27 Black-tailed Godwit (Summer plumaged birds dropped in at Titchmarsh Reservoir around 6pm ), 1 Common Tern (Titchmarsh Reservoir), 2 Great Crested Grebe (Titchmarsh Reservoir), 6 House Martin (Over Titchmarsh Reservoir), 1 Swift (Over Titchmarsh Reservoir), 2 Greylag Goose (Titchmarsh Reservoir), 1 Moorhen (Titchmarsh Reservoir), 2 Stock Dove (Titchmarsh Reservoir), 3 Song Thrush, 1 Chiffchaff (Heard Only), 1 Little Egret (Titchmarsh Reservoir.) [Andrew Allen]

3 Marsh Harrier, 1 Peregrine Falcon (disturbing gulls/waders), 1 Barn Owl (Joyce's head), 2 Spotted Redshank (salcott channel), 2 Redshank (salcott channel), 4 Curlew, 6 Little Egret, 2 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Bearded Tit (Joyce's head, male and female, possibly a third with them), 5 Reed Bunting, 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Kestrel, 2 Stock Dove, 10 Egyptian Goose, 2 Sand Martin, 3 Green Sandpiper (reserve pools), 2 Common Sandpiper (McClures marsh) [Oliver Cottis]

1 Black-tailed Godwit (On mud. Not sure about race though? ), 1 Little Ringed Plover (On mud), 12 Common Tern (Approx plus juvs on island) [Brian Bolton] , ,

5 Green Woodpecker (2 adults + 3 Juveniles West Park, Chelmsford nowhere near Broomfield) [Stuart Anderson]

1 Curlew, 1 Yellow-legged Gull (adult), 1 Mediterranean Gull (adult), 61 Common Tern (feeding flock), 6 Swift [Gary A James]

2 Green Woodpecker (At least.), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush, 10 Siskin (Approx.) [Andrew Cox]

18 Shelduck (pair with 16 young), 4 Oystercatcher (pair with 2+ nearly grown young), 4 Kestrel (ad plus 3 fledged young), 1 Greenshank, 30 Black-tailed Godwit [Richard Allen]

1 Kingfisher (Unusual for here), 1 Swift (Numerous groups heading south/south west all morning. All sightings at Cressing Temple Barns) [Paul Shuttleworth]

1 Common Tern (Perched on post in lake.), 6 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Skylark (Singing males. Adjacent arable.), 10 Swallow (At least. Some juveniles. Many feeding round & round a big hedgerow oak.), 10 House Martin (At least. Hawking above fringing properties westward.), 1 Treecreeper (At least.), 5 Nuthatch (At least.), 1 Greenfinch (Singing male.), 1 Linnet, 2 Yellowhammer (Singing males.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Chiffchaff [David Saville]

2 Turtle Dove (Heard then seen in flight - headed north), 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Hobby (Swallows alarm calls notified me, bird high up hawking insects), 1 Sparrowhawk (Distant female with prey), 1 Buzzard (Heard only), 2 Egyptian Goose, 3 Reed Warbler (1 juv), 5 Common Tern, 1 Green Woodpecker (Heard), 1 Song Thrush (Heard), 2 Chiffchaff (Heard), 3 Blackcap (Heard), 2 Great Crested Grebe [Matt Turner] ,

1 Sparrowhawk (Male hunting in back garden tried to take a juvenile starling feeding on the grass but was unsuccessful.), 1 Red Kite (Juvenile Red Kite circling extremely low over gardens around this area) [Claire Hodgr]

2 Oystercatcher, 17 Avocet (Including four young.), 1 Little Ringed Plover, 80 Lapwing, 12 Curlew, 30 Black-tailed Godwit, 35 Redshank (Approx.), 4 Spotted Redshank (All summer plumage.), 2 Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Bearded Tit (At least.) [Andrew Cox]

2 Sandwich Tern (2 adults Flew west at a moderate height. rare here, less than annual. ), 2 Turtle Dove (Both male and female of one of the 2 pairs has visited over the last 24 hours but sightings much reduced over the last 3 days. ) [Graham Ekins]

6 Green Sandpiper (Layer breton causeway ), 2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Little Grebe, 5 Little Egret, 50 Egyptian Goose, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Goldeneye, 3 Lapwing, 30 Cormorant, 5 Black-tailed Godwit (Wig bay), 2 Greenshank (Wig bay), 20 Common Tern, 5 Little Ringed Plover (2 adults 3 chicks ), 1 Hobby, 2 Great White Egret, 3 Whitethroat, 4 Linnet, 100 Swift, 50 House Martin, 1 Swallow, 1 Sand Martin, 15 House Sparrow, 3 Skylark [Yvonne Watling]

2 Bullfinch (Including male.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Hobby, 1 Bullfinch, 4 Song Thrush, 10 Mistle Thrush, 6 Chiffchaff, 10 Whitethroat, 4 Blackcap, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Kestrel, 10 Swift, 2 Common Tern, 1 Siskin (Northwest), 1 Treecreeper [Steve Grimwade]

2 Grey Wagtail (Beeleigh weir), 1 Common Sandpiper (On river Blackwater near beeleigh weir), 6 Song Thrush (Singing males), 1 Black Redstart (Male singing in industrial estate), 20 Black-tailed Godwit (On river Blackwater by Prom Park), 11 Little Egret (Fishing together in low tide pool) [Tony Kennelly]

2448 Swift (2079 during light rain to c0600 when heavier rain stopped passage. 369 ahead of evening rain), 6 Siskin, 54 Curlew, 45 Whimbrel, 2 Crossbill (@ 1158), 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Black-headed Gull (first fledged juveniles here), 4 Mediterranean Gull (including first fledged juvenile here), 3 Kittiwake (2 north) [Paul Brayshaw]

1 Cuckoo (on salt marsh), 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Whimbrel, 31 Black-tailed Godwit, 9 Sandwich Tern, 3 Mediterranean Gull, 5 Avocet [Martin Richards]

3 Little Ringed Plover (All adults (pair +1?)), 18 Common Tern (Approx includes juvs. ), 20 Tufted Duck (At least plus 7 ducklings ) [Brian Bolton] ,

1 Red Kite (Low over Gt. Totham South. Harassed by corvids and glided NE.) [Malcolm Corbett]

6 Little Ringed Plover (3 adults & 3 tiny chicks. LDHC.), 4 Green Sandpiper (3 LBC, 1 Wig Bay.), 1 Whitethroat (LBC.), 12 Swallow (Circa.), 4 Sand Martin, 20 Swift (Circa. LBC), 1 Sparrowhawk (LBC. ), 2 Buzzard (LBC.), 1 Kestrel, 30 Lapwing (Circa. ), 18 Little Egret, 13 Grey Heron, 15 Common Tern (Circa, 1 chick. Most from Abberton Church.), 18 Egyptian Goose (10 juveniles.), 1 Great White Egret (From Abberton Church), 3 Linnet, 1 Skylark [David Hale]

2 Cuckoo (on tamarisk / marsh around hide wall), 2 Grey Plover (flying past Stone Point), 3 Dunlin, 1 Fulmar (along cliff edge), 6 Sandwich Tern [Martin Richards]

1 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Skylark (Singing males.), 2 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler (Singing Male.), 3 Greenfinch, 2 Linnet (Pair.), 2 Bullfinch [Andrew Cox]

1 Kingfisher (Near bridge at Hoppits bridge), 1 Song Thrush (In patio garden...first for months) [Martin Iddon]

130 Curlew (Feeding on the mudflats at low tide) [Jonathan Smith]

1 Raven (correct tail shape and called), 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Red-legged Partridge, 3 Treecreeper, 2 Goldcrest, 5 Buzzard, 1 Jay [David Allen] , , ,

2 Spotted Flycatcher (Feeding in oaks by cricket pitch), 4 Mistle Thrush (Adults & 2 juveniles on pitch), 1 Bullfinch (Male feeding by footbridge), 1 Coal Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Buzzard, 1 Red Kite, 10 Swift, 4 Swallow [Tony Kennelly]

6 Mallard (Female with five well grown young, Childerditch Pond.), 1 Buzzard, 1 Red Kite, 7 Green Woodpecker (Including two adults with two young, top of Childerditch Meadow. Two Hartswood (adult & young).), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Coal Tit (Hartswood.), 3 Treecreeper (Hartswood.), 7 Nuthatch (At least. Four Hartswood) [Andrew Cox]

1051 Swift, 104 Sand Martin, 106 Siskin (12 flocks 2-20), 59 Crossbill (12 @ 0550, 2 @ 0630, 10 @ 0810, 33 @ 1320, 2@ 1728) [Paul Brayshaw]

6 Little Ringed Plover (Main flood, western end.), 3 Black-tailed Godwit (SW corner of main flood.), 35 Redshank (Approx. SW corner of main flood.), 1 Greenshank (Eastern end of main lagoon.), 1 Common Tern (Mobile.), 1 Bearded Tit (Female.), 2 Reed Bunting (Singing male & female. Opposite ends.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Red Kite (Seen from garden in SW Billerica) [John Smart]

6 Cattle Egret (With the cattle in a SE field), 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Egyptian Goose, 4 Sand Martin, 50 Pochard (atleast), 5 Little Egret, 1 Reed Bunting, 2 Reed Warbler [Oliver Cottis]

1 Spotted Flycatcher (Very briefly near cricket pitch) [Martin Iddon]

1 Corn Bunting (1 singing in cornfield) [Simon Banks]

173 Coot (10 on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 8 Mute Swan (Golden Gates), 53 Canada Goose (Golden Gates), 3 Common Tern (Plus one young, Golden Gates), 43 Tufted Duck (Four on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest, plus two broods of three, Golden Gates), 7 Pochard (One on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 55 Greylag Goose (Golden Gates), 50 Sand Martin (Golden Gates), 6 Great Crested Grebe (Two plus two young on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 1 Ring-necked Parakeet (Golden Gates), 9 Gadwall (On the pit to the south of the tip.), 1 Little Grebe (On the pit to the south of the tip.) [Paul Larkin]

1 Egyptian Goose (Main lake.), 1 Buzzard, 2 Red Kite, 1 Kestrel, 1 Common Tern (Main lake.), 3 Green Woodpecker (Inc. One juv.), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Swallow, 5 Mistle Thrush (Together.), 3 Goldcrest (At least.), 4 Coal Tit (At least.), 1 Treecreeper (At least.), 1 Nuthatch (At least.) [Andrew Cox]

2 Barn Owl (1 salcott seawall, 1 on reserve), 2 Whimbrel (Salcott channel), 4 Curlew (Salcott channel), 1 Yellowhammer (Singing male ), 10 Spotted Redshank (4 in salcott channel & 6 in reserve pools), 40 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Spoonbill (Joyce's head fleet), 1 Bearded Tit (Heard calling in reed beds by Joyce's), 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kestrel, 40 Common Tern (Fledgling & chicks), 20 Avocet (Fledglings & chicks), 10 Reed Warbler, 4 Sedge Warbler, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 50 Pochard, 4 Wigeon, 6 Pied Wagtail (Family party feeding) [Tony Kennelly]

1 Red Kite (besdie M11) [Neil Murphy]

9 Mandarin Duck (6 Juvenile, 3 Adult Female ), 5 Moorhen (4 Juvenile 1 Adult ), 4 Blackcap (2 Juvenile 2 Adults ), 6 Wren, 2 Magpie [Melvin Shepherd-Wells]

1 Red Kite (Back of High Street above Pelly Court) [Melvin Shepherd-Wells] , ,

1 Cetti's Warbler (Male singing) [Neil Murphy]

6 Cattle Egret (All adults at SE end with cattle (11.30-14.00)), 3 Marsh Harrier (including 2 juvs.), 1 Hobby (Hunting hirundines over Salcott village), 110 Black-tailed Godwit (+), 41 Avocet (including good numbers of fledged young.), 40 Common Tern (+, with good numbers of young) [Sean Nixon] , , , , , ,

1 Mandarin Duck (Female on pond on River walk) [Neil Murphy]

1 Red Kite (Being mobbed by a Crow above the Triangle shop's) [Karl Price]

41 Swift (Flying south west towards Writtle), 1 Kestrel (Making a kill in "Horse" Field, flying off towards Old Chelmsfordians), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Chaffinch (Female, on Bowls Green, Tower Gardens, not commonly seen here) [Winifred Simmonds]

1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Common Tern (Perched on protruding post.), 4 Green Woodpecker, 2 Skylark (Singing males, pavillion meadow & adjacent arable.), 2 Swallow, 6 House Martin (At least. Hawking above properties on western edge.), 2 Treecreeper (At least.), 2 Nuthatch (At least.), 2 Goldfinch, 2 Yellowhammer (In flight. Headed for Jury Hill.) [Andrew Cox]

2 Little Owl (pair) [Oliver Cottis]

15 Whitethroat (Singing ), 104 Swift (First thing, low and in small groups or individually, south or south-west), 1 Chinese Muntjac, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dispersing juvenile), 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Blackcap (Singing ), 42 Sandwich Tern (4 south, 8 on beach and 30 roosting on marsh ), 1 Chiffchaff (Singing ), 1 Cuckoo, 1 Cetti's Warbler (Singing ), 3 Sedge Warbler (Singing ), 6 Reed Warbler (Singing ), 1 Buzzard, 129 Black-tailed Godwit (Cormorant Creek - stunning), 7 Dunlin, 8 Avocet, 4 Little Tern, 1 Sparrowhawk [Brian Combes]

1614 Swift [Paul Brayshaw]

3 Reed Bunting (two seen, a third heard), 2 Bullfinch (pair), 10 House Martin (atleast), 1 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk (female), 1 Blackcap (heard), 30 Starling (flock), 5 Swallow (atleast), 5 Swift (atleast), 3 Skylark, 2 Moorhen (1 juv) [Oliver Cottis]

1 Great White Egret (Layer Breton Causeway), 1 Ruff (summer plumage from Layer Breton Causeway) [Drew Lyness]

1 Yellow Wagtail (Heard LBC), 70 Pochard (+), 2 Great White Egret (1 Hide Bay, 1 LDHC), 1 Hobby (In tree in Hide Bay), 1 Ruff, 2 Garganey (Very distant in Hide Bay from church, probable pair with male in eclipse. 90% sure, small, longish grey bills, eyestripes, dabbling at edge although too distant to be 100%), 25 Egyptian Goose (+ mix of adults and young birds) [Matt Turner]

1 Black Redstart (Singing male on roof top of industrial estate), 4 Mute Swan, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Blackcap (Singing male) [Tony Kennelly]

7 Cattle Egret (McClure's Marsh), 1 Spoonbill, 10 Spotted Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 2 Whimbrel, 3 Marsh Harrier, 200 Black-tailed Godwit [Drew Lyness] ,

1 Kingfisher (3 sightings of presumably the same bird), 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 3 Swift, 10 Swallow (+), 3 House Martin, 3 Grey Wagtail, 2 Garden Warbler (Juveniles) [David L Smith]

1 Green Sandpiper (With 3 Redshanks, TMO832. None of these records were actually in Lawford, but the website won't recognise any correct description, e.g. Stour Estuary.), 1 Marsh Harrier (Adult male mobbed by Avocet , TM0932), 4 Avocet (One mobbing Marsh Harrier, TM0932), 4 Egyptian Goose (Pair with 2 well-grown young, TMO832) [Simon Banks]

1 Kestrel, 1 Cormorant (On Titchmarsh Reservoir), 4 Swift (Over Titchmarsh Reservoir), 2 Lapwing (By Titchmarsh Reservoir), 1 Greenfinch, 1 Little Egret (By Titchmarsh Reservoir), 2 Little Grebe (On Titchmarsh Reservoir), 8 House Martin (Over Titchmarsh Reservoir), 1 Buzzard (Over Titchmarsh Reservoir), 1 Blackcap (At Beach's Weir) [Winifred Simmonds] , ,

1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 8 Mute Swan (Pair with six cygnets.), 9 Mallard (Female with eight young.), 1 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Hobby (Possibly two.), 2 Kestrel, 1 Common Tern (Flying over, carrying fish. Heading NE.), 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Skylark (Two singing males.), 3 Swallow, 12 Sand Martin (At least.), 15 Long-tailed Tit (At least.), 2 Greenfinch, 13 Goldfinch (At least.), 2 Bullfinch (Juvs.), 2 Reed Bunting (Singing males.) [Andrew Cox]

4 Sparrowhawk (Pr finally eggs hatched & at least 2 white downy young being fed in large willow tree beyond back garden) [Neil Murphy]

1 Red Kite (Carrying something, being mobbed by 2 LBBGs, flew low, heading south east), 2 Swift [David L Smith]

4 Red Kite [Anthony Gales]

1 Spoonbill (sleeping near Joyces, flew off towards Copt Hall. Probably the bird I saw yesterday at Abberton), 6 Bearded Tit (5 juveniles with black patches and one adult female all formed at the top of the reeds after a massive shower), 8 Spotted Redshank (all near the windmill), 10 Grey Plover (Salcott channel), 3 Marsh Harrier (some juveniles), 125 Avocet (several near adult juveniles), 50 Common Tern (many juveniles), 14 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Sedge Warbler, 5 Reed Warbler, 3 Reed Bunting, 14 Swift [David Allen]

95 Black-tailed Godwit, 20 Sand Martin, 106 Shelduck, 39 Curlew, 6 Oystercatcher, 95 Avocet, 10 Tufted Duck, 1 Pochard, 8 Greylag Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 1 Mediterranean Gull (Adult), 1 Grey Plover, 1 Little Egret [Paul Larkin]

4 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Skylark (Singing Male.), 2 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 1 Garden Warbler (Singing Male.), 3 Goldcrest (Two singing males.), 1 Coal Tit, 6 Nuthatch (At least.), 2 Goldfinch, 2 Linnet (Singing males.), 2 Bullfinch (At least.) [Andrew Cox]

4 Swift [Bruce Brown]

1 Spoonbill (Was behind the concrete barrier by heron nesting area then flew towards main causeway on the other side ), 2 Mandarin Duck (Under tree edge below herons nests), 1 Hobby (Flew from wigborough bay side across reservoir past visitors centre), 40 Sand Martin (At least) [Ian Dewsnap]

1 Hobby, 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Mediterranean Gull (Adult. ), 2 Common Tern, 7 Pied Wagtail (Two adults with five young.), 50 Swift (Approx.), 4 House Martin (At least.), 2 Sand Martin (At least.), 2 Bearded Tit (At least.), 2 Reed Bunting (Mele & female; opposite ends of the reserve.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Spoonbill (Layer Breton causeway where it flew the entire length), 1 Peregrine Falcon (In familiar tree from Layer Church), 1 Great White Egret (seems to favour same spot from Layer Church), 50 Sand Martin, 3 Mandarin Duck (no adult male plumage), 1 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel (one juvenile with adults), 4 Lesser Whitethroat (one friendly juvenile), 1 Willow Warbler, 9 Little Egret [David Allen] ,

2 Swift, 1 Sparrowhawk [Bruce Brown]

49 Black-tailed Godwit (Cormorant creek all in fine plumage), 1 Whimbrel, 4 Mediterranean Gull, 6 Avocet (2 juv), 1 Marsh Harrier, 21 Sandwich Tern (together in small flock) [Martin Richards]

1 Red Kite [Paul Shuttleworth]

2 Green Woodpecker (Juveniles calling, Willow Park.), 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker (At least. Four Willow Park, one Lincewood.), 2 Goldcrest (Singing males, Mark's Hill & Lincewood.), 4 Treecreeper (At least. One Willow Park, three Lincewood, including juv.), 1 Nuthatch (Mark's Hill.), 5 Goldfinch (Four adults, one young. Willow Park. Feeding on thistles.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Grey Heron, 2 Stock Dove, 12 Swift (Low-mid level feeding and skimming water), 2 Yellow Wagtail (Adult and juv, juv disappeared into tree then adult back and forth feeding), 3 Egyptian Goose (2 adult, one juv), 4 Common Tern, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Chiffchaff (Heard), 2 Blackcap (Heard) [Matt Turner]

2 Green Woodpecker (At least one adult & one young calling.), 5 Swallow (Two adults with three young.), 2 Mistle Thrush (Adult with young. Feeding on wild cherries.), 6 Song Thrush (At least. Some feeding on wild cherries.), 2 Whitethroat (At least.) [Andrew Cox]

4 Crossbill (Calling flock flew west over garden at 06.25; last sighting was 10 years ago. ), 1 Black-tailed Godwit (male of islandica race on Trifarm Pit at 07.30 but no sign at 08.30 but someone swimming!), 120 Swift (08.00-Active feeding on western edge of village. largest group for several years. Local population 12. ), 1 Kingfisher (By Little Baddow bridge at 07.45 on 1st July. ) [Graham Ekins]

2 Grasshopper Warbler (2 males reeling in scrub field in South East corner), 3 Common Sandpiper (From viewing point), 2 Green Sandpiper (Along stream by tip), 1 Grey Wagtail, 8 Bearded Tit (2 family groups, including 1 by viewing point), 2 Mediterranean Gull (On nesting island with black-headed gulls), 1 Black-necked Grebe [Tony Kennelly]

2671 Swift (south) [Paul Brayshaw]

200 Swift (Anywhere between 200-300, maybe more. Impossible to count. All feeding above fields between Baddow and Nounsley. Have never seen anything like it!) [Ross Wilkins]

5 Black-tailed Godwit (4 islandica birds and 1 Dutch colour-ringed limosa (sightings 14.25-15.25)), 11 Avocet, 7 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Sandwich Tern, 1 Kingfisher [Sean Nixon] , ,

2 Little Owl (1 Adult & 1 Juvenile), 5 Yellow Wagtail (2+ Adults & 3 Juveniles in fields either side of footpath at TQ 509987), 1 Lesser Whitethroat (Calling bird in bushes close to the Mole Trap pub), 2 Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Linnet, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, 2 Yellowhammer, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel [Nicholas Weston]

4 Reed Bunting (males), 8 Reed Warbler (at least 2 families), 10 Linnet, 9 Shelduck, 12 Avocet (incl juvs), 3 Teal, 7 Black-tailed Godwit (incl a Dutch-ringed limosa), 200 Swift (+ feeding low over marshes during rain), 7 Oystercatcher (incl pair with 3 chicks), 2 Corn Bunting, 2 Sedge Warbler, 20 Mediterranean Gull (max count 20 but plenty of coming and going), 2 Sandwich Tern [Liz Huxley]

1 Turtle Dove (Heard behind car park at 12.45), 15 Black-tailed Godwit (Many in summer plumage), 20 Common Tern (Several nesting on islands on scrape), 4 Egyptian Goose, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Skylark (rising and singing), 20 Avocet, 8 Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, 1 Marsh Harrier [Winifred Simmonds]

1 Kestrel (First sighting here....near junction of Godlings and Notley Rd on Hoppits Mead reserve.) [Martin Iddon]

1 Great White Egret (Wig Bay. ), 5 Little Egret, 10 Common Tern (Circa.), 100 Swift (Plus.), 1 House Martin, 10 Swallow, 3 Black-tailed Godwit (Circled Wig Bay.), 2 Oystercatcher (Wig Bay.), 20 Lapwing (Circa.), 8 Egyptian Goose, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper (LDHC.), 2 Yellow Wagtail (Juveniles.), 12 Pied Wagtail (At least, mostly juveniles.), 2 Kestrel, 2 Linnet (Pair.), 6 Stock Dove, 4 Little Grebe, 20 Great Crested Grebe (Circa. 2 Pair with 1 & 2 young. ), 50 Mallard (Circa. 4 Ducklings.) [David Hale]

1 Kingfisher, 12 Swift (Hawking for insects over rivers), 2 Song Thrush, 1 Reed Warbler, 4 Whitethroat (Singing/churring), 1 Chiffchaff (Calling), 1 Sparrowhawk (Unsuccessful pursuit of starling), 2 Little Egret [Paul Shuttleworth]

70 Swift (+. Conservative estimate. Several groups of up to 30 sighted between Church Rd. and Broad Street Green while walking Jake.) [Malcolm Corbett]

1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Treecreeper (Singing.), 1 Nuthatch (At least. Lincewood.), 15 Swift, 1 Whitethroat (Singing Male.) [Andrew Cox]

1270 Swift (south) [Paul Brayshaw]

1 Raven (One calling from the BT mast at 04.45 this morning.) [David Jobbins]

1 Yellowhammer, 1 Lesser Whitethroat (heard), 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Buzzard, 2 Blackcap (heard), 1 Whitethroat, 1 Kestrel [Oliver Cottis]

2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Common Tern, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 8 Swift, 15 Sand Martin, 1 Kingfisher, 6 Greylag Goose (2 adult, 4 young), 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap (Singing males), 1 Song Thrush (Singing male), 2 Swallow, 1 Little Egret, 10 Mallard, 2 Pied Wagtail (Adult and juv) [Matt Turner] ,

1 Wood Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 4 Little Ringed Plover (2 Prs), 6 Common Tern (3 Prs), 4 Little Grebe (2 Prs), 12 Lapwing, 50 Sand Martin (breeding nearby in sand quarry ?), 6 Mute Swan (Pr + 4 well grown cygnets) [Neil Murphy]

1 Black-tailed Godwit (Adult, feeding at muddy edge, 3 to 3.15p.m.), 1 Little Ringed Plover (Adult), 8 Tufted Duck (Female with 7 small ducklings.) [George Brown]

2 Little Grebe, 1 Marsh Harrier (Adult male, moulting.), 3 Little Ringed Plover (At least.), 1 Redshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Mediterranean Gull (Adult. ), 8 Common Tern (At least.), 2 House Martin, 1 Bearded Tit (At least. Pinging near viewpoint.) [Andrew Cox]

6 Mute Swan (+. Three pair with young.), 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Mallard (+. Female with five recent young.), 30 Pochard (circa.), 25 Tufted Duck (circa.), 17 Great Crested Grebe (Inc. four nesting.), 6 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Common Tern, 50 Swift (+.), 200 Rook (circa. On meadow.), 10 Sand Martin (circa.), 20 House Martin (circa. No swallows.), 1 Cetti's Warbler (Heard only.), 3 Chiffchaff (Singing.), 3 Reed Warbler (Brief song.), 3 Pied Wagtail (One carrying food.) [Malcolm Corbett]

8 Egyptian Goose (Three adults with five downy young. Private pond near Hatch Farm.), 2 Green Woodpecker, 6 Swallow (At least.), 1 Coal Tit, 1 Treecreeper (Singing Male, briefly.), 8 Nuthatch (At least.) [Andrew Cox]

17180 Swift (Superb passage over sea and coastal strip. Peak movement from 0430-0610 with c12,000, then pulses totalling 2,200 0615-0705 when passage stopped as cloud cleared. Next band of cloud 0800-0915 and 1571, 437 during glances during the day (little passage evident), then 972 1830-2000), 67 Siskin (5 flocks - 4, 33, 8, 8, 14), 23 Crossbill (single flock @ 0621), 2 Hobby (south @ 0652 and hunting Swift over fields towards Great Holland in evening), 32 Sand Martin, 11 Swallow [Paul Brayshaw]

1 Rose-coloured Starling (Immature in flock of around 500 Starling in field by pill box west of observatory. Flock very flighty ), 500 Starling, 2 Corn Bunting, 20 Swallow, 5 Swift [Andrew Stroud]

57 Lapwing (In the fort), 3 Oystercatcher (In the fort), 4 Shelduck (Plus two well grown young in the fort), 1 Little Egret (In the moat), 25 Sand Martin, 1 Cormorant (In the moat), 3 Little Ringed Plover (Two adults and a recently fledge young), 2 Great Crested Grebe (In the moat) [Paul Larkin]

3 Egyptian Goose (female + 2 goslings (lagoons)), 11 Gadwall (female + 5 ducklings (lagoons); female + 4 ducklings (Broomhouse flash)), 2 Oystercatcher (+ pair with begging calls from (hidden) young bird(s) (lagoons)), 9 Lapwing (4 adults + 5 juvs. All remaining records from Broomhouse flash), 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Tern, 1 Sand Martin (with 20 House Martins), 4 Reed Warbler (territorial males), 1 Sedge Warbler (alarming), 1 Yellow Wagtail (male on territory), 3 Reed Bunting (territorial males) [Martin Peers]

106 Swift (Over the tip), 95 Sand Martin (Golden Gates), 1 Common Sandpiper (Adult, Golden Gates), 2 Common Tern (Plus one young, Golden Gates), 14 Mute Swan (Golden Gates), 139 Greylag Goose (Golden Gates), 37 Canada Goose (Golden Gates), 118 Coot (Eight on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 27 Tufted Duck (Four, all drakes, on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest, including 10 drakes, plus a downy brood of six, Golden Gates ), 13 Pochard (Eight, including one drake, on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest, including two drakes, plus a brood of three, Golden Gates), 5 Great Crested Grebe (Two, plus two young, on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 1 Cetti's Warbler (Golden Gates), 1 Grasshopper Warbler (Reeling near the pit to the south of the tip), 4 Little Grebe (On the pit to the south of the tip), 13 Mallard (Golden Gates), 1 Egyptian Goose (Golden Gates) [Paul Larkin]

4 Great Crested Grebe (Pair with two young.), 2 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 9 Coot (Adult with four young on nest (main lake); plus pair with two young (lower lake).), 3 Green Woodpecker (At least.), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Coal Tit, 5 Nuthatch (At least.), 4 Goldfinch (At least.) [Andrew Cox]

2 Spotted Flycatcher (1 behind cricket pavilion, 1 near trailer blocking path by village hall), 2 Mistle Thrush (on cricket pitch), 1 Buzzard [Simon Satchell]

354 Swift, 1 Cuckoo [Paul Brayshaw]

2 Egyptian Goose, 18 Mute Swan, 15 Sand Martin (+), 2 Swallow, 1 Swift, 1 Buzzard, 2 Common Tern, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Greylag Goose (Adult + 4 young), 20 Long-tailed Tit (+ Delightful family calling and flying along Lodge Lane), 2 Greenfinch (Heard), 2 Blackcap (Singing males), 1 Chiffchaff (Calling) [Matt Turner] , , , , , ,

1 Red Kite (Flying south east, as usual, with gull escort...) [Paul Shuttleworth]

2 Little Grebe, 10 Mute Swan (Pair with six cygnets; plus two more adults.), 18 Teal (At least.), 1 Shoveler (Male.), 1 Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher, 30 Lapwing (At least.), 1 Curlew, 14 Black-tailed Godwit (Dropped in for a while, western end of main flood. Most in summer plumage.), 2 Mediterranean Gull (Adults.), 1 Common Tern, 1 Swallow, 2 Bearded Tit (At least. Western reedbed.), 1 Reed Bunting (Male.) [Andrew Cox]

8 Black-tailed Godwit (Flew over heading south ) [David Pallash]

1 Sandwich Tern, 1 Mediterranean Gull (2nd summer) [Paul Larkin]

4 Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch (At least. One looked to be a juv.) [Andrew Cox]

1443 Swift, 4 Crossbill, 1 Fulmar, 20 Curlew [Paul Brayshaw]

2 Swallow (Juveniles rapidly south at 09.40 on 27th June. Early migration?), 1 Hobby (Daily sightings currently, most pm of singles), 1 Peregrine Falcon (Small male heading SE at 09.15. 3rd sighting in 3 weeks.), 1 Curlew (Heard high overhead 16th June 04.00-heading south), 1 Green Sandpiper (one calling over head quite low 23.00 on 25th. Heading NW, presumably to Russell Green Pits), 1 Blackbird (3rd nesting occuring 27th June in ivy covered tree,re-lining old nest), 11 Lapwing (7 young fledged from 4 broods on Boreham patch, most successful year since set-a-side.) [Graham Ekins]