1 Raven (Calling from BT mast) [David Jobbins]

3 Turtle Dove, 15 Sand Martin (The majority of the Sand Martins have gone,just a few left,still feeding young.), 2 Whitethroat, 1 Linnet, 1 Blackcap (Female), 1 Green Woodpecker [Peter Brittain]

1 Red Kite (Quite low over my garden on the eastern edge of the town. (Do not leave your Guinnea Pigs in the garden.)) [Robert Pease]

2 Little Egret, 1 Curlew, 12 Common Sandpiper, 16 Arctic Tern (upriver), 8 Swift, 20 House Martin, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Blackcap [Gary A James]

2 Black-necked Grebe (Ad and juv from causeway ), 2 Common Sandpiper [David Jobbins]

1 Kingfisher, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Whitethroat (Juvenile) [Paul Shuttleworth]

60 House Sparrow (Flushed from hedge-row whilst on dog walk beside field of corn in Wolfs Hall Lane.) [Tony Faulkner]

150 Mute Swan (also pair Black Swan Hide Bay), 23 Egyptian Goose, 50 Gadwall (+, including at least 4 broods juvs), 360 Pochard (+), 12 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret (Wig Bay), 1 Buzzard (young calling LB), 1000 Coot (circa), 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Ringed Plover (juvs Wig Bay), 21 Lapwing (Hide Bay (min 10 juvs)), 124 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper (Wig Bay), 2 Greenshank (Wig Bay), 30 Common Tern (+), 1 Mediterranean Gull (Hide Bay), 1 Common Gull (my first return), 2 Willow Warbler (singing near VC), 15 Whitethroat (+ juvs), 12 Yellow Wagtail (juvs. Also noted Southern Migrant Hawker dragonfly VC.) [Martin Peers]

4 Tufted Duck (3 juvs seen this evening), 4 Kestrel (pair with 2 fledged young), 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail (juvs), 40 Pied Wagtail (including c30 juvs) [Martin Peers]

8 Gadwall (two broods still), 1 Little Egret, 175 Lapwing (inc 60+ juvs (they've bred well somewhere!)), 2 Dunlin (sp adults), 52 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher [Martin Peers]

2 Black-necked Grebe (Adult summer plumage and juv/winter plumage ), 50 Pochard (Including 8 young), 50 Tufted Duck, 200 Coot, 20 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 10 Common Tern, 8 Lapwing, 4 Little Grebe (pair with 2 young), 1 Great Crested Grebe [Thomas Gilbert]

1 Hobby (Immature, harassing curlers & starlings on the eastern salt marsh.), 24 Avocet, 200 Black-tailed Godwit (Approx.), 1 Bar-tailed Godwit (Non- breeding plumage.), 7 Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Tern [Andrew Cox]

1 Avocet, 2 Oystercatcher, 14 Curlew, 17 Redshank (At least.), 4 Spotted Redshank (Feeding in the saline lagoon. Now moulting.), 1 Greenshank (Possibly two.), 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Common Tern (Caught fish & headed for Wat Tyler), 3 Bearded Tit (At least.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Cattle Egret (adult.), 6 Little Egret, 8 Cormorant [Sean Nixon] , ,

50 Black-tailed Godwit, 15 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Ruddy Shelduck, 100 Common Tern, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Corn Bunting, 7 Yellow Wagtail [Yvonne Watling]

3 Blackcap (Singing ), 2 Mediterranean Gull, 23 Swift (South), 3 Chiffchaff, 12 Swallow (South), 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Cetti's Warbler (Singing ), 1 Green Woodpecker, 7 Whimbrel, 11 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Marsh Harrier, 64 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Ruddy Shelduck (Roosting at Stone Point - only the second time I have seen this species at the Naze; first time was a single bird in March 2015), 22 House Martin (Over Walton Hall Marshes ), 3 Sanderling, 7 Dunlin, 2 Knot, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Reed Warbler (Halfheartedly singing) [Brian Combes]

2 Egyptian Goose (Pair? ), 1 Common Sandpiper (No sign of Turtle dove yesterday or today but it was seen by George Brown on eve of 17th ) [Brian Bolton]

7 Grey Heron, 5 Little Egret, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Avocet, 25 Lapwing (At least.), 9 Curlew, 1 Greenshank, 30 Black-headed Gull (At least.), 3 Swallow [Andrew Cox]

1 Red Kite (Actually seen from Flatford side of the river, but it went off over Judas Gap, hence in Essex!) [Paul Saward]

4 Marsh Tit, 2 Yellowhammer (Pair near entrance opposite Carver) [Stephen Dutton]

1 Red Kite (Flew east over A12 towards Braxted Park) [Steve Grimwade]

4 Common Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 12 Lesser Black-backed Gull (At least), 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 30 Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 15 Lapwing, 12 Avocet, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Greenshank, 2 Shelduck (Pair.), 1 Shoveler (Female.), 8 Mallard, 4 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Swallow, 4 Swift, 2 Skylark, 4 Goldfinch, 1 Kestrel (Male.), 1 Marsh Harrier (Female.), 2 Stock Dove [David Hale]

35 Greenshank (Scrape), 2 Spotted Redshank (Scrape), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker [Liz Huxley]

200 Black-tailed Godwit (Plus.), 50 Redshank (Circa.), 30 Avocet (Plus.), 2 Whimbrel, 12 Curlew, 1 Ringed Plover, 2 Oystercatcher, 30 Shelduck (At least.), 50 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Circa.), 2 Little Egret, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Skylark, 3 Dunnock, 12 Lapwing [David Hale]

30 Greenshank (Intertidal ), 1 Common Sandpiper (Intertidal ), 50 Black-tailed Godwit (Intertidal ), 1 Turtle Dove (Calling near Kingfisher hide), 3 Marsh Harrier (Adult female and two juveniles, intertidal area), 50 Avocet (Intertidal ), 1 Bullfinch (Male), 1 Hobby (From Robbies hide) [Antony Braun]

1 Common Sandpiper (LBC ) [Antony Braun]

3 Little Grebe (Pair with one young. Dump Pool.), 2 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard (Lawling Hall Farm.), 7 Curlew (Five, Mundon Creek.), 13 Black-tailed Godwit (Summer plumage. Four opp. Dump Pool, nine, Mundon Creek.), 1 Common Sandpiper (New Hall No.1, TL8904), 2 Turtle Dove (Flew from and returned to hedgerow just beyond Northey causeway.), 30 Swift (+. Brick house No.1 TL9004. Moving south as they fed.), 4 Kestrel (Three male.), 30 Skylark (+. Many singing.), 4 Swallow, 3 House Martin (Lawling Hall Farm.), 1 Sedge Warbler (Lawling Hall Farm.), 2 Reed Warbler (Nr. Mundon Creek), 1 Song Thrush (Singing, Dump Road.), 60 House Sparrow (circa. Lawling Hall Farm.), 7 Yellow Wagtail (Inc. pair with juvenile.), 4 Linnet (Brick House No.3 TL9004), 6 Corn Bunting (Five singing.), 1 Reed Bunting (Male.), 1 Clouded Yellow (Stunning male, near Brick House No.2 TL9004. Flew from sea wall and settled in crop of linseed (?) Gatekeepers throughout walk.) [Malcolm Corbett]

1 Hobby (One over the main lake), 4 Little Egret [Antony Braun]

2 Grey Heron (adult + juvenile - all records from airfield), 4 Great Crested Grebe (pair with 2 half-grown young), 3 Coot (pair with one young), 2 Lapwing (adult + juv), 6 Swallow (family party), 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 12 Whitethroat (+: 4 family parties), 1 Sedge Warbler (passage bird), 6 Yellow Wagtail (4 territorial males [2018=4] + 2 juvs), 25 House Sparrow (with Linnets etc.), 4 Meadow Pipit (family party?), 24 Linnet (4 families + 4 pairs), 3 Reed Bunting (family party), 8 Corn Bunting (males - some with active nests) [Martin Peers]

1 Marsh Harrier (Female seen twice), 2 Egyptian Goose, 5 Swift, 4 Little Egret, 2 Common Gull (1 adult, 1 juv), 1 Green Woodpecker (heard), 3 Common Tern (Adult hunting, 2 juv in flight), 1 Curlew (v distant flying high west), 4 Greenshank (flew overhead east calling), 1 Black Swan, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Common Sandpiper, 20 Long-tailed Tit (delightful flock calling and moving through hedgerow), 1 Whimbrel (on breached area to north), 2 Black-tailed Godwit (both summer males), 1 Peregrine Falcon (On chimney at Mistley Quay a mile away - I could see it so I'm counting it!) [Matt Turner]

1 Cattle Egret (From Lake Hide, on a dead tree to the right. Very clear view.), 15 Little Egret (Also fom Lake Hide but not mixed with the Cattle Egret.), 1 Grey Heron (Sharing the tree with Cattle Egret), 6 Red-legged Partridge [Brian Dodd]

2 Turtle Dove (Both heard and seen,possibly a third bird.) [Peter Brittain]

10 Swift (In usual location in town. Christchurch Medical Centre, London Rd.) [Martin Iddon]

18 Greenshank, 5 Whimbrel, 242 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Grey Plover, 200 Redshank (including one well grown chick), 25 Shelduck (4 broods of 2,3,5,7), 2 Yellow Wagtail (over calling), 2 Bullfinch (pair), 2 Marsh Harrier (male passed food to juv in flight) [Richard Allen]

1 Turtle Dove (My first ever sighting so a Lifer for me, sitting on overhead power lines and spotted shortly after I arrived. (Good to meet Brian Bolton and confirm still there) ), 4 Long-tailed Tit (Juveniles with Blue Tit in bush ), 3 Blue Tit (With LTTs), 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Common Tern (Feeding on small pit ), 3 Stock Dove (On power lines), 2 Linnet, 2 Lapwing [Paul Fletcher] , , ,

2 Little Owl (Roosting together in distant tree, thanks to local birder 'Chris' for pointing them out. If he reads this, join EBwS - it's great!), 1 Hobby (Had a go at a blackbird then settled in bare tree for 30 seconds before flying off), 3 Grey Partridge (2 seen, 1 heard), 1 Marsh Harrier (Male seen 3 times, last 2 carrying prey - maybe a young duck...), 2 Greenshank, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Sedge Warbler (heard singing), 1 Yellowhammer, 8 Linnet (1 male making a repeating single two tone call v. similar to bullfinch), 4 Green Woodpecker (at least inc minimum 1 juv) [Matt Turner] , , ,

2 Ruddy Shelduck (LdlH causeway), 1 Great White Egret (Billets Farm), 102 Black-tailed Godwit (Billets Farm), 5 Little Ringed Plover (Billets Farm, at least 3 juveniles), 21 Egyptian Goose, 15 Little Egret, 1 Oystercatcher [David Allen]

1 Hobby (First of the year here, they usually turn up in July for the juv House Martin crop!) [Roger Emmens]

40 Swift (At least. Over my garden through the past week. With so many flying ants taking to the air, I am sure it is these on which the Swifts are feasting.) [Robert Pease]

5 Little Ringed Plover (Point hide.), 2 Common Sandpiper (Point & Lyster hide.), 3 Black-tailed Godwit (Rawl hide.), 10 Red-crested Pochard (9 female, 1 drake, Oak hide.), 8 Pochard (4 drakes, 3 females with 8, 3, & 1 duckling.), 20 Common Tern (Circa including juveniles.), 1 Common Gull, 40 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Circa.), 12 Great Black-backed Gull (Muntjac Deer, VC.), 1 Mallard (Female with 13 juveniles, pond near VC.), 1 Buzzard (West Bank.), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (VC feeders.), 100 Tufted Duck (Circa.), 3 Teal (Females.), 4 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret (Variety of Butterflies on the wing.), 2 Little Grebe (Lyster hide.), 5 Egyptian Goose (Oak hide.), 4 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Jay (Rawl hide) [David Hale] , ,

1 Turtle Dove, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Marsh Harrier, 4 Buzzard, 31 Greenshank, 3 Whimbrel, 600 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Bullfinch, 9 Nightingale, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 8 Kestrel (2 family groups), 120 Swift, 5 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Common Tern [Steve Grimwade]

3 Raven (Flew out of wood towards Chappel. Calling often) [Glen Moore]

1 Peregrine Falcon (flying north over Highbridge Road near the Meadows - calling) [Mark Gregory]

1 Turtle Dove (On fishing pit edge then wires at back(1st sighting this year by me) flew off towards paddock at back of fields) [Brian Bolton]

2 Ruddy Shelduck, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Hobby, 31 Egyptian Goose, 1 Cetti's Warbler [Steve Grimwade]

2 Egyptian Goose (ad + juv - all records from lagoons), 4 Shelduck (pair + 2 half-grown young), 4 Gadwall (fem + 3 half-grown young), 4 Tufted Duck (pair + 2 juvs), 1 Green Sandpiper, 20 House Martin (mainly juvs), 2 Yellow Wagtail (juvs), 20 Pied Wagtail (adults + juvs) [Martin Peers]

2 Shelduck (pair), 8 Gadwall (fem + 4 juvs (as June); fem + 2 ducklings (new)), 3 Lapwing (juvs (presumably from 2 breeding pairs May/June)), 28 Black-tailed Godwit (majority still in bp (Icelandic race)), 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher (river), 2 Sedge Warbler (nests/young), 4 Reed Warbler (nests/young), 5 Linnet (pair + 3 juvs), 4 Reed Bunting (nests/young) [Martin Peers]

1 Hobby, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Grey Wagtail [Richard Allen]

1 Whimbrel (Circling and calling going North/South) [Barbara Leport]

1 Hobby (prob 1st sum, on hay bales), 1 Whimbrel (hay bale field), 1 Cuckoo (juv), 1 Golden Plover (flew over calling) [Richard Allen]

1 Corn Bunting (On the VC approach road), 1 Stonechat (Male on the VC approach road), 1136 Black-tailed Godwit (Mucking Bay), 76 Redshank (Mucking Bay), 181 Avocet (Mucking Bay), 1 Whimbrel (In the managed retreat), 1 Yellow-legged Gull (Adult in the managed retreat), 86 Shelduck (Mucking Bay), 37 Mallard (Mucking Bay), 3 Ringed Plover (In the managed retreat), 6 Lapwing (In the managed retreat), 17 Curlew (In the managed retreat), 15 Mute Swan (Two in Mucking Bay, the rest Golden Gates), 11 Grey Plover (In the managed retreat), 1 Greenshank (In the managed retreat), 1 Dunlin (In the managed retreat), 2 Little Egret (One each Mucking Bat and Golden Gates), 129 Coot (24 on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 48 Tufted Duck (47 Golden Gates, plus a brood of seven, the rest on the pit to the south of the tip), 26 Pochard (Three, plus one young, on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 63 Greylag Goose (Golden Gates), 15 Canada Goose (Golden Gates), 5 Great Crested Grebe (Two on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 6 Little Grebe (On the pit to the south of the tip) [Paul Larkin]

1 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 3 Green Woodpecker (At least. At least one juvenile.), 2 Nuthatch (At least.), 1 Treecreeper, 6 Goldfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 1 Linnet [Andrew Cox]

1 Peregrine Falcon (Sat on pylon north of river then flew east), 1 Greenshank, 4 Egyptian Goose (3 adult, 1 juv), 50 Swallow (lovely group swooping, calling and feeding low over bridge at 19.45), 4 Common Tern (2 adult, 2 juv on north bank looking a bit sheepish!), 12 Little Egret, 5 Black-tailed Godwit (male in breeding plumage feeding then 4 overhead east later) [Matt Turner]

1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Green Woodpecker (At least.), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Bullfinch (At least. Male plus at least one other.) [Andrew Cox]

3 Cattle Egret (Young in and around nest), 1 Kingfisher (Flew across Pochard Lake), 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Great Crested Grebe (Adult with two young), 4 Little Grebe [Thomas Gilbert]

4 Cattle Egret [Paul Chamberlain]

2 Ruddy Shelduck [Paul Chamberlain] , ,

12 Swift (+ circling overhead as I drove through Woodham Ferrers village near church/ public house) [Paul Fletcher]

8 Common Sandpiper, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Little Gull (Adult), 11 Swift, 8 House Martin [Gary A James]

9 House Martin (Over Primrose Hill, Brentwood), 4 Swift [Andrew Stroud]

2 Common Tern (Fishing the lake. Both headed NW with their catches.), 3 Green Woodpecker (At least two juveniles.), 1 Reed Warbler (Singing Male.) [Andrew Cox]

2 Little Grebe (Visitor Centre), 25 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret (LB Causeway), 20 Teal (Wigbourgh Bay viewing hide), 9 Wigeon (Wigbourgh Bay viewing hide), 2 Ruddy Shelduck (LB Causeway), 2 Black Swan (Island Bay Hide), 1 Buzzard (Wigbourgh Bay viewing hide), 2 Oystercatcher (Wigbourgh Bay viewing hide), 1 Little Ringed Plover (LDLH Causeway), 25 Black-tailed Godwit (Wigbourgh Bay viewing hide), 2 Common Sandpiper (LDLH Causeway), 2 Whinchat (Gwen's Hide), 4 Reed Warbler (LB Causeway / Visitor Centre), 11 Yellow Wagtail (Billets Farm / LB Causeway), 2 Yellowhammer (Billets Farm), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Old Road)

[Mick Woodruff]

1 Red Kite (Flying West)

[Mick Woodruff]

3 Whitethroat (Singing), 127 Swift (North, small groups mainly flying low), 2 Cetti's Warbler (Singing ), 2 Chiffchaff (Singing), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Blackcap (Singing ), 2 Marsh Harrier, 14 Dunlin, 1 Knot, 3 Cuckoo (2 south across saltings near Stone Point, 1 Walton Hall Marshes ), 4 Whimbrel, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Sedge Warbler (Singing ), 3 Reed Warbler (Singing ), 55 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Avocet, 1 Greenshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Golden Plover, 2 Ruff, 3 Green Sandpiper [Brian Combes]

1 Tawny Owl (By Dudbrook House ) [Andrew Stroud]

1 Red Kite (flying south), 1 Hobby (flying south), 1 Kestrel [Sean Gregory]

3 Little Ringed Plover (At least.), 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 7 Common Tern (All carrying fish towards Wat Tyler.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Wigeon (Aveley Pools), 1 Red Kite (near pylons - seen off by male marsh harrier), 5 Marsh Harrier (2 male, 1 female, 2 juv), 1 Curlew (Aveley Pools), 2 Bearded Tit (2 juveniles Target pools) [Sean Gregory]

1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Bullfinch (At least.) [Andrew Cox]

12 Swift (Screaming over hight street shop) [Kevin Tunnicliffe]

2 Common Sandpiper (on river below Wivenhoe Wood), 1 Greenshank, 22 Black-tailed Godwit (on river below Wivenhoe Wood) [Richard Allen]

23 Swift (At least. Screaming over Gt. Totham South. Most seen together so far this year at this location) [Malcolm Corbett]

2 Cattle Egret (Adults plus at least 2 fledgling), 1 Common Tern, 4 Little Egret (At least) [Brian Bolton] ,

80 Sand Martin (I have never seen so many Sand Martins,although I say 80 there could well be 100), 1 Turtle Dove (Heard and seen in tree near car park) [Peter Brittain]

1 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk (male), 1 Kestrel (female), 1 Hobby, 1 Blackcap (female), 1 Coal Tit (juvenile) [Sean Gregory]

11 Mediterranean Gull (Five adults, three 2nd summers, three 1st summers. Many more in melee of feeding gulls & terns off the piers end.), 5 Sandwich Tern (At least.), 20 Common Tern (At least. Many catching & carrying fish westward.) [Andrew Cox]

2 Mute Swan (Pair with five young), 20 Great Crested Grebe (+. At least five occupied nests.), 3 Common Tern, 1 Cetti's Warbler (Heard only.) [Malcolm Corbett]

7 Pochard (On the pit to the south of the tip), 1 Tufted Duck (Plus a brood of seven on the pit to the south of the tip), 1 Great Crested Grebe (On the pit to the south of the tip) [Paul Larkin]

1 Tufted Duck (female + 5 ducklings), 1 Little Grebe (territory), 6 Moorhen (juvs in 4 broods), 1 Kestrel, 5 Swallow (pair + 3 young), 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Nuthatch (+ adult with juv), 2 Treecreeper (calling) [Martin Peers]

6 Mute Swan (Three pair. One Teal Pond, seven young. One Bean Mere, three young. One Pochard Lake, three (previously four) young.), 1 Pochard (Female with three young, Main Lake.), 1 Tufted Duck (Female with nine young, Pochard Lake.), 1 Cattle Egret (Adult, breeding plumage, in heronry but some distance from nest with young.), 2 Buzzard (Spiralling together north of reserve.), 2 Kingfisher (Gadwall Lake. Seen at same time. Two terrapin now present.), 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Bullfinch (Female.) [Malcolm Corbett]

1 Cattle Egret (Adult non breeding (so definitely not one of the Chigborough birds). Seen from 2nd hide from 10:15 to 13:00 at least. Frequenting the dry vegetation beyond the edge of the water snapping up the odd prey item.), 1 Marsh Harrier, 42 Avocet, 5 Little Ringed Plover (2 adults, 3 juvs.), 124 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Kestrel (Both adult males having a very loud "disagreement" on the fence outside the 2nd hide.), 3 Yellowhammer [John Sutherby]

25 Swift (Batt's Hall between Bulmer & Sudbury: good breeding season here.) [Martin Peers]

1 Hobby (over garden after flying ants) [Richard Allen]

1 Red Kite (Flying south east, seems to be a regular flight path), 4 Green Woodpecker (2 adults, 2 noisy juveniles) [Paul Shuttleworth]

1 Buzzard, 1 Marsh Harrier (Juvenile.), 1 Kestrel, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 16 Curlew, 4 Spotted Redshank (At least. Beginning to moult out of summer plumage.), 1 Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper [Andrew Cox]

12 Mediterranean Gull (All adults bar one 1st summer), 35 Lapwing, 125 Shelduck, 1 Marsh Harrier (Female type), 29 Common Tern (Over the Thames), 2 Pochard, 2 Tufted Duck, 5 Little Grebe, 1 Little Ringed Plover (Adult), 2 Mute Swan, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 10 Grey Plover, 2 Dunlin, 28 Curlew, 689 Avocet, 89 Black-tailed Godwit [Paul Larkin]

2 Yellow Wagtail (High over village calling heading south) [Andrew Goodey]

2 Egyptian Goose (Golf course outflow, heading downstream.), 1 Common Sandpiper (Flying downstream.), 4 Green Woodpecker (Golf course.), 1 Cetti's Warbler (Heard only, nr. Falls House.), 1 Reed Warbler (Singing. Beeleigh Falls.), 2 Song Thrush (Singing. Golf course outflow and Museum of Power.) [Malcolm Corbett]

4 Greenshank, 8 Redshank, 17 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Lapwing [Michael Padmore]

5 Cattle Egret (Adult with 4 large young on nest, tree's at back of Main lake. 2 proof photo's provided.), 2 Kingfisher (Probable pair on Gadwall Lake. Male showing off his fishing skills.), 6 Chiffchaff (1 seen, 5 more heard.), 4 Reed Warbler (Large dark coloured Turtle / Terrapin on Gadwall lake.), 4 Mute Swan (Pair with 2 Cygnets on fishing lake.), 1 Green Woodpecker (Heard only. Many Butterflies on the wing.), 1 Common Tern (Fishing lake.) [David Hale] ,

2 Whimbrel, 1 Common Gull, 4 Turtle Dove (2 seen at least another 2 purring), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Bullfinch (calling), 1 Yellowhammer (male) [Mark Gregory]

1 Turtle Dove (Feeding in garden) [Elizabeth Leeder]

18 Black-tailed Godwit (On foreshore in front of the fort, first of the Autumn.), 121 Wood Pigeon (Continuous trickle flying SW into Kent) [Paul Larkin]

2 Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff (+ incl juvs), 1 Bullfinch (female), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Mandarin Duck (on Lake - all appeared to be juvs) [Liz Huxley]

30 Egyptian Goose, 1 Ruddy Shelduck ( Female. LDHC.), 4 Common Sandpiper (LDHC.), 1 Mandarin Duck (Female, LBC.), 700 Coot (At least. Wigborough Bay.), 200 Mute Swan (Plus.), 4 Little Ringed Plover (1 adult, 3 juveniles. LDHC.), 1 Great White Egret (Wigborough Bay. Much larger than Little Egret, large yellow bill.), 37 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 3 Oystercatcher, 1 Shoveler (Female.), 1 Little Grebe, 200 Canada Goose (Plus.), 12 Swallow (Circa.), 20 Swift (Circa), 1 House Martin, 30 Sand Martin (Plus.), 1 Marsh Harrier (Male. Wig Bay.), 1 Buzzard (Wig Bay.), 2 Kestrel (Wig Bay.), 20 Great Crested Grebe (Circa, 1 juvenile.), 1 Ruff (Billet's Farm screen.), 78 Black-tailed Godwit (Wig Bay.), 3 Stock Dove [David Hale] , , , ,

1 Great White Egret (Billets Farm Screen), 20 Little Egret (at least ), 1 Ruddy Shelduck, 30 Egyptian Goose (at least), 1 Marsh Harrier (male Billets Farm Screen), 3 Buzzard (circa), 1 Hobby (Hide Bay hide), 1 Peregrine Falcon (Hide Bay hide ), 4 Greenshank (Billets Farm Screen), 1 Black-tailed Godwit (Billets Farm screen), 3 Little Ringed Plover (1 Billets Farm Screen, 2 LDLH Causeway), 1 Common Sandpiper (LDLH Causeway), 1 Whinchat (Hide Bay hide), 2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Corn Bunting (Billets Farm Screen), 1 Yellowhammer (On telegraph wires between causeways), 2 Black Swan (Island hide) [Sean Gregory] , ,

4 Mute Swan (One pair with seven young, Teal Pond (from Main Lake) and one pair with three young, Bean Mere.), 130 Mallard (circa. 90+ Pochard Lake, 40+ Main Lake.), 4 Tufted Duck (Females with four young, Pochard Lake, three and one young, Main Lake, and circa five young, meadow.), 1 Great Crested Grebe (Adult with one young, Gadwall Lake.), 1 Cattle Egret (Adult with two young visible in heronry from metal gate. (Sighting of three adult at same location on 27/6 previously withheld on request. Description as then.)), 4 Grey Heron, 15 Little Egret (+.), 20 Cormorant (+.), 1 Kingfisher (Gadwall Lake.), 2 Green Woodpecker, 11 Chiffchaff (Seven singing.), 7 Reed Warbler (Singing.), 1 Song Thrush (Singing.), 16 Goldfinch (Together.) [Malcolm Corbett]

2 Marsh Harrier (Adult male & adult female.), 2 Kestrel, 11 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank (Possibly more.), 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Common Tern (At least. Including an adult with one fledged young.), 1 Turtle Dove (Near Mells Farm.), 25 House Martin (25 nests on buildings near marina. Many birds around the vicinity & over the marshes.) [Andrew Cox]

130 Greylag Goose (Prestons Lake), 70 Mallard, 5 Great Crested Grebe (one nest), 1 Buzzard (young bird calling), 3 Swift (flying round church tower), 1 Kestrel (fresh juv), 1 Marsh Tit (near Prestons Lake), 50 Blue Tit (two juv flocks, including 5 Coal Tit & c30 Great Tits), 10 House Martin (including several juvs), 2 Garden Warbler (active nests), 1 Reed Warbler (seemingly taken up new territory at Spoon's Hall), 1 Nuthatch (juv in mixed flock), 6 Treecreeper (3+3 juvs in two flocks), 4 Bullfinch (2 pairs), 2 Yellowhammer (pair at Prestons Lake), 2 Reed Bunting (pair building nest at Spoon's Hall - presumably the pair that seem to have deserted Prestons Lake) [Martin Peers]

6 Cattle Egret (Pair feeding 4 well grown young in nest on island), 9 Little Egret (At least 4 active nests), 4 Grey Heron, 5 Pochard (Adult female with 4 well grown juveniles), 5 Gadwall, 21 Greylag Goose, 2 Swift, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Reed Warbler, 1 Green Woodpecker [Lee G R Evans]

100 Greylag Goose (+.), 8 Mute Swan (Inc. pair with five young.), 2 Mallard (Females with five and four young.), 16 Pochard, 22 Tufted Duck, 28 Great Crested Grebe (Inc. one well grown young and five on nests.), 50 Coot (+.), 2 Common Tern, 2 Skylark (Singing.), 1 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler (Seen and briefly heard.), 3 Chiffchaff (Singing.), 4 Reed Warbler (Singing.), 1 Greenfinch (Singing.) [Malcolm Corbett]

1 Great White Egret, 1 Hobby (Adult), 1 Peregrine Falcon (Male), 1 Ruddy Shelduck, 1 Greenshank, 14 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Redshank, 2 Oystercatcher, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Cuckoo (Adult), 11 Corn Bunting, 3 Yellowhammer, 237 Lapwing, 56 Little Egret, 9 Yellow Wagtail [Steve Grimwade]

8 Swift (Orchard Drive. Sadly none using nest boxes at town museum.) [Martin Iddon]

1 Common Sandpiper (West side of Layer-de-la-Haye causeway), 1 Ruddy Shelduck (Distant view, east of Layer Breton causeway on south side of reservoir with other ducks/geese of several species) [Paul Hargreaves]

1 Buzzard (young bird calling - all records Daws Hall), 3 House Martin (only 3 occupied nests now), 1 Lesser Whitethroat (nest along railway line) [Martin Peers]

5 Swift (Junction of Clare Rd and London Rd) [Martin Iddon]

1 Little Egret, 2 Shelduck, 1 Hobby, 10 Ringed Plover (possibly more), 1 Sanderling, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 6 Curlew, 10 Sandwich Tern (including a few juveniles), 1 Common Tern, 25 Little Tern (at least), 10 Whitethroat (mostly juveniles) [Paul Hargreaves]

1 Spotted Flycatcher (catching flies in usual large garden; contact calls heard) [Martin Peers]

1 Red Kite (low over my chimney pots gained height headed off NW) [Martin Henry]

2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Including one juv.), 12 Swift, 15 Swallow (Approx. Hawking for insects over the lake & adjacent meadows.), 1 Reed Warbler (Singing Male.), 1 Whitethroat (Singing Male.), 2 Goldfinch, 1 Bullfinch (At least.), 1 Common Tern (Fishing the lake. Flew off NW with catch.) [Andrew Cox]