Brightlingsea 09:30 to 09:40, grey. cold
11 Skylark [Susie Jenkins]

North Weald 15:45 to 16:00, Crisp clear
39 Lapwing (In arable field Church lane near the cemetery ) 2 Mistle Thrush [Melvin Shepherd-Wells]

Waltham Abbey 09:00 to 13:00, Bright crisp & sunny... all sightings Breach Barns
1 Raven (Flew to Pylon) 1 Red Kite 10 Red-legged Partridge 1 Common Gull 6 Fieldfare 7 Redwing [Melvin Shepherd-Wells]

Hatfield Peverel 10:00 to 16:00, Dry, part cloud
2 Brambling (m & f) 3 Redwing (Feeding on holly) 1 Coal Tit 8 Goldfinch [Ken Hudgell]

Hanningfield Reservoir 10:00 to 12:00, Cold Northerly Wind, Brightening up by Midday
4 Goosander (Feeding near to RAWL hide, but mobile) 10 Goldeneye (Small flock of males and females - quite mobile) 1 Great Northern Diver (Close to, in front of RAWL hide, preening and fishing) 20 Teal (Small flocks feeding in margins, easily flushed) 20 Wigeon 20 Gadwall [Ben Green]

Norsey Wood, Billericay 11:30 to 13:00, Sunny
7 Siskin 3 Coal Tit [Jan Lewis]

Wivenhoe 13:00 to 13:00,
1 Redshank 1 Grey Plover 1 Robin [Michael Davies]

Wivenhoe 15:00 to 16:00, short walk along Colne estuary
4 Little Grebe 2 Great Crested Grebe 2 Little Egret 7 Shelduck 20 Avocet 1 Grey Plover 30 Lapwing 18 Dunlin 20 Curlew 5 Black-tailed Godwit 2 Green Woodpecker (feeding on flooded meadow anthills) 3 Skylark 5 Meadow Pipit 1 Rock Pipit 2 Stonechat 20 Reed Bunting (at least in flock together over saltmarsh) [Marsh Stitchman]

Tilbury 10:00 to 11:00, Light west wind, broken cloud, LT
5 Shelduck (On foreshore in front of the fort) 5 Avocet (On foreshore in front of the fort) 2 Redshank (On foreshore in front of the fort) 52 Teal (On STW outfall) 3 Gadwall (On STW outfall) 8 Mallard (On STW outfall) [Paul Larkin]

Langdon Hills NR EWT 08:00 to 08:30, Cloudy. Lincewood.
1 Green Woodpecker 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker (At least. Two drumming.) 1 Goldcrest (At least.) 1 Coal Tit (Heard calling.) 1 Nuthatch (Heard calling.) [Andrew Cox]