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.
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Bird News - Report of Recent Sightings
Wivenhoe, 09:00 to 13:00
1 Firecrest (male in garden)
[Richard Allen]
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Great Totham, 14:15 to 14:15, Overcast, drizzle.
1 Sparrowhawk (Male. Landed briefly under unoccupied bird feeders, Prince of Wales Road.)
[Malcolm Corbett]
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South Woodham Ferrers, 14:00 to 14:05, Rain and cold.
1 Blackcap (A female on callicarpa berries in my garden.)
[Robert Pease]
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Black Notley, 13:00 to 15:00, Dull and cold with some drizzle. Walk alongside River Brain below Brain Valley Avenue.
4 Pheasant, 3 Stock Dove (2 cooing in different places), 80 Wood Pigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Moorhen, 10 Black-headed Gull (1 in horse paddock, others flying over), 2 Common Gull (1 flying over, 1 in horse paddock), 2 Herring Gull (flying over), 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 2 Jay, 3 Magpie, 12 Jackdaw, 6 Rook, 4 Carrion Crow, 18 Blue Tit, 10 Great Tit, 1 Skylark, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 15 Starling, 10 Blackbird, 26 Fieldfare (some feeding in horse paddock ), 1 Redwing (1 or 2 among Fieldfares), 6 Robin, 10 House Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch, 10 Siskin (feeding together in alders)
[George Brown]
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Langdon Hills NR EWT, 11:00 to 11:45, Cloudy, cold. Plotlands.
1 Kestrel, 36 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Wren (Together.)
[Andrew Cox]
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Great Totham, 11:00 to 11:05, Overcast, calm.
11 Goosander (4males. Totham Pit (M.A.S.)), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Drumming. Totham Pit.)
[Malcolm Corbett]
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Walton-on-The-Naze, 10:30 to 12:30, walk along Walton Channel
500 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (+), 1 Kingfisher, 1 Stonechat (male), 2 Rock Pipit, 8 Meadow Pipit, 1 Kestrel, 1 Buzzard, 22 Avocet, 10 Gadwall, 13 Shoveler, 2 Marsh Harrier (poss 3), 1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Merlin, 500 Wood Pigeon (+)
[Liz Huxley]
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Lofts Farm GPs, Heybridge, 09:15 to 10:30, Overcast, calm. Red fox also seen.
9 Red-legged Partridge, 100 Greylag Goose (+.), 12 Mute Swan, 10 Shoveler, 5 Gadwall, 100 Mallard (circa.), 5 Red-crested Pochard (4 males. Trout lake.), 80 Pochard (circa. 80% males.), 120 Tufted Duck (circa. 80% males.), 2 Great Crested Grebe, 150 Lapwing (circa.), 1 Herring Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Male.), 1 Kestrel (Male.), 100 Rook (+.), 1 Skylark (Singing.), 2 Fieldfare, 3 Chaffinch, 1 Reed Bunting (Female.)
[Malcolm Corbett]
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Boreham, 08:00 to 09:00
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Doddinghurst, 16:00 to 16:00, Sunny
2 Green Woodpecker (Playing Field. ), 6 Yellowhammer (In hedge on Playing Field Doddinghurst Road)
[Ian Swanson]
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Billericay, 14:45 to 17:25, Footpaths and roads west to, and north of, Mountnessing Church
15 Blackbird, 8 Robin, 4 Song Thrush, 2 Jay, 12 Great Tit, 16 Blue Tit, 2 Redwing, 7 Chaffinch, 2 Mallard, 4 Meadow Pipit, 1 Bullfinch (Male), 3 Fieldfare, 15 Long-tailed Tit (+), 1 Skylark, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Cormorant, 2 Yellowhammer, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Little Owl, 1 Sparrowhawk
[Simon Satchell]
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Marsh Farm, South Woodham Ferrers, 14:00 to 15:00, Sunny, clear skies and cold.
44 Avocet (Feeding on a falling tide at the east end of Clements Green Creek.), 1000 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (An estimate of the flock on East Marsh. Too many to count while walking.)
[Robert Pease]
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Rayne, 14:00 to 14:00, Fine
5 Bullfinch (Five, 3M, 2F, together seems to be a good number nowadays, though I saw seven in the same place a couple of years ago. Only birds of note on entire walk.)
[James Harvey]
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Kelvedon Hatch, 11:30 to 11:40
3 Raven (Around BT mast. Regular pair showing some aggression to intruder?)
[David Jobbins]
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TM0325, 10:45 to 11:00, Sunny and clear, calm, cold
1 Raven (Seen at 10:50 from Salary Brook pathway, flying south-west away from me down valley towards The Hythe, it called twice, all-black bird much larger than crow/rook.)
[Paul Hargreaves]
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Wintry Wood, Epping Forest, 10:30 to 12:00, Frosty, some snow cover, bright
120 Redwing (scattered flocks feeding on forest floor), 30 Blackbird, 2 Fieldfare, 8 Nuthatch, 1 Green Woodpecker
[Roger Emmens]
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Wrabness, 09:40 to 13:10, Sunny, cold, ice on puddles and most of flood at Wrabness, tide roughly midway
2 Great Crested Grebe, 13 Red-breasted Merganser, 1 Goldeneye (Female), 1 Bullfinch (In shaded track seaward side of woodland burial ground), 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 7 Chaffinch, 9 Pintail
[Simon Banks]
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Shrub End, 09:30 to 11:00, Bright and sunny -1, all sightings Westlands country park, exercise walk.
14 Robin, 3 Dunnock, 18 Redwing (+9 over), 29 Blue Tit (minimum), 2 Jay, 7 Magpie, 9 Goldfinch (minimum), 15 Blackbird, 2 Great Tit, 2 Fieldfare (over), 33 Wood Pigeon, 8 Long-tailed Tit (surprisingly few), 8 Greenfinch, 8 Chaffinch, 5 House Sparrow, 6 Carrion Crow (+4 over), 1 Jackdaw (over), 7 Starling (over), 8 Meadow Pipit, 1 Siskin (low over calling), 9 Lesser Redpoll (all feeding exclusively on birch )
[Ashley Gooding]
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Manuden, 09:00 to 13:00, Sunny, cold
1 Red Kite (Circling village hall), 1 Buzzard (One hunting in gardens, seen twice), 1 Nuthatch (Behind churchyard), 40 Fieldfare (In surrounding fields)
[Mark Pegrum]
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Copford, 09:00 to 11:00, Local patch walk
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Boreham, 08:05 to 10:00, Very light SE, sunny and clear; heavy frost. Boreham Patch Birding
131 Tufted Duck (Abother record count on Trifarm Pit), 1 Pochard (F ), 3 Goosander (2MM,1F; flew west up river NFY), 2 Kingfisher (Boreham Brook and Chelmer by bridge), 75 Golden Plover (On stubble, new in), 3 Sparrowhawk (Different birds in garden over last week AdM, immM, F.), 34 Goldfinch (Peak count over last 2 days; none elsewhere), 3 Yellowhammer (On stubble with Skylarks), 15 Skylark (On stubble; no Mipits found), 2 Woodcock (2 birds in different locations), 1 Jack Snipe (In flooded Chenopodiaecae Boreham Meads; 2nd this winter, rare here (NFY)), 2 Snipe (On Boreham Meads, first for a week.), 15 Fieldfare (First for a week.), 12 Song Thrush (On Boreham Meads; vary wary, presumed winter visitors. No Redwings), 1 Treecreeper (In tit flock near Boreham Brook (NFY)), 1 Water Rail (On edge of Boreham Brook, 4th location this winter), 25 Reed Bunting (Record count near Boreham Brook feeding on shooting break), 4 Herring Gull (adult argentatus on flood ice early am. )
[Graham Ekins]
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Westley Heights, 08:00 to 08:45, Sunny, cold.
1 Kestrel, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Drumming.), 1 Mistle Thrush (Singing Male.), 6 Goldfinch
[Andrew Cox]
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Laindon, 15:00 to 15:15, Overcast, light rain. Cold.
20 Redwing (At least.)
[Andrew Cox]
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Doddinghurst, 14:00 to 15:00, Cloudy after early snow cleared
100 Redwing (Flocks of 20c (Dagwood Lane) and 100c (Brook Lane))
[Ian Swanson]
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Langdon Hills NR EWT, 13:30 to 14:30, Cold, grey, sleet
2 Nuthatch (Enjoying the peanuts by the feeders in Mark's Hill), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pair by feeders), 4 Bullfinch (Chuffed to see two pairs in Mark's Hill, used to see them more frequently)
[Karl Price]
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Wivenhoe, 13:00 to 16:00, Walk Wivenhoe through woods to University and back along River Colne. Cold, some rain and sleet
12 Little Grebe (on Colne), 2 Cormorant (on Colne), 110 Teal, 2 Shoveler, 40 Lapwing, 30 Black-tailed Godwit, 13 Redshank, 12 Dunlin, 6 Grey Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Turnstone, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Common Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 11 Herring Gull, 60 Black-headed Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 9 Redwing, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 4 Meadow Pipit (On Marsh), 1 Rock Pipit (On foreshore), 1 Jay
[Marsh Stitchman]
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Great Baddow, Chelmsford, 11:00 to 12:00, Cold and overcast
16 Starling, 4 Goosander (Two pairs together East end of fishing lake. ), 14 Fieldfare, 34 Redwing, 80 Black-headed Gull (+), 14 Herring Gull, 6 Cormorant, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 8 Magpie, 30 Carrion Crow (+), 7 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Egret, 2 Wren, 3 Robin, 50 Wood Pigeon (+), 1 Collared Dove, 15 House Sparrow (+), 1 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Mute Swan, 3 Meadow Pipit, 1 Green Woodpecker
[David Pallash]
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Markshall Wood, Coggeshall, 10:30 to 13:00, Bungate wood, just north of Coggeshall
2 Woodcock, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Raven, 30 Redwing
[Neil Murphy]
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Lofts Farm GPs, Heybridge, 10:30 to 12:30, Some ice on Chig main lake. Brief shower of icy hail.
10 Shoveler, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Buzzard, 80 Pochard (Lots of Pochard still, 80% drakes), 5 Red-crested Pochard (Still 4 drakes and a duck, present since at least 19th Jan), 100 Greylag Goose (Large flock on field behind Back Pit but no sign of White-fronts today), 3 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Bullfinch (At Chigborough Lakes (one of them 'singing')), 10 Redwing (At Chigborough Lakes), 4 Siskin (At Chigborough Lakes)
[John Buchanan]
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Friday Wood, 10:00 to 13:30, Cold
5 Redwing, 7 Fieldfare, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Treecreeper, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Woodcock, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker
[Yvonne Watling]
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Great Totham, 09:30 to 10:00, Hard frost.
11 Goosander (7m. Totham Pit (M.A.S.)), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Drumming. Totham Pit.), 40 Fieldfare (circa. Adj Totham Pit.)
[Malcolm Corbett]
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The Naze at Walton, 09:00 to 13:00, cloudy, tide going out
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Manuden, 09:00 to 13:00, Overcast, light wind
4 Bullfinch (2 males; 2 females at Uppend), 1 Sparrowhawk (1 male attacking bird feeders twice in morning), 50 Fieldfare (Flock on the ‘Downs’), 10 Siskin (In Alders on River Stort at Manuden)
[Mark Pegrum]
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Laindon, 08:45 to 11:45, Cloudy, cold. Back garden.
1 Wood Pigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Dunnock, 1 Robin, 1 Blackbird (Female.), 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 11 Chaffinch, 20 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch
[Andrew Cox]
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Thurrock Thameside Nature Park (EWT), 08:30 to 11:30, Cold, overcast. With Peter Worland.
2 Buzzard, 4 Song Thrush, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Goldeneye (1 male, 2 female, on Heronry Shaw), 10 Shoveler (Heronry Shaw), 17 Pochard (Heronry Shaw), 40 Tufted Duck (At least, Heronry Shaw), 8 Siskin (On alders by causeway at Heronry Shaw), 2 Stonechat, 1 Peregrine Falcon (Female, near Sandpit, flying east), 7 Meadow Pipit, 1 Common Gull (Sandpit), 2 Little Grebe (DSW), 20 Grey Plover (At least, on foreshore adjacent to DSW), 1000 Dunlin (At least, on foreshore adjacent to DSW), 400 Black-tailed Godwit (At least, on foreshore adjacent to DSW), 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 71 Curlew, 200 Avocet (At least), 2 Kestrel, 1 Skylark, 20 Teal (Mucking Creek), 30 Redwing (Approx.), 30 Fieldfare (Approx.)
[Jamie Thornton]
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Frinton-on-Sea, 07:45 to 16:15, S0-5 0-8/8. Selected totals, movement to south unless stated.
2214 Red-throated Diver (+, initially 200+o/s, southbound movement of 2214S from 1000-1430 (falling tide), then 146N primarily after 1430. Another new Essex total), 29 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Long-tailed Duck (male south @ 1214), 14 Kittiwake (11S 3N)
[Paul Brayshaw]
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Doddinghurst, 13:30 to 15:30, Sunny
4 Common Gull (In field by farm along Warren Lane), 30 Meadow Pipit (At least, in field next door), 10 Pied Wagtail (With Meadow Pipits), 50 Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon (Flock flying over wood nr Doddinghurt Road), 10 Collared Dove (Wishfield Farm, Days Lane), 5 Fieldfare (Wishfield Farm, Days Lane), 1 Ring-necked Parakeet (Days Lane, flying and calling), 10 Long-tailed Tit (c. Frpg St/Warren Lane), 3 Jay (Days Lane)
[Ian Swanson]
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Alresford, 12:00 to 16:00, Walk Wivenhoe to Alresford. Cold, light breeze to start ending in snow shower. Most sightings Alresford creek unless stated.
200 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (On arable Brightlingsea side of Alresford creek), 8 Shelduck, 150 Teal, 50 Wigeon, 18 Gadwall (around 9 pairs in courtship activity, Alresford fishing lakes ), 12 Cormorant, 30 Redshank, 1 Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, 6 Grey Plover, 32 Black-tailed Godwit, 80 Lapwing, 1 Avocet, 50 Linnet, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Kestrel, 1 Green Woodpecker
[Marsh Stitchman]
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Thorndon CP (North), 12:00 to 13:00, 4c, bright & sunny
4 Raven (Flying over (NW) & calling)
[Jon Clark]
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Wrabness, 10:30 to 13:10, Light cloud, not too cold, not windy, tide well out and falling.
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 2 Red-breasted Merganser (Pair), 1 Goldeneye (Female), 1 Song Thrush, 1 Goldcrest, 12 Skylark
[Simon Banks]
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Heybridge Basin, 10:30 to 13:00, Overcast, cold
14 Pintail (Small groups of males and females, in close to the river margins), 50 Wigeon (Flock feeding on grass behind yacht club), 2 Red-breasted Merganser (Male and Female feeding in middle of main channel), 6 Ringed Plover (Small group around Osea causeway ), 50 Brent Goose (Great views of small groups flying up and down the river)
[Ben Green]
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Naze, The, 10:00 to 14:00, dull, cold, but no wind
200 Bar-tailed Godwit (+ Pye sands), 2 Marsh Harrier (Horsey), 2 Red-breasted Merganser (pair, Stone Point), 1 Peregrine Falcon (Stone Point), 8 Pintail (flying over the Point - unusual here), 2 Goldcrest
[Martin Richards]
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Manuden, 09:00 to 13:00, Overcast, light wind
2 Buzzard (Hunting squirrels in garden), 1 Red Kite (Over village)
[Mark Pegrum]
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Rayne, 09:00 to 12:45, Cloudy bright
427 Linnet (Three close knit groups total), 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 18 Pied Wagtail (Sewage works ), 1 Little Owl (Sewage works ), 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Chiffchaff (Both collybita and calling, 1 sewage works, 1 riverside trees), 1 Buzzard, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 52 Rook, 25 Fieldfare, 1 Bullfinch
[Andrew Goodey]
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Langdon Hills NR EWT, 08:15 to 09:15, Cloudy, some weak sun. Chilly. Plotlands.
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Both drumming.), 3 Long-tailed Tit (At least.), 2 Greenfinch
[Andrew Cox]
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Frinton-on-Sea, 08:00 to 14:00, SW-W2-3 8/8. Selected totals.
475 Red-throated Diver (Minimum. Total of 205N (most before 0930), then 475S (235 between 1115-1145), peak of 210 o/s early am)
[Paul Brayshaw]
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Rayne, 08:00 to 09:00
1 Green Sandpiper, 17 Skylark, 41 Redwing, 12 Fieldfare, 4 Siskin
[Neil Murphy]
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TQ6903, 07:30 to 08:00
2 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Mistle Thrush, 4 Song Thrush, 1 Redwing, 3 Blackbird, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Jackdaw, 6 Mallard, 2 Greylag Goose (all birds at Shenfield Common )
[Andrew Stroud]
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Thorndon CP (North), 13:00 to 17:00, Bright, dry, not too cold
1 Buzzard, 3 Sparrowhawk (2 F ( one chased by Magpie) 1M with small bird prey . ), 35 Long-tailed Tit (Seen in 3 large tit flocks around the park. ), 1 Coal Tit (With one of the LT Tit flocks), 1 Treecreeper (With Coal tit in LT Tit flock), 2 Goosander (M+F on lake in Thorndon Sth), 100 Redwing (Several small flocks all around the site. Larger flock of 40+ in Old park getting ready to roost ), 2 Egyptian Goose (Pair flying near Thorndon farm ), 25 Ring-necked Parakeet (8 “pairs” in woods near Heron pond. Others joining roost late on), 2 Kestrel (1 North, 1 South), 8 Grey Heron (Approx 8 seen coming and going from Heronry which was quite loud with plenty of squabbling and beak clapping. )
[Paul Kingston]
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Witham, 11:00 to 14:00, West of Ebenezer Close
40 Fieldfare (+), 6 Redwing (+), 4 Mistle Thrush (Singing), 1 Song Thrush, 60 Linnet (+), 20 Goldfinch (+), 1 Buzzard, 1 Red Kite, 1 Kestrel, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Little Egret
[David L Smith]
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Kelvedon Hatch, 11:00 to 11:30
2 Raven (Calling from BT mast and flying), 1 Buzzard, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Long-tailed Tit
[David Jobbins]
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Great Totham, 10:10 to 10:15, Clear, sunnny, still.
16 Redwing (Horse paddock adj. St. Peter's Church.)
[Malcolm Corbett]
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Dovercourt, 09:30 to 13:30, Bright, clear, little wind, moderate temperature, warming. Tide way out at start, halfway out by end
2 Great White Egret (One at base of Irlam's Point; one on saltmarsh half-way to caravans), 3 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard (Near edge of Bramble Island. Also 2 Roe Deer.), 1 Sanderling, 11 Bar-tailed Godwit (10 on Irlam's Point, 1 nearer recycling centre), 50 Ringed Plover, 500 Brent Goose (One flock I estimated in flight at 180 landed. I did a count (not easy because they were bunched together and moving) and reached a total of...179!), 11 Linnet (Irlam's Point), 1 Reed Bunting (Female. 12 in same area a week ago.), 3 Stonechat, 1 Cetti's Warbler (Snatches of song), 8 Common Gull, 2 Song Thrush, 6 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel (Male)
[Simon Banks]
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Westley Heights, 09:15 to 11:15, Sunny, becoming quite warm.
1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker (At least.), 6 Song Thrush (At least.), 1 Mistle Thrush (Singing male, Coombe Wood.), 1 Goldcrest (At least.), 1 Coal Tit, 2 Treecreeper (At least.), 3 Nuthatch (Pair, Coombe Wood, close to last years nest site. Male very vocal (singing) & mobile around the territory. Second male was also singing & mobile, from woods close to water tower. Probably from Hall Wood territory.), 4 Goldfinch
[Andrew Cox]
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Langdon Hills NR EWT, 07:45 to 09:15, Clear sunrise, cool. Plotlands & Lincewood.
2 Sparrowhawk (One each in both locations.), 2 Green Woodpecker (At least.), 7 Great Spotted Woodpecker (At least. Six Lincewood.), 3 Song Thrush, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Treecreeper (One Plotlands (singing); one Lincewood.)
[Andrew Cox]
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Great Totham, 15:30 to 16:00, Gt. Totham South.
6 Goosander (3m. Totham Pit (M.A.S.).), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Drumming. Totham Pit. ), 1 Song Thrush (Singing. Totham Pit.), 15 Siskin (+. St. Peter's churchyard.)
[Malcolm Corbett]
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Doddinghurst, 14:00 to 15:30, Windy. Cloudy with sunny intervals.
1 Buzzard (Fields between Brook Lane & Doddinghurst Road. ), 90 Fieldfare (2 flocks of 50c (with few Redwings) and 40c. One flock put up by buzzard), 5 Redwing (A few with first Fieldfare flock), 6 Long-tailed Tit (Small party visiting our garden regularly), 2 Bullfinch (Male and female, Days Lane), 50 Carrion Crow (At least, together in field along Days Lane)
[Ian Swanson]
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Nazeing GP, Lea Valley, 11:00 to 13:00
1 Ring-necked Duck (female, on Green Lane Fishing lakes)
[Alan Harris]
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Galleywood, near Chelmsford, 10:45 to 11:00, Cloudy with sunny intervals and gusty winds
3 Buzzard (2 Flew low over house (Tile Kiln) mobbed by carrion crows then drifted slowly West then a single drifted higher over house heading south.)
[Kevin Cook]
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Little Waltham, 09:00 to 11:00, sunny
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Netherhall GP, Lea Valley, 09:00 to 10:00
2 White-fronted Goose (adult and juv)
[Alan Harris]
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Westley Heights, 08:15 to 08:45, Clear, sunny. Cool. Hall Wood only.
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush (At least.), 1 Goldcrest, 15 Long-tailed Tit (At least.), 1 Treecreeper (At least.)
[Andrew Cox]
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Langdon Hills NR EWT, 07:45 to 08:15, Clear, cool. Lincewood.
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Drumming.), 1 Skylark (Over adjacent arable.), 2 Song Thrush (At least.), 1 Treecreeper (Singing.)
[Andrew Cox]
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Frinton-on-Sea, 07:30 to 15:00, S8-9 overnight, W4-5 0-4/8. Concerted watch to 0830 then glances to sea Selected totals, movement to south
44 Red-throated Diver, 83 Kittiwake, 1 Arctic Skua (immature @ 1244)
[Paul Brayshaw]
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Laindon, 12:30 to 13:30, Cloudy, cool. Back garden.
12 Chaffinch (At least.), 15 Greenfinch (At least.), 14 Goldfinch (At least.)
[Andrew Cox]
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Laindon, 08:45 to 09:00, Cloudy, some light rain. Back garden.
8 Greenfinch (At least.), 30 Goldfinch (At least.), 2 Long-tailed Tit
[Andrew Cox]
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Frinton-on-Sea, 07:45 to 15:00, S5 8/8 occ rain. Concerted watch to 0900 then glances to sea during the day. Movement to the south unless stated
1712 Red-throated Diver (Essex record count, majority before 0900), 121 Kittiwake, 1 Great Skua, 4 Guillemot (plus 2 large auk sp), 2 Gannet (North)
[Paul Brayshaw]
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Langdon Hills NR EWT, 10:30 to 11:15, Cloudy, some sun. Breezy, mild. Plotlands.
1 Kestrel (Female.), 2 Green Woodpecker (Calling.), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Redwing (At least.)
[Andrew Cox]
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Laindon, 09:15 to 09:30, Cloudy, breezy. Back garden & environs.
20 Greenfinch (At least.), 23 Goldfinch (At least.)
[Andrew Cox]
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Wormingford, Colchester, 15:15 to 15:15, Cloudy
1 Bullfinch (Male)
[Steve Hallam]
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Great Notley, 14:00 to 14:40, Cold, clear.
2 Robin, 2 Blackbird (Male and female seen seperately), 5 Wood Pigeon, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Greenfinch
[Paul Everett]
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Wivenhoe, 12:00 to 15:00, Circular walk Wivenhoe to Alresford Creek via Alresford Grange
150 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 20 Teal, 1 Goosander (Alresford fishing lakes), 2 Shoveler, 12 Shelduck, 60 Lapwing, 33 Avocet, 15 Redshank, 2 Grey Plover, 1 Oystercatcher, 45 Curlew (44 on arable field Wivenhoe), 7 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 4 Linnet
[Marsh Stitchman]
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WigboroWick Farm, St Osyth, 11:30 to 11:30
1 Great White Egret (Flew north over house)
[Clive Atkins]
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Laindon, 11:00 to 13:00, Sunny, some light cloud. Breezy, cold. Back garden.
2 Sparrowhawk, 7 Greenfinch (At least.), 11 Goldfinch
[Andrew Cox]
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Rochford, 11:00 to 12:00, SUnny, cold, slight breeze
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Wrabness, 10:50 to 12:20, Clear, sunny, quite mild, little wind, tide halfway, extensive floods
1 Grey Heron (By floods to east of reserve), 4 Pintail (On estuary), 1 Sparrowhawk (Edge of hamlet at western edge of Wrabness, near woodland burial ground), 33 Redshank (By flood to east of reserve), 1 Raven (Inland side of horse field by reserve), 1 Mediterranean Gull (On flood to east of reserve), 1 Buzzard (Flew in front of hide on reserve)
[Simon Banks]
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Stour Reserve, 10:25 to 10:40, Clear, bright, little wind
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Drumming), 1 Green Woodpecker
[Simon Banks]
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Langdon Hills NR EWT, 08:00 to 08:45, Sunny, chilly. Plotlands.
1 Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk (Pair, displaying.), 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Both drumming.), 2 Goldfinch
[Andrew Cox]
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Boreham, 07:50 to 09:15, Boreham patch Birding; flood receding but still very muddy; Light SW breeze and sunny. Great circuit.
220 Greylag Goose (First flock on patch since Christmas shoot), 7 Shoveler (On flood, new in overnight; Gadwall from yesterday have gone.), 5 Teal (No change), 72 Tufted Duck (I thought 52 yesterday was great but this is another record, on Trifarm Pit), 1 Pochard (F still with T. Ducks), 65 Pied Wagtail (On edge of flood, largest winter flock so far.), 1 Peregrine Falcon (Ad M half-hearted stoop on B.H. Gulls), 1 Woodcock (Flushed from brambles by Chelmer by fishermen near bridge.), 8 Snipe (Increase on yesterday; Western Mead.), 30 Wigeon (Trifarm Pit), 12 Meadow Pipit (Halved in numbers from yesterday; edge of flooded Boreham Mead. No sign of Reed Bunting. ), 15 Skylark (On stubble and first fro 10 days.), 1 Blackcap (M still feeding on apples in garden.), 2 Coal Tit (Now resident at garden feeders this winter. Previous years infrequent.)
[Graham Ekins]
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Rayne, 07:20 to 09:15, Sunny clear; Oak Meadow Reserve
1 Red Kite, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Little Owl, 1 Tawny Owl (Heard calling), 1 Reed Bunting, 2 Yellowhammer, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail
[Andrew Goodey]
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Great Notley, 21:45 to 22:00, Cold, damp.
1 Tawny Owl (Heard calling)
[Paul Everett]
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Boreham, 11:00 to 12:30, Light SE, heavily overcast; sleet then light rain; Boreham patch Birding Circuit; still considerable flooding
1 Little Egret (Flew east down river at 11.30 (2nd rcord for 2021)), 52 Tufted Duck (On Trifarm Pit, a record count for patch), 1 Pochard (Female still present), 5 Teal (No change since 7th Jan), 12 Gadwall (New in), 7 Snipe (New arrivals), 25 Meadow Pipit (Numbers have doubled since 14th. ), 18 Redwing (Little change since 7th January. No Fieldfare recorded), 1 Red Kite (Distant bird circling over stubble and drifting N. (NFY)), 32 Wigeon (No change from 14th), 7 Egyptian Goose (On flood (NFY)), 1 Blackcap (Male still feeding on apples in garden)
[Graham Ekins]
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Halstead, 09:00 to 13:00, Grim.Best birds we've had for a while
6 Redwing (On Cotoneaster in garden being mobbed by over possessive Blackbird), 8 Lesser Redpoll (On Silver Birch tree just outside garden), 2 Siskin (Male and female on sunflower hearts)
[Barbara Leport]
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Great Totham, 08:55 to 09:00, Snowing.
6 Goosander (3m. Totham Pit (M.A.S.) Gt. Totham South.)
[Malcolm Corbett]
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Langdon Hills NR EWT, 08:45 to 10:15, Overcast, snow, then sleet fading to rain. Cold. Plotlands, Lincewood & Marks Hill.
1 Common Gull (Recreation ground.), 9 Black-headed Gull (Recreation ground.), 4 Green Woodpecker (Including three feeding on recreation ground.), 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 12 Redwing (At least.), 2 Song Thrush (At least.), 3 Goldcrest, 20 Long-tailed Tit (At least. Three different flocks.), 1 Nuthatch (Lincewood.), 45 Magpie (Feeding on recreation ground.), 60 Starling (Recreation ground.), 5 Goldfinch (Edge of recreation ground.), 2 Bullfinch (At least. Heard calling in Marks Hill.)
[Andrew Cox]
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