Please note that with most of Essex being put into Tier 4 from 20th Dec that sites still in Tier 2, including Abberton and Mersea, are not accessible to those outside the Tier 2 area.
The EBwS Bird News provides a summary of sightings for the past 14 days.
- Headline News highlights interesting birds categorised as locally scarce or where the EBwS requires full notes/descriptions
- Reports provides the full details of the sightings submitted to this website as well as other records e.g. from the East London Birders Forum
- Table provides the same information as Reports but in a tabular format
- Photos highlights the latest photos that have been uploaded to the website
Amber indicates a local or uncommon species, red indicates EBwS requires notes, bold red indicates EBwS requires a description.
EBwS Headline Bird News
Wivenhoe: 1 Firecrest |
Great Totham: 1 Goosander |
Epping: 1 Red Kite |
Hanningfield Reservoir: 1 Goosander |
Copford SW, near Stanway: 1 Bullfinch |
Birch: 1 Bullfinch |
Stanway GP: 1 Bullfinch |
Ulting: 1 Goosander, 1 Brambling |
Epping: 1 Red Kite |
Boreham: 1 Kingfisher |
Great Totham: 11 Goosander |
Lofts Farm GPs, Heybridge: 5 Red-crested Pochard |
Walton-on-The-Naze: 1 Kingfisher, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Merlin |
Kelvedon Hatch: 3 Raven |
Boreham: 3 Goosander, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Jack Snipe |
Copford: 3 Egyptian Goose |
TM0325: 1 Raven |
Shrub End: 9 Lesser Redpoll |
Manuden: 1 Red Kite |
Billericay: 1 Bullfinch |
Wrabness: 1 Bullfinch |
Rayne: 5 Bullfinch |
Great Totham: 11 Goosander |
Great Baddow, Chelmsford: 4 Goosander |
Langdon Hills NR EWT: 4 Bullfinch |
The Naze at Walton: 1 Red-necked Grebe |
Lofts Farm GPs, Heybridge: 5 Red-crested Pochard, 3 Bullfinch |
Manuden: 4 Bullfinch |
Thurrock Thameside Nature Park (EWT): 1 Peregrine Falcon |
Markshall Wood, Coggeshall: 1 Raven |
Frinton-on-Sea: 1 Long-tailed Duck |
Rayne: 1 Bullfinch |
Naze, The: 1 Peregrine Falcon |
Doddinghurst: 1 Ring-necked Parakeet |
Thorndon CP (North): 4 Raven |
Manuden: 1 Red Kite |
Kelvedon Hatch: 2 Raven |
Dovercourt: 2 Great White Egret, 1 Cetti's Warbler |
Witham: 1 Red Kite |
Thorndon CP (North): 2 Goosander, 2 Egyptian Goose, 25 Ring-necked Parakeet |
Doddinghurst: 2 Bullfinch |
Great Totham: 6 Goosander |
Nazeing GP, Lea Valley: 1 Ring-necked Duck |
Netherhall GP, Lea Valley: 2 White-fronted Goose |
TM1412: 3 Tundra Bean Goose |
Tilbury: 16 White-fronted Goose |
Great Totham: 9 Goosander |
Rochford: 1 Black Redstart |
TM1412: 3 Tundra Bean Goose |
Birch: 1 Bullfinch |