1 Firecrest (male in garden) [Richard Allen]

10 Meadow Pipit (Approx. Field along Warren Lane), 30 Pied Wagtail (At least. With Meadow Pipits and 1 goldfinch. ) [Ian Swanson]

1 Black-throated Diver (Distant proof photo.), 60 Lapwing, 8 Goldeneye (4 pair.), 1 Goosander (Drake.), 20 Great Crested Grebe (Circa.), 2 Mistle Thrush (On meadow opposite fishery. ), 2 Robin, 2 Blackbird (Pair.), 2 Common Gull, 100 Black-headed Gull (Circa.), 2 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Grey Heron

[David Hale]

1 Green Sandpiper, 5 Teal, 4 Coot, 30 Lapwing, 14 Skylark (Singing birds), 50 Meadow Pipit, 1 Bullfinch (Male), 4 Gadwall, 2 Moorhen, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Kestrel, 1 Buzzard, 90 Fieldfare, 2 Mistle Thrush, 9 Redwing [Steve Grimwade]

1 Little Egret, 4 Mute Swan, 2 Buzzard, 3 Coal Tit [Steve Grimwade]

10 Redwing (Birds feeding on next door neighbours holly berries.) [Malcolm Cresswell]

1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Yellowhammer, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Cormorant, 4 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 110 Fieldfare [Steve Grimwade]

300 Linnet, 1 Green Woodpecker, 18 Yellowhammer, 10 Reed Bunting, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Song Thrush, 1 Bullfinch (Female), 1 Kestrel, 2 Coal Tit [Steve Grimwade]

7 Black-headed Gull, 25 Blue Tit (+), 15 Great Tit (+), 2 Little Grebe (1 Nounsley gravel pit, other Bumfords Lane fishing lake), 10 Mallard (+), 5 Coot, 3 Song Thrush, 3 Treecreeper, 4 Goldcrest, 3 Wren, 5 Dunnock, 1 Kestrel, 30 Jackdaw (+), 20 Blackbird (+), 10 Carrion Crow (+), 15 Robin (+), 1 Goosander (Female on fishing lake), 20 Chaffinch (+), 1 Brambling (In flock of chaffinch near Ulting Hall), 5 Long-tailed Tit, 20 Yellowhammer (+), 100 Linnet (+ various flocks seen throughout walk), 30 House Sparrow (circa), 4 Reed Bunting (2 male, 2 female), 1 Greenfinch, 1 Goldfinch, 6 Redwing, 30 Fieldfare, 18 Pheasant, 75 Greylag Goose, 10 Moorhen, 4 Skylark (All singing males), 2 Canada Goose, 1 Teal (On Nounsley gravel pit), 3 Jay [Ross Wilkins]

2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 7 Song Thrush (At least. All singing.), 4 Goldcrest (At least.), 2 Nuthatch (Marks Hill. One singing.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Sparrowhawk (Male. Landed briefly under unoccupied bird feeders, Prince of Wales Road.) [Malcolm Corbett]

1 Blackcap (A female on callicarpa berries in my garden.) [Robert Pease]

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]

1 Kestrel, 36 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Wren (Together.) [Andrew Cox]

11 Goosander (4males. Totham Pit (M.A.S.)), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Drumming. Totham Pit.) [Malcolm Corbett]

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]

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]

1 Kingfisher (By bridge, Church rd) [Laim Hammond] , , , ,

2 Green Woodpecker (Playing Field. ), 6 Yellowhammer (In hedge on Playing Field Doddinghurst Road) [Ian Swanson]

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]

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]

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]

3 Raven (Around BT mast. Regular pair showing some aggression to intruder?) [David Jobbins]

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]

120 Redwing (scattered flocks feeding on forest floor), 30 Blackbird, 2 Fieldfare, 8 Nuthatch, 1 Green Woodpecker [Roger Emmens]

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]

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]

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]

502 Linnet (2 flocks (242) and (260+)), 3 Egyptian Goose (Flew south (a patch tick)), 3 Song Thrush, 70 Fieldfare, 30 Redwing, 3 Skylark, 300 Starling, 250 Carrion Crow, 4 Yellowhammer, 5 Reed Bunting [Steve Grimwade] , ,

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]

1 Kestrel, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Drumming.), 1 Mistle Thrush (Singing Male.), 6 Goldfinch [Andrew Cox]

20 Redwing (At least.) [Andrew Cox]

100 Redwing (Flocks of 20c (Dagwood Lane) and 100c (Brook Lane)) [Ian Swanson]

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]

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]

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]

2 Woodcock, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Raven, 30 Redwing [Neil Murphy]

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]

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]

11 Goosander (7m. Totham Pit (M.A.S.)), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Drumming. Totham Pit.), 40 Fieldfare (circa. Adj Totham Pit.) [Malcolm Corbett]

30 Teal, 30 Redshank, 30 Avocet, 1 Red-necked Grebe (photo not great but a fellow walker recognised this so said I would post), 10 Shelduck [Claire Panting] , , , , , ,

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

4 Raven (Flying over (NW) & calling) [Jon Clark]

1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 2 Red-breasted Merganser (Pair), 1 Goldeneye (Female), 1 Song Thrush, 1 Goldcrest, 12 Skylark [Simon Banks]

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]

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]

2 Buzzard (Hunting squirrels in garden), 1 Red Kite (Over village) [Mark Pegrum]

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]

1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Both drumming.), 3 Long-tailed Tit (At least.), 2 Greenfinch [Andrew Cox]

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]

1 Green Sandpiper, 17 Skylark, 41 Redwing, 12 Fieldfare, 4 Siskin [Neil Murphy]

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]

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]

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]

2 Raven (Calling from BT mast and flying), 1 Buzzard, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Long-tailed Tit [David Jobbins]

16 Redwing (Horse paddock adj. St. Peter's Church.) [Malcolm Corbett]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

1 Ring-necked Duck (female, on Green Lane Fishing lakes) [Alan Harris]

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]

1 Blackcap [David Saville]

2 White-fronted Goose (adult and juv) [Alan Harris]

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]

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]

44 Red-throated Diver, 83 Kittiwake, 1 Arctic Skua (immature @ 1244) [Paul Brayshaw]

12 Chaffinch (At least.), 15 Greenfinch (At least.), 14 Goldfinch (At least.) [Andrew Cox]

8 Greenfinch (At least.), 30 Goldfinch (At least.), 2 Long-tailed Tit [Andrew Cox]

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]

1 Kestrel (Female.), 2 Green Woodpecker (Calling.), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Redwing (At least.) [Andrew Cox]

20 Greenfinch (At least.), 23 Goldfinch (At least.) [Andrew Cox]

9 Goosander (4m. Totham Pit (M.A.S.) Gt. Totham South.), 300 Jackdaw (+. Over Gt. Totham South heading S.), 1 Song Thrush (Singing. Totham Pit (M.A.S.) Gt. Totham South.) [Malcolm Corbett]

1 Marsh Harrier (Male over Kent), 16 White-fronted Goose (Large flock of c 40 geese got up over Cliffe/Higham 16 of which flew over the river and eventual NE towards East Tilbury/Mucking) [Paul Larkin]

1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10 Redwing (At least.), 2 Song Thrush (At least.), 1 Goldcrest, 8 Long-tailed Tit (At least.) [Andrew Cox]

45 Brent Goose (again movements west toward Colne NR and distant 200 geese flew over Seawick), 3 Tundra Bean Goose (East at high tide ), 1 Red-throated Diver (very very Distant offshore flew east (the wind farms must interfere with movements), 36 Kittiwake (west offshore One oiled bird), 1 Common Gull, 20 Black-headed Gull, 80 Herring Gull, 24 Sanderling (at roost, numbers well down), 5 Turnstone, 4 Ringed Plover (within a small but established roost on the rock groynes either side of bay), 2 Meadow Pipit, 5 Skylark, 50 Starling, 12 House Sparrow, 2 Pied Wagtail, 70 Cormorant (5 feeding in bay 60+ in to groups flew east well off shore again at rotor blade height of wind turbines ), 3 Carrion Crow (usual group), 2 Linnet [Malcolm Riddler] , ,

1 Black Redstart (Southend Airport Business Park - Showed well on boarded compound wall for 2 minutes), 1 Grey Wagtail (Flew over.) [Robin Peppiatt]

7 Sparrowhawk (Including pair displaying), 5 Buzzard, 2 Nuthatch, 6 Coal Tit, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Bullfinch, 3 Mute Swan, 2 Teal, 4 Grey Heron, 70 Lapwing, 23 Mallard [Steve Grimwade]

1 Little Owl (Different bird from yesterday; calling from tree in garden centre then flew off), 2 Treecreeper (along Flitch Way in tit flock), 1 Coal Tit (In tit flock ), 8 Long-tailed Tit (Tit flock), 18 Chaffinch (Flock on arable by Flitch Way), 6 Blue Tit, 4 Goldcrest (In tit flock) [Andrew Goodey]

2 Tawny Owl (Two birds calling within my garden. One bird hooting and, at the same time, the other was crooning. (Alternate song).) [Robert Pease]

1 Bullfinch (Male) [Steve Hallam]

2 Robin, 2 Blackbird (Male and female seen seperately), 5 Wood Pigeon, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Greenfinch [Paul Everett]

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]

1 Great White Egret (Flew north over house) [Clive Atkins]

2 Sparrowhawk, 7 Greenfinch (At least.), 11 Goldfinch [Andrew Cox]

1 Black Redstart [Matt Trevillion] ,

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]

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Drumming), 1 Green Woodpecker [Simon Banks]

1 Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk (Pair, displaying.), 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Both drumming.), 2 Goldfinch [Andrew Cox]

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]

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]

1 Tawny Owl (Heard calling) [Paul Everett]

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]

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]

6 Goosander (3m. Totham Pit (M.A.S.) Gt. Totham South.) [Malcolm Corbett]

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]

1 White-fronted Goose (Mixed flock of 100+Geese individual quantities unknown ), 1 Greylag Goose (Mixed flock of 100+Geese individual quantities unknown ), 1 Canada Goose (Mixed flock of 100+Geese individual quantities unknown ) [Melvin Shepherd-Wells]

2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Bullfinch (Male.) [Andrew Cox]

500 Fieldfare (In horse field Deadmans Lane. ), 300 Starling (In field with fieldfare), 1 Moorhen (In horse field.), 8 Long-tailed Tit (In bush.), 1 Jay (In road) [Kevin Cook]

1 Bullfinch (Male( In bushes on footpath between London Road and Green)), 1 Robin, 2 Blackbird (male and female), 1 Blue Tit [Paul Everett]

1 Kestrel (Female, by information board, at one point literally on it! ), 1 Pied Wagtail (By information board), 1 Dunnock, 3 Blackbird, 6 Long-tailed Tit (Reeds along ditch), 2 Stonechat (Reeds along ditch), 2 Redwing, 2 Canada Goose, 13 Mallard (11 on balancing pond, 2 other side of ditch), 4 Moorhen (2 on balancing pond, 2 other side of ditch), 4 Coot (Balancing pond), 2 Little Grebe (Balancing pond), 18 Corn Bunting (Near balancing pond), 1 Yellowhammer (Near balancing pond), 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Snipe (Stanford-le-Hope Marshes), 1 Cormorant (Near Stanford-le-Hope Marshes), 30 Curlew (At least, flying near Stanford-le-Hope Marshes), 300 Avocet (Atleast, on mudflats), 100 Redshank (Atleast, on mudflats), 10 Shelduck (On Mudflats), 3 Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting [Jamie Thornton]

5 Brent Goose (east to clacton then Uturn back along beach), 50 Cormorant (west), 1 Great Northern Diver (harassed by gulls flew south west in the direction of mersea), 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 130 Herring Gull (feeding on fish at surface 500m out), 1 Common Gull, 25 Black-headed Gull, 1 Oystercatcher, 8 Turnstone (high tide roost groyne), 6 Ringed Plover, 28 Sanderling (well down on peak c55 at the end of 2020), 1 Dunlin, 1 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk, 5 Skylark (beach dunes), 6 House Sparrow (community centre grounds), 70 Starling, 1 Pied Wagtail, 9 Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon, 3 Carrion Crow [Malcolm Riddler] , , ,

249 Teal (29 on the foreshore in front of the fort, the rest on the river in Gravesend Reach), 39 Avocet (Nine on the foreshore in front of the fort, the rest just east of the old P Stn site), 1 Redshank (On the foreshore by the ferry terminal), 33 Shelduck (Three on the foreshore in front of the fort, the rest east of the old P Stn site), 1 Oystercatcher (East of the old P Stn site), 6 Gadwall (On the river in Gravesend Reach) [Paul Larkin]

1 Peregrine Falcon (Male mobbing Common Buzzard), 170 Linnet, 15 Reed Bunting, 8 Yellowhammer, 20 Chaffinch [Steve Grimwade]

1 Dunnock, 2 Robin (Presumably a pair.), 3 Blackbird (Pair plus another male.), 3 Redwing (At least.), 5 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Great Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 1 House Sparrow (Female.), 8 Chaffinch, 15 Greenfinch, 3 Goldfinch [Andrew Cox]

15 Little Egret (Meadows north of railway line between Leigh-on-Sea and Benfleet) [Andrew Dodd]

1 Barn Owl (Hunting in meadow by flooded river), 1 Grey Wagtail, 34 Canada Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose (On pond edge along Fairy Hall Lane), 1 Kestrel (Great Notley CP), 160 Redwing (Various small flocks), 1 Chiffchaff (Great Notley CP), 85 Fieldfare (Various small flocks) [Andrew Goodey]