair breeding on one of the small low/bare islands with a sitting bird seen), 2 Cuckoo (male and female heard calling) [Murray Orchard]

2 Swift (Had swifts caller volume on to attract to swift boxes) [Ann Darnell]

1 Cuckoo (Calling regularly), 2 Nightingale (2 heard singing in far west of reserve), 1 Bullfinch (single call heard), 1 Yellowhammer (Cracking male singing at close range), 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 3 Turtle Dove (All heard/seen from main path nw of car park) [Matt Turner] , ,

2 Peregrine Falcon (Male and chick in nest alcove), 5 Swift [Sean Nixon] , , , , ,

1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 2 Kestrel (Hunting together), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Flew over calling), 1 Skylark (Very vocal), 1 Whitethroat, 3 Blackcap (+), 10 House Sparrow (+), 3 Linnet (Males singing on overhead wires) [Ben Mapp]

1 Pheasant (Heard), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Blackcap (+, pair seen well), 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Jay [Ben Mapp]

8 Egyptian Goose (1 Causeway, 3 Meadow Pool and 4 Rawl Hide), 1 Swan Goose (Causeway), 1 Ruddy Shelduck (With Egyptian Geese at Rawl Hide), 20 Red-crested Pochard (+, mainly drakes), 2 Grey Heron, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Common Gull, 1000 Swift (+, all over reservoir), 3 Swallow (Causeway), 1 Song Thrush, 1 Reed Warbler (Singing by woodland clearing in Chestnut Wood) [Ben Mapp]

2 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Green Woodpecker (At least.), 1 Willow Warbler (Singing Male.), 2 Goldfinch (Pair. Male singing.) [Andrew Cox]

20 Pochard (+, many young on Butts Scrape), 1 Great Crested Grebe (Ken Barrett Hide), 5 Little Grebe (1 with 3 young by river wall turnstile, 1 other heard), 8 Little Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 2 Marsh Harrier (Over Target Pools), 1 Oystercatcher (Flew along river), 5 Avocet (1 on Purfleet Scrape, pair with 2 young on Butts Scrape), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Near woodland feeders), 50 Sand Martin (+, Butts Scrape), 4 Blackcap (At least), 5 Whitethroat (At least), 3 Sedge Warbler (Showed fairly well), 6 Cetti's Warbler (At least), 1 Linnet [Ben Mapp]

2 Common Tern (One flew off westward, the other caught a fish & departed NE. One returned @ 45 min later.), 1 Kestrel (Male, hovering near the lake.), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Reed Warbler (Singing Male.) [Andrew Cox]

5 Blackcap (Singing), 6 Whitethroat (Singing ), 5 Cetti's Warbler (Singing ), 2 Chiffchaff (Singing ), 50 Swift (+, moving south in small groups many flying low), 1 Lesser Whitethroat (Singing ), 1 Buzzard, 1 Fulmar (South), 1 Chinese Muntjac [Brian Combes]

1 Peregrine Falcon (Juvenile male on same pylon, third time in a week presume same bird), 1 Kestrel (Hovering briefly near peregrine), 25 Avocet (14 adult, 11 young), 10 Oystercatcher (at least 4 young seen) [Matt Turner]

4 Reed Bunting (Reed beds next to brenthall and barnsley wood.), 4 Treecreeper, 3 Blackcap (One female.), 2 Wren (Heard a few more throughout wood.), 2 Chiffchaff (Heard only.), 8 Great Tit (3x juvenile.), 4 Blue Tit, 3 Robin, 6 Blackbird, 2 Carrion Crow (Heard more.), 9 Wood Pigeon, 1 Dunnock, 2 Goldfinch [Nick Boxall]

7 Mallard (Female with six young.), 2 Tufted Duck (Pair.), 2 Black-headed Gull, 3 Herring Gull (At least.), 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull (At least.), 1 Common Tern (Caught fish & flew off.), 1 Stock Dove, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Swallow, 1 Reed Warbler (Singing Male.), 1 Lesser Whitethroat (Singing Male.), 1 Whitethroat (Singing Male.), 1 Blackcap (Male, carrying nest material.), 1 Goldfinch (Singing Male) [Andrew Cox]

1 Common Sandpiper (Initially on North Marsh.) [Paul Saward]

2 Marsh Harrier (Male carrying prey joined by female), 1 Barn Owl (Flew overhead carrying vole then presumably same bird hunting again 20 minutes later), 4 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 6 Reed Bunting, 1 Cuckoo (Male flew overhead then heard calling), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Nightingale (heard 2 distant brief snatches of song), 12 Swift, 2 Red-legged Partridge (Both heard), 1 Stock Dove [Matt Turner]

1 Marsh Harrier (Distant female.), 1 Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher (Pair.), 1 Mediterranean Gull (Usual hybrid with bh gull.), 20 Common Tern (At least.), 2 Cuckoo (Male & female.), 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Bearded Tit [Andrew Cox]

2 Mute Swan (Pair with four young, Bean Mere. (Previously reported as three young).), 2 Gadwall (Main Lake.), 2 Tufted Duck (Pair with six young, Gadwall Lake.), 2 Little Grebe (Pair with one young, nest building, Main Lake.), 16 Little Egret (+. Heronry.) [Malcolm Corbett]

8 Mute Swan (Inc. pair nesting, large lake and territorial male, small lake.), 2 Egyptian Goose (Small lake.), 4 Pochard (Two male.), 20 Grey Heron (circa. (No anglers present on large lake).), 2 Buzzard [Malcolm Corbett]

2 Buzzard (Both sightings lower langley), 1 Red Kite [Chris Turner]

1 Cuckoo (Heard from first hide.), 10 Little Egret (All very mobile.), 6 Grey Heron, 8 Oystercatcher, 2 Redshank, 2 Swallow, 20 Swift (Circa.), 10 Pied Wagtail (Circa, mostly juveniles.), 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Hobby (Middle hide.), 8 Avocet (Middle hide.), 15 Lapwing (Circa.), 4 Pochard (3 drakes 1 female.), 6 Skylark, 2 Greenfinch (Feeders.), 4 Robin (Adult & 3 juveniles, feeders.), 2 Tufted Duck (1 pair.), 100 Starling (Circa.Small flocks of juveniles.) [David Hale] ,

1 Cuckoo (Male), 6 Curlew, 1 Mediterranean Gull (Adult), 29 Avocet, 316 Shelduck, 6 Great Crested Grebe (On the river), 11 Lapwing, 83 Black-tailed Godwit (Mainly in nbp), 6 Pochard (Drakes), 8 Little Grebe, 6 Tufted Duck (Four drakes), 7 Little Ringed Plover (Including three juvs), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 7 Grey Plover, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit (In nbp) [Paul Larkin]

1 Cattle Egret (Breeding plumaged bird flew from Hamford Water direction towards Holland on Sea) [Paul Brayshaw]

4 Red-legged Partridge (2 pairs - all records from Ridgewell airfield at Ashen), 6 Buzzard (3 pairs), 2 Stock Dove (pairs [2018= 1]), 4 Swift, 2 Kestrel (territorial males - Ashen & Tilbury-juxta-Clare), 1 Hobby (male hunting low over airfield), 2 Jay (pair), 16 Skylark (males [15]), 2 Swallow (territories), 4 Chiffchaff (males [3]), 5 Blackcap (males [3]), 3 Lesser Whitethroat (territories, at least two with nests), 7 Whitethroat (males (all with nests)), 2 Reed Warbler (males in hedgerows (my first here)), 2 Song Thrush, 8 Linnet (pairs [7]), 3 Bullfinch (pair + male elsewhere), 11 Yellowhammer (males [12]), 4 Reed Bunting (territorial males in oilseed rape [1]) [Martin Peers]

2 Cuckoo (males), 3 Cetti's Warbler (singing), 4 Lesser Whitethroat (probably more, some juveniles), 2 Avocet (pair, on one of the small islands), 1 Turtle Dove (purring) [Paul Gymer]

1 Red-legged Partridge (all records from Paul's Hall area), 1 Little Grebe (territorial male), 2 Buzzard (singles), 2 Stock Dove (territories [2018= 3]), 2 Turtle Dove (purring males [2]), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel (male), 8 Skylark (males [6]), 1 Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff (males [5]), 5 Blackcap ([6]), 5 Whitethroat (males), 2 Reed Warbler (males [3]), 1 Song Thrush, 1 Yellow Wagtail (as last year - male in field beans), 4 Linnet (2 pairs), 4 Yellowhammer (males [5]), 1 Reed Bunting (male in same field as Yellow Wagtail) [Martin Peers]

1 Redshank (On West Bank of pit below gate), 2 Little Ringed Plover (Pair but flew off at 7.50am), 6 Lapwing, 1 Common Tern [Brian Bolton]

6 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Kestrel, 33 Little Tern (fishing Hamford water off stone point), 1 Cuckoo, 2 Curlew, 14 Ringed Plover, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 10 Sanderling, 6 Turnstone [Matt Turner] , ,

1 Cetti's Warbler (Burst of song in scrub opposite green recycling depot in bates road) [Brian Bolton]

1 Buzzard (W bank.), 1 Hobby (W bank.), 19 Red-crested Pochard (17 drakes, 2 females.), 20 Tufted Duck (Circa.), 4 Pochard (3 drakes, 1 female.), 30 Mallard (Circa.), 2 Shelduck (Pair.), 1 Sandwich Tern, 20 Common Tern (Circa. Few on nests on Rafts.), 200 Swift (Plus. ), 10 Swallow, 10 House Martin, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Blackcap, 30 Gadwall (Circa.), 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Egyptian Goose, 2 Little Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 4 Oystercatcher, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Lapwing, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Rawl hide.) [David Hale] ,

1 Cormorant, 2 Buzzard, 4 Stock Dove (males/pairs), 1 Cuckoo (male), 4 Swift, 1 Raven (flew over calling), 3 Swallow (territories [2017= 3]), 11 Chiffchaff (males [13]), 12 Blackcap (males [10]), 2 Lesser Whitethroat (pair with nest), 12 Whitethroat (males [10]), 2 Reed Warbler (males - one in hedge long way from water), 3 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail (pair feeding (hidden) young), 10 Linnet (5 pairs), 7 Yellowhammer (males/pairs [6]), 1 Reed Bunting (singing male in oilseed rape) [Martin Peers]

6 Mute Swan (Three pair with young, three(Bean Mere), eight (Main Lake) and three (Pochard Lake).), 1 Mallard (Female with four young (Pochard Lake).), 6 Little Grebe (Pairs on Main, Pochard and Gadwall Lakes), 2 Great Crested Grebe (Pair nesting, Gadwall Lake..), 10 Grey Heron (+. Heronry.), 17 Little Egret (+. Heronry.), 25 Cormorant (+. Heronry.), 1 Cuckoo (Calling.), 1 Green Woodpecker (Heard only.), 7 Chiffchaff (Singing.), 4 Reed Warbler (Singing.), 11 Blackcap (Singing.), 1 Whitethroat (Singing.), 11 Wren (Singing.), 2 Song Thrush (Singing.), 2 Greenfinch (Singing.) [Malcolm Corbett]

4 Swallow, 7 Corn Bunting (5+ males singing; 2 females collecting nest material near singing males), 3 Skylark (+), 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Whitethroat, 20 Swift (+), 3 Linnet, 1 Kestrel, 2 Greenfinch [Liz Huxley]

40 Canada Goose (circa.), 150 Greylag Goose (circa.), 4 Mute Swan (Inc. pair nesting.), 2 Egyptian Goose (Small lake.), 3 Mallard (Females with broods of two, six and nine.), 9 Great Crested Grebe (Inc. three pair (one displaying).), 15 Grey Heron (circa.), 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Kestrel (Male.), 1 Hobby, 1 Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff (Singing), 1 Sedge Warbler (Singing.), 5 Reed Warbler (Singing.), 3 Blackcap (Singing.), 1 Greenfinch (Singing.), 1 Reed Bunting (Male.) [Malcolm Corbett]

14 Canada Goose (included two (fully grown) family groups), 70 Greylag Goose (included several (fully grown) family groups), 30 Mallard (one new brood), 7 Tufted Duck (three females), 6 Great Crested Grebe (three pairs, one nest), 1 Little Owl (being mobbed by Blackcaps & others), 5 Swift (back at the church tower), 3 Green Woodpecker (territories [2018= 3]), 2 Coal Tit (young birds at two locations), 3 Swallow (territories [3]), 3 House Martin (nests), 11 Chiffchaff (males on territory [13]), 16 Blackcap (males [15]), 4 Garden Warbler (males [4]), 1 Lesser Whitethroat (male in new location), 6 Whitethroat (males [7]), 1 Reed Warbler (male [1]), 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 3 Song Thrush (including two fledged young), 3 Bullfinch (territories [3]), 2 Reed Bunting (pair at Preston's Lake. Also three species of chaser dragonflies and 3 White-legged Damsels.) [Martin Peers]

2 Turtle Dove (pair flew over at Cockaynes Wood), 2 Tawny Owl (2 young calling in Wivenhoe Wood), 2 Herring Gull (pair nesting on chimney near Horse and Groom Pub) [Richard Allen]

4 Red Kite (Soaring over fields, opposite Brentwood Golf Club, down towards the old Chequers Pub on Noak Hill.), 11 Buzzard (Seven in flight, with the Red Kite, and 4 on the field.) [Gary Boyes]

1 Cuckoo (Heard calling), 1 Cetti's Warbler (Singing near picnic area), 2 Stock Dove, 22 Avocet (13 adult, 9 young), 1 Peregrine Falcon (On usual pylon), 1 Whitethroat (Singing male near splodge), 1 Blackcap (Singing male picnic area), 1 Linnet (Near splodge) [Matt Turner]