2 Buzzard [Phil Harling ]

1 Kittiwake (Still showing very well from Gate or layby looking healthier now ) [Brian Bolton] , ,

1 Red Kite (Over Blue Mills direction) [Paul Shuttleworth]

1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Song Thrush (Singing Male.), 1 Whitethroat (Male. Not singing.), 10 Blackcap (Nine singing males (at least). One female.), 4 Chaffinch (Singing males.), 1 Greenfinch (Singing Male.. ) [Andrew Cox]

1 Bar-tailed Godwit (East of the old P Stn site), 6 Curlew (East of the old P Stn site), 1 Whimbrel (I’m foreshore by the ferry terminal, then up river) [Paul Larkin]

1 Little Owl (on barn roof Cow Farm, Frog Street ) [Andrew Stroud]

1 Ring Ouzel (male still in paddock at bottom of hill on Dark Lane ), 2 Redwing, 15 Starling, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Red Kite [Andrew Stroud]

4 Blackcap (+), 1 Coal Tit, 1 Nightingale, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Kestrel, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Great Crested Grebe (pair on fishing lake), 3 Chiffchaff (+) [Liz Huxley]

1 Yellow Wagtail, 2100 Black-tailed Godwit, 15 Mediterranean Gull (Very vocal and much chasing over small island off promenade), 18 Knot, 5 Common Tern [Andrew Goodey]

4 Swallow, 3 Buzzard (+), 3 Blackcap (+), 2 Chiffchaff (+), 1 Nuthatch, 100 Black-tailed Godwit (c) [Liz Huxley]

10 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 14 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Green Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, 9 Treecreeper (4 pairs), 1 Goldcrest, 4 Linnet, 3 Buzzard, 29 Red-breasted Merganser, 10 Great Crested Grebe, 25 Brent Goose, 2 Whimbrel, 8 Redshank, 1 Skylark, 21 Blackcap, 1 Nightingale, 160 Blue Tit (loads most common species), 45 Great Tit, 17 Chiffchaff, 3 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Red Kite (drifted north to Suffolk bank) [Malcolm Riddler] , , , , , ,

4 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Corn Bunting, 2 Snipe, 30 Linnet, 6 Buzzard, 4 Yellowhammer, 30 Skylark (Not sure how many, singing all the way round.), 3 Meadow Pipit [Glen Moore]

14 Blackcap, 3 Mediterranean Gull, 3 Buzzard, 2 Whimbrel (on Crouch mud), 8 Great Crested Grebe (on Crouch), 1 Cuckoo (calling in the distance), 1 Sedge Warbler (sub song) [Alan Shearring]

1 Redshank, 50 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Greylag Goose, 1 Blackcap [Michael Davies] , , ,

1 Red Kite (Leisurely circling over Totham Pit area.), 2 Buzzard (One, South Wood. One, Sheepcoates Farm.), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Drumming, Totham Pit.), 1 Green Woodpecker (Calling, Totham Pit.), 8 Jackdaw (+. Several individuals collecting nesting material, including hair straight from horses' backs. Horse paddocks, Prince of Wales Road.), 4 Linnet (Including pair and one carrying nesting material, Scrub adj. Totham Pit.) [Malcolm Corbett]

1 Common Tern (Mid-river, resting on lobster(?) cage at low tide) [Jon Clark]

2 Mediterranean Gull (Two adult over my house calling and heading NW.) [Robert Pease]

1 Treecreeper, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Robin, 2 Great Tit, 1 Buzzard [Paul Everett] ,

2 Yellow Wagtail (Flew north ), 6 Skylark, 8 Linnet, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Reed Bunting (First male back for summer), 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Swallow [David Pallash]

1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 5 Green Woodpecker, 2 Skylark (Singing males.), 2 Swallow, 2 Mistle Thrush (One feding on pavillion meadow; one singing male near goats inclosure.), 1 Coal Tit, 1 Nuthatch (Singing Male.. ), 5 Goldfinch (At least.), 3 Linnet (Al males, two singing.), 1 Yellowhammer (Over pavillion meadow.) [Andrew Cox]

6 Robin (Several paired up), 6 Chiffchaff (+ two busy near nesting sites with materials), 6 Blackcap, 1 Fieldfare (Seen resting in top of large tree), 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Nightingale (Singing male heard only), 1 Buzzard (Calling overhead) [Paul Fletcher]

9 Blackcap, 6 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red Fox, 1 Chinese Muntjac, 5 Chiffchaff [Richard Chew]

1 Kittiwake (Still east side of pit), 2 Mediterranean Gull (Dropped in very briefly then flew off N) [Brian Bolton]

4 Yellow Wagtail (On centre bank between both boating lakes next to youth camp ) [Stephen Entwistle]

1 Little Owl (At nest sight), 12 Linnet (3 small flocks), 3 Yellowhammer, 1 Buzzard, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Green Woodpecker, 10 Pheasant, 7 Red-legged Partridge, 5 Chaffinch, 1 Robin, 2 Red Kite (Two birds, in flight, feeding and perched.) [Nicholas Weston] , ,

1 Ring Ouzel (Male), 1 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush [Jon Clark]

2 Mistle Thrush (In first paddock from car park), 2 Nightingale (Heard but not seen), 5 Blackcap [Peter Brittain]

12 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Peregrine Falcon [Graham Barber ]

2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Buzzard [Graham Barber ]

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (+), 6 Blackcap (+), 14 Shelduck, 4 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 3 Nightingale (+), 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Shoveler, 1 Swallow, 16 Chiffchaff (+), 1 Pale-bellied Brent Goose [Liz Huxley]

6 Redshank, 3 Ringed Plover, 571 Black-tailed Godwit, 99 Curlew, 69 Shelduck, 2 Wheatear, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Little Egret, 30 Common Gull (Including two adults), 1 Yellow-legged Gull (Third calendar year), 43 Grey Plover, 12 Oystercatcher, 70 Avocet, 3 Great Crested Grebe (One on the river, two on the fleet), 6 Pintail (Three pairs on the river), 5 Pochard (Three drakes), 2 Tufted Duck (Pair), 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Stonechat (Males on the sea wall and the old landfill), 4 Mediterranean Gull (Over calling), 20 Bar-tailed Godwit, 177 Teal, 200 Dunlin, 1 Grasshopper Warbler [Paul Larkin]

2 Canada Goose (Pair on lake.), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Hen Harrier (Ringtail. Over by-pass then settled in tree by Railway Pond. Same vicinity as March 12th.), 5 Chiffchaff (Four singing.), 1 Blackcap (Singing.), 1 Whitethroat (Singing), 1 Song Thrush [Malcolm Corbett]

2 Common Tern (Hard /coast road DU), 6 Avocet (Strood channel SB), 1 Swallow (Strood channel SB), 1 Sedge Warbler (Cudmore grove park pond AF ), 1 Blackcap (Mimicking segel Warbler & blackbird AF) [Stephen Entwistle]

1 Ring Ouzel [Martin Henry]

1 White Stork (released), 1 Garganey (drake) [Quentin Given]

2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Redwing, 2 Swallow, 1 Greylag Goose, 3 Canada Goose (along with a black and white hybrid of uncertain origins), 2 Blackcap, 1 Green Woodpecker (heard only), 5 Jackdaw (+), 1 Chiffchaff (heard only), 1 Ring Ouzel (Male , showing well) [Paul Everett]

1 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel (Pair, Coombe Wood. Male prospecting tree hole & calling to female.), 7 Green Woodpecker (From four likely territories.), 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Including a pair mating in Coombe Wood.), 1 Swallow (Male, Dry Street meadow.), 2 Goldcrest (Singing males.), 2 Treecreeper (At least.), 7 Nuthatch (Four territories: pair near nest hole in The Park; pair seen mating in Coombe Wood. Male noticeably more brightly coloured than his mate. Pair seen indulging in courtship behaviour & feeding,horse paddock. Singing male seen at likely nest hole in copse near car park. New site; or hitherto undiscovered.), 1 Peregrine Falcon (Adult female, heading east.), 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Male,showing well drumming in Coombe Wood.) [Andrew Cox]

12 Shelduck (Six in the fort, the rest on foreshore near the new landfill), 1 Mute Swan (In the moat), 2 Canada Goose (In the horse fields), 16 Sand Martin (Hawking round the Fort), 1 Little Egret (In the moat), 1 Green Sandpiper (Around the fort), 1 Blackcap (In the STW), 39 Linnet (Around the fort), 4 Oystercatcher (On foreshore by the new landfill), 2 Red-legged Partridge (On the new landfill), 6 Curlew (On foreshore by the new landfill), 4 Mallard (Around the fort), 11 Teal (On STW outfall), 60 Starling (Single flock around the fort) [Paul Larkin]

1 Kittiwake (Still on East Side of pit ) [Brian Bolton]

1 Ring Ouzel (Male in spring plumage showing well at back of meadow), 2 Ring-necked Parakeet (Drinking from a pond and flying over calling.), 2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Song Thrush, 3 Blackbird, 8 Redwing (Some in spring plumage) [Clive Tanner] ,

1 Red Kite, 1 Grey Heron [David Saville] ,

2 Buzzard, 2 Marsh Harrier (Adult male & immature male.), 2 Oystercatcher, 31 Avocet, 21 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Curlew, 3 Spotted Redshank (Gradually attaining SP.), 3 Greenshank, 2 Mediterranean Gull (Adult & 2nd summer.), 4 Swallow (At least.) [Andrew Cox]

2 Coot (Fishing lakes), 4 Cormorant (On pylon by fishing lakes), 1 Buzzard, 4 Blackcap, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Greylag Goose (Flying south towards TTNP), 1 Little Grebe (Pond in reedbed south of fishing lakes), 4 Goldfinch (Scrub), 4 Linnet (Scrub), 1 Song Thrush (Scrub), 3 Swallow (Fishing lakes), 3 House Martin (Fishing lakes), 2 Sand Martin (Fishing lakes), 1 Mallard (+ 4 ducklings. Footbridge over Hassenbrooke River), 8 Dunnock, 1 Greenfinch, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Great Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 6 Cetti's Warbler (4 heard in reedbeds west of fishing lakes, 2 heard in reedbed south of fishing lakes) [Jamie Thornton]

2 Marsh Harrier (pair displaying; female carrying reeds.), 2 Spotted Redshank (partial summer plumage. Very close to path near windmill. ), 2 Ruff (with Black Tailed Godwits on large freshwater pool, south wall. Also a silver Bahama Pintail pointed out & identified for me.), 125 Avocet (At least.), 1 Barn Owl (near Car Park. Flew straight towards me. ), 7 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 3 Little Ringed Plover (with Spotted Redshanks.), 4 Cetti's Warbler (heard) [Ian Swanson]

2 Mistle Thrush (in field with Ouzel), 1 Song Thrush (in field with Ouzel), 3 Redwing (in field with Ouzel), 1 Swallow, 1 Blackcap, 2 Raven (pair in tree top), 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Ring Ouzel (male in field with horses) [James Hudson] , , ,

2 Yellow Wagtail (1 east Mersea MC 1 strood channel DU ), 2 Willow Warbler (1 feldy view cemetery SE . 1 back footpath firs chase caravan park SE), 5 Corn Bunting (Strood channel DU), 1 Golden Plover (Cudmore grove MC), 1 Black Brant (Strood channel nr old jetty bottom firs chase caravan park DU), 1 Firecrest (Lovely coloured one fish pond wood shop lane MC SE), 1 Short-eared Owl (Reeves hall marshes (MC)), 1 Great Northern Diver (Off Victoria esplanade SE ), 2 Cetti's Warbler (East Mersea MC ), 1 Pale-bellied Brent Goose (With black brant DU) [Stephen Entwistle]

6 Redwing (early in Wivenhoe Wood) [Richard Allen]

45 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Water Pipit, 1 Swallow, 6 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit [Sean Nixon] , , , ,

1 Nightingale (First this year at Danbury. Brief burst of song. Chiffchaffs actively nesting. 10+ Blackcaps both male and female.), 1 Goldcrest [Doug & Tina Holden]

4 Blackcap (2 singing at reserve; 1 singing, one other seen, Shore Farm/chalets area.), 2 Whitethroat (2 singing, reserve.), 2 Nightingale (singing on reserve.), 2 Yellowhammer (singing on reserve.), 1 Swallow (Shore Farm), 135 Brent Goose (12 Shore Farm/chalets; 120+, reserve.), 2 Green Woodpecker (2 yaffling, Shore Farm/chalets area.), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (drumming, reserve.), 1 Buzzard (Shore Farm area), 1 Kestrel (reserve), 5 Great Crested Grebe (3 off Shore Farm/chalets area, 2 off reserve), 1 Little Egret (Shore Farm area), 2 Reed Bunting (Pair, near Shore Farm.), 7 Chiffchaff (4 singing, 2 others seen, reserve; 1 singing, Shore Farm/chalets.), 2 Greenfinch (2 singing, Shore Farm/chalets area.), 2 Bullfinch (Pair, reserve near hide over Stour) [Simon Banks]

3 Buzzard (Including pair displying, Pavillion meadow.), 2 Sparrowhawk (Pair displaying.), 1 Kestrel (Female.), 5 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 9 Fieldfare (Heading east.), 1 Coal Tit, 4 Nuthatch (From three territories.), 2 Goldfinch (At least.), 2 Linnet (At least.), 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Calling, near goats inclosure.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Kittiwake (Still hanging on) [Brian Bolton]

1 Tawny Owl (Flying around the garden) [Nico Devereaux]

1 Red Kite [Oliver Cottis]

3 Goldeneye (male and 2 females), 1 Bar-headed Goose (asleep on Grazing Meadow with Greylags, Canada & 2 Egyptian geese), 4 Gadwall, 2 Shelduck (On water, moved to Grazing Meadow ), 6 Pochard, 50 Tufted Duck (approx), 2 Oystercatcher (Grazing Meadow ), 3 Blackcap (singing males ), 20 Wigeon (on Grazing Meadow ), 50 Mallard (approx. 1 with 14 ducklings by Causeway road), 20 Teal (+), 4 Chiffchaff (Heard) [Ian Swanson]

1 Whimbrel, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat, 8 Red-breasted Merganser, 20 Avocet, 9 Oystercatcher, 18 Curlew, 60 Black-tailed Godwit, 203 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 50 Dunlin, 14 Dunnock, 8 Robin, 8 Chiffchaff [David Allen]

1 Nightingale (Singing), 8 Lesser Redpoll, 4 Blackcap, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Raven (2 adults very vocal over southern edge of reserve) [Steve Grimwade]

50 Swallow (Circa.), 4 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Linnet, 1 Common Tern, 1 Corn Bunting, 1 Yellowhammer, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Shelduck, 6 Shoveler, 1 Gadwall (Drake.), 1 Reed Bunting, 8 Grey Heron, 3 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Mallard (Pair with 3 ducklings.), 3 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Egyptian Goose (Pair with I Gosling.) [David Hale] , , , ,

2 Red Kite (Together briefly N. of Captain's Wood.), 2 Buzzard (Up together from Captain's Wood following brief appearance of two red kite.) [Malcolm Corbett]

4 Buzzard, 6 Swallow (Over Lake), 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Crested Grebe (1 investigating bank of Lake - nesting soon?), 2 Jay, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Grey Wagtail (On bank of Lake), 1 Reed Bunting (Close to Marsh), 7 Coot (3-4 nests on Decoy Lake), 1 Wren, 1 Chaffinch (By Lake), 2 Red Kite [Winifred Simmonds]

4 Skylark (+), 2 Blackcap (males), 1 Jay, 67 Sanderling, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Eider (female), 2 Buzzard, 1 Shoveler (male), 1 Greenfinch (+), 8 Chiffchaff (+), 50 Dunlin (incl 1 in breeding plumage), 2 Cetti's Warbler [Liz Huxley]

1 Long-eared Owl (roosting in dense blackthorn cover) [Alan Shearring]

2 Jay, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Blackcap (Male, more heard singing.), 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Willow Warbler (Pair, back & forth to nest site with material.), 2 Shelduck, 2 Goldfinch, 1 Dunnock, 4 Chiffchaff (Many heard.), 3 Robin, 6 Blackbird (Males.), 2 Great Tit (Pair.), 2 Blue Tit [David Hale]

2 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Canada Goose (Pair.), 18 Greylag Goose (Inc. at least six pair.), 5 Mute Swan (Two pair plus one juv.), 2 Shelduck (Pair.), 4 Pochard (Three male.), 66 Tufted Duck (44 male.), 1 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 2 Swallow, 2 Long-tailed Tit (Pair.), 2 Blackcap (Singing), 2 Whitethroat (Singing.), 1 Song Thrush, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 14 Mallard (Inc. three pair.), 80 Black-headed Gull (circa.), 5 Chiffchaff (Singing.), 1 Greenfinch (Singing.) [Malcolm Corbett]

4 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 3 Marsh Harrier, 2 Sedge Warbler, 40 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Bearded Tit, 11 Cetti's Warbler [Steve Grimwade]

1 Yellow Wagtail (Cudmore grove DU), 2 Sedge Warbler (cudmore grove pond DU), 8 Sand Martin (Cudmore grove (DU)), 3 Snipe (Grazing fields cudmore grove DU ), 1 Mistle Thrush (Nr bus turning at golf house DU), 2 Cetti's Warbler (Cudmore grove DU ), 4 Buzzard (Cudmore grove DU) [Stephen Entwistle]

1 Reed Warbler (singing Ferry Marsh), 3 Cetti's Warbler (at least singing Ferry Marsh) [Richard Allen]

1 Nightingale (Near entrance to EWT reserve), 3 Blackcap, 1 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 14 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 White / Pied Wagtail (Intermediate male LdlH c/w) [Sean Nixon] , , ,

1 Robin (Nest building), 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Little Egret, 5 Greylag Goose [Michael Davies] , , ,

2 Buzzard, 3 Green Woodpecker, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest (Singing Male.), 1 Coal Tit, 1 Treecreeper (At least.), 3 Nuthatch (Pair in The Park seen displaying & mating. Female entering nest hole. Singing male briefly in Coombe Wood.), 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Calling. North side of top path in The Park.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Kittiwake (Still showing well on South Side of pit looking unwell) [Brian Bolton] , ,

8 Blackcap (3 seen, 5 heard), 1 Goldcrest, 4 Green Woodpecker, 1 Cormorant, 1 Red Fox, 3 Chinese Muntjac, 6 Chiffchaff (1 seen, 5 heard), 1 Pied Flycatcher (Male watched feeding and singing for 45 minutes) [Richard Chew] , ,

1 Kestrel, 24 Blackcap (23 males, 1 female), 7 Jay, 5 Green Woodpecker, 7 Stock Dove, 3 Willow Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Buzzard, 10 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Skylark, 6 Song Thrush, 3 Redwing, 1 Yellowhammer, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Grey Heron, 28 Chiffchaff, 4 Greenfinch, 1 Mandarin Duck (male flushed from river by Buzzard), 12 Lesser Redpoll, 6 Bullfinch (2 single males and 2 pairs) [James Hudson]

1 Hobby (Flying along tree lined part of lane ) [Ann Darnell]

1 Black Redstart (Female. Found by Daryl Rhymes at 16.50 around the barns at Sturgeons Farm. Still present at 18.40 when I left.), 3 Snipe (Titchmarsh Reservoir), 1 Yellow Wagtail (Titchmarsh Reservoir), 10 Tufted Duck (Titchmarsh Reservoir) [Andrew Allen]

1 Nightingale (Singing from deep in copse SE of Elms Farm Park lake.) [Malcolm Corbett]

6 Redshank, 16 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Greylag Goose, 2 Red-breasted Merganser (Mid river), 2 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret, 2 Kestrel, 4 Blackcap (2 pairs), 1 Reed Bunting (Female), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (I watched it drumming, down Wall Lane), 2 Swallow, 1 Sand Martin (I looked at the site and found the wire fencing had dropped over most of the holes so this may well be the reason they deserted this site which is a great shame.), 1 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Estd 140), 8 Dunnock, 6 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 7 Chiffchaff (I’ve never seen so many in one Reserve, maybe more than 7) [Peter Brittain]

2 Red Kite (Circling together, slowly moving S. over Captain's Wood.) [Malcolm Corbett]

1 Kittiwake (1st winter still present on water in NE corner of pit), 2 Mediterranean Gull (Pair flew in calling and settled on water for c20 minutes then flew S over road towards working gravel pits), 1 Whimbrel (Heard overhead but not seen) [George Brown] , , ,

2 Spotted Redshank (1 summ plumage), 7 Sanderling, 1 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Cuckoo (Heard calling from main reed bed area but not seen), 3 Whimbrel [Jon Clark]

2 Swallow (Probably wishing they were still in Africa...) [Roger Emmens]

2 Pintail (♂♀ John Weston Reserve), 2 Brent Goose (John Weston Reserve), 1 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 19 Turnstone (Hamford Water), 1 Snipe (John Weston Reserve), 1 Green Woodpecker (John Weston Reserve), 4 Swallow, 6 Blackcap (Heard more than seen), 8 Teal (John Weston Reserve), 16 Wigeon (John Weston Reserve), 2 Lapwing (Overhead), 6 Chiffchaff (Heard more than seen), 12 Greenfinch (Estimated), 3 Cetti's Warbler (3 different birds calling, one sighting) [Mick Woodruff]

6 Blackcap, 6 Buzzard (resident birds including a pair displaying), 2 Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Nightingale (brief subsong), 1 Yellow Wagtail (over farmland), 2 Stock Dove, 1 Snipe, 8 Chiffchaff, 2 Bullfinch, 1 White Wagtail [Alan Shearring]

1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Common Tern, 5 Great Crested Grebe (Pairs on lake), 1 Swallow, 2 Siskin (Rayne hatch wood), 1 Nuthatch (Moat Wood), 1 Coal Tit, 1 Treecreeper (Lake), 1 Willow Warbler (Singing Rayne Hatch Wood), 9 Redpoll sp. (1 over lake, 8 over Rayne hatch wood), 3 Marsh Tit (Rayne Hatch Wood) [Andrew Goodey]

1 Ring-necked Parakeet (In tree just west of Beach's Mill Bridge and then flying nw) [Winifred Simmonds]

1 Little Owl (Cross lane SE ), 4 Blackcap (2pr cross lane ), 3 Song Thrush (Singing cross lane SE ), 1 Willow Warbler (Feldy view DU ), 2 Whimbrel (Ray Island DU ), 7 Swallow (4 Strood channel DU . 3 east Mersea MC ), 4 Mediterranean Gull (Strood channel DU), 6 Buzzard (Strood channel (DU) ), 2 Golden Plover (East Mersea MC), 12 Chiffchaff (3prs cross lane SE . 8 east Mersea MC), 1 Redstart (Feldy view cemetery found by jon B ,seen by DU . Seen 45min by a couple locals only (notme)), 3 Cetti's Warbler (East Mersea between park & oyster fishery MC ) [Stephen Entwistle]

11 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipit, 4 Little Ringed Plover [Paul Chamberlain]

5 Green Woodpecker (At least.), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Mistle Thrush (Singing Male.), 1 Goldcrest (Singing Male.), 5 Nuthatch (Pair plus three other singing males; including one on the edge of the golf course.), 2 Raven (Pair.), 2 Yellowhammer (Pair.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Goldcrest [Anthony Gales]

5 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 10 Redwing, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull (adults around lakes), 2 Linnet, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Swallow (feeding over lakes), 2 Egyptian Goose (pair on lake) [James Hudson]

1 Red Kite (Circling over rear of Colchester Zoo) [Steve Grimwade]

2 Ring-necked Parakeet (On our feeders) [Peter Allen]

1 Whimbrel, 22 Redshank, 19 Oystercatcher, 11 Grey Plover, 52 Shelduck, 2 Blackcap (singing), 1 Swallow, 1 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 9 Teal, 12 Chiffchaff (singing), 1 Pale-bellied Brent Goose (Lone bird on saltmarsh with shelduck, sharp demarcation between dark breast and underparts which appeared very pale, almost whitish in bright sunlight.) [Marsh Stitchman]

2 Yellowhammer (Wickford Memorial Park, path by the River Crouch under the railway bridge), 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Buzzard [Les Finn]

1 Crane (2 adults circled the reserve and drifted off southwest), 3 Nightingale, 1 Peregrine Falcon (Adult), 8 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff [Steve Grimwade] , ,

20 Fieldfare (near Church ), 1 House Martin [Emma Robinson]

1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Mediterranean Gull (Adults. Circled over house.) [Andrew Cox]

2 Kestrel, 2 Little Egret, 5 Oystercatcher, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Curlew, 4 Brent Goose, 4 Skylark, 2 Grey Heron, 58 Black-tailed Godwit (+), 11 Greylag Goose, 9 Canada Goose, 1 Mute Swan, 3 Shoveler, 2 Reed Bunting, 3 Swallow, 32 Shelduck, 5 Avocet, 5 Cattle Egret (In field with cattle- small stature and obvious yellow bill (Thanks to Ben for pointing them out))), 1 Dunnock, 1 Lapwing, 4 Meadow Pipit, 4 Black-headed Gull, 3 Barnacle Goose [Paul Everett] , , , ,

2 Swallow (2 near Beaumont Quay), 2 Reed Bunting (Singing), 1 Chiffchaff (Singing), 1 Great White Egret (West of Skipper Island), 2 Little Egret [Simon Banks]

2 Blackcap (Both males - singing), 2 Snipe (Titchmarsh Reservoir), 5 Yellow Wagtail (On bank of reservoir), 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Little Egret (Fishing in River Can at Beach's Mill), 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Moorhen (One probably on nest between Beach's Mill and Tower Gardens), 1 Peregrine Falcon (Flying in stoop west of reservoir) [Winifred Simmonds] , , ,

1 Greenshank (From strood causeway 5.15pm SE ), 1 Swallow (Youth camp boating lake DU), 1 Little Owl (Youth camp seen fro seawall 6th popular tree back DU), 1 Great Northern Diver (Off waldegraves DU), 25 Great Crested Grebe (Off waldergraves DU) [Stephen Entwistle]

6 Pochard, 8 Shoveler, 3 Buzzard, 25 Redshank, 1 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, 2 Common Sandpiper, 5 Common Tern, 4 Swallow, 6 Sand Martin, 1 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Lesser Redpoll, 3 Cetti's Warbler (Singing) [Gary A James]

4 Stonechat (A pair and a male near the VC, male Golden Gates), 1 Corn Bunting (Singing male near VC), 54 Tufted Duck (30 (16 drakes) Golden Gates, 24 (11drakes) on the pit to the south of the tip), 11 Pochard (Six (five drakes) Golden Gates, five (three drakes) on the pit to the south of the tip), 2 Swallow (Golden Gates), 4 Sand Martin (Golden Gates), 8 Greylag Goose (Plus a brood of seven Golden Gates), 8 Canada Goose (Golden Gates), 20 Mediterranean Gull (Three, two adults and a 2nd summer Golden Gates, plus at least 17 over during the day, including a flock of five), 4 Shoveler (On the pit to the south of the tip), 4 Little Grebe (On the pit to the south of the tip), 186 Rook (Occupied nests, Golden Gates), 2 Red-legged Partridge (Golden Gates), 3 Goldeneye (Females Golden Gates), 56 Shelduck (In the managed retreat), 1 Black-tailed Godwit (In the managed retreat), 4 Oystercatcher (In the managed retreat), 3 Pintail (Mucking Bay), 12 Curlew (In the managed retreat), 2 Wheatear (Pair near the VC), 2 Willow Warbler (Golden Gates), 38 Teal (Two Golden Gates, four on the pit to the south of the tip, 32 Stanford Creek), 2 Egyptian Goose (Over the tip to Golden Gates), 2 Ring-necked Parakeet (Singles by the outer car park and Golden Gates) [Paul Larkin]

4 Green Woodpecker (Including a pair feeding together on short grass east of Mill Wood.), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Drumming.), 1 Mistle Thrush (Singing Male.), 1 Goldcrest (Singing Male.), 1 Nuthatch (Singing male showing well, NE area.), 1 Linnet, 1 Yellowhammer (In hedgerow next to car park.), 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Male feeding among the branches of a young hornbeam, at no great height. Wooded area NE of Park.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Willow Warbler (Singing ), 2 Stock Dove (Pair ), 20 Fieldfare (On cricket pitch) [Andrew Goodey]

1 Kittiwake (Still showing well from layby), 5 Swallow (+) [Paul Everett] , ,

1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 11 Redshank, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Buzzard, 2 Shelduck, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Blackcap, 1 Linnet, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 12 Teal [Marsh Stitchman]

1 Black Redstart (briefly on patio outside visitor centre) [Liz Huxley]

1 Great White Egret (Dropped in strood channel next to layby SE), 1 Marsh Harrier (Female strood channel SE), 3 Yellowhammer (Maydays DU also CHINESE WATER DEER ( DU )) [Stephen Entwistle]

1 Pale-bellied Brent Goose (In Strood Channel just beyond Dabchicks Sailing Club), 1 Black Brant (In Strood Channel just beyond Dabchicks Sailing Club), 9 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (In Strood Channel just beyond Dabchicks Sailing Club) [Andrew Allen]

3 Coal Tit, 15 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Redwing, 4 Little Egret, 4 Shelduck, 2 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Tawny Owl, 2 Kestrel, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch, 10 Chiffchaff, 3 Dunnock, 12 Teal, 1 Egyptian Goose [Yvonne Watling]

2 Marsh Harrier (Pair.), 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Kestrel (Western end of old tip.), 2 Oystercatcher (Pair.), 19 Avocet, 4 Snipe, 14 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Spotted Redshank (High tide. Moulting into SP.), 4 Mediterranean Gull (Three adults, one 2nd summer.), 21 Swallow (At least.), 5 House Martin (At least.), 4 Sand Martin (At least.), 2 Wigeon (Pair.), 55 Teal (At least.), 2 Peregrine Falcon (Pair,circling over old tip.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Kittiwake (1st Winter ), 2 Mute Swan, 2 Gadwall, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Cormorant [Andrew Allen]

1 Red Kite (Possibly two. One low over Gt.Totham South, 09:45 and one high over village from Captain's Wood, 11:00.), 1 Buzzard (Over Captain's Wood. Brief interaction with R.Kite,11:00), 1 Song Thrush (Singing. Recreation Ground.) [Malcolm Corbett]

2 Common Scoter (Pair together on the river diving and feeding mid channel), 1 Ring Ouzel (Mobile up and down sea wall , occasionally on the reserve), 1 Yellow Wagtail (Mobile around Aveley Pools), 1 Raven (Mobbed by Lapwing flying over the reserve), 1 Ringed Plover, 10 Swallow (Small flock feeding over the pools) [Ben Green]

1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Willow Warbler (Singing.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Kingfisher (On river near the duck pond) [Paul Shuttleworth]

2 Little Egret ( Layer Breton Causeway), 2 Shoveler (Bay hide♂♀), 1 Pochard (LDLH Causeway♂), 10 Goldeneye (At least), 12 Shelduck, 10 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk (Wigbourgh Bay Viewing Hide), 4 Kestrel, 2 Oystercatcher ( Layer Breton Causeway), 3 Snipe (Bay hide), 2 Green Sandpiper ( Layer Breton Causeway), 2 Redshank (LDLH Causeway), 8 Common Tern (Tern Rafts), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Old Road), 150 Swallow, 2 House Martin (LDLH Causeway), 600 Sand Martin (Both Causeways, and most numbers from Abberton church), 3 Song Thrush, 18 Blackcap, 20 Yellow Wagtail (18 next to Gwen's hide, and 2 West side of Wood-mouse trail), 3 Yellowhammer, 1 Mediterranean Gull (Heard only - Billets Farm), 2 Green Woodpecker (Heard only), 1 Jay (Heard only), 1 Willow Warbler (Heard only - Old road (With Steve Grimwade)) [Mick Woodruff]

2 Grey Heron, 2 Yellowhammer, 5 Skylark, 1 Corn Bunting, 4 Reed Bunting, 5 Linnet, 2 Canada Goose, 4 Shelduck, 2 Meadow Pipit, 5 Lapwing, 6 Barnacle Goose [Paul Fletcher] , , , , ,

4 Swallow (North, first thing, singles keeping low), 4 Blackcap (3 singing ), 3 Chinese Muntjac, 1 Willow Warbler (Singing ), 2 Goldcrest, 15 Linnet, 6 Mediterranean Gull (Adults, three pairs over sewage works ), 34 Shoveler (Walton Hall Marshes ), 2 Gadwall (Walton Hall Marshes ), 20 Tufted Duck (Walton Hall Marshes ), 12 Golden Plover (Roosting, Walton Hall Marshes ), 7 Chiffchaff (4 singing ), 7 Cetti's Warbler (Singing, 1 escarpment, 4 in and around John Weston Reserve, 1 Walton Hall Marshes, 1 north of decoy pond) [Brian Combes]

1 Hen Harrier (Male east to west along strood channel IAN BLACK), 1 Whimbrel (Strood channel IB), 1 Wheatear (Male strood channel IB) [Stephen Entwistle]

1 Kittiwake, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Gadwall [Stuart Anderson] , , , , ,

1 Willow Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Snipe (Titchmarsh Reservoir), 2 House Martin (Titchmarsh Reservoir), 10 Swallow (Titchmarsh Reservoir), 4 Green Woodpecker, 1 Song Thrush (Heard only), 2 Great Crested Grebe (Titchmarsh Reservoir), 3 Yellowhammer, 10 Linnet, 6 Greylag Goose [Andrew Allen]

1 Kittiwake (Still showing well from Gate ) [Brian Bolton] , , , ,

100 Black-tailed Godwit (Most showing summer colour), 4 Swallow (Visitor centre meadow), 5 Nightingale (2 seen the rest heard. Not in full song yet but good to hear.), 12 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel (With prey.), 6 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 20 Chiffchaff, 2 Cetti's Warbler [Ken Hudgell]

1 Kittiwake (1st winter among Black-headed gulls on and over water), 1 Whitethroat (calling and singing in hedge along S side of pit) [George Brown]

3 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Little Grebe, 20 Sand Martin, 1 White Wagtail, 2 Lapwing [Andrew Goodey]

2 Red Kite (Together just above roof level, Gt. Totham South (11:30).), 3 Buzzard (Pair seeing off one other over Captain's Wood (12:00).) [Malcolm Corbett]

1 Willow Warbler (heard only) [Oliver Cottis]

4 Green Woodpecker, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Treecreeper (Pair, Willow Park.) [Andrew Cox]

2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel (Billets Farm), 2 Goldeneye (Main causeway, tucked away under overhanging branches), 1 Common Tern (Main causeway) [Ron Colson] ,

5 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Buzzard, 3 Wheatear (in field east of Saltcoats), 10 Great Crested Grebe (in Clements Green Creek), 4 Swallow, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Yellow Wagtail (Stow Marsh), 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Raven (in a field), 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Cetti's Warbler [Alan Shearring]

1 Whimbrel (Originally by EWT visitor centre and then flew south to Billetts Farm and remained until late morning.), 1 Snipe, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 House Martin, 150 Sand Martin, 30 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 6 Mediterranean Gull (Adults), 1 Yellowhammer (Male), 27 Goldeneye, 11 Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Oystercatcher, 1 Redshank, 26 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Great White Egret, 5 Egyptian Goose (1 pair with 2 chicks and another adult seen), 8 Goosander, 7 Little Ringed Plover [Steve Grimwade] , , , , , ,

1 Wheatear (Male on sandy point st Peter's meadow SE), 5 Blackcap (Male singing st Peter's meadow SE ,3 cudmore grove MC.1 firs chase garden DU ), 2 Sedge Warbler (Pr cudmore grove park pond MC), 5 Sand Martin (Cudmore grove MC), 5 Buzzard (3 Cudmore grove MC , 2 over firs chase caravan park DU), 4 Snipe (Grazing fields cudmore grove MC), 5 Swallow (Coast rd hard(nr company shed) DU (Mr rusty is back.a very rusty breast coloured one)), 1 Whimbrel (Strood channel DU), 6 Canada Goose (Strood channel (DU) ), 1 Black Brant (Strood channel DU ), 4 Chiffchaff (Cudmore grove MC), 1 Pale-bellied Brent Goose (Strood channel DU ) [Stephen Entwistle]

1 Buzzard (Over South Wood.), 6 Jackdaw (Three pair nesting in chimney pots, Prince of Wales Road.), 4 Chiffchaff (Singing. Captain's Wood, Totham Pit (2), South Wood.), 1 Goldcrest (Totham Pit.), 1 Greenfinch (Singing, Totham Pit.), 2 Yellowhammer (One singing, hedgerows adj. Pan Grove.) [Malcolm Corbett]

1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Green Woodpecker, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Mistle Thrush (Singing Male.), 2 Treecreeper, 4 Nuthatch (Pair in The Park attending nest hole; singing male near water tower: most likely from the Hall Wood territory; male singing & attending nest hole near horse paddock.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Blackcap (Male in bay tree. Come on - a female on Sunday and a male now? This is a small urban garden!) [Simon Banks]

1 Water Rail (Berechurch marsh calling), 2 Little Egret (Berechurch marsh), 2 Nuthatch (Park farm wood), 10 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Gadwall, 3 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 14 Long-tailed Tit, 18 Blackcap, 2 Shelduck (Berechurch marsh), 1 Tawny Owl (Disturbed from hollies by crows and chased by them and other passerines), 4 Jay, 1 Nightingale (First of year here at a territory used since late 1980s at least), 12 Teal, 28 Chiffchaff, 1 Egyptian Goose (Berechurch marsh), 2 Cetti's Warbler (Berechurch marsh) [Andrew Goodey]

1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 1 Barn Owl, 20 Avocet, 4 Swallow (Feeding in cattle field), 1 Whimbrel (feeding with curlews), 2 Mediterranean Gull (on scrape by first hide & then flew south west), 1 Corn Bunting (singing male between third hide & seawall), 1 Kestrel, 4 Stock Dove, 1 Short-eared Owl (hunting & then roosting in reed bed between carpark & first hide) [Tony Kennelly]

3 Sparrowhawk (Several sightings and three in the air together at one point), 2 Song Thrush (Singing ), 8 Blackcap (2 singing ), 2 Swallow (North ), 3 Chinese Muntjac, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Willow Warbler (First of the year, 1 singing ), 2 Goldcrest, 1 Sedge Warbler (First of the year, in subsong), 1 House Martin (North, first of the year), 12 Chiffchaff (+, 3 singing), 1 Black Redstart (Sunny Point ), 5 Cetti's Warbler (Singing, 1 escarpment, 1 north of cricket pitch and 3 John Weston Reserve ) [Brian Combes]

1 Red Kite (Heading west over garden at 12pm), 2 Sparrowhawk (2 circling together, Pair or territorial defence?), 1 Chiffchaff (singing male), 1 Blackcap (singing male) [Tony Kennelly]

6 Gadwall (4M 2F), 2 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 1 Pochard, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Mute Swan, 2 Oystercatcher (One seen briefly within the vegetation on the top of the island) [Paul Everett]

1 Red Kite (flew south-west along Sebastian Avenue at rooftop height) [James Hudson]

50 Linnet (2×25 cross lane), 1 Whimbrel (Off waldegraves seawall SE), 1 Little Owl (Youth camp seen from seawall 6th popular tree back SE), 3 Corn Bunting (Cross lane SE ) [Stephen Entwistle]

6 Red Kite (Up together over Gt. Totham South before dispersing 3 N, 2 W, 1 S.) [Malcolm Corbett]

1 Red Kite (Near chalkney wood), 2 Grey Wagtail (Pair at river colne by Chappel along with water vole footprints) [Nico Devereaux]

35 Yellow Wagtail (LdH c/w), 4 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Marsh Harrier [Sean Nixon]

14 Avocet (Lagoon.), 32 Grey Plover (Mudflats east of slipway. One or two moulting into SP.), 3 Knot (East of slipway.), 2 Turnstone (Lagoon.), 15 Black-tailed Godwit (Lagoon.), 11 Bar-tailed Godwit (East of slipway. ), 1 Greenshank (Lagoon.), 5 Common Gull (Two adults, three 1st winters.), 7 Mediterranean Gull (At least. Adults.), 1 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 1 Reed Bunting (Male, lagoon.), 90 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (At least. Slipway at high tide.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Gannet (Adult flew north, 10:18) [Simon Banks]

4 Blackcap (Singing males. Probably more.), 7 Swallow, 7 Jay (In flight together.), 1 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk (Female), 1 Kestrel (Female harassing sparrowhawk), 12 Greenfinch, 6 Chiffchaff [Kevin Cook]

10 Bar-tailed Godwit, 43 Black-tailed Godwit, 21 Corn Bunting, 94 Curlew, 42 Shelduck, 4 Grey Plover, 50 Linnet (On the old landfill), 19 Oystercatcher, 2 Pochard, 7 Green Sandpiper, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 46 Avocet, 1 Stonechat (Male on the old landfill), 105 Teal (West of Coalhouse Point), 4 Little Ringed Plover, 1 White Wagtail, 2 Cetti's Warbler [Paul Larkin]

2 Lesser Black-backed Gull (On lake.), 1 Cetti's Warbler (Heard only. By lake.), 2 Long-tailed Tit (Pair.), 5 Chiffchaff (Singing.), 2 Blackcap (Singing.), 2 Song Thrush (One singing.), 2 Greenfinch (Singing.) [Malcolm Corbett]

1 Sedge Warbler (Showed well cudmore grove park pond AF SE), 5 Snipe (Cudmore grove AF SE), 6 Long-tailed Tit (3prs cudmore grove AF), 2 Cetti's Warbler (Singing cudmore grove ), 4 Chiffchaff (Cudmore grove (SE)), 2 Blackcap (Cudmore grove (SE) ), 1 Great White Egret (Strood channel pond DU) [Stephen Entwistle]

1 Sedge Warbler (Showed well cudmore grove park pond AF SE), 5 Snipe (Cudmore grove AF SE), 6 Long-tailed Tit (3prs cudmore grove AF), 2 Cetti's Warbler (Singing cudmore grove ), 4 Chiffchaff (Cudmore grove (SE)), 2 Blackcap (Cudmore grove (SE) ), 1 Great White Egret (Strood channel pond DU) [Stephen Entwistle]

30 Tufted Duck, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great Crested Grebe [Michael Davies] , ,

1 Buzzard (Sitting on fence in horses paddock), 11 Shelduck (Two on the foreshore, the rest around the fort), 1 Mute Swan (In the moat), 2 Wheatear (Males around the moat), 1 Black-tailed Godwit (On the STW outfall), 2 Ringed Plover (Pair on the foreshore by the new landfill), 2 Oystercatcher (On the foreshore east of the old P Stn site), 18 Curlew (On the foreshore east of the old P Stn site), 4 Avocet (On the foreshore east of the old P Stn site), 38 Teal (Two on the foreshore east of the old P Stn site, the rest on the STW outfall), 8 Mallard (On the foreshore and around the fort), 1 Little Ringed Plover (Heard), 1 Cetti's Warbler (In the ditch near the World’s End) [Paul Larkin]

1 Willow Warbler (Singing in trees to left past entrance gate ), 1 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Oystercatcher (Pair plus one then flew off ), 2 Reed Bunting, 1 Pochard (Male) [Brian Bolton]

1 Barn Owl, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Oystercatcher, 10 Redshank [Marsh Stitchman]

6 Sand Martin (Probably more), 6 Swallow (Probably more), 2 House Martin, 4 Common Gull, 1 Pochard, 2 Egyptian Goose (Pair) [Brian Bolton]

12 Golden Plover (Flock included eight stunning summer-plumaged males, in field just south of village.), 45 Fieldfare (In field opposite plover.) [Barry Williams]

1 Barn Owl, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Purple Heron (Seen in flight), 2 Raven (Flew east towards Burnham-on-Crouch, calling.), 1 Short-eared Owl [Andrew Allen]

1 Red Kite [Paul Shuttleworth]

1 Red Kite [Paul Shuttleworth]

1 Goshawk (Considered to be second calendar year due to plumage and female due to size - slightly longer than Buzzard, wing span similar. Rounded tip to the tail, slight buldging to the secondaries and extended head and neck and powerful soaring. 14:40 gained height then soared in proximity to single Common Buzzard, which casually buzzed it. Shortly after when out of sight big eruption of gulls and a few Rooks from a field being worked could have been caused by this bird ), 2 Mediterranean Gull (+), 2 Swallow, 3 Buzzard, 1 Cormorant [James Davidson] , , , , , , ,

5 Great Crested Grebe, 10 Grey Heron, 50 Cormorant, 200 Sand Martin, 50 Swallow, 1 Blackcap, 10 Pied Wagtail, 20 Yellow Wagtail, 10 Skylark, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel (Egyptian Goose ), 1 Goldeneye, 1 Great White Egret, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Meadow Pipit, 8 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Merlin, 2 Cetti's Warbler [Yvonne Watling]

4 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel (Male carrying prey item Pastures area. Pair displaying over Mill Wood.), 1 Green Woodpecker (Jury Hill.), 13 Swallow (At least. Most around propery just west of Jury Hill.), 1 House Martin (With swallows.), 6 Song Thrush (At least. Feeding on the floor in Mill Wood.), 1 Nuthatch (Singing male, Mill Wood.), 4 Goldfinch, 2 Linnet (At least.), 2 Yellowhammer, 1 Lesser Redpoll [Andrew Cox]

3 Green Woodpecker, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Skylark (Singing Male.), 1 Swallow, 2 Mistle Thrush (Singing males.), 1 Nuthatch (At least.), 4 Linnet (Two pairs.) [Andrew Cox]

2 Blackcap (M & F, more heard singing. ), 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Green Woodpecker (Heard only.), 3 Yellow Wagtail (LDHC & Billets Farm 15 00 to 17 00.), 1 Redshank (LDHC.), 20 Swallow (Plus. LDHC.), 12 Skylark (Circa, Billets Farm.), 1 Grey Heron, 1 Green Sandpiper (Billets Farm flood.), 15 Linnet (Circa, Billets Screen.), 1 Kestrel (LDHC.), 2 Chiffchaff (More heard.), 2 Wren, 6 Chaffinch (At least. ), 4 Blue Tit, 1 Wigeon (Billets Screen.), 1 Egyptian Goose (LDHC.), 10 Little Ringed Plover (Billets Farm flood. We both counted birds several times, 10 birds for sure.) [David Hale] , ,

5 Red-legged Partridge, 4 Greylag Goose (Two pair.), 7 Mute Swan (Three pair and one juv.), 2 Shelduck (Pair.), 17 Tufted Duck, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Buzzard (Together.), 2 Skylark (Singing.), 11 Swallow (Feeding over carp lake.), 2 Long-tailed Tit (Pair.), 1 Blackcap (Singing.), 1 Pied Wagtail, 10 Mallard (Five pair.), 4 Moorhen (Two pair.), 350 Black-headed Gull (circa.), 2 Chiffchaff (Singing.), 1 Greenfinch (Singing.), 3 Cetti's Warbler (Heard only.) [Malcolm Corbett]

2 Barn Owl (Pr cudmore grove park DU), 1 Siskin (Fm on feeders firs chase garden DU ), 1 Short-eared Owl (PM Reeves hall marshes/maydays marshes SE), 1 Sedge Warbler (Singing maydays Barrow dyke SE), 7 Linnet (Maydays SE ), 2 Marsh Harrier (Male langenhoe .fm maydays SE), 2 Mute Swan (1pr maydays ) [Stephen Entwistle]

1 Purple Heron (Adult in area west of first hide), 3 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Peregrine Falcon (Immature), 4 Mediterranean Gull (Adults), 1 Green Sandpiper, 17 Ruff [Steve Grimwade]

1 Whitethroat (singing Hill House Wood), 2 Nuthatch (Hill House Wood) [Richard Allen]

1 Red Kite (Over village), 2 Buzzard (Pair displaying), 1 Chiffchaff (Singing) [Mark Pegrum]

1 Golden Plover, 5 Oystercatcher [David Saville] ,

62 Golden Plover (In fields west of village toward Berden) [Alan Harris]

5 Green Woodpecker, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Mistle Thrush (Singing Male.), 1 Goldcrest (Singing Male.), 1 Coal Tit, 3 Treecreeper (Two visiting different nest holes. One carrying food item inside; presumably for incubating mate.), 3 Nuthatch (Female looked to be clearing out a potential nest hole. Male singing nearby. Another singing male in another territory.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Blackcap (In subsong in garden in SW Billericay), 11 Greenfinch (In garden on sunflower heart feeders in SW Billericay), 9 Goldfinch ( In garden on sunflower heart feeders in SW Billericay), 2 Long-tailed Tit (Nest building in garden in SW Billericay) [John Smart]

2 Little Owl [Steve Grimwade]

1 Great Crested Grebe (Pair), 1 Little Grebe (Pair), 1 Treecreeper, 2 Goldcrest (Singing males), 20 Fieldfare, 1 Reed Bunting (Singing male), 1 Yellowhammer, 1 Little Egret [Andrew Goodey]

15 Blackcap (14 singing males, 1 female), 8 Redwing, 5 Skylark, 10 Jay, 5 Song Thrush, 1 Buzzard, 1 Mistle Thrush, 25 Chiffchaff, 10 Greenfinch, 1 Meadow Pipit, 3 Bullfinch, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet (flew north) [James Hudson]

2 Blackcap (1 singing ), 1 Song Thrush (Singing ), 2 Chinese Muntjac, 3 Goldcrest, 3 Siskin (North), 6 Chiffchaff (3 singing ), 5 Meadow Pipit (North ), 1 Peregrine Falcon (North), 4 Cetti's Warbler (Singing, 1 escarpment, 3 John Weston Reserve ) [Brian Combes]

1 House Martin (Titchmarsh Reservoir), 2 Sand Martin (Titchmarsh Reservoir), 15 Swallow (Titchmarsh Reservoir), 1 Greylag Goose (Titchmarsh Reservoir), 10 Tufted Duck (Titchmarsh Reservoir), 1 Buzzard, 4 Yellowhammer, 4 Pheasant (Heard only.), 1 Teal (Titchmarsh Reservoir) [Andrew Allen]

1 Red Kite (North at roof height.) [David Jobbins]

1 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Snipe, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 2 Swallow [Steve Grimwade]

1 Tawny Owl (heard call then seen in canopy of conifer in south-west corner of The Park) [James Hudson]

1 Whimbrel (With 9 Curlew), 2 Wheatear (Male and female, on horse field next to fort), 25 Linnet, 1 Mediterranean Gull (Over Thames) [Sean Huggins]

1 Red Kite (Low north along Mill Lane), 1 Sparrowhawk [David Jobbins]

1 Whimbrel, 1 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Swallow [Simon Cox]

2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 10 Chiffchaff (At least singing.), 8 Blackcap (At least singing.) [Robert Pease]

1 Peregrine Falcon (Adult.), 2 Avocet, 4 Skylark (At least.), 10 Goldfinch (At least.), 8 Linnet (At least.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Swallow, 16 Bearded Tit, 40 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Water Rail (Heard only), 14 Cetti's Warbler (Singing males ) [Steve Grimwade]

1 Great White Egret (Strood channel pond JonB), 20 Sanderling (Cobmarsh Island DU), 1 Bar-tailed Godwit (Cobmarsh Island DU), 2 Ringed Plover (Cobmarsh Island DU ), 50 Oystercatcher (Cobmarsh Island DU ), 1 Red-legged Partridge (Dawes lane SE) [Stephen Entwistle]

10 Fieldfare (NE over garden) [Richard Allen]

1 Blackcap (male singing), 2 Nuthatch (Calling), 1 Green Woodpecker (Heard calling), 1 Buzzard, 2 Red-legged Partridge (in field), 6 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 2 Wren, 1 Dunnock (Singing), 2 Chiffchaff (Heard), 2 Robin [Paul Everett]

38 Red-throated Diver, 114 Gannet (110N 4S - mostly very distant passage only really visible in the afternoon light), 21 Sandwich Tern, 1 Great Skua (@ 1532), 4 Fulmar, 207 Kittiwake (south in 9 groups 2-48 in pm - no doubt many more missed!), 73 Common Tern (two groups) [Paul Brayshaw]

4 Pheasant (2 pairs), 1 Mute Swan, 14 Canada Goose (+), 11 Greylag Goose, 2 Grey Heron, 8 Shelduck (A further 15 on the river), 9 Little Egret (including 6 flying over in formation), 4 Oystercatcher (On river), 1 Great Crested Grebe (On river), 1 Avocet (On river), 2 Swallow, 5 Lapwing, 5 Meadow Pipit, 18 Barnacle Goose [Paul Everett] , , , , ,

12 Fieldfare (Both by the enclosure on the far side of the lawn of Copford Hall ), 2 Redwing [Nico Devereaux]

1 Snipe, 5 Goldeneye (2 m. 3 f), 14 Yellow Wagtail (LDLH, also Billet's), 3 Skylark (singing), 100 Swallow (Abberton church, estimate - many over Res.), 2 Buzzard, 2 Chiffchaff (singing), 8 Little Ringed Plover (2 LDLH, 6 flood opposite Billet's farm), 1 Goosander (m. Abberton Church) [Marsh Stitchman]

1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 10 Avocet, 1 Skylark, 8 Redshank, 5 Oystercatcher, 2 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 20 Lapwing, 3 Egyptian Goose [Matt Trevillion]

2 Yellow Wagtail (Surprised to see this early in the year.), 6 Pied Wagtail, 8 Swallow (Early this year.), 2 Chiffchaff, 9 Yellowhammer, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Buzzard [Tony Thomas]

1 Golden Plover (Full summer golf house flooded fields Du), 1 Snipe (Golf house flooded fields SE), 1 Black-tailed Godwit (Turning summer cudmore grove park grazing fields SE), 1 Yellow Wagtail (Golf house flooded fields SB), 15 Pied Wagtail (Golf house flooded fields/cudmore grove grazing fields SE), 1 Sparrowhawk (Cudmore grove SE also had RED SQUIRRELnext to hide), 1 Grey Plover (Pye fleet DU ), 4 Dunlin (Pye fleet DU ), 2 Little Ringed Plover (Cudmore grove grazing field/golf house main field found by Dougal urquhart DU .only possible 3 & 4 record for Mersea. Seem to disappear about 3pm.) [Stephen Entwistle]

6 Blackcap, 4 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Jackdaw (Many starting to nest), 1 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 7 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, 5 Starling (Starting to nest in old woodpecker holes), 2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Male close to path pecking out a hole, Other L S Woodpecker close by in tree top hammering), 1 Ring-necked Parakeet (Sat in Cherry tree top) [Clive Tanner]

2 Nuthatch (Pair seen, regular visitors now and one collecting nest material.), 1 Treecreeper, 1 Pheasant (Cock bird), 3 Song Thrush, 1 Blackcap (1 singing male), 3 Buzzard, 4 Carrion Crow, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 2 Goldcrest (Likely breeding), 3 Goldfinch, 11 Jackdaw, 1 Green Woodpecker, 7 Wood Pigeon, 3 Chiffchaff (In normal territory, building in number), 2 Wren, 3 Robin, 7 Blue Tit (3 separate nest boxes active and a Great Tit also.), 2 Great Tit (1 active nest), 2 Mallard (Pair in nesting area), 5 Magpie, 2 Dunnock, 5 Starling, 5 Ring-necked Parakeet [Gary Boyes]

12 Redwing (Wivenhoe Wood) [Richard Allen]

1 Little Egret, 1 Pheasant [Philip Davie]

38 Gannet, 9 Fulmar, 1 Great Skua (very close south @ 0850), 1 Arctic Skua (dark phase @ 1050), 1 Spoonbill (adult @ 1306 well offshore) [Paul Brayshaw]

6 White Stork (6.25am Flying over great wigborough church JON NORGATE. 6.55am saw from Garr h farm seem to drop down 5 lakes salcott area by NEIL MURPHY. not seen since .hope !!! will roost again Gt wig church!!! ), 1 Ring Ouzel (9.30am reported at billits on rare bird guide ) [Stephen Entwistle]

6 White Stork (3 ringed from Knepp in Sussex ), 1 Tawny Owl [Steve Grimwade] , , ,

1 Red Kite [Emma Robinson]

6 Brent Goose, 7 Pheasant [Philip Davie]

5 Marsh Harrier, 5 Buzzard, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Sand Martin, 3 Swallow, 1 Corn Bunting, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Red-breasted Merganser, 1 Red Kite, 1 Merlin, 1 Cetti's Warbler [Stephen Entwistle]

2 Avocet, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 8 Oystercatcher, 3 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret, 12 Shelduck, 2 Redshank, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Kestrel, 7 Rook, 2 Lapwing [Stuart Anderson] ,

2 Oystercatcher, 2 Wigeon, 1 Teal, 3 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff [Brian Bolton]

2 Little Owl, 1 Blackcap (First singing of the year) [Emma Robinson]

1 Jay, 2 Mute Swan, 3 Yellowhammer (1 pair and a separate male seen later), 3 Buzzard, 1 Skylark, 3 Green Woodpecker (heard only), 1 Dunnock, 1 Wren, 1 Chiffchaff (heard only) [Paul Everett]

1 Great White Egret (Strood channel AF), 1 Peregrine Falcon (Strood channel AF ), 1 Cetti's Warbler (Cudmore grove park pond SE), 3 Blackcap (2 park SE 1 cross lane ), 1 Willow Warbler (Cross lane SB), 3 Chiffchaff (2 park 1 cross lane ), 2 Pochard (Males on park pond SE ) [Stephen Entwistle]

1 Blackcap (non-singing male in garden where unusual), 38 Fieldfare (west over garden), 1 Siskin [Andrew Goodey]

7 Blackcap, 3 Corn Bunting (Singing males around the approach road to the VC), 4 Stonechat (Two pairs around the approach road to the VC), 3 Little Egret, 12 Mediterranean Gull (Adults over west during the day), 167 Rook (Occupied nests Golden Gates), 14 Pochard (10, five drakes Golden Gates, four, one drake on the pit to the south of the tip), 61 Tufted Duck (35, 18 drakes Golden Gates, 26, 13 drakes on the pit to the south of the tip), 3 Goldeneye (All females), 25 Greylag Goose (Golden Gates), 11 Canada Goose (Golden Gates), 6 Great Crested Grebe (Two on the pit to the south of the tip, four Golden Gates), 3 Swallow (Two with Sand Martin’s Golden Gates then flew off west, one in off Mucking Bay), 13 Sand Martin (Garden Gates then flew off west), 1 Water Rail (Golden Gates), 12 Coot (Six each Golden Gates and the pit to the south of the tip), 1 Buzzard (Golden Gates), 6 Little Grebe (On the pit to the south of the tip), 38 Shelduck (MuckingBay), 24 Curlew (Mucking Bay), 4 Oystercatcher (In the managed retreat), 9 Chiffchaff, 38 Teal (19 Stanford Creek, 16 on the pit to the south of the tip the rest Golden Gates), 2 Ring-necked Parakeet (Golden Gates), 2 Egyptian Goose (Golden Gates) [Paul Larkin]

2 Buzzard, 6 Treecreeper, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker (+), 1 Green Woodpecker (Heard Only), 5 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Stock Dove, 3 Red Kite (Circling together) [Andrew Allen]

5 Green Woodpecker (At least.), 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker (At least.), 1 Mistle Thrush (Singing Male.), 1 Goldcrest (Singing Male.), 1 Coal Tit (Singing Male.), 1 Treecreeper (Singing Male.), 3 Nuthatch (Singing males.), 3 Goldfinch (At least.), 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Druming from oaks near goat inclosure.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Blackcap (Female in bay tree. Same as individual seen once in snow snap - or migrant arrived and waiting for wind to cross North Sea?) [Simon Banks]