The EBwS Bird News provides a summary of sightings for the past 14 days.
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Date Site Sightings Observer Duration Conditions Custom
Monday 27 Sep Bowers Marsh (RSPB) Ruff, 4 Little Stint, 2 Greenshank Jan Lewis 14:00 to 14:45 Sunny, windy
Monday 27 Sep Langdon Hills NR EWT Hobby (Adult flying across the ridge field ( Top Meadow).) Andrew Cox 08:00 to 08:30 Cloudy, rain.
Sunday 26 Sep Epping 30 Swallow (Tight flock, much twittering, looks like pre-roost gathering) Roger Emmens 17:30 to 17:50 Sunny, mild, SSW2-3
Sunday 26 Sep TQ8282 Brent Goose, Turnstone, Sandwich Tern, Common Tern, Great Skua, Arctic Skua, Razorbill, Red-throated Diver, 2 Manx Shearwater, Gannet Steve Swinney 16:00 to 17:00 Great Skua at TQ8282 on 26 Sep 2021, (Steve Swinney) , ,
Sunday 26 Sep Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB 2 Brent Goose, 15 Shelduck, 30 Wigeon, Water Rail, 5 Oystercatcher, 100 Avocet, 50 Golden Plover, 20 Grey Plover, 150 Curlew (roughly), 8 Bar-tailed Godwit, 300 Black-tailed Godwit (roughly), 2 Turnstone, 2 Dunlin, 8 Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper, 150 Redshank (roughly), Greenshank, 4 Spoonbill, 14 Cattle Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, 9 Kestrel, 2 Hobby, 4 Bearded Tit, 10 Swallow, 3 Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler (heard briefly), 3 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 40 Meadow Pipit, 2 Greenfinch, 4 Linnet, 3 Reed Bunting Oliver Cottis 15:15 to 19:15
Sunday 26 Sep Abberton Reservoir 24 Mute Swan, 25 Shoveler (+), 15 Mallard (+), 7 Teal, 6 Great Crested Grebe, Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, 38 Cormorant (+), 10 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, 40 Little Egret (+), Buzzard, Chiffchaff, 3 Starling, 2 Grey Wagtail, 6 Pied Wagtail (+) Paul Everett 14:45 to 16:00 Fine, overcast with some sunny periods Great White Egret at Abberton Reservoir on 26 Sep 2021, (Paul Everett, SONY A77ii with 150-500 lens) , , , , , , , ,
Sunday 26 Sep Langdon Hills NR EWT Sparrowhawk (Stooped at some magpies, which chased it. Also tussling with a hobby at times.), 5 Buzzard (Circling in the distance over Church Lane area.), 3 Hobby (Adult & two juvs hunting insects over Lincewood & adjacent fields/ hedgerows. Present the whole time.), 2 Swallow (Unmolested.) Andrew Cox 13:45 to 15:30 Cloudy, some sun. Breezy. Lincewood.
Sunday 26 Sep Fingringhoe Wick NR EWT American Golden Plover (Adult moulting ) Jim Hume 13:00 to 14:00 Dull, cloudy, dry, light wind, incoming tide American Golden Plover at Fingringhoe Wick NR EWT on 26 Sep 2021, (Jim Hume)
Sunday 26 Sep TQ6779 Ring-necked Parakeet Steve Swinney 12:00 to 12:30 Ring-necked Parakeet at TQ6779 on 26 Sep 2021, (Steve Swinney)
Sunday 26 Sep The Naze at Walton Red-legged Partridge, 50 Brent Goose (Flew south close in), 7 Ringed Plover, 8 Common Gull, 11 Sandwich Tern (With Black-headed Gulls. Mostly clustered on shore, but a few flying around.), Cetti's Warbler (Singing in John Weston), Chiffchaff Simon Banks 11:10 to 13:50 Fairly warm. Mostly sunny, but brief drizzle towards end. Tide high and rising.
Sunday 26 Sep Fingringhoe Wick NR EWT 70 Avocet, 50 Golden Plover, American Golden Plover (Thanks to Jim Hume all waders seen on intertidal area), 10 Grey Plover, 30 Ringed Plover, 20 Curlew, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, Turnstone, 10 Knot, 20 Dunlin, 10 Greenshank, Red-throated Diver (On river), Osprey, 2 Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, Mistle Thrush Yvonne Watling 11:00 to 16:00 Cloudy with slight breeze
Sunday 26 Sep Naze, The 600 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (+ groups of up to 70 birds all headed south), Eider (resident female), 13 Golden Plover, 17 Grey Plover, 11 Bar-tailed Godwit, 5 Sandwich Tern, Guillemot (Off Stone Point), Gannet (immature far offshore), 2 Wheatear Martin Richards 11:00 to 15:00 cloudy, warm
Sunday 26 Sep Westley Heights 13 Cormorant (Overhead, moving south.), Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 30 House Martin (At least.), Nuthatch, 3 Meadow Pipit Andrew Cox 10:45 to 13:45 Cloudy, some sun. Breezy.
Sunday 26 Sep Frinton-on-Sea 8 Brent Goose (south), 25 Wigeon (south, high), 2 Mallard (north, high), Teal (flying south, low), Peregrine Falcon (Flew purposefully south close in at 9:42. Probable immature.), 10 Swallow (south), 37 Meadow Pipit (35 south, 2 in off sea), 20 Goldfinch (south, but just over land, so possibly a local movement) Simon Banks 09:34 to 10:44 Little wind, some clouds, mist out to sea
Sunday 26 Sep Mersea Island 8 Gadwall (4 cudmore pond, 4 golf house SE.), 60 Wigeon (30 off cudmore seawall, 30 off golf house seawall SE.), 15 Teal (Off cudmore seawall SE. ), 200 Oystercatcher (Off cudmore seawall SE. ), 2 Grey Plover (Off golf house seawall SE. ), 2 Bar-tailed Godwit (Off reeves hall seawall Pye fleet DU. ), 197 Turnstone (Plus off cudmore seawall SE. ), Knot (Off reeves hall DU. ), Dunlin (Off cudmore seawall SE. ), Snipe (Off reeves hall DU. ), 12 Mediterranean Gull (Pye fleet DU. ), 7 Sandwich Tern (Pye fleet DU. ), 10 Common Tern (Pye fleet DU.), 2 Osprey (Both briefly together behind pewit Island pye fleet,leaving juv male still sitting on post behind pewit DU.), Sand Martin (Along pye fleet DU. ), 50 Swallow (Along pye fleet DU.), House Martin (Along pye fleet DU. ), 2 Cetti's Warbler (1 golf house path SE, 1 Strood fishing lakes DU. ), Blackcap (Cudmore Grove pond SE.), 6 Stonechat (Strood channel middle ditch DU.), Wheatear (Reeves hall seawall DU.), 10 Yellow Wagtail (Reeves hall/maydays DU. ) Stephen Entwistle 09:00 to 19:00
Sunday 26 Sep Wivenhoe Lapwing, 2 Redshank, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Little Egret, 2 Carrion Crow Michael Davies 09:00 to 13:00 Cloudy, light wind, tide making Lapwing at Wivenhoe on 26 Sep 2021, (Michael Davies) , , , ,
Sunday 26 Sep Stambourne, near Steeple Bumpstead 120 Golden Plover, 100 Common Gull (Behind plough ), Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven, 2 Wren, Bullfinch, 4 Greenfinch, 6 Yellowhammer Ian Tarbin 09:00 to 11:00
Sunday 26 Sep Wivenhoe 6 Whooper Swan (All juveniles), Whimbrel (Alresford Creek), Green Sandpiper (Called over Alresford Creek), 12 Greenshank (Alresford Creek), Common Tern (Juvenile, creek mouth), 2 Osprey (One on Geedon Saltings eating a fish and another fishing on lower Colne at the same time, scattering waders.), 2 Cetti's Warbler (Across creek around Ford Lane), Yellow Wagtail (Over Plumptons ), Brambling (Called a couple of times from hedge) Glyn Evans 07:00 to 13:00 Dull, misty
Sunday 26 Sep East Tilbury Pheasant, Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, 2 Mute Swan, C50 Shelduck, 81 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 14 Wigeon, 16 Mallard, 300+ Teal, 4 Pochard, Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon, 4 Stock Dove, Wood Pigeon, 3 Collared Dove, Water Rail, 2 Moorhen, 8 Coot, 9 Little Grebe, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher, C300 Avocet, Lapwing, Grey Plover, C30 Curlew, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 3 Greenshank, Black-headed Gull, 5 Common Gull, 10+ Great Black-backed Gull, 10+ Herring Gull, 30+ Yellow-legged Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Gannet, 11 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Marsh Harrier (1), Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 4 Jay, 7 Magpie, 4 Rook, 2 Raven, C20 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 2 Skylark, 3 Sand Martin, C100 Swallow, C20 House Martin, c10 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 10+ Chiffchaff, Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 6 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 200+ Starling, Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Mistle Thrush, Robin, 3 Stonechat, 10 House Sparrow, 3 Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 100+ Meadow Pipit, C250 Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting Steve Swinney 07:00 to 11:00
Sunday 26 Sep Frinton-on-Sea 1325 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (1N in am, 1324S in 48 flocks from 1330-dark), 36 Wigeon, 6 Pintail, 80 Teal, Red-breasted Merganser, Guillemot, 5 Red-throated Diver, Black-throated Diver (close summer plumaged bird), Fulmar (North), 30 Gannet (26 North, 4 south), 34 Swallow, Wheatear, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 7 Grey Wagtail, 311 Meadow Pipit, Rock Pipit, 14 Linnet (first movement for a couple of weeks) Paul Brayshaw 06:30 to 18:30 S1-SW4 8-0/8, good vis becoming moderate. Movement to south unless stated. Selected totals
Sunday 26 Sep Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury Water Rail, 19 Yellow-legged Gull, Gannet, 2 Raven, Sand Martin, Tree Sparrow (Found by Paul Wood) Steve Grimwade 06:30 to 12:00 Selected highlights
Sunday 26 Sep Canvey Island, Thames Estuary 19 Mediterranean Gull, 3 Sandwich Tern, 23 Common Tern, Great Skua, Arctic Skua, Razorbill, Red-throated Diver, 2 Manx Shearwater, 8 Gannet Steve Grimwade 03:15 to 18:00
Saturday 25 Sep Elmstead 4 Swallow Martin Gathercole 17:00 to 17:30 sunny
Saturday 25 Sep Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB Water Rail, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Dunlin, Little Stint (juvenile feeding along edge at Irongate), 2 Spotted Redshank, 2 Cattle Egret, 4 Marsh Harrier, Kingfisher, Hobby, 2 Cetti's Warbler David Allen 15:00 to 18:30 Fine.
Saturday 25 Sep Thurrock Thameside Nature Park (EWT) Pheasant, 10 Greylag Goose, c300 Shelduck, 7 Wigeon, 5 Teal, Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon, 3 Wood Pigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 2 Oystercatcher, c200 Avocet, 10 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 200+ Black-headed Gull, 7 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Cormorant, Little Egret, Green Woodpecker, Kestrel, Jay, 3 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, Rook, 2 Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 0 Goldcrest, Wren, 20 Starling, Blackbird, Robin, 6 Linnet Steve Swinney 14:30 to 16:30 Sun cloud, still
Saturday 25 Sep Laindon Buzzard, 40 House Martin, 5 Greenfinch, 9 Goldfinch Andrew Cox 12:30 to 13:30 Overcast, mild.
Saturday 25 Sep Dovercourt Gadwall (Drake), 11 Sandwich Tern (Mostly by shore off caravan park. One tight group: two or three flying round. ), Cetti's Warbler (Singing) Simon Banks 10:30 to 11:10 Fairly warm and sunny; tide high
Saturday 25 Sep Rainham Marshes NR RSPB Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 8 Shoveler, 20 Gadwall, 20 Wigeon, 10 Mallard, 10 Pintail, 20 Teal, Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon, Stock Dove, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Moorhen, 100+ Coot, Little Grebe, 5 Lapwing, 0 Grey Plover, Redshank, Black-headed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Caspian Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Cormorant, Cattle Egret (photo submitted), 2 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret (photo submitted), 10 Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, Green Woodpecker, Kestrel, Jay, 2 Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, Great Tit, 2 Bearded Tit, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Long-tailed Tit, Willow Warbler, 10+ Chiffchaff, Reed Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 150+ Starling, Blackbird, Whinchat (photo submitted) Steve Swinney 09:30 to 14:00 Grey, sill Cattle Egret at Rainham Marshes NR RSPB on 25 Sep 2021, (Steve Swinney) , ,
Saturday 25 Sep Broomhouse, Langham 150 Canada Goose, 230 Greylag Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 38 Gadwall, 3 Wigeon, 60 Mallard, 16 Teal, Water Rail, Little Grebe (juvenile), 6 Common Gull, 2 Little Egret, Raven (flew over calling and landed in distant field), 12 Skylark, 3 Chiffchaff, Treecreeper, Pied Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Linnet, Reed Bunting Martin Peers 09:30 to 10:45 overcast
Saturday 25 Sep Mersea Island 30 Teal (Maydays SE), Water Rail (Calling from cudmore pond AF.), 250 Oystercatcher (Off cudmore seawall AF.), 60 Golden Plover (Off reeves hall SE.), 200 Grey Plover (Off reeves hall DU. ), 157 Black-tailed Godwit (Off cudmore seawall AF.), 2 Knot (Reeves hall marsh DU.), 30 Dunlin (Off maydays/Reeves hall DU. ), Green Sandpiper (Reeves hall pool DU.), 4 Greenshank (Maydays DU. ), 10 Mediterranean Gull (Maydays/reeves hall DU. ), 2 Sandwich Tern (Off Stone point AF.), 3 Grey Heron (Maydays DU SE. ), Osprey (Am on fence post behind pewit Island DU, seen again 4pm on crewsfix post on geeden marshes SE.), Sparrowhawk (Maydays SE. ), 5 Marsh Harrier (Off maydays DU. ), 5 Buzzard (Off maydays seawall DU. ), Little Owl (Maydays paddock seen from seawall SE, ), Kingfisher (Cudmore Grove pond AF.), 3 Kestrel (Maydays SE. ), Peregrine Falcon (Off maydays DU.), 3 Cetti's Warbler (Cudmore/golf house AF. ), 6 Chiffchaff (Golf house AF, ), Lesser Whitethroat (Golf house AF. ), Starling (Leucistic in flock starlings maydays DU.), Stonechat (Stone point AF.), 2 Wheatear (Maydays/reeves hall DU.), 30 Meadow Pipit (Plus off cudmore AF,), 2 Corn Bunting (Maydays DU SE.), 2 Yellowhammer (Males maydays DU SE.), 4 Reed Bunting (Maydays SE) Stephen Entwistle 09:00 to 18:00
Saturday 25 Sep Abberton Reservoir 5 Red-crested Pochard (4 females 1 drake), 2 Goldeneye, Goosander, Grey Plover, 7 Ringed Plover, 80 Black-tailed Godwit, 20 Ruff, Dunlin, 7 Snipe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, 2 Common Tern, 24 Great White Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, Peregrine Falcon, 5 Swallow, Reed Warbler (singing!), Stonechat, 2 Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, 5 Grey Wagtail Steve Grimwade 09:00 to 16:45
Saturday 25 Sep Elmstead 8 Mute Swan, 76 Mallard, 85 Wood Pigeon, 7 Collared Dove, 8 Little Grebe, 15 Black-headed Gull, 9 Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 7 Magpie, 6 Jackdaw, 185 Rook, 3 Carrion Crow, 7 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 3 Chiffchaff, 7 Wren, 110 Starling, 4 Blackbird, 9 Robin, 25 House Sparrow, Dunnock, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 12 Linnet, 9 Goldfinch, Yellowhammer, 2 Tufted Duck Martin Gathercole 09:00 to 13:00 cloudy then sunny
Saturday 25 Sep North Ockendon 3 Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon, 5 Wood Pigeon, Black-headed Gull (Flew overhead heading East), Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 4 Magpie, 5 Jackdaw (Flew overhead), 2 Carrion Crow, 7 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, Wren, 20 Starling, 6 Blackbird, Song Thrush, Robin, 2 Dunnock, 2 Greenfinch, Goldfinch Clive Tanner 09:00 to 13:00 Overcast and cloudy, but warm
Saturday 25 Sep Wivenhoe 4 Mallard, 10 Wood Pigeon, Cormorant, 2 Little Egret, 6 House Sparrow Michael Davies 09:00 to 13:00 Overcast, no wind, half tide Mallard at Wivenhoe on 25 Sep 2021, (Michael Davies) , , , ,
Saturday 25 Sep Langdon Hills NR EWT 11 Goldfinch Andrew Cox 08:00 to 08:15 Cloudy, misty. Plotlands Top Meadow.
Saturday 25 Sep Abberton Reservoir Goosander, Grey Plover (Juvenile), Ringed Plover, 110 Black-tailed Godwit, 29 Ruff, 2 Dunlin, Pectoral Sandpiper (Juv in Peldon bay), 2 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Tern, 3 Marsh Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, Coal Tit (Singing Abberton church), 5 Swallow, Tree Pipit (Close to Abberton church, flew over calling then dropped in to grass) Daryl Rhymes 07:00 to 13:30
Saturday 25 Sep Frinton-on-Sea 2 Common Scoter, Whimbrel (on GC with Curlew), Purple Sandpiper (on rocks, GC seawall pm), Mediterranean Gull (south), 6 Sandwich Tern, Little Tern, 4 Common Tern (South), Guillemot (offshore drifting south), 4 Gannet, 4 Jay (seemed to come in off early am through the mist - first for the year I believe), Rock Pipit (GC seawall) Paul Brayshaw 06:30 to 18:15 Misty early, then slowly clearing. Early watch then again from mid afternoon. Selected totals, movement to north unless stated
Saturday 25 Sep Naze, The Sparrowhawk, 39 Swallow (+, including a flock of 20+ in off, through the mist, feeding over the reserve before drifting south), 4 Cetti's Warbler (Singing, 1 north of sycamore clump, 3 John Weston Reserve ), 9 Chiffchaff (1 singing ), 15 Blackcap, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Goldcrest, Song Thrush, 3 Stonechat (Male and two females on the common ), 11 Meadow Pipit, 26 Linnet, 7 Goldfinch, Chinese Muntjac Brian Combes 06:30 to 11:40 early mist gradually clearing then some sun, mild, SW wind, rising tide
Friday 24 Sep Hanningfield Reservoir Common Sandpiper Steve Swinney 18:00 to 18:10
Friday 24 Sep Abberton Reservoir Common Sandpiper, 3 Great White Egret Steve Swinney 17:15 to 17:30
Friday 24 Sep Russell Green GPs, near Chelmsford 5 Canada Goose, 130 Greylag Goose, 4 Mute Swan, 5 Gadwall (2 Males in full plumage ), 2 Wigeon (Eclipse ), 4 Mallard (3 males in full plumage and 1 female), 3 Teal, Moorhen, 3 Little Grebe, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 10 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, Red Kite (Distant over Brent hall area), 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Blue Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, Tufted Duck Paul Everett 17:00 to 18:05 Fine , warm, sunny Gadwall at Russell Green GPs, near Chelmsford on 24 Sep 2021, (Paul Everett, SONY A77ii with 150-500 lens)
Friday 24 Sep Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB Brent Goose, Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Red-breasted Goose, Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Mute Swan, Egyptian Goose, Shelduck, Shoveler, Gadwall, Wigeon, Mallard, Pintail, Teal, Pochard, Wood Pigeon, Coot, Great Crested Grebe, Avocet, Lapwing, Golden Plover, Grey Plover, Ringed Plover, Whimbrel, Curlew, Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, Knot, Dunlin, Little Stint, Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Redshank, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Cormorant, Cattle Egret, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, Short-eared Owl, Kestrel, 2 Bearded Tit, 6 Swallow, Cetti's Warbler, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Wren, Starling, Robin, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Linnet, Goldfinch, Reed Bunting, Tufted Duck Steve Swinney 12:30 to 17:00 Sunny light SW breeze
Friday 24 Sep Walton-on-The-Naze 8 Mediterranean Gull (7 on pier, 1 on sea - 6 ads 1 2nd-winter 1 1st winter) Daryl Rhymes 12:00 to 17:00
Friday 24 Sep Wat Tyler CP, Pitsea Cattle Egret (Marina, left hand side. Perched upon a boat at one point.), 6 Little Egret, Buzzard, Kestrel (Mobbing the buzzard.) Andrew Cox 11:30 to 12:00 Sunny, warm. Some breeze.
Friday 24 Sep Blue House Farm EWT, North Fambridge Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Shoveler, Gadwall, Wigeon, Mallard, Teal, Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Moorhen, Coot, Little Grebe, Lapwing, Ruff, Pectoral Sandpiper, Snipe, Redshank, Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Green Woodpecker, Kestrel, Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Skylark, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, Wren, Starling, Blackbird, Robin, House Sparrow, Meadow Pipit, Greenfinch, Linnet, Goldfinch, Reed Bunting Steve Swinney 11:00 to 12:00
Friday 24 Sep Colne Pt 7 Grey Partridge, 2 Marsh Harrier, 500 Starling, 2 Stonechat, Wheatear Richard Allen 11:00 to 11:30
Friday 24 Sep Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB Red-breasted Goose (Presumed escape on Joyce's Fleet), Egyptian Goose, Little Stint (juvenile), 3 Spoonbill (other observers reported 5 birds), 14 Cattle Egret, Short-eared Owl, 3 Hobby, Peregrine Falcon Steve Grimwade 10:38 to 17:00 Selected highlights with Matt Turner, David Smith & Elaine & Steve Swinney
Friday 24 Sep Bowers Marsh (RSPB) 2 Avocet, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, Little Stint, Snipe, Green Woodpecker, 4 Kestrel (At least.), 7 Bearded Tit, 4 Swallow, 4 Cetti's Warbler (At least. Singing.), 2 Stonechat, 50 Goldfinch (At least.), Reed Bunting Andrew Cox 09:45 to 11:15 Becoming warm & sunny. Breezy.
Friday 24 Sep Alresford 5 Mallard, 6 Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 4 Carrion Crow, 4 Wren, 3 Robin, 3 Meadow Pipit Martin Gathercole 09:30 to 11:00 misty
Friday 24 Sep Bowers Marsh (RSPB) 3 Little Stint (Very small and very busy amongst the Wigeon ) Tim Hayward 09:00 to 13:00 Sunny, warm, light wind,
Friday 24 Sep Fingringhoe GP 4 Greylag Goose, 8 Mallard, 5 Moorhen, 6 Coot, Great Crested Grebe, 55 Black-headed Gull, 4 Common Gull, Grey Heron, 45 Rook, 2 Chiffchaff, 9 Goldfinch Martin Gathercole 09:00 to 13:00 sunny
Friday 24 Sep Wivenhoe 13 Canada Goose, 12 Greylag Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 3 Shelduck, 20 Wigeon, 2 Mallard, 26 Teal, 31 Avocet, 40 Lapwing, 20 Ringed Plover, 13 Curlew, 620 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Turnstone, 220 Redshank, 7 Greenshank, 15 Black-headed Gull, 12 Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Grey Heron, 13 Little Egret, 5 Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, 6 Magpie, 57 Rook, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackbird, 4 Robin, 10 House Sparrow, 10 Meadow Pipit, 17 Linnet, 9 Goldfinch Martin Gathercole 09:00 to 13:00 low tide, misty
Friday 24 Sep Wivenhoe Hobby (over garden) Richard Allen 09:00 to 13:00
Friday 24 Sep Mersea Island 2 Shoveler (Golf house pools SE), 30 Wigeon (Golf house seawall SE ), 32 Teal (7 Golf house pools SE, 25 Strood channel DU. ), Great Crested Grebe (Strood channel DU. ), 16 Black-tailed Godwit (Off cudmore seawall SE ), 7 Turnstone (Off cudmore seawall SE), Greenshank (Strood channel DU. ), Osprey (On fence behind pewit Island MC.), 100 Swallow (Plus oyster fishery MC ), House Martin (Oyster fishery MC ), 10 Chiffchaff (Plus with mixed flock of tits in feldy view cemetery DU.), 5 Stonechat (1 oyster fishery MC, 4 Strood channel (1 fm 3m)DU. ), 40 Meadow Pipit (20 oyster fishery MC, 20 Strood channel DU. ), 3 Clouded Yellow (2 Strood channel DU, 1 golf house track SE., 1/2 water vole crossed the golf house paddock dyke SE. ) Stephen Entwistle 09:00 to 13:00
Friday 24 Sep Fingringhoe Wick NR EWT 2 Red-legged Partridge, 3 Pheasant, 3 Mute Swan, 4 Shelduck, 5 Wigeon, 7 Mallard, 11 Teal, 2 Pochard, 15 Wood Pigeon, 7 Collared Dove, 4 Moorhen, 10 Coot, 7 Little Grebe, 9 Oystercatcher, 110 Avocet, 10 Golden Plover, 5 Grey Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit, 330 Black-tailed Godwit, 27 Dunlin, 80 Redshank, 7 Greenshank, 12 Black-headed Gull, 3 Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 13 Cormorant, 44 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, Green Woodpecker, Kestrel, 7 Magpie, 7 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 2 Skylark, Cetti's Warbler, 13 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, Whitethroat, 5 Wren, 6 Starling, 2 Blackbird, 6 Robin, 3 Pied Wagtail, 3 Tufted Duck Martin Gathercole 09:00 to 13:00 tide coming in, sunny
Friday 24 Sep Wat Tyler CP, Pitsea 30 Teal, 3 Wood Pigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 5 Redshank, 5 Black-headed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Jay, Carrion Crow, 2 Blue Tit, Cetti's Warbler, Blackbird Steve Swinney 09:00 to 09:30
Friday 24 Sep Elmstead 4 Wood Pigeon, 2 Collared Dove, Common Gull, 2 Magpie, 4 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, Robin, 6 House Sparrow, Dunnock Martin Gathercole 07:00 to 08:00 misty
Friday 24 Sep TQ6778 Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Magpie, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Wren, Starling, Blackbird, Dunnock, Goldfinch Steve Swinney 07:00 to 08:00
Friday 24 Sep Naze, The 8 Brent Goose, Grey Heron (South, just offshore ), 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Green Woodpecker, 5 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 4 Cetti's Warbler (Singing, 1 north of sycamores, 3 John Weston Reserve ), 15 Chiffchaff (1 singing), 11 Blackcap, 6 Lesser Whitethroat, Goldcrest, 9 Blackbird, Song Thrush, 2 Stonechat (Pair on the common), 18 Pied Wagtail, 12 Meadow Pipit, 5 Greenfinch, 23 Linnet, 28 Goldfinch, 2 Reed Bunting Brian Combes 06:40 to 11:15 misty and cold first thing gradually lifting, NW wind, rising tide
Friday 24 Sep Blue House Farm EWT, North Fambridge 17 Barnacle Goose, 2 Pectoral Sandpiper, 8 Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 2 Mediterranean Gull Steve Grimwade 06:15 to 10:00 Selected highlights
Friday 24 Sep Great Braxted Tawny Owl Steve Grimwade 05:20 to 05:20
Friday 24 Sep Copford Little Owl Steve Grimwade 05:05 to 05:05
Thursday 23 Sep Lofts Farm GPs, Heybridge 250 Greylag Goose (+. Flew in and departed during visit.), 46 Mute Swan (31 Trout Lake, 15 carp Lake. ), 11 Egyptian Goose (Carp Lake.), 2 Pintail (Females. Carp Lake.), 56 Little Egret (To roost on Carp Lake island, all just prior to dusk.), 2 Sparrowhawk (Male and female.), 2 Tawny Owl (Possibly three.), 2 Kingfisher (Possibly three.), Green Woodpecker Malcolm Corbett 17:30 to 19:25 Clear sky, light W. wind. Sunset 18:53.
Thursday 23 Sep Frinton-on-Sea Redstart (1st winter male in gardens, Witton Wood Road) Liz Huxley 17:00 to 17:00
Thursday 23 Sep Wallasea Island, Crouch/Roach Estuaries 3 Pheasant, 25 Canada Goose, 6 Shelduck, 4 Mallard, Wood Pigeon, 12 Lapwing, Black-headed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Cormorant, 4 Grey Heron, 11 Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, 2 Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon, 2 Raven (Pair on Grass Farm Lagoon), Wheatear, 40 Linnet, 12 Goldfinch, Corn Bunting Richard Mander 14:30 to 16:30 Sunny with some cloud
Thursday 23 Sep Vange Marsh RSPB Water Rail (Calling.), 5 Avocet, 15 Lapwing, 23 Curlew, 138 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Ruff, 11 Snipe (At least.), 2 Common Sandpiper (Saline.), 5 Greenshank, Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Kingfisher (Creek near sluice.), Kestrel Andrew Cox 12:45 to 16:00 Sun & clouds. Warm. Breezy.
Thursday 23 Sep Two Tree Island, Leigh-on-Sea 500 Brent Goose (Circa. Off East end of island, seen from slipway.), 4 Wigeon (Females. All sightings on West end scrape unless stated otherwise.), 6 Teal (1 drake.), 50 Oystercatcher (From slipway over Canvey side.), 60 Avocet, 12 Lapwing, 3 Grey Plover, 50 Ringed Plover, 10 Curlew (From slipway. ), 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1000 Black-tailed Godwit (Circa on West end scrape.), Turnstone, 2 Knot, 3 Dunlin, 200 Redshank (Plus), 13 Greenshank, 8 Common Gull (Slipway area.), 16 Little Egret, Kestrel David Hale 12:15 to 17:00 Dry, sun & cloud, W breeze, 20c. High tide sightings with Brenda. Avocet at Two Tree Island, Leigh-on-Sea on 23 Sep 2021, (David Hale, NIKON BRIDGE.) , , , ,
Thursday 23 Sep Wrabness 7 Brent Goose, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Lapwing, Grey Plover, Curlew, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Redshank, 32 Little Egret, 2 Kestrel (One male, one female), 7 Long-tailed Tit (One party - with Blue Tits and Chiffchaff), Chiffchaff (On reserve with LT Tits), Blackcap (On reserve) Simon Banks 10:58 to 13:20 Warm, but wind rising during my visit. Tide high and rising. Sunny.
Thursday 23 Sep Colne Pt 60 Lapwing (+), 5 Golden Plover, 6 Little Egret (+), 2 Marsh Harrier (juveniles), 2 Buzzard (incl 1 juvenile pale morph - stunning bird!), 2 Kestrel, 20 Swallow (+ small groups S), 25 House Martin (+ S), 2000 Starling (+), Yellow Wagtail (S), 6 Meadow Pipit (+ S), 20 Linnet (+) Liz Huxley 10:00 to 12:30
Thursday 23 Sep Mersea Island Osprey (Pm seen from maydays seawall MC), 4 Buzzard (Seen from maydays seawall MC), Hobby (Meeting lane MC), Blackcap (Meeting lane MC) Stephen Entwistle 09:01 to 17:00 MC = Martin cock
Thursday 23 Sep Mersea Island 8 Wigeon, 15 Teal, 300 Golden Plover (Strood causeway end), 2 Greenshank, Merlin (Over Strood road ), 3 Stonechat (2 m 1fm east of firs chase (reed bed Corner )), Wheatear Stephen Entwistle 09:00 to 13:00 Strood channel Dougal urquhart
Thursday 23 Sep East Tilbury 2 Mute Swan, 4 Egyptian Goose, 201 Shelduck, 10 Shoveler, 5 Gadwall, 21 Wigeon, 134 Teal, 5 Pochard, 17 Little Grebe, 1184 Avocet, 100 Grey Plover, 87 Curlew, 23 Bar-tailed Godwit, 34 Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, 3 Yellow-legged Gull, Gannet (Juvenile low over the foreshore up river), 4 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Ring-necked Parakeet, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 108 Goldfinch, 7 Tufted Duck Paul Larkin 08:15 to 13:00 Fine and sunny, WSW wind, LT
Thursday 23 Sep Naze, The 3 Sparrowhawk, 2 Green Woodpecker, 8 Swallow (South), 3 House Martin (South), 5 Cetti's Warbler (Singing, one escarpment, one north of sycamores, three in John Weston Reserve ), 18 Chiffchaff (seemed to be arriving through the morning, at least 4 with the tit flock and one singing), 6 Blackcap, 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, Song Thrush, 11 Pied Wagtail, 32 Meadow Pipit, 5 Chaffinch, 5 Greenfinch, 15 Linnet, Chinese Muntjac Brian Combes 06:40 to 09:50 clear, SW wind, warm, rising tide Naze, The on 23 Sep 2021, (Brian Combes)
Wednesday 22 Sep Wivenhoe Gannet (Imm., flying north near football ground) Keith Brooke 15:35 to 15:35
Wednesday 22 Sep Holland Haven 11 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 4 Dunlin, 10 Snipe, 200 Swallow, Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail Steve Grimwade 13:30 to 16:00 Selected highlights from a Swallow Birding Guided Walk
Wednesday 22 Sep TM1626 2 Hobby (2 hobby flying over house towards horsley cross ) Kevin Tunnicliffe 12:10 to 12:13 Sunny warm
Wednesday 22 Sep Fingringhoe Wick NR EWT 3 Brent Goose, Common Tern, Guillemot (Southern end of Geedon Bay - being attacked unsuccessfully by Marsh Harrier ), Red-throated Diver (Near entrance to Alresford Creek), Osprey (Hunting in Geedon Creek), 2 Marsh Harrier, 6 Buzzard (Peak count), 3 Kestrel, 10 Swallow (+), Cetti's Warbler (Heard) David L Smith 12:00 to 16:30 High tide c14:00 - Selected highlights
Wednesday 22 Sep Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB 3 Avocet, 30 Golden Plover, 100 Grey Plover, 10 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Little Stint (Iron Gate), Green Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank (Iron Gate), 8 Greenshank, Sparrowhawk, 2 Marsh Harrier, 6 Buzzard, 4 Kestrel, 3 Cetti's Warbler Sean Gregory 10:10 to 12:30 sunny warm, incoming tide
Wednesday 22 Sep Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB 3 Avocet, 30 Golden Plover, 100 Grey Plover, 10 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Little Stint (Iron Gate), Green Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank (Iron Gate), 8 Greenshank, Sparrowhawk, 2 Marsh Harrier, 6 Buzzard, 4 Kestrel, 3 Cetti's Warbler Sean Gregory 10:10 to 12:30 sunny warm, incoming tide
Wednesday 22 Sep Hanningfield Reservoir 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Pintail (Females), 10 Little Grebe, Ruff (From Point hide) Antony Braun 09:00 to 14:00 Bright and warm Ruff at Hanningfield Reservoir on 22 Sep 2021, (Antony Braun)
Wednesday 22 Sep Walton-on-The-Naze Eider (Long-staying female), Turtle Dove (1cy bird seen by John Weston reserve), Mediterranean Gull (Adult), Sparrowhawk, Ring-necked Parakeet (One flew north over the Naze (later seen by Darrell Stile) A Naze tick for me!), 2 Grey Wagtail Steve Grimwade 09:00 to 13:00 Selected highlights from a Swallow Birding Guided Walk
Wednesday 22 Sep Mersea Island 7 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Off cudmore Grove DU MC), 2 Shoveler (Cudmore Grove DU ), 2 Gadwall (Cudmore Grove DU), 100 Wigeon (Plus oyster fishery to cudmore Grove MC DU), 12 Teal (Cudmore Grove DU), Water Rail (Calling only from cudmore Grove pond DU ), 36 Avocet (Cudmore Grove DU ), Bar-tailed Godwit (Cudmore Grove DU ), 5 Sandwich Tern (Oyster fishery to stone point MC), 60 Little Egret (Cudmore Grove DU ), Kingfisher (Ivy dock dyke MC), 100 Swallow (Oyster fishery to stone point MC ), 4 Cetti's Warbler (Oyster fishery to golf house MC), 2 Chiffchaff (Oyster fishery MC ), Lesser Whitethroat (Oyster fishery MC), Whitethroat (Oyster fishery MC), 4 Yellow Wagtail (Oyster fishery to stone point MC), 14 Clouded Yellow (Plus on uncut grazing fields off tamac cudmore Grove seawall DU ) Stephen Entwistle 09:00 to 13:00
Wednesday 22 Sep Wivenhoe Lapwing, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Redshank, Little Egret, Jay Michael Davies 09:00 to 13:00 Dry, sunny, light wind, low tide River Colne Lapwing at Wivenhoe on 22 Sep 2021, (Michael Davies) , , , ,
Wednesday 22 Sep Wivenhoe 500 Black-tailed Godwit, Kingfisher, Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, Whitethroat, 15 Meadow Pipit Richard Allen 09:00 to 13:00 Barrier Marsh
Wednesday 22 Sep Lofts Farm GPs, Heybridge Red-legged Partridge, 30 Canada Goose, 300 Greylag Goose (circa.), 46 Mute Swan, 18 Egyptian Goose, 5 Gadwall, 11 Wigeon, 55 Mallard, 7 Pochard, 5 Moorhen, 181 Coot, 16 Little Grebe, 17 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Grey Heron, Buzzard, Jay, 7 Magpie, 14 Blue Tit, 2 Cetti's Warbler (Heard only.), 6 Long-tailed Tit, 8 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 18 Robin, 4 Dunnock, Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch (Male.), 6 Linnet, 8 Tufted Duck Malcolm Corbett 08:35 to 11:40 Clear blue sky, v. light SW wind.
Wednesday 22 Sep Russell Green GPs, near Chelmsford 2 Wigeon, 0 Pintail (No sign in poor light), 8 Teal, Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher (On fishing lake) Brian Bolton 07:30 to 08:00 Dry and warm
Wednesday 22 Sep Rayne 3 Chiffchaff (One singing, one being chased by Robin), 2 Goldcrest (in garden), 10 Meadow Pipit (Over village) Andrew Goodey 07:00 to 10:00 Sunny, clear
Tuesday 21 Sep Russell Green GPs, near Chelmsford Pintail (Eclipse type with mallards (poor distant photos) ), 2 Common Sandpiper (Flew over), Green Sandpiper (Flew over) Brian Bolton 17:30 to 18:00 Dry and warm Pintail at Russell Green GPs, near Chelmsford on 21 Sep 2021, (Brian Bolton) ,
Tuesday 21 Sep Frinton-on-Sea Redstart (in gardens Witton Wood Road) Liz Huxley 17:00 to 17:00
Tuesday 21 Sep Walton-on-The-Naze Grey Wagtail (S over Aldi car park) Liz Huxley 15:15 to 15:15
Tuesday 21 Sep Fingringhoe Wick NR EWT 22 Greenshank, Osprey (On post being harassed by gull), Red Kite, Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, Kestrel, Hobby, 3 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat Graham Barber 12:30 to 15:30
Tuesday 21 Sep Whetmead NR, nr Witham Common Sandpiper (AW Plant), Sparrowhawk, Red Kite (Yellow wing tags - 4F?), 9 Buzzard (Peak count), Kingfisher (Heard only), Raven (Distant but size & diamond-shaped tail evident - first record for site? ), 3 Grey Wagtail (AW Plant ) David L Smith 12:00 to 16:00 via River Walk
Tuesday 21 Sep Great Totham Sparrowhawk (Just N of Captain's Wood. Male mobbed by Jackdaws at 11:50 and again at 12:40. Probably same bird.) Malcolm Corbett 11:50 to 12:40
Tuesday 21 Sep Thurrock Thameside Nature Park (EWT) Buzzard, Kestrel, 6 Skylark (At least.), 5 Sand Martin, 8 Swallow, 3 Stonechat (Pair plus male.), 5 Meadow Pipit (At least.) Andrew Cox 09:30 to 10:15 Sunny, warm.
Tuesday 21 Sep Mersea Island 15 Avocet (Pye fleet SB), 82 Ringed Plover (Tern Island off waldegraves SE), Green Sandpiper (Reeves hall pool SB), 8 Great Black-backed Gull (Tern Island SE), Osprey (9.52am still around midday, SB had it in front of pewit Island at 9.50am and MC had it fishing in front of oyster fishery at mid day.), Sand Martin (Strood channel DU ), 50 Swallow (Strood channel DU ), Willow Warbler (Firs chase garden DU), 5 Chiffchaff (Plus side of firs chase caravan park (we call flycatcher corner)DU), Stonechat (male Strood channel (firs chase end).DU) Stephen Entwistle 09:00 to 18:00
Tuesday 21 Sep Wivenhoe 4 Mallard, 50 Black-headed Gull, Little Egret (Hard to photograph as behind a blanket of trees with only a small gap.) Michael Davies 09:00 to 13:00 Dry, sunny, light wind, high tide Mallard at Wivenhoe on 21 Sep 2021, (Michael Davies) , ,
Tuesday 21 Sep Tilbury 6 Shelduck (On foreshore by the fort), 54 Teal (On foreshore by the fort), 4 Bar-tailed Godwit (On foreshore by the fort), 5 Black-tailed Godwit (On foreshore by the fort) Paul Larkin 08:00 to 09:00 Broken cloud, light variable wind, falling tide
Tuesday 21 Sep Naze, The 8 Brent Goose, 3 Sparrowhawk (One west, probably in off), Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, Hobby (South over the common, probably in off), 8 Swallow, 26 House Martin, 4 Cetti's Warbler (Singing, 1 escarpment, 1 north of sycamores, 2 John Weston Reserve ), Willow Warbler, 16 Chiffchaff (Two singing ), 17 Blackcap, 12 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 32 Starling, Redstart (Bird in same bush for the fourth day, a bit more showy today), 2 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Grey Wagtail (2 south, 1 over sewage works), 15 Pied Wagtail, 63 Meadow Pipit Brian Combes 06:40 to 11:00 mainly clear, becoming warm, light wind, rising tide Naze, The on 21 Sep 2021, (Brian Combes)
Tuesday 21 Sep Great Totham 2 Tawny Owl (One calling earlier in the night then later, call and response. Gt.Totham South.) Malcolm Corbett 05:30 to 05:40
Monday 20 Sep Wrabness 64 Mute Swan, 2 Wigeon (M & F), 5 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, 14 Little Egret, Great Spotted Woodpecker (By second hide, drumming ), Kestrel, 60 Carrion Crow (Estimated, on shore.), Blackcap (F), 2 Dunnock, Black Swan Peter Brittain 14:00 to 15:30 Overcast
Monday 20 Sep Two Tree Island, Leigh-on-Sea 500 Brent Goose (Approx. Eastern end.), 112 Wigeon (At least.), 50 Avocet (Lagoon.), 160 Golden Plover (Approx. Across from slipway.), 180 Grey Plover (At least. Roosting on saltmarsh across from slipway. Later scattered on mud eastwards. Some still full SP.), 8 Ringed Plover (Lagoon.), 500 Black-tailed Godwit (Approx. Lagoon.), Dunlin (SP. Lagoon.), 28 Greenshank (Lagoon. Later a few on mud eastwards.), Mediterranean Gull (Adult with gull flock near slipway.), 8 Common Gull (Slipway.), 3 Sandwich Tern (Slipway area. Two adults, one juv.), Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, Yellow Wagtail Andrew Cox 11:45 to 16:15 Cloudy, some sun. Becoming warm.
Monday 20 Sep TQ6978 2 Egyptian Goose (New Scrape), 6 Shoveler (1 Sandpit, 3 Fleet, 2 New Scrape), 19 Wigeon, 3 Water Rail (Heard in 3 distinct locations), 2 Great Crested Grebe (1 Fleet & 1 Sand pit), 17 Ringed Plover (New Scrape), 3 Black-tailed Godwit (New Scrape), Dunlin (New Scrape), Little Stint (New Scrape), Green Sandpiper (poss 2 New Scrape), Greenshank (New Scrape), Kittiwake (Adult Bird Thames mid channel), 13 Yellow-legged Gull (New Scrape), 4 Common Tern (upriver), 2 Sparrowhawk (Hi Over South), Marsh Harrier (Imm.), Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, Yellow Wagtail (New Scrape), Rock Pipit (First of autumn) Steve Swinney 11:00 to 13:00 Low Cloud. NNW0g5; 14c HT 12:45
Monday 20 Sep Birchanger Osprey (One over Birchanger Wood towards Bishop’s Stortford being mobbed by corvids ) Andrew Goodey 11:00 to 11:00 Dull full cloud
Monday 20 Sep Walton-on-The-Naze 8 Brent Goose (Hamford Water), 10 Teal, 5 Avocet (John Weston reserve), 10 Curlew, 15 Bar-tailed Godwit (John Weston reserve), 100 Black-tailed Godwit (Estimated - Hamford Water), 7 Sanderling (Stone Point), Great White Egret, 10 Little Egret, 3 Swallow (John Weston reserve), 5 House Martin (Naze Tower), 4 Wheatear (♀ Hamford Water x2 - John Weston reserve x2), 20 Meadow Pipit (At least with numbers increasing!) Mick Woodruff 10:30 to 13:30 Overcast - Wind North Easterly light 19c/66f
Monday 20 Sep South Woodham Ferrers 2 Water Rail (Saltcoats), 400 Lapwing (heading inland), Snipe, Spotted Redshank (Clements Green Creek), 2 Buzzard (resident birds), 6 Cetti's Warbler (in various locations), 9 Chiffchaff (one singing), Reed Warbler (Saltcoats), Blackcap, Goldcrest (in tit flock), 26 Robin, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Yellowhammer (first for this site since 2014) Alan Shearring 09:15 to 13:00 North wind. Walk around patch north then through Saltcoats and Marsh Farm home.
Monday 20 Sep Mersea Island 200 Golden Plover, 6 Mediterranean Gull, 1000 Starling (1 Leucistic ), 2 Stonechat (A pr ), Yellow Wagtail Stephen Entwistle 09:00 to 13:00 STROOD CHANNEL seen by dougal urquhart
Monday 20 Sep Colchester 3 Grey Wagtail (moving around the river, Castle Park) Oliver Cottis 08:00 to 08:15
Monday 20 Sep Westley Heights Green Woodpecker, 3 Goldcrest (At least.) Andrew Cox 07:30 to 08:15 Overcast, breezy, cool.
Monday 20 Sep Naze, The 7 Brent Goose (North), Guillemot (On the sea first thing, close in and drifting towards Walton ), 2 Grey Heron (West, probably in off), Buzzard (Low in off and west), Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 House Martin, 5 Cetti's Warbler (Singing, 1 escarpment, 1 south of John Weston Reserve and 3 in it), 4 Chiffchaff (1 singing briefly ), Reed Warbler, 11 Blackcap, 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Song Thrush, Redstart (Female in exactly the same bush as Saturday - presumably the same bird - one of two on site today), Stonechat (On the common ), Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, 3 Grey Wagtail, 52 Meadow Pipit, Chinese Muntjac Brian Combes 06:40 to 10:30 overcast, northerly wind, mild, rising tide
Sunday 19 Sep Abberton Reservoir Garganey (fem type ), 60 Lapwing, 14 Black-tailed Godwit, 29 Ruff, Pectoral Sandpiper (juv.), Greenshank, 4 Great White Egret Marsh Stitchman 15:00 to 16:30
Sunday 19 Sep Mersea Island 2 Osprey (1 eating fish on post,another flying along pye fleet towards maydays watched by Dougal Urquhart ) Stephen Entwistle 13:00 to 13:15 This is my 301 entry visit this year( isn't that sad)
Sunday 19 Sep Abberton Reservoir 6 Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover (Juv), 32 Ruff, Pectoral Sandpiper (Juv Wig bay), 2 Green Sandpiper, White Stork (Soaring over causeways, presumably the Stanway bird), 22 Great White Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, Peregrine Falcon (Juvenile) Daryl Rhymes 11:00 to 14:30 Also Clouded Yellow Lodge Lane
Sunday 19 Sep TM1132 25 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 11 Wigeon, 130 Avocet, 120 Curlew, 200 Black-tailed Godwit, Knot, 250 Redshank, Common Tern, 30 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon (Large juv female harassing Shelduck) Matt Turner 09:45 to 11:45 Selected sightings before high tide Wigeon at TM1132 on 19 Sep 2021, (Matt Turner) ,
Sunday 19 Sep Mersea Island Shoveler (Eclipse male Cudmore grove pond SE,), 4 Gadwall (Cudmore Grove pond SE), 22 Wigeon (5 cudmore pond + 17 flyover SE), 2 Teal (Natural boating lake MC ), 25 Stock Dove (Reeves Hall marsh DU), 2 Little Grebe (Natural boating lake MC ), 25 Golden Plover (Strood channel DU ), 9 Ringed Plover (Rewsells marsh saltings , MC), Black-tailed Godwit (Natural boating lake MC), 28 Turnstone (Natural boating lake youth camp MC), Dunlin (Rewsells marsh salting MC), Common Sandpiper (Natural boating lake MC ), 152 Redshank (Natural boating lake MC), 2 Greenshank (1 Bowers hall marsh DU, 1 Strood channel DU ), 15 Common Tern (Pye fleet DU), 2 Marsh Harrier (1 Strood channel DU, 1 (red wing tagged presumed norfolk juvenile / Langenhoe DU.), 50 Swallow (Strood channel DU ), Whinchat (Strood channel DU ), 3 Wheatear (1 waldegraves seawall MT, 1 Strood channel DU, reeves hall marsh DU,), 4 Yellow Wagtail (Reeves hall marsh DU), 25 Chaffinch (Maydays grain barn SE) Stephen Entwistle 09:00 to 18:00
Sunday 19 Sep Beckton 3 Common Sandpiper, Iceland Gull (Adult), 29 Common Tern, Guillemot (downriver ), Little Egret, Kingfisher, Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff Gary A James 08:15 to 13:00 Cloud/mist/no wind
Sunday 19 Sep Thorndon CP (South) 3 Green Woodpecker, 20 Long-tailed Tit (At least. From three mixed flocks.), Blackcap, 3 Nuthatch, 3 Treecreeper, Mistle Thrush, Meadow Pipit, Linnet, Goldfinch Andrew Cox 08:10 to 09:20 Cloudy, mild.
Sunday 19 Sep Thurrock Thameside Nature Park (EWT) 8 Canada Goose (Golden Gates), 2 Greylag Goose (Mucking Bay), 261 Shelduck (In the managed retreat), 28 Shoveler (Five on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 10 Gadwall (Four Golden Gates, six on the pit to the south of the tip), 26 Wigeon (In the managed retreat), 93 Mallard (In the managed retreat), 70 Teal (Two each on Golden Gates and the pit to the south of the tip, the rest in the managed retreat), 7 Pochard (Golden Gates), 3 Moorhen (One Golden Gates, two on the pit to the south of the tip), 31 Coot (12 on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 5 Little Grebe (Five plus one striped juv on the pit to the south of the tip), 4 Great Crested Grebe (Singles Mucking Bay and the pit to the south of the tip, two Golden Gates.), 38 Ringed Plover (In the managed retreat), 16 Curlew (In the managed retreat), 82 Dunlin (In the managed retreat), Green Sandpiper (On the pit to the south of the tip), 81 Redshank (Mucking Bay), Sandwich Tern (Flying inland west over the tip calling), Guillemot (Mucking Bay), Sparrowhawk (Near the VC), 2 Ring-necked Parakeet (Golden Gates), Cetti's Warbler (Golden Gates), 4 Stonechat (Pairs near the VC and by the railway line), 75 Linnet (On wires by the VC), 33 Tufted Duck (One on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates) Paul Larkin 08:00 to 13:35 Sunny early, overcast later, light SE wind, HT
Sunday 19 Sep Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB Grey Plover, Curlew, 20 Redshank, 7 Little Egret, 2 Kestrel, 4 Bearded Tit (Juvenile and adults), 4 Wheatear Matt Trevillion 08:00 to 11:00 Sunny / Overcast Grey Plover at Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB on 19 Sep 2021, (Matt Trevillion) ,
Sunday 19 Sep Abberton Reservoir Garganey (Billets farm screen), 50 Wigeon (Wig Bay & billets farm), 60 Pintail (Wig Bay & billets farm), Ringed Plover (LBC), 20 Ruff (Wig Bay view point), Pectoral Sandpiper (Wig Bay view point, feeding with the Ruffs), Common Sandpiper (LBC), Green Sandpiper (LBC), 4 Common Tern (Over LdlHC seen from billets farm), 12 Great White Egret (Seen leaving the LBC roost at dawn), 40 Little Egret (Probably more, roosting off LBC), Marsh Harrier (F billets farm screen), 4 Swallow (Farm south of wig Bay view point), 2 Yellow Wagtail (Billets farm & Wig Bay) Tony Kennelly 06:30 to 09:15 Low water levels & lots of dead fish along the east side of LBC. Are the oxygen levels too low?
Saturday 18 Sep Russell Green GPs, near Chelmsford 3 Shoveler (feeding together in shallow weedy water on W side of main pit), Little Egret George Brown 17:20 to 17:30 Light cloud. SE wind.
Saturday 18 Sep Abberton Reservoir 100+ Wigeon, 100+ Pintail, 4 Black-tailed Godwit (Wig Bay), 23 Ruff (Wig Bay), Pectoral Sandpiper (Wigboro Bay), 8 Great White Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier (M & cream crown Billets Farm Screen) John Slee 17:00 to 18:00
Saturday 18 Sep West Canvey Marshes RSPB 4 Mallard, 2 Pintail, 6 Little Grebe, 30 Lapwing (Circa. ), 9 Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, 9 Greenshank, 100 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 2 Jackdaw, 3 Pied Wagtail, 5 Goldfinch David Hale 12:45 to 15:15 Dry, calm, hot & sunny, light breeze. Sightings with Brenda from road side screen.
Saturday 18 Sep Stapleford Tawney 5 Stock Dove, 3 Red Kite, Buzzard, Kingfisher (All records EWT Hawksmere Springs reserve ), Great Spotted Woodpecker Melvin Shepherd-Wells 11:30 to 12:30 Warm sunny dry no wind
Saturday 18 Sep Abberton Reservoir Garganey (Wigborough bay), Common Sandpiper (LB Causeway), 2 Green Sandpiper (LB Causeway), Mediterranean Gull (first winter - flew north from over LdLH causeway), 2 Common Tern, 18 Great White Egret (10 on the causeways, 8 Wigborough bay), Sparrowhawk (Wigborough bay), Marsh Harrier Mark Gregory 10:15 to 12:15 sunny, few clouds warm
Saturday 18 Sep Naze, The 100 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (+ mainly heading south in groups of 5 - 30 birds), 21 Grey Plover (flying south), 50 Ringed Plover (+), Bar-tailed Godwit (with Grey Plover), 2 Knot (with grey plover), 100 Sanderling (+), 100 Dunlin (+), 5 Sandwich Tern, Marsh Harrier (Stone Point), 2 Wheatear (on beach opp J W reserve) Martin Richards 10:00 to 14:00 from midday, clear sky and warm
Saturday 18 Sep Manningtree 20 Ringed Plover (+), 1000 Black-tailed Godwit (+ inc 3 CR birds), 3 Turnstone, Dunlin (Escaped Peregrine's attentions), Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 16 Greenshank (+), Mediterranean Gull (Roosting on fields behind Mistely Walls, with BHGs, then Mistley Quay, briefly ), 2 Osprey (1 distantly, towards Stutton, 1 briefly on pylon nr. Cattawade Bridge), 8 Buzzard (+), Kingfisher, 3 Kestrel (+), 2 Hobby (Upstream from Cattawade Bridge, Suffolk side), Peregrine Falcon (Juvenile chasing a Dunlin and possibly the same bird chasing Osprey off pylon) David L Smith 09:30 to 16:30 High tide c10:50 - downstream to Mistley Quay and then upstream above Cattawade Bridge
Saturday 18 Sep Mersea Island 2 Shoveler (Golf house AF), 20 Wigeon (Golf house marsh AF), 12 Teal (Golf house AF), 100 Grey Plover (Ivy dock AF ), 126 Ringed Plover (Ivy dock AF ), 100 Curlew (Ivy dock AF ), 6 Bar-tailed Godwit (Ivy dock AF ), 176 Black-tailed Godwit (Ivy dock AF), 140 Turnstone (Ivy dock AF ), 20 Knot (Ivy dock AF ), 62 Dunlin (Ivy dock AF), 150 Redshank (Ivy dock AF ), 6 Sandwich Tern (Ivy dock AF ), Osprey (Fishing in pye fleet 4.15pm off reeves hall SE), Sparrowhawk (Golf house AF), 2 Cetti's Warbler (Nr golf house AF), Wheatear (Ivy dock AF ), 4 Yellow Wagtail (Ivy dock AF ), 20 Linnet (Stone point AF ), 2 Yellowhammer (Males maydays seawall SE), 2 Reed Bunting (Maydays seawall SE) Stephen Entwistle 09:00 to 18:00
Saturday 18 Sep Layer Breton 30 Greylag Goose, 6 Shoveler, Pochard, 50 Black-headed Gull, 10 Cormorant, 5 Pied Wagtail Michael Davies 09:00 to 13:00 Dry, sunny Greylag Goose at Layer Breton on 18 Sep 2021, (Michael Davies) , , , , ,
Saturday 18 Sep Stanway Green White Stork (One of unknown origin in its favoured field below the landfill site.) Andrew Allen 08:30 to 08:30 Broken cloud. Only certain species recorded.
Saturday 18 Sep Tilbury 3 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Up river), 6 Shelduck (On foreshore in front of the fort), 28 Wigeon (Single flock up river), 40 Mallard (On foreshore in front of the fort), 59 Teal (On foreshore in front of the fort), 12 Avocet (East of the old P Stn jetty), 2 Bar-tailed Godwit (On foreshore in front of the fort), 2 Black-tailed Godwit (On foreshore in front of the fort), 7 Sandwich Tern (Up river with Common Terns), 181 Common Tern (Flocks of 26 up then down, 104 up river, 51 up high and SW) Paul Larkin 07:30 to 09:00 Broken cloud, light SE wind, rising tide
Saturday 18 Sep Naze, The 83 Brent Goose (South in small groups), Pintail (South), Eider, 101 Ringed Plover, 13 Turnstone, 64 Sanderling, 256 Dunlin (Stone Point lagoon ), 10 Sandwich Tern, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Marsh Harrier, 3 Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 9 Swallow (South), 4 House Martin (South), 7 Cetti's Warbler (Singing, 1 undercliff, 1 escarpment, 2 John Weston Reserve, 1 north end of Walton Marshes, 1 decoy ponds and 1 500m north of them), 5 Chiffchaff (1 singing), 2 Reed Warbler, 6 Blackcap, 6 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, Song Thrush, Redstart (Female, just SW of John Weston in hedge on west side of new flood embankment ), 5 Wheatear (3 by tidal lagoons, 2 towards Stone Point ), 15 Pied Wagtail, 15 Meadow Pipit (Mainly south), 4 Siskin (South) Brian Combes 06:40 to 12:50 SE wind, mainly overcast first thing - gradually clearing, warm, high tide
Saturday 18 Sep Frinton-on-Sea 553 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (good early push, flock sizes generally increasing as the day wore on), Shoveler, 383 Wigeon, 20 Pintail (8N 12S), 112 Teal, 23 Grey Plover, 45 Sandwich Tern (N), 49 Common Tern (N), 3 Arctic Skua, 33 Gannet (28N 5S) Paul Brayshaw 06:15 to 19:00 Initially light SSW1 then SSE, later E3. Good visibility initially then mod. Movement to south unless stated. Selected totals
Friday 17 Sep Great Totham Sparrowhawk (Harassed by small flock of starlings. Gt.Totham South.), Buzzard (Over Gt.Totham South.) Malcolm Corbett 17:30 to 17:30
Friday 17 Sep Stanway Green 22 Canada Goose, 8 Teal, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Little Grebe, 90 Lapwing, 50 Black-headed Gull, Mediterranean Gull, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 1000 Herring Gull, White Stork (distantly visible from the quarry for a couple of minutes), Buzzard, House Martin, Tufted Duck Oliver Cottis 17:00 to 17:30
Friday 17 Sep Braintree 3 Crossbill (flew over garden calling) Neil Murphy 15:00 to 15:00
Friday 17 Sep Peldon Dotterel (Winter adult, photos by jack hoy ,seen briefly on track from his 4×4.we on mersea are keeping watching all golden plover & lapwing flocks on strood as it moved could still be in area.) Stephen Entwistle 14:00 to 17:30
Friday 17 Sep Stanway Green White Stork (seen well between 1550 and 1615, flew off onto landfill), Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 20 Carrion Crow (+), 2 Meadow Pipit (+) Paul Everett 14:00 to 16:30 sunny, warm White Stork at Stanway Green on 17 Sep 2021, (Paul Everett) , , , ,
Friday 17 Sep Westley Heights Sparrowhawk (Possibly two.), 3 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Hobby (Adult, caught small unidentified bird, which it ate on the wing.), 10 Swallow (At least.), 15 House Martin (At least.), 4 Nuthatch (At least.), 2 Treecreeper (At least.) Andrew Cox 12:00 to 14:30 Sunny, some clouds. Breezy.
Friday 17 Sep Wivenhoe 2 Greylag Goose, 2 Redshank, 50 Black-headed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, 4 Magpie Michael Davies 12:00 to 13:00 Dry, cloudy, light wind, low tide River Colne Greylag Goose at Wivenhoe on 17 Sep 2021, (Michael Davies) , , , , ,
Friday 17 Sep Mersea Island 2 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (With pale-bellied brent SE,), Pale-bellied Brent Goose (Seen from seawall golf house over on brightingsea sewage pipeSE), 4 Coot (1 adult with 3 very young chicks,cudmore/golf dyke SE), 25 Golden Plover (Plus rewsalls marsh saltings SE ), 10 Grey Plover (Off cudmore grove SE ), 130 Ringed Plover (Off waldegraves DU ), 2 Bar-tailed Godwit (Natural boating lake DU ), 13 Black-tailed Godwit (9 off cudmore grove SE, 4 natural boating lake DU. ), 30 Turnstone (Off cudmore grove SE ), Sanderling (Tern island off waldergraves DU), Common Sandpiper (Natural boating lake DU ), 114 Redshank (Natural boating lake DU ), 18 Mediterranean Gull (Off cudmore grove SE ), Hobby (Cross lane DU ), 70 Swallow, Cetti's Warbler (Calling & showed well golf house Barrow dyke SE), 2 Willow Warbler (Rewsalls marsh saltings from coopers beach seawall SE ), Lesser Whitethroat (Rewsalls marsh saltings SE ), Whitethroat (Rewsalls marsh saltings SE ), 120 Starling (Plus rewsalls marsh saltings SE ), 8 Wheatear (Youth camp playing field DU ), 2 Yellow Wagtail (Youth camp DU ), 30 Meadow Pipit (Plus along coast off youth camp DU ), 150 Linnet (Rewsalls marsh saltings SE ) Stephen Entwistle 09:00 to 20:00
Friday 17 Sep Fingringhoe Wick NR EWT Oystercatcher (Leucistic individual on Intertidal area.), c140 Avocet (On Intertidal area), 26 Greenshank (On Scrape at high tide. Numbers seen elsewhere on reserve would indicate higher numbers present.), 2 Sandwich Tern (Possibly 3 over the estuary), Osprey (Approached from the direction of Alresford Creek chased by a flock of Avocet. Hovered briefly over the river in front of Robbies hide, then flew off lazily over Geedon saltings towards Mersea. Posts along Pyefleet Channel checked for perched bird but no sign.), 2 Buzzard (3 seen by another observer together with a Sparrowhawk), Whinchat John Thorogood 09:00 to 15:00
Friday 17 Sep Alresford 10 Greenshank, Sandwich Tern, 40 Swallow Richard Allen 09:00 to 13:00 Alresford Creek
Friday 17 Sep TQ7090 Kingfisher (Was on the island opposite. Dived and caught a fish while we were there) Les Finn 09:00 to 13:00 Sunny
Thursday 16 Sep Lofts Farm GPs, Heybridge 43 Mute Swan (27 Trout Lake, 16 Carp Lake.), 24 Egyptian Goose (Carp Lake. At least 21 flew north during visit.), 111 Little Egret (To roost on Carp Lake Island.), 2 Green Woodpecker Malcolm Corbett 18:00 to 19:50
Thursday 16 Sep Stanway GP White Stork (Recently present bird showing well by rubbish tip), 2 Buzzard, 8 Mistle Thrush Steve Grimwade 15:40 to 16:00 Selected highlights White Stork at Stanway GP on 16 Sep 2021, (Steve Grimwade) , , ,
Thursday 16 Sep Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB 2 Water Rail (calling at irongate) Oliver Cottis 14:00 to 15:00 forgot to add it to my other list
Thursday 16 Sep Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB 15 Shelduck, 60 Wigeon (roughly), 5 Oystercatcher, 50 Avocet, 20 Golden Plover, 50 Grey Plover, Whimbrel, 150 Curlew (roughly), 7 Bar-tailed Godwit, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Turnstone, 2 Little Stint (irongate), 3 Snipe, 4 Green Sandpiper, 150 Redshank (roughly), Common Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Spoonbill (presumably the Abberton birds, asleep on the far end of reserve), 14 Cattle Egret (12 with one group of cattle and 2 with another. Hard to count accurately as they move around a lot), 3 Grey Heron, 50 Little Egret (at-least), 4 Marsh Harrier (at-least), Buzzard, 10 Kestrel (all hovering adults at different parts of the reserve), Hobby (hawking dragonflies), 7 Bearded Tit (heard only), 3 Cetti's Warbler, Wheatear (far end of long walk), 25 Yellow Wagtail (roughly), 20 Meadow Pipit (roughly), 3 Reed Bunting Oliver Cottis 13:45 to 17:45 highlights
Thursday 16 Sep Lofts Farm GPs, Heybridge 8 Egyptian Goose, 10 Gadwall, 5 Pochard, Red Kite, Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, 20 Swallow, Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, Greenfinch Graham Barber 12:15 to 14:15
Thursday 16 Sep Chigborough Lakes 26 Gadwall, 12 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff Graham Barber 11:00 to 14:30
Thursday 16 Sep Wix 3 Peregrine Falcon (3 soaring together gently sparring and slowly moving east, all appeared to be juvs), 2 Mistle Thrush, Yellow Wagtail (1+ still about), Grey Wagtail (Heard flying over), 30 Meadow Pipit (+ regularly heard passing over) James Davidson 11:00 to 13:15
Thursday 16 Sep Wat Tyler CP, Pitsea Water Rail (Calling, southern end of the fleet.), 7 Black-tailed Godwit (Marina.), Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker (Calling, across the fleet.), Kestrel, 12 Bearded Tit (At least. Southern end of the fleet. Noisy & active.), 20 Swallow (At least.), 3 Blackcap (Two males, one female.), Grey Wagtail (Marina.), 33 Goldfinch (At least.) Andrew Cox 09:15 to 11:00 Sunny, warm.
Thursday 16 Sep Mersea Island 2 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Off ivy dock SE (first back for winter).), Pale-bellied Brent Goose (Off ivy dock SE), Shoveler (Fm golf house saltings pools SE), 9 Teal (Golf house saltings pools SE ), 23 Lapwing (Fields behind ivy dock SE ), 200 Golden Plover (Rewsalls marsh saltings DU ), 2 Bar-tailed Godwit (Off ivy dock SE ), 40 Turnstone (Plus off ivy dock SE ), 3 Knot (Off Ivy dock SE), 30 Dunlin (Plus off ivy dock SE ), Common Sandpiper (Natural boating lake youth camp DU ), 2 Mediterranean Gull (Rewsalls marsh saltings DU ), Great Black-backed Gull (Off ivy dock SE ), 350 Herring Gull (Offshore rewsalls marsh DU ), 4 Sandwich Tern (2 Offshore rewsalls marsh DU , 2 off ivy dock SE. ), 20 Common Tern (Offshore rewsalls marsh DU ), 20 Little Egret (Rewsalls marsh saltings DU), 100 Swallow (Plus along coast off youth DU ), 2 Wheatear (Youth camp DU ), 80 Meadow Pipit (Plus going west along coast off youth camp DU ), 2 Clouded Yellow (East Mersea A) Stephen Entwistle 09:00 to 20:00
Thursday 16 Sep Frinton-on-Sea 2 Red-throated Diver, 358 Swallow, 73 House Martin, 9 Yellow Wagtail, 6 Grey Wagtail, 165 Meadow Pipit (first notable autumn movement) Paul Brayshaw 06:15 to 17:00 Early watch then glances during the day. Selected totals, Movement to south unless stated
Wednesday 15 Sep Wix 6 Siskin (Flew over SE, first of autumn) James Davidson 17:50 to 17:50
Wednesday 15 Sep Fingringhoe Wick NR EWT 2 Sandwich Tern, 3 Common Tern, 4 Marsh Harrier, 9 Buzzard, Kingfisher, 3 Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon, Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat David L Smith 11:15 to 16:30 Low tide c13:30
Wednesday 15 Sep Bowers Marsh (RSPB) Pintail, Black-necked Grebe (WP.), Ringed Plover, 54 Black-tailed Godwit, Sparrowhawk, Marsh Harrier (Male, over tip.), Buzzard, 4 Kestrel, Hobby (Adult.), Bearded Tit (At least.), Redstart (Flashed across the road as we drove away (between church & A13).), 50 Goldfinch (At least.) Andrew Cox 10:20 to 11:50 Cloudy, occasional sun.
Wednesday 15 Sep Witham Swift (Feeding, whilst heading NE! ) David L Smith 09:55 to 09:55 Town Centre
Wednesday 15 Sep Abberton Reservoir 15 Egyptian Goose (Circa. One all white leucistic bird. LBC. ), 15 Wigeon, 50 Pintail (Circa), 50 Lapwing (Circa. ), 2 Black-tailed Godwit (Wig Bay. ), 17 Ruff (Most from Wig Bay screen. ), Green Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpiper (Still in front of Billets Farm screen. ), 500 Black-headed Gull (Plus), Common Gull (LDHC. ), 7 Common Tern (LDHC. ), 16 Grey Heron, 15 Great White Egret, 63 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier (Wig Bay), 3 Buzzard, Short-eared Owl (Abberton Church. Viewing point new fence too high to see over !.), 2 Kestrel, Jay, 3 Swallow (Wig Bay.) David Hale 09:35 to 16:30 Dry, sun & cloud, light breeze, 20c. Sightings with Brenda.
Wednesday 15 Sep Mersea Island 120 Curlew (Maydays MC ), 150 Black-tailed Godwit (Strood channel DU AF, ), 5 Greenshank (3 maydays MC, 2 strood channel DU AF, ), 6 Mediterranean Gull (Strood channel DU AF, ), 2 Sandwich Tern (Maydays MC ), 2 Common Tern (Strood channel DU AF, ), 14 Grey Heron (Maydays MC ), 2 Sparrowhawk (Maydays MC ), Marsh Harrier (Maydays MC, ), 12 Buzzard (5 Maydays MC, 7 strood channel DU AF, ), Kingfisher (Maydays MC ), 2 Sand Martin (Strood channel DU AF, ), 50 Swallow (Strood channel DU AF, ), Cetti's Warbler (Strood channel DU AF,), Whitethroat (Maydays MC, ), 2 Whinchat (1 strood channel DU AF, 1 maydays MC, ), Wheatear (Strood channel DU AF ), 7 Yellow Wagtail (1 maydays MC, 6 strood channel DU AF, ), 10 Meadow Pipit (4 strood channel DU AF, 6 maydays MC, ), 100 Linnet (Strood channel DU AF, ) Stephen Entwistle 09:00 to 14:00
Wednesday 15 Sep Lofts Farm GPs, Heybridge 21 Canada Goose (Carp Lake.), 32 Mute Swan (21 Trout Lake, 11 Carp Lake.), 12 Egyptian Goose (Carp lake.), 26 Gadwall, 3 Wigeon, 38 Mallard, 3 Pochard, 3 Moorhen, 210 Coot (81 Trout Lake, 129 Carp Lake.), 15 Little Grebe (3 Trout Lake, 12 Carp Lake.), 20 Great Crested Grebe (3 Trout Lake, 17 Carp Lake.), 2 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, Buzzard, Kingfisher (Carp Lake.), 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler (Heard only.), 6 Long-tailed Tit, Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 5 Robin, Yellow Wagtail, 33 Tufted Duck Malcolm Corbett 09:00 to 11:15 Cloudy, light NW wind.
Wednesday 15 Sep Thorndon CP (South) 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker (One juv.), 3 Nuthatch (At least.), Treecreeper (At least.) Andrew Cox 08:05 to 09:15 Cloudy, cool.
Wednesday 15 Sep Frinton-on-Sea 8 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 108 Wigeon, 12 Pintail, 293 Teal, 30 Common Scoter (28S 2N), Arctic Skua, Guillemot Paul Brayshaw 06:15 to 13:00 Early watch then glances during the day. Selected totals, Movement to south unless stated
Wednesday 15 Sep Stanway Green 50 Canada Goose, Shoveler, 5 Gadwall, 6 Teal, 4 Little Grebe, 38 Lapwing, White Stork (Same bird as yesterday evening. Definitely no ring on it. Flew west at 6:45, toward Warren Lane), Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, Tufted Duck (male) Oliver Cottis 06:00 to 07:00
Tuesday 14 Sep Stanway Green 67 Canada Goose, White Stork (In the quarry. Adult bird, with no obvious ring. Watched it until dark, do it definitely roosted on site.), 2 Tawny Owl Oliver Cottis 19:15 to 20:00 White Stork at Stanway Green on 14 Sep 2021, (Oliver Cottis) ,
Tuesday 14 Sep Canvey Island, Thames Estuary 8 Common Scoter (Flew upriver, then back down shortly after.), 20 Sandwich Tern (At least. ), 45 Common Tern (At least.), 2 Black Tern (Around the area all afternoon. One came fairly close just before 17:00.), 6 Great Skua (Settled out on the river until disturbed by a nearby boat's wash. Flew back east.), Arctic Skua (DP juv chasing terns. Close inshore at one point.) Andrew Cox 13:00 to 17:00 Misty, murky. Some rain. Mild.
Tuesday 14 Sep Abberton Reservoir 2 Garganey (From Abberton Church), 2 Ringed Plover, 55 Black-tailed Godwit, 24 Ruff, 3 Snipe, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, Redshank, Wood Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank, 17 Great White Egret, 70 Little Egret, Marsh Harrier (Female), 4 Yellow Wagtail Daryl Rhymes 09:15 to 15:00
Tuesday 14 Sep Mersea Island Greenshank (Strood channel DU ), 12 Sandwich Tern (Plus off golf house seawall MC), 60 House Martin (40 golf house/cudmore MC, 20 over wellhouse DU ), 2 Cetti's Warbler (Golf house to cudmore SE), Whitethroat (Golf house to cudmore MC), 1000 Starling (Strood channel/grebe DU), Wheatear (Golf house to cudmore MC ), Yellow Wagtail (Golf house to cudmore MC), 100 Linnet (Strood channel DU ) Stephen Entwistle 09:00 to 13:00
Tuesday 14 Sep Walton-on-The-Naze 48 Sanderling, 4 Sandwich Tern, Great White Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 7 Blackcap, Garden Warbler, 7 Lesser Whitethroat, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail Steve Grimwade 06:30 to 13:30 Selected highlights
Tuesday 14 Sep Naze, The 36 Sanderling, 4 Sandwich Tern, 2 Sparrowhawk (In air together, with a bit of sparring), Green Woodpecker, 14 Swallow (South), 3 Cetti's Warbler (Singing, 2 to the west of sycamore clump, 1 John Weston Reserve ), 3 Chiffchaff (One singing), 4 Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, Wheatear (Car park at end of session), Yellow Wagtail (South), 3 Grey Wagtail (2 south, 1 over sewage works ), 14 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit (South) Brian Combes 06:30 to 10:10 overcast with light rain, easterly wind, mild, ebbing tide; very light migration
Tuesday 14 Sep Frinton-on-Sea 53 Teal, 6 Red-throated Diver, Fulmar Paul Brayshaw 06:00 to 18:00 Early watch then glances during the day. Selected totals, Movement to south unless stated. Disappointing given a fresh ESE
Monday 13 Sep Blue House Farm EWT, North Fambridge Avocet, 14 Ringed Plover, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Ruff, Dunlin, 12 Snipe, 4 Green Sandpiper, Osprey (heading east, attempting to fish along the the Crouch), 2 Marsh Harrier (ad male, ad female), Buzzard, 4 Kestrel (+), Peregrine Falcon (juv), 2 Bearded Tit (+, heard only), 6 Skylark, 3 Wheatear, 2 Meadow Pipit, 6 Linnet Simon Satchell 15:00 to 19:15 wind NE, high tide ~17:50,
Monday 13 Sep East Tilbury 3 Pheasant, Brent Goose (First of autumn), 2 Mute Swan, 11 Shelduck, Gadwall, 6 Wigeon, 8 Mallard, 3 Teal, C.50 Stock Dove, 103 Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Water Rail (Heard), Moorhen, 4 Coot, 9 Little Grebe, 300 Avocet, 3 Ringed Plover, Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, 6 Bar-tailed Godwit, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Knot, 20 Dunlin, 2 Green Sandpiper, Redshank, 3 Greenshank, 200+ Black-headed Gull, 3 Common Gull, 6 Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 15 Yellow-legged Gull, 6 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 9 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk (Fem), Marsh Harrier (Imm.), Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine Falcon (Fem and juv), Jay, 6 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 4 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 2 Bearded Tit, C100 Swallow, 10 House Martin, 3 Chiffchaff, Whitethroat, Wren, Whinchat, Tree Pipit (Flyover - on call) Steve Swinney 14:00 to 18:00 Sun/clsoud mix NE10 gust 14mph swinging E. Greenshank at East Tilbury on 13 Sep 2021, (Steve Swinney)
Monday 13 Sep Wrabness 28 Mute Swan, Grey Plover, 2 Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, 18 Little Egret, Yellowhammer Peter Brittain 14:00 to 15:30 Fine
Monday 13 Sep Bateman's Tower, Brightlingsea 4 Grey Partridge, 15 Curlew (+), 3 Common Tern (1 ad, 2 juvs), Osprey (over Pyefleet Channel), 2 Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, Kestrel, 2 Wheatear, 6 Linnet, 50 Goldfinch (+), Reed Bunting (female) Liz Huxley 13:30 to 16:00
Monday 13 Sep Mersea Island 2 Red-legged Partridge (East road east Mersea SE), 15 Bar-tailed Godwit (Ivy dock MC ), 12 Knot (Off ivy dock MC ), Curlew Sandpiper (Juv off ivy dock MC), Green Sandpiper (Reeves hall pool SE), 12 Sandwich Tern (Ivy dock MC), Little Tern (Pye fleet off shop lane seawall SE ), Osprey (9.20am fishing in colne off langenhoe point MC), Sparrowhawk (Shoplane SE), 4 Marsh Harrier (3 juv,1 adult male SE), 30 Swallow (Shop lane SE), Chiffchaff (Shop lane SE ) Stephen Entwistle 09:00 to 18:00
Monday 13 Sep Abberton Reservoir 2 Garganey, 2 Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Ruff, Pectoral Sandpiper (juvenile), Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 7 Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier (juvenile) Steve Grimwade 09:00 to 10:00 Viewing from Abberton Church viewpoint Pectoral Sandpiper at Abberton Reservoir on 13 Sep 2021, (Steve Grimwade) ,
Monday 13 Sep Thorndon CP (South) 4 Mandarin Duck (Hatch Farm pond.), Sparrowhawk (Tussling with hobby (probably s juv.).), 2 Buzzard, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker (At least.), 2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Both heard calling, different locations: one from near the goats area, the other from the western edge of Jury Hill.), 4 Green Woodpecker (At least.), Hobby (Possibly two or three. Three sightings: the second was an adult, the 3rd looked to be a juv.), Coal Tit, 4 Swallow, 3 House Martin (At least.), Whitethroat, 4 Nuthatch (At least.), Treecreeper (At least.), 5 Mistle Thrush (Together, flying over.), Tree Pipit (Heard flying over.), 2 Bullfinch (At least.) Andrew Cox 08:10 to 13:30 Sun & cloud. Warm, breezy.