Bird Reports

2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 6 Skylark (At least. Flying over.), 4 Goldcrest (At least.), 3 Bullfinch (Male plus two others.), 19 Siskin (Flying over.) [Andrew Cox]

8 Cattle Egret (From seawall on reeves hall marsh inwith cows.) [Stephen Entwistle]

40 Wood Pigeon, Cormorant, 2 Skylark, 29 Redwing, 10 Meadow Pipit, 16 Chaffinch, 6 Brambling, 2 Greenfinch, 13 Linnet, 25 Goldfinch, 2 Yellowhammer [Andrew Goodey]

Little Owl (Back on regular perch. Church Road.), Kestrel (Male. Church Road.) [Malcolm Corbett]

100 Canada Goose (+), 150+ Greylag Goose, Gadwall, Teal (Male), 2 Little Grebe, 13 Great Crested Grebe, Black-necked Grebe, 60 Lapwing, 21 Black-headed Gull, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 100 Cormorant (+), Buzzard (Over fields to South of causeway), 3 Pied Wagtail, 22 Tufted Duck [Paul Everett] , , , , , ,

4 Water Rail (At least. Calling towards dusk.), 4 Avocet, 355 Lapwing, 2 Ringed Plover, 8 Curlew, 500 Black-tailed Godwit (Approx.), 3 Ruff, Little Stint (Showing well in front of middle viewing mound.), 4 Redshank, 9 Spotted Redshank, 3 Greenshank, 215 Black-headed Gull (At least.), 9 Common Gull, 25 Herring Gull, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Sparrowhawk, Marsh Harrier (Female.), 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel (Mobbing buzzards at one point.), 2 Bearded Tit (Flew along main ditch & into the fringe of reeds.), 2 Stonechat (Pair.), 2 Grey Wagtail [Andrew Cox]

4 Red-breasted Merganser (Off Coopers beach ), Mediterranean Gull (On sea off Coopers beach SE. ), 3 Gannet (Adults going west passed Coopers beach 14.48pm SE . (13.50pm to 14.20pm a message from colin mackenzie grieve he had up to 7 off east Old hall. He also had guillemot, red throated diver & 6 red-breasted mergansers there.) [Stephen Entwistle]

Red Kite (kiting over Parkway) [Martin Henry]

4 Red-legged Partridge, 4 Stock Dove, 5 Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, Jay, House Martin (very unexpected. Heading low south), 7 Long-tailed Tit [Oliver Cottis]

Cattle Egret (This bird flew over the creek in the direction of Marsh Farm.), Little Egret (A bird with an orange colour ring with black letter on left tibia and a yellow colour ring on the right tibia. I was unable the read the letters inscription.), Kingfisher (Clements Green Creek. A bird in flight. Gender was not determined.) [Robert Pease]

Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Substantial numbers), Common Scoter, 2 Great Skua, Red-throated Diver, 80 Little Egret (+), Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, Rock Pipit [David L Smith]

Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Nuthatch (At least.), Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 8 Goldfinch [Andrew Cox]

16 Egyptian Goose (Layer Breton causeway), 12 Goldeneye (Estimate. Very distant - in front of dam), 2 Goosander (Pair, LDH causeway), 2 Stock Dove (In and around dead oaks from Hide Bay hide), 2 Common Gull (Hide Bay hide), 21 Grey Heron (Mostly from Hide Bay hide), 28 Great White Egret (Mostly from Hide Bay hide), 4 Little Egret, Marsh Harrier (Adult female. Hide Bay hide.), 20 Goldfinch (Estimate) [Simon Banks]

107 Teal (On foreshore near the STW outfall), 736 Wood Pigeon (Initially moving SW then turning SE over the river) [Paul Larkin]

11 Pink-footed Goose (N/in 0920-0923), 1164 Wood Pigeon (in 14 groups. First few groups headed north before u-turning. Some birds headed out to sea a long way before aborting and arriving at height (could easily have been considered arrivals)), 2 Woodcock (singles in off), 2 Sparrowhawk (singles in off), Buzzard (in off), Short-eared Owl, Peregrine Falcon (imm male), Ring Ouzel, 141 Meadow Pipit, 87 Chaffinch, 19 Brambling, 232 Linnet, 1308 Goldfinch (103 groups), 66 Siskin, 20 Redpoll sp. [Paul Brayshaw]

Green Sandpiper (On side of irrigation lagoon on the south side of the airfield), Peregrine Falcon (Female, checking out the finches feeding in seed strips on the north side of the airfield) [Steve Hallam]

2 Swallow (Flew through SW) [James Davidson]

Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 24 Redshank, Sabine's Gull (Adult upriver @ 09.48), 2 Little Egret, Buzzard [Gary A James]

Water Rail, 4 Bar-tailed Godwit, 300 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Snipe, 150 Redshank, Swallow, Blackcap, 4 Goldcrest, 4 Redwing, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, 2 Stonechat (A pr.), 4 Siskin (2 park,2 firs chase, ) [Stephen Entwistle]

4 Mute Swan, 59 Shelduck, 6 Shoveler, 8 Gadwall, 33 Wigeon, 66 Teal, 18 Little Grebe, 780 Avocet, 102 Grey Plover, 53 Curlew, 9 Bar-tailed Godwit, 24 Black-tailed Godwit, 483 Dunlin, Little Stint, 5 Redshank, 8 Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Little Egret, Marsh Harrier (Female type), 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, 19 Magpie (Single flock), 3 Stonechat, 13 Brambling (Single flock feeding in leaf litter), 3 Tufted Duck [Paul Larkin]

100 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (+, feeding on foreshore), 150 Wood Pigeon (+, feeding on fields west of the double hedge ), Snipe (West), Guillemot (On the sea), Sparrowhawk, 5 Cetti's Warbler (Singing, 2 on the common, 1 north of cricket pitch, 2 John Weston Reserve ), Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest, 45 Starling (West), 9 Blackbird, Fieldfare (West), 6 Redwing (West), 5 Song Thrush, 18 Meadow Pipit, 25 Goldfinch (South), 2 Chinese Muntjac [Brian Combes]

4 Greylag Goose (watched in from the horizon to the SE), Woodcock (in off), Little Gull, 17 Guillemot (north), Fulmar, Hen Harrier (ringtail south out to sea), Short-eared Owl, Ring Ouzel (male in off), 67 Meadow Pipit, 57 Linnet, 507 Goldfinch, 53 Siskin, Lapland Bunting (@ 0809), 9 Redpoll sp. [Paul Brayshaw]

Black-necked Grebe (Seen from causeway favouring NW end.) [David Curle]

7 Egyptian Goose, Baikal Teal (Cross breed with Teal), 2 Teal (Pair. ), 3 Moorhen, 2 Lapwing, 4 Grey Heron, 9 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Chaffinch

[Paul Everett]

2 Mandarin Duck (Pair on duck pond), Sparrowhawk (Male) [David L Smith]

4 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 2 Greylag Goose, Shelduck, Shoveler, 2 Gadwall (Pair), 50 Wigeon (+), 100 Teal (+), 4 Grey Plover, 2 Turnstone, 7 Redshank, 2 Little Egret, Green Woodpecker [Paul Everett] , ,

Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, Kestrel [Andrew Cox]

18 Snipe, Marsh Harrier, 3 Buzzard, 2 Stonechat [Steve Grimwade]

2 Egyptian Goose, 8 Gadwall, 6 Wigeon, 30 Pintail, 9 Red-crested Pochard (LDLH Causeway), 8 Goldeneye, Goosander (LDLH Causeway, 10:00), 130 Ringed Plover, 90 Black-tailed Godwit, 11 Ruff, Dunlin, 2 Green Sandpiper (hide bay), 2 Spotted Redshank, 7 Greenshank, Common Tern (probably same individual, seen from Island Hide and Wig Bay), 10 Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier (fem type), 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven (flew north from Layer Church), 20 Skylark, 20 Meadow Pipit, Reed Bunting [Oliver Cottis]

Sparrowhawk (Juvenile briefly rested on feeding station after unsuccessful attempt at local House Sparrows that visit in numbers up to 40 at a time.) [Malcolm Corbett]

2 Mediterranean Gull, Red-throated Diver, Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Song Thrush, Spotted Flycatcher, 4 Rock Pipit [Steve Grimwade]

2 Siskin (Firs chase ) [Stephen Entwistle]

80 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Estimated ), 8 Shelduck, 150 Wigeon (At least), 3 Great Crested Grebe, 10 Oystercatcher, 4 Lapwing, 7 Curlew, 15 Little Egret, Kestrel, Jay [Peter Brittain]

360 Grey Plover (At least. East of slipway.), 80 Ringed Plover (At least. East of slipway.), 25 Turnstone (Ròsting on a boat near the slipway.), 500 Dunlin (At least. East of slipway.), Greenshank (Lagoon.), 72 Black-headed Gull (Slipway area. More elsewhere.), 30 Common Gull (Slipway area. More elsewhere.), Kestrel (Immature.), Peregrine Falcon (Adult.), 2 Rock Pipit (Near slipway.) [Andrew Cox]

200 Golden Plover (+), 20 Ringed Plover (+), 40 Black-tailed Godwit (+), Ruff, 3 Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 2 Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, Kestrel [Liz Huxley]

2 Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap, 20 Blackbird (Plus), Stonechat, Small Copper (Worn my west Mersea garden SE.) [Stephen Entwistle]

10 Greylag Goose, 3 Mute Swan, 6 Shoveler, 20 Teal, Coot, 3 Lapwing, 20 Black-headed Gull, 2 Pied Wagtail, 100 Tufted Duck

[Michael Davies] , , , , , , , , ,

300 Wood Pigeon (+, including 250+ feeding in the fields west of double hedge), 2 Gannet (South, 1 adult, 1 immature), Sparrowhawk, 2 Green Woodpecker, 8 Skylark (West), Swallow (South), 6 Cetti's Warbler (Singing, 2 on the common, 1 escarpment, 1 north of cricket pitch and 2 in John Weston Reserve ), 8 Chiffchaff (Including at least 4 with one of the tit flocks ), 7 Goldcrest, 10 Blackbird, 21 Redwing (Moving inland, including a flock of 14), 2 Song Thrush, 15 Meadow Pipit, 4 Chaffinch (South), 7 Goldfinch (South), 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Chinese Muntjac [Brian Combes]

5 Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, 30 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Buzzard, Kestrel, 150 Jackdaw (at-least), 17 Blue Tit, 35 Skylark (roughly), 10 Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff (quite late. With some long-tailed tits), 5 Meadow Pipit, 2 Chaffinch, Brambling (closely associating with a pair of chaffinch, amongst a larger flock of tits (Butcher's Wood)), 4 Linnet, 5 Goldfinch [Oliver Cottis]

White Stork (Seen circling low and moving west near Bowater’s Farm the bird has primary missing from the right wing) [Paul Larkin]

Jay (One bird flying west, high, just behind my garden. Not a usual Dovercourt/Harwich bird. Strongly suspect it had just come in off the North Sea.) [Simon Banks]

100 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (+ ), 2 Water Rail (One seen and another heard), 5 Marsh Harrier (+), 2 Buzzard (+), Kingfisher, 3 Kestrel (+), Merlin (Male - Geedon Marsh), Stonechat [David L Smith]

Red-throated Diver (Off Coopers beach DU.), 2 Sparrowhawk (Maydays. ), 2 Marsh Harrier (Maydays. ), 2 Buzzard (Maydays. ), Little Owl (Maydays. ), 2 Kingfisher (Maydays seawall sluice MC.), Peregrine Falcon (Rewsells marsh DU. ), Mistle Thrush (Cudmore carpark SE.), Rock Pipit (Coopers beach.) [Stephen Entwistle]

2 Greylag Goose, Grey Heron, Kestrel, 4 House Sparrow

[Michael Davies] , , ,

285 Wood Pigeon (+, including a flock of 40+ in off ), Sparrowhawk, Green Woodpecker, 5 Cetti's Warbler (Singing, 2 on the common, 1 north of escarpment and 2 John Weston Reserve ), Pallas's Warbler (Undercliff below Sunny Point, favouring a stand of birch but mobile and very elusive, seen at 8:40 when calling a lot and 11:00 when it wasn’t. An absolute delight (Thanks Nik!)), 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 85 Starling (In off), 19 Meadow Pipit, 4 Linnet, 15 Goldfinch (South), 2 Redpoll sp. (South), 2 Chinese Muntjac [Brian Combes]

4 Cattle Egret, 29 Great White Egret, 2 Grey Wagtail [Steve Grimwade]

6 Cattle Egret (Seen from Mersea side of pye fleet, flown west from Langenhoe ranges ,after one seen sitting on a cow.) [Stephen Entwistle]

188 Brent Goose, Stock Dove, Kestrel (Male), Yellow-browed Warbler (In bushes behind seawall from caravan park to Bramble Island, SW of reservoir and just before footpath to Little Oakley. Very actively and noisily feeding at about 1:15; not to be seen on my return later.), Stonechat, 20 Linnet [Simon Banks]

Mandarin Duck (Female on pond), 2 Mallard, 200 Wood Pigeon (large flocks over the farmland), 2 Moorhen, 2 Cormorant, Jay, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldcrest, Treecreeper, 3 Meadow Pipit, Linnet [Oliver Cottis]

55 Wigeon (flew south between 10.12 and 10.16), Lesser Black-backed Gull, Gannet (Flew south, 10.20) [Simon Banks]

4 Little Grebe, 120 Skylark, 30 Meadow Pipit, 550 Linnet, 30 Corn Bunting, 10 Yellowhammer [Neil Murphy]

2 Knot (Ivy dock. ), 4 Green Sandpiper (3 reeves hall, 1 maydays. ), Greenshank (Strood ), 16 Marsh Harrier (Langenhoe point roost AF.), 2 Buzzard (Langenhoe point .), Short-eared Owl (Over on Langenhoe DU.), 2 Merlin (Langenhoe point roost AF. 1 hard coast road DU.), Peregrine Falcon (Langenhoe point roost AF.), Reed Warbler (Ivy dock. ), 1000 Starling (Reeves hall marsh. ), 2 Stonechat (A pr golf house.) [Stephen Entwistle]

6 Common Scoter, Water Rail, 5 Mediterranean Gull, Gannet, 2 Marsh Harrier, Merlin (1cy male), Peregrine Falcon, 2 Bearded Tit, 3 Rock Pipit, 4 Brambling, 12 Corn Bunting [Steve Grimwade]

2 Mute Swan (In the managed retreat), 2 Egyptian Goose (Golden Gates), 177 Shelduck (In the managed retreat), 25 Shoveler (One on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 6 Gadwall (Golden Gates), 45 Wigeon (In the managed retreat), 29 Mallard (In the managed retreat), Pintail (Female with Shelduck in Mucking Bay), 171 Teal (In the managed retreat), 14 Pochard (Golden Gates), 2 Goldeneye (Golden Gates), Water Rail (Golden Gates), 2 Little Grebe (On the pit to the south of the tip), 2 Great Crested Grebe (Golden Gates), Oystercatcher (In the managed retreat), 171 Avocet (Mucking Bay), Grey Plover (In the managed retreat), 48 Curlew (In the managed retreat), 208 Black-tailed Godwit (Mucking Bay), 5 Turnstone (In the managed retreat), 41 Redshank (Mucking Bay), 2 Little Egret (In the managed retreat and Stanford Creek), Peregrine Falcon (Over the VC), 4 Ring-necked Parakeet (Golden Gates), 7 Stonechat (Pairs by the VC, the VC approach road, by the railway line and a male by the pit to the south of the tip), 39 Tufted Duck (Golden Gates) [Paul Larkin]

2 Egyptian Goose (Flying over.), Great Spotted Woodpecker, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Heard calling, Rookery Wood.), Green Woodpecker, 17 Long-tailed Tit (At least.), 2 Redwing, Grey Wagtail (Near Hatch Farm. Perched on a horse trough.), Goldfinch (At least. Car park.), 2 Yellowhammer (Car park hedge.) [Andrew Cox]

2 Water Rail (Calling from reeds and borrowdyke), 4 Cattle Egret (Little Oakley quay roost - rather a surprise given local scarcity), Great White Egret (Little Oakley quay roost), 43 Little Egret (Little Oakley quay roost), 15 Marsh Harrier (Bramble island roost - interestingly no ad or subad males), 5 Buzzard, Tawny Owl, 3 Kestrel, 4 Bearded Tit (In reedbed) [Paul Brayshaw]

269 Greylag Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 2 Shoveler, 5 Wigeon, Pintail, 9 Little Grebe, 12 Cormorant, Grey Heron [Paul Everett]

3 Red-legged Partridge, 60 Lapwing (flock in flight), 2 Sparrowhawk (pair circling together), Green Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 2 Coal Tit, 70 Skylark (enormous flock on the fields), Goldcrest, Grey Wagtail (flying over. Good local record), 3 Meadow Pipit, Linnet [Oliver Cottis]

20 Egyptian Goose, 50 Pintail, 30 Goldeneye, 9 Goosander, 3 Little Grebe, 30 Great Crested Grebe, 50 Black-tailed Godwit, 20 Ruff, 8 Snipe (Around reservoir ), 2 Green Sandpiper, 5 Spotted Redshank (Wig bay), 400 Cormorant (Rough estimate ), Cattle Egret (In cow field ), 25 Great White Egret (Wigbay), 2 Marsh Harrier, Buzzard [Yvonne Watling]

300 Golden Plover (Rewsells marsh. ), 15 Black-tailed Godwit (Rewsells marsh. ), Little Owl (Cross lane. ), Short-eared Owl (High Over rewsells marsh.), Merlin (Waldegraves. ), Cetti's Warbler (Youth camp. ), Rock Pipit (Rewsells marsh. ) [Stephen Entwistle]

40 Canada Goose, 4 Greylag Goose, 2 Teal, 8 Lapwing, Curlew, 4 Redshank, 4 Magpie [Michael Davies] , , , , , ,

10 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 4 Jay, 7 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 12 Long-tailed Tit, Yellow-browed Warbler (In amongst tit flock; a year to the day since I had one here), 2 Goldcrest, 4 Blackbird, 6 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, Siskin [Andrew Goodey]

2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 3 Skylark (Heading north.), 4 Goldcrest (At least.), Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 10 Redwing, 6 Mistle Thrush (At least. Close to car park.), 3 Meadow Pipit (At least.), 4 Linnet [Andrew Cox]

439 Wigeon, 3 Red-breasted Merganser, 6 Sandwich Tern (2n 4s), 2 Arctic Skua, 2 Guillemot, 32 Red-throated Diver (29s 3n), Black-throated Diver, 54 Gannet (46n 8s), 2 Sparrowhawk (Singles in off), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (High flying singles), 27 Jay, 36 Skylark, 181 Starling, 5 Grey Wagtail, 74 Meadow Pipit, 282 Chaffinch, 35 Brambling, 146 Linnet, 1095 Goldfinch (In 73 flocks. Passage stopped my 1215), 87 Siskin, 24 Reed Bunting, 3 Redpoll sp. [Paul Brayshaw]

287 Wood Pigeon (+), 153 Oystercatcher (Roosting on Stone Point ), 2 Red-throated Diver (South), Great White Egret (West over Walton Channel and Horsey Island ), 4 Sparrowhawk (Including 2 moving slowly south just offshore, first thing), 3 Marsh Harrier, 3 Buzzard, Short-eared Owl (West over marshes, probably freshly in), 8 Jay, 19 Skylark (In off ), 6 Cetti's Warbler (Singing, 2 on the common, 3 John Weston Reserve and 1 by the drain on the northern edge of Walton Hall Marshes (not heard here before)), 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 321 Starling (In off and continuing west, mainly in small groups mid morning onwards ), 3 Redwing, 2 Stonechat (Pair, just north of decoy ponds), 27 Meadow Pipit, 15 Goldfinch, 3 Reed Bunting [Brian Combes]

Cattle Egret (In field with cows between weir and museum of power.) [David Torrice]

2 Snipe (Both in flight, one calling), Greenshank (Very vocal bird on scrape then flew south), 2 Marsh Harrier (Male and distant female type), Buzzard, Kestrel, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Stonechat (2 pairs) [Matt Turner]

Teal (Hybrid Eurasian x Baikal Teal still present), 3 Red-crested Pochard (All fem/imm), 27 Goldeneye, 9 Goosander, 10 Little Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, 4 Ringed Plover, 11 Ruff, 2 Green Sandpiper, Redshank, Common Tern (Juvenile), Spoonbill, 36 Great White Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Stonechat (Pair), Siskin

[Daryl Rhymes] ,

Brent Goose (One on the Bale Field), 20 Grey Plover, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, Snipe, Hen Harrier (Female harassed by carrion crow. Flew from Abbots Hall over reserve towards Tollesbury.), Peregrine Falcon (Possibly two. Distant views), 3 Stonechat [Antony Braun]

3 Pintail (Flypass cudmore Grove SE.), 300 Golden Plover (Plus off golf house seawall SE. ), 120 Black-tailed Godwit (Strood ), 100 Dunlin (Plus off golf house seawall SE. ), 2 Greenshank (Strood channel DU. ), Guillemot (Off golf house seawall SE. ), Red-throated Diver (Off golf house seawall SE. ), Great White Egret (Flyover Strood SE.), 2 Marsh Harrier (Strood ), 4 Buzzard (Strood ), 2 Bearded Tit (A pr cudmore Grove pond hire MC.), Grey Wagtail (Flyover feldy view DU.), Rock Pipit (Strood ), 4 Siskin (Feldy view SE.) [Stephen Entwistle]

40 Canada Goose, 4 Redshank, 2 Cormorant, 2 Little Egret, 8 House Sparrow [Michael Davies] , , , ,

3 Shoveler (Male & 2 females (9 this morning) ), 9 Wigeon (Males & females), Pintail (Female ( thanks G Brown) ), 2 Teal [Brian Bolton]

Raven (Flew strongly north-west, over arable fields south of town, calling and being mobbed by other corvids.) [Jeremy Hurley]

5 Shoveler, Pintail (feeding near Shovelers some of the time), Little Egret, 2 Red Kite (flew over NW together at 12.40pm), Buzzard, 2 Kestrel [George Brown] ,

2 Skylark, 2 Brambling, Goldfinch, 7 Yellowhammer [Thomas Simon]

27 Brent Goose, 3 Grey Plover, Turnstone, Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Sandwich Tern, 4 Jay (Group of 4 seen circling around 12:00 before flying south, quite high for Jays. Could have been locals, but I fancy not. ), 2 Swallow (Hawking at landslip), 13 Robin, 7 Goldfinch [Simon Banks]

500 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Off cudmore Grove DU. ), 22 Shoveler (From cudmore hide DU SE. ), 2 Gadwall (A pr cudmore Grove DU. ), 2 Water Rail (Calling only cudmore Grove pond DU SE.), 15 Great Crested Grebe (Off cudmore Grove DU.), 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker (From cudmore Grove hide SE DU.), 2 Bearded Tit (A pr cudmore Grove pond from hide DU SE), 4 Swallow (Cudmore Grove DU. ), 3 Cetti's Warbler (Cudmore Grove DU. ), 2 Goldcrest (MC Mersea garden ), Redwing (Cudmore Grove pond from hide DU SE.), Stonechat (Stone point East Mersea DU. ), 2 Rock Pipit (Stone point DU. ), Lesser Redpoll (Cudmore Grove flowover DU. ), 3 Siskin (Cudmore Grove pond from hide DU. ), Tufted Duck (Males cudmore Grove DU. ), 16 Clouded Yellow (Plus cudmore Grove DU. ) [Stephen Entwistle]

2 Mute Swan, 97 Shelduck, 6 Shoveler, 5 Gadwall, 27 Wigeon, 281 Teal, 2 Water Rail, 28 Little Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher, 1004 Avocet, 100 Grey Plover, Ringed Plover, 94 Curlew, 20 Bar-tailed Godwit, 919 Black-tailed Godwit, 35 Dunlin, 2 Green Sandpiper, 9 Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Little Egret, Ring-necked Parakeet, Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Stonechat (Two pairs), Rock Pipit, 5 Tufted Duck [Paul Larkin]

9 Jay, 41 Blackbird, Brambling, 325 Goldfinch, 6 Redpoll sp. [Paul Brayshaw]

2+ Bearded Tit (Heard only, flying over John Weston Reserve) [Glen Moore]

190 Wood Pigeon (+, groups moving around the site, some moving inland ), 2 Sparrowhawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker (High to the west, probably in off), 2 Green Woodpecker, 13 Jay (Including group of 6), 8 Skylark, 5 Cetti's Warbler (Singing, 1 common, 1 escarpment, 3 John Weston Reserve ), Yellow-browed Warbler (John Weston Reserve - in the hedge to the eastern side of the track running from the seawall to the sewage works. Briefly showed very well - an absolute delight (2 very poor photos attached!)), 7 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 3 Goldcrest, 13 Blackbird, 8 Redwing, 9 Song Thrush, Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, 9 Meadow Pipit, 2 Brambling, 10 Siskin, 2 Chinese Muntjac [Brian Combes] ,

Little Owl (Heard calling - possibly two) [Paul Everett]

15 Grey Partridge (dust-bathing - Walton Hall Marshes), 5 Little Grebe, 5 Avocet, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 400 Black-tailed Godwit (+), Grey Heron, Buzzard, Jay, 4 Skylark, 4 Redwing, Song Thrush, 20 Meadow Pipit (+), 5 Brambling, Reed Bunting [Liz Huxley]

Sparrowhawk (Female ), 8 Buzzard [David L Smith]

Brambling (Seen and heard, perched in an oak tree, before flying strongly north.) [Jeremy Hurley]

Scaup (female, LDLHCauseway), 8 Goldeneye, 2 Golden Plover (Wig bay), 32 Black-tailed Godwit (minimum), 14 Ruff, 2 Dunlin (Gwen's hide briefly), 3 Snipe, Common Sandpiper (LBC), Green Sandpiper (Billets), 2 Spotted Redshank (Wig bay), 3 Cattle Egret (Garr farm), 29 Great White Egret, Sparrowhawk, 5 Marsh Harrier (at-least 4 individuals), 10 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine Falcon (Island Hide and LBC), 10 Skylark, 160 Redwing (over Layer village), 5 Stonechat, Wheatear, 15 Meadow Pipit (minimum), Reed Bunting [Oliver Cottis]

Barnacle Goose, Scaup (LDLH causeway), 21 Goldeneye, 8 Goosander, 6 Ringed Plover, 85 Black-tailed Godwit, 15 Ruff, 8 Dunlin, 2 Little Stint (Peldon bay), 5 Snipe, 2 Spotted Redshank, 5 Greenshank, Mediterranean Gull (Adult Wig bay), Spoonbill (Juv off Abberton church), 35 Great White Egret, 350 Redwing (Flying west, flocks up to 110), 2 Brambling, Redpoll sp. [Daryl Rhymes]

10 Mute Swan (Inc. family of eight.), 34 Shoveler, 19 Gadwall, 68 Wigeon, 28 Mallard, 18 Pochard, 12 Moorhen, 30 Coot, 7 Little Grebe, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Cormorant, 3 Grey Heron, Little Egret, 2 Jay, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 17 Robin, 40 Goldfinch (circa. One flock just east of reserve.), Tufted Duck [Malcolm Corbett]

2 Common Scoter (Off cudmore Grove AF. ), 320 Golden Plover (Rewsells marsh. ), Marsh Harrier (Cudmore Grove AF. ), Tawny Owl (Cudmore Grove. ), 4 Swallow (East Mersea ), 10 Long-tailed Tit (Cudmore Grove. ), 5 Chiffchaff (2 East Mersea , 3 feldy view. ), 2 Blackcap (Feldy view. ), 28 Redwing (3 maydays MC, 25 feldy view DU. ), Mistle Thrush (1 Feldy view. 1 cudmore Grove. ), Stonechat (Strood. ), Rock Pipit (Strood. ) [Stephen Entwistle]

Brambling (feeding in garden bed) [Moira Jackson]

7 Fieldfare, 1000 Redwing (at least NW), 20 Song Thrush, 14 Brambling (NW with Redwings) [Richard Allen]

4 Little Grebe, 2 Green Sandpiper, Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Goldcrest, Treecreeper, 30 Redwing (3 separate groups, all heading west), 2 Grey Wagtail, 12 Tufted Duck [Matt Turner]

331 Wood Pigeon (flocks coming in from W-NW, circling and then heading N), 3 Guillemot (North), Razorbill (close offshore drifting north), 16 Jay, 5 Swallow, 143 Redwing, 7 Tree Sparrow, 5 Rock Pipit, 50 Chaffinch, 25 Brambling, 872 Goldfinch, 32 Siskin, 29 Redpoll sp. [Paul Brayshaw]

250 Wood Pigeon (++, several large flocks, but difficult to assess numbers, while as some flocks carried on inland, others moved around the site), 17 Lapwing (In off and west, in four groups), Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 20 Jay (+, mainly moving west, including groups of 8 and 6), 3 Skylark, 4 Cetti's Warbler (Singing, 1 common, 1 by cricket pitch and 2 John Weston Reserve ), 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 16 Blackbird, Fieldfare (My first of the autumn ), 5 Redwing, 7 Song Thrush, 3 Grey Wagtail, 13 Pied Wagtail, 27 Meadow Pipit, 4 Chaffinch, 11 Brambling (Mainly over but 4 landed briefly), 5 Greenfinch, 3 Lesser Redpoll, 7 Siskin, 3 Reed Bunting [Brian Combes] ,

Green Woodpecker (New garden tick) [Oliver Cottis]

6 Skylark, 45 Redwing, 18 Meadow Pipit, Brambling, 4 Linnet [Andrew Goodey]

Sparrowhawk (Female. Flew fast and low over arable field and put up two birds, one of which it took.) [Malcolm Corbett]

2 Red Kite [David Saville] ,

White Stork (unringed, circled Warren Lane and eventually landed near the Tarmac entrance. Viewed from footpath TL946.230), 3 Skylark, 4 Meadow Pipit [David Allen]

Dark-bellied Brent Goose (200 (Good estimate )), 80 Wigeon (Estimate ), 5 Little Egret, Green Woodpecker, Jay, Stonechat (Male) [Peter Brittain]

Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kestrel (+), 700 Redwing (+ in total; flocks heading W over reserve, with some dropping in briefly ), 6 Song Thrush [Liz Huxley]

Curlew Sandpiper, Snipe, Sparrowhawk, Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, Buzzard, Kingfisher, Kestrel, 2 Cetti's Warbler (Calling males), 45 Redwing (+ Mobile flock), Stonechat, House Sparrow [David L Smith]

6 Common Scoter (4.30pm Seawatch off Coopers beach MC SE), Greenshank (Morning flew up Strood channel DU.), Red-throated Diver (4.35pm(full summer)seawatch off Coopers beach SE MC.) [Stephen Entwistle]

122 Canada Goose, 2 Greylag Goose, 32 Mute Swan, 5 Egyptian Goose, 2 Gadwall, 24 Mallard, 2 Pochard, Moorhen, 104 Coot, 7 Little Grebe, 10 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, Barn Owl, Kingfisher, Kestrel (Female.), 6 Jay, Skylark, 2 Cetti's Warbler (Heard only.), 2 Chiffchaff, Song Thrush, 5 Robin, Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Yellowhammer, 25 Tufted Duck [Malcolm Corbett]

6 Gadwall, 4 Pochard (Seldom seen on the reservoir), 4 Stock Dove, Little Grebe (1), 3 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker (1), Jay (1), 4 Greenfinch, 2 Tufted Duck [Matt Turner]

Great Skua, Arctic Skua, 44 Blackbird (in off and west), 18 Fieldfare (in off and west), 720 Redwing (in off and west), 48 Song Thrush (in off and west), 123 Chaffinch (in off and west), 34 Brambling (in off and west), 454 Goldfinch, 21 Siskin [Paul Brayshaw]

Jack Snipe (West over common, first thing), Guillemot (On sea first thing), Grey Heron, 2 Sparrowhawk (+, several sightings, including one bird circling offshore before drifting south), Great Spotted Woodpecker (At least 1 on site), 2 Green Woodpecker, 5 Skylark (West), 6 Cetti's Warbler (Singing, 1 common, 1 escarpment, 1 by main sycamore clump, 1 south of John Weston Reserve and 2 in it), 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 4 Goldcrest, Redwing (West, first for me of the autumn, several others flying over the house this afternoon ), 15 Pied Wagtail, 17 Meadow Pipit, 2 Brambling, 72 Goldfinch (+, in groups mainly moving south), 5 Siskin, 5 Reed Bunting, Chinese Muntjac [Brian Combes]

38 Canada Goose (Plus one hybrid.), 39 Mute Swan, 8 Egyptian Goose, 16 Gadwall, 70 Mallard (circa.), 4 Moorhen, 136 Coot, 6 Little Grebe, 5 Great Crested Grebe, Snipe, 3 Cormorant, Grey Heron, Barn Owl (With prey.), Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, Kestrel (Female.), 2 Jay, 2 Cetti's Warbler (Heard only.), 14 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 5 Robin, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, 33 Tufted Duck [Malcolm Corbett]

2050 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (On mudflats at eastern end of island), 11 Avocet (Monty’s Lookout ), 101 Ringed Plover (From Monty’s Lookout), 400 Curlew (Several hundreds but too distant to count accurately ), 150 Redshank (Monty’s Lookout ), 12 Greenshank (Monty’s Lookout), 25 Little Egret, Peregrine Falcon (Adult male, seen twice.) [Andrew Dodd]

200 Shelduck (Circa.), 30 Wigeon (Circa.), 40 Mallard (Plus), 70 Teal (Plus), Oystercatcher, 100 Avocet (Plus.), 25 Lapwing, 20 Black-tailed Godwit, 50 Redshank, 8 Great Black-backed Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Little Egret, Kestrel, 5 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, Wren, 100 Starling (Single flock. ), Robin, Stonechat (Male. ), 3 Dunnock, 2 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch [David Hale] , , , , ,

Cormorant, 2 Sparrowhawk (Females), 2 Red Kite, 6 Buzzard (Peak count), 2 Kingfisher, 2 Kestrel, Raven (Being mobbed by Buzzards) [David L Smith]

Pintail (Off shop lane seawall SE. ), 11 Avocet (Strood channel DU. ), 5 Ringed Plover (Off shop lane seawall SE. ), 35 Black-tailed Godwit (Plus off shop lane seawall SE. ), 52 Turnstone (On pontoon off oyster fishery SE. ), 70 Dunlin (Plus off shop lane seawall SE.), Greenshank (Strood channel DU. ), Marsh Harrier (Off shop lane seawall SE. ), Great Spotted Woodpecker (Strood channel DU. ), Chiffchaff (Ivy dock to stone point MC. ), Blackcap (Male ivy dock to stone point MC. ), 2 Stonechat (1 ivy dock to stone point MC., 1 Strood channel DU. ), 2 Grey Wagtail (1 flyover Ivy dock to stone point MC, 1 flyover feldy view DU.), 3 Rock Pipit (1 ivy dock to stone point MC. 2 Strood channel DU.) [Stephen Entwistle]

2 Red Kite (Over village centre) [Mark Pegrum]

6 Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Jay [Michael Davies] , , , ,

12 Egyptian Goose, 2 Shoveler, Gadwall (Male), 6 Teal (4 female, 2 male. Plus one yellow billed teal), 10 Pochard, 8 Lapwing, 3 Cattle Egret (LBC ), Grey Heron, 3 Great White Egret (Ldhc), Grey Wagtail, 7 Pied Wagtail

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Grey Plover, 24 Ringed Plover, 19 Ruff, 2 Dunlin, 2 Little Stint, 17 Spotted Redshank, 6 Greenshank, 3 Cattle Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, Stonechat, Wheatear (pale looking bird in Wig bay) [Daryl Rhymes] ,

10 Greylag Goose (On pond ), 5 Stonechat (Near top hide slow moving to Frinton ) [Kevin Tunnicliffe]

20 Wigeon, 30 Pintail, 6 Goldeneye, 3 Goosander, 75 Golden Plover, 50 Black-tailed Godwit, 20 Ruff, Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 5 Spotted Redshank (Wig bay), 4 Greenshank, 2 Common Tern, 500 Cormorant (Around reserve ), 3 Cattle Egret (Lb causeway ), 21 Great White Egret (Hide bay ), 2 Marsh Harrier, 3 Buzzard, Skylark, 3 House Martin, Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, 20 Meadow Pipit [Yvonne Watling]

70 Wigeon (+), 7 Bar-tailed Godwit, Knot, 13 Sandwich Tern, Red-throated Diver (close inshore towards Stone Point), Marsh Harrier (Stone Point), 3 Swallow (over beach heading north), Stonechat (Stone Point) [Martin Richards]

Cetti's Warbler (Heard burst of song along canel adjacent to great Baddow car park) [Brian Bolton]

Red-legged Partridge (Bowers hall farm from seawall SE.), 15 Grey Partridge (Bowers hall farm from seawall 2 DU, 13 SE.), 1000 Golden Plover (Off reeves hall seawall DU. ), 500 Dunlin (Off reeves hall seawall DU. ), 2 Sandwich Tern (1 off reeves hall seawall DU. 1 off Coopers beach SE. ), Common Tern (Off reeves hall seawall DU. ), Sparrowhawk (Bowers hall farm from seawall SE. ), Marsh Harrier (Wing tagged on Langenhoe DU. ), Peregrine Falcon (Sitting on fence post behind pewit Island pye fleet DU. ), 4 Chiffchaff (3 Bowers hall farm SE. 1 little paddocks MT.), 500 Starling (Inc 1 Leucistic reeves hall marsh DU.), 4 Rock Pipit (1 Off reeves hall seawall DU. 3 Strood channel DU.), 130 Linnet (100 Strood channel DU. 25 Bowers hall farm from seawall SE ) [Stephen Entwistle]

Red Kite, Buzzard, 2 Grey Wagtail (x2 feeding on bank of River Stort) [Mark Pegrum]

2 Egyptian Goose (Golden Gates), 189 Shelduck (Mucking Bay), 39 Shoveler (10 on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 14 Gadwall (Four on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 39 Wigeon (Two Golden Gates, the rest in the managed retreat), 196 Teal (Mucking Bay), 17 Pochard (Two on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), Water Rail (Golden Gates), 2 Moorhen (Golden Gates), 20 Coot (Eight on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 5 Little Grebe (Three on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 5 Great Crested Grebe (Four on the Thames, one Golden Gates), 279 Avocet (Mucking Bay), 3 Ringed Plover (In the managed retreat), 44 Curlew (Mucking Bay), 16 Black-tailed Godwit (Mucking Bay), Dunlin (In the managed retreat), Green Sandpiper (In Stanford Creek), 64 Redshank (In Stanford Creek), Yellow-legged Gull (In the managed retreat), 3 Little Egret (Two in the creek, one in the managed retreat), Kingfisher (Golden Gates), 4 Cetti's Warbler (One on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 4 Stonechat (Pairs next to the VC approach road and by the railway line), 40 Tufted Duck (Seven on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates) [Paul Larkin]

Great White Egret (Flew over sycamore clump), Dartford Warbler (At top of undercliff below Sunny Point), Whinchat, Brambling [Glen Moore]

Mediterranean Gull (adult), 8 Sandwich Tern, Great White Egret (West past JW reserve), 9 Swallow, Song Thrush, Pied Flycatcher, Whinchat, 4 Grey Wagtail, 4 Brambling (One flock N), 18 Siskin, 5 Reed Bunting [Daryl Rhymes] , ,

Jack Snipe (Heard it from the reserve, when Glen and Ken kindly flushed it from the tidal lagoons!), Sparrowhawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Jay (High in off and west), 2 Skylark (South), Swallow (South, only hirundine of the weekend), 6 Cetti's Warbler (Singing, 2 on the common, 1 escarpment, 1 by main sycamore clump, 2 John Weston Reserve ), 6 Chiffchaff (1 singing ), 6 Blackcap, Firecrest (East of cricket pitch ), 4 Goldcrest, 15 Blackbird (+), 7 Song Thrush, 48 Meadow Pipit (+, 10+ feeding in western paddock of John Weston Reserve, others mainly in off and west/south), 4 Siskin (South), 2 Reed Bunting, 3 Chinese Muntjac [Brian Combes]

4 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Sparrowhawk, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 6 Skylark, 3 Swallow, Cetti's Warbler (singing bird, site tick for me), 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 4 Goldcrest, 3 Song Thrush, 4 House Sparrow, 3 Grey Wagtail, 9 Meadow Pipit, 14 Goldfinch, 12 Siskin, Redpoll sp. (one flying over) [Andrew Goodey]