6 Nightingale (At least singing), 3 Blackcap [Brian Bolton]

1 Red Kite [Paul Shuttleworth]

14 Tufted Duck, 2 Grey Heron (juvs), 8 Coot (one nest), 1 Stock Dove, 1 Goldcrest (male), 2 Coal Tit (males), 4 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 3 Nuthatch (on territories), 2 Mistle Thrush (territorial males), 1 Grey Wagtail (male), 3 Greenfinch (males) [Martin Peers]

5 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow Wagtail (Male), 5 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat (Singing), 1 Willow Warbler (Singing), 3 Chiffchaff [Mike Harris]

1 Nightingale (Singing in same territory as last two years. Singing since 16th April. ), 1 Garden Warbler (Noticed singing for last two days. ), 4 Common Tern (Flying over), 1 Cetti's Warbler (Reduced in number during last four years, from 3 singing males. ), 1 Marsh Tit (Calling. Flitty. ), 4 Blackcap (4 singing male territories on site. ), 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Grey Wagtail (Nest around the canal here each year), 2 Great Crested Grebe (Nesting) [Andy Hawksworth]

1 Song Thrush (Under Oak tree in garden gathering nesting material) [Tony Faulkner]

4 Green Woodpecker (Three Lincewood, one Mark's Hill.), 5 Whitethroat (Singing males, all Willow Park.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Lesser Whitethroat (Singing male along Limebrook way hedgerow), 1 Whitethroat (Singing male along Limebrook way hedgerow), 6 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Greenfinch [Tony Kennelly]

1 Buzzard, 3 Wheatear, 1 Sand Martin, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat [Gary A James]

1 Snipe, 2 Ruff, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Sedge Warbler (Heard singing, couldn't locate), 2 Yellowhammer, 1 Reed Bunting (One calling), 1 Whitethroat (Heard one phrase, not seen), 1 Song Thrush, 1 Swallow [Matt Turner]

2 Cuckoo (Heard, not seen), 2 Whitethroat, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 12 Blackcap (9 male, 3 female), 3 Cetti's Warbler (1 seen, 2 heard only), 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Jay, 2 Song Thrush (I found a piece of camera equipment in disused hide on main lake. If anyone lost this when visiting please let me know and can arrange return.) [Tony Thomas]

5 Speckled Wood, 40 Blue Tit, 10 Great Tit, 6 Chiffchaff (Singing), 12 Blackcap (At least), 1 Goldcrest (Singing), 2 Coal Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Mallard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Heard only), 3 Song Thrush (2 heard, 1 seen), 4 Mistle Thrush, 20 Robin, 20 Blackbird, 4 Chaffinch (Singing), 1 Green Woodpecker (Heard only), 6 Swallow, 1 Jay, 2 Greenfinch [Thomas Gilbert]

1 Cuckoo (Heard.seen.photographed), 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Nightingale (Heard only), 20 Sand Martin (On beach cliff) [Peter Brittain]

10 Blackcap (singing males), 6 Willow Warbler (Singing males out numbering singing Chiffchaff, including interesting interaction. Willow Warbler “hovering “ and trilling as they chased around the favoured trees), 1 Garden Warbler (Singing high from tree top ), 1 Cuckoo (Heard only from east side of wood.), 1 Buzzard [Stephen Dutton]

2 Nightingale, 1 Lesser Whitethroat [Kevin Colling]

100 Brent Goose (At least.), 1 Sparrowhawk, 50 Black-tailed Godwit (Lagoon.), 3 Whimbrel (At least.), 2 Greenshank (Lagoon.), 1 Turnstone (Lagoon), 10 Mediterranean Gull (At least. Mainly from the slipway area & adjacent saltmarsh.), 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Sandwich Tern (Across from slipway.), 8 Common Tern (Slipway area.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Whitethroat, 1 Reed Warbler, 142 Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Great Crested Grebe, 11 Whimbrel, 38 Teal, 6 Buzzard, 2 Common Tern, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Pink-footed Goose (heading high west over the Crouch), 1 Cuckoo, 1 Swallow, 26 Stock Dove, 2 Tree Pipit (feeding on seawall), 1 Lesser Whitethroat [Alan Shearring]

1 Blackcap (Male singing) [Anthony Gales]

20 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Redshank, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Reed Warbler (Singing in reeds on lake), 10 Tufted Duck, 2 Common Tern, 1 Little Grebe (On lake), 1 Swallow [Thomas Gilbert]

1 Cattle Egret (mobile on Purfleet Marshes), 3 Little Egret, 3 Wigeon (2 males+ female - Butts scrape), 2 Buzzard, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Red Kite, 2 Hobby (behind shooting butts), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Snipe, 2 Curlew, 3 Whimbrel, 7 Avocet, 3 Ruff (target pools), 2 Mediterranean Gull (adults east along Thames), 1 Swallow, 4 Cetti's Warbler (seen + more singing), 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat [Mark Gregory]

1 Buzzard (Soaring over Waterglade Retail Park, being mobbed by gulls.) [Tony Faulkner]

1 Red Kite (High east at 10.20am) [David Jobbins]

8 Nightingale, 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Whitethroat (Singing near car park), 4 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Sedge Warbler [Thomas Gilbert]

1 Raven (While watching a high flying prey carrying M Harrier the Raven appeared from above, briefly harried it & then carried on its way W. over Colne ), 12 Sedge Warbler (Singing males), 2 Willow Warbler (Singing males), 1 Nightingale (Singing), 5 Wheatear, 5 Lesser Whitethroat (Singing males), 6 Whitethroat (Singing males), 1 Cuckoo (Calling), 1 Marsh Harrier (Male), 14 Lapwing (At least 7 pairs some displaying & sitting), 30 Sand Martin, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Yellowhammer, 4 Cetti's Warbler (Singing) [Chris Poole]

1 Cuckoo (Heard not seen), 1 Greenfinch (First one seen this year), 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Cetti's Warbler (At least; heard not seen), 5 Chiffchaff (At least; more heard), 6 Blackcap (At least - four seen at once; more heard), 2 Linnet, 1 Swallow, 1 Buzzard, 2 Mute Swan, 6 Tufted Duck (Three pairs) [Stephen Shelley]

2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Skylark (Singing Male.), 2 Swallow, 2 Mistle Thrush (Singing males.), 1 Lesser Whitethroat (Singing Male.), 3 Whitethroat (Singing males.), 2 Willow Warbler (Singing males.), 2 Goldcrest (Singing males.), 1 Linnet [Andrew Cox]

1 Garganey (Drake from Rawl Hide. ) [Andrew Wilson]

2 Lesser Whitethroat, 12 Greylag Goose (Four on the tip, eight Golden Gates), 2 Stonechat (Pair on the approach road), 2 Cuckoo (One by the creek, one Golden Gates), 3 Ring-necked Parakeet (By the outer car park), 8 Blackcap (One by the creek, the rest Golden Gates), 3 Chiffchaff (One by the outer car park, two Golden Gates), 1 Fieldfare (Golden Gates), 33 Coot (10 in the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 3 Cetti's Warbler (Golden Gates), 52 Tufted Duck (44(20 drakes) Golden Gates, eight (5 drakes) on the pit to the south of the tip), 7 Pochard (Including 3 drakes Golden Gates), 2 Goldeneye (Females Golden Gates), 5 Great Crested Grebe (Golden Gates), 8 Canada Goose (Golden Gates), 3 Reed Warbler (Golden Gates), 7 Mediterranean Gull (Five adults and 1st and 2nd summers hawking insects over the tip), 3 Buzzard (Soaring over the tip), 6 Little Grebe (On the pit to the south of the tip), 2 Stock Dove (Golden Gates), 538 Dunlin (In the managed retreat), 3 Whimbrel (In the managed retreat), 254 Black-tailed Godwit (In the managed retreat), 15 Teal (In the managed retreat), 3 Common Tern (On the river), 1 Turnstone (In the managed retreat), 45 Shelduck (In the managed retreat), 122 Redshank (In the managed retreat) [Paul Larkin]

1 Kestrel (Leaving nest site.), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Mistle Thrush (Singing Male.), 1 Lesser Whitethroat (Singing Male.), 1 Garden Warbler (Singing Male. Possibly two.), 1 Willow Warbler (Singing Male.), 3 Coal Tit, 4 Nuthatch (At least.), 1 Goldfinch (Singing male.), 1 Linnet (Singing Male.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Cetti's Warbler (Calling), 2 Lesser Whitethroat (Singing), 2 Whitethroat (Singing), 7 Reed Warbler (Singing), 1 Sedge Warbler (Singing), 3 Chiffchaff (Singing), 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Cuckoo (Calling) [Robert Pease]

1 Marsh Harrier (Female flying east), 1 Whimbrel (To east of bridge), 1 Knot (Single winter plumage still present) [Matt Turner] , ,

3 Mediterranean Gull (Adults), 8 Common Tern, 2 Wheatear, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Chiffchaff [Gary A James]

10 Red-legged Partridge (5 pairs), 1 Little Grebe (male), 5 Stock Dove (territories - my first complete survey here), 1 Kestrel (male on church tower), 1 Goldcrest (singing male), 1 Marsh Tit (singing male in usual territory), 2 Swallow (territories), 12 Chiffchaff (territorial males), 14 Blackcap (territorial males), 1 Lesser Whitethroat (male back on territory), 1 Nuthatch (singing - village), 7 Song Thrush (territories - my first complete count), 2 Mistle Thrush (territorial males - village [2018= 1]), 1 Nightingale (male - continued decline here: part of territory chopped down and planted with "lollipop" trees), 20 Linnet, 8 Yellowhammer (4 pairs - first complete survey here) [Martin Peers]

11 Whitethroat (Singing), 3 Mediterranean Gull, 12 Blackcap (Singing), 3 Whimbrel, 35 Sand Martin (+, around colony), 2 Wheatear, 7 Cetti's Warbler (Singing, 3 south of John Weston Reserve, 2 around the Reserve, 1 by decoy ponds and 1 in drainage ditch north of those ponds), 3 Lesser Whitethroat (Singing), 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Chiffchaff (Singing), 3 Willow Warbler (Singing), 1 Fulmar (South), 1 Cuckoo (Singing from Walton Hall Marshes, first of the spring ), 5 Sedge Warbler (Singing, Walton Hall Marshes ), 2 Buzzard, 21 Golden Plover (Walton Hall Marshes ), 1 Chinese Muntjac, 1 Red Fox (On salt marsh north of Cormorant Creek, jumped creek and made its way south across the mud) [Brian Combes]

1 Barn Owl (Calling. North of Captains Wood.) [Malcolm Corbett]

2 Yellow Wagtail (First sighting here in 15 years) [Anthony Gales]

1 Knot (winter plumage Knot still feeding by bridge), 5 Avocet, 1 Peregrine Falcon (On top of pylon), 5 Dark-bellied Brent Goose [Matt Turner]

6 Nightingale (Singing males - maybe more), 8 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Jay, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Slow-worm, 1 Grass Snake, 1 Adder [David Pallash] , ,

4 Crane (Circling over Rayne heading towards gt Leighs and chelmsford), 2 Buzzard [Chris Turner]

50 Sand Martin (+or - lots of holes being excavated), 1 Peregrine Falcon (male flew in to attack Sand Martins), 3 Buzzard (together distantly) [Ashley Gooding]

5 Nightingale (Heard and one seen), 8 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Swallow, 8 Chiffchaff [Emma Robinson] ,

4 Raven (A pair appeared overhead whilst I was working at the cricket ground which were joined by another pair. One lingered for some time wheeling high above Weald Park (Ravens are normally solitary / in pairs but I have seen small groups previously on my visits to Sicily)), 3 Swallow, 3 Sparrowhawk (2 females spaddinv, and a male) [Andrew Stroud] , , , , ,

2 Mediterranean Gull ((all sightings from just West of mill)adults high over), 2 Swallow, 4 Sand Martin, 2 Little Ringed Plover (pair seen mating), 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Cetti's Warbler (heard), 1 Sedge Warbler (singing), 3 Buzzard [Ashley Gooding]

26 Black-tailed Godwit (On foreshore in front of the fort), 2 Shelduck (On foreshore in front of the fort), 4 Teal (On STW outfall) [Paul Larkin]

8 Nightingale (Circa. VC entrance old road, alive with song & showing birds.), 4 Blackcap (2 pair. Probably more. Old road.), 6 Chiffchaff (Circa. Heard only. Old road.), 4 Yellow Wagtail (Billets Farm.), 20 Skylark (Circa.), 15 Common Tern (At least.), 2 Swallow (Billets Farm.), 4 Goldeneye (I drake, 3 female. LBC.), 2 Scaup (Pair, LDH.), 20 Little Egret (Circa, LBC.), 9 Grey Heron, 4 Mallard (Females with broods of 1,4,7 & 10. ), 1 Common Sandpiper (Billets Farm screen. ), 3 Greenshank (2 LDH, 1 Wig Bay screen.), 2 Egyptian Goose, 3 Buzzard (LBC.), 2 Wigeon (Pair.), 1 Ring-necked Duck [David Hale]

1 Swift (Seen briefly whilst stuck in traffic on A12) [Matt Turner]

1 Garganey (Drake from RAWL hide) [David Jobbins]

1 Willow Warbler (singing East of LDLH causeway), 3 Scaup (2 males and 1 female East of LDLH causeway), 1 Cuckoo (flew over billets screen), 2 Mediterranean Gull (adults high over billets screen), 2 Corn Bunting (males singing billets), 1 Whitethroat (snatch of song near billets), 1 Green Sandpiper (LDLH causeway edge) [Ashley Gooding]

4 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (North 08.20), 1 Greenshank, 8 Mediterranean Gull (over), 1 Sandwich Tern, 8 Common Tern, 5 Wheatear, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 12 Blackcap [Gary A James]

2 Shelduck, 4 Gadwall (2 pairs), 30 Teal, 1 Oystercatcher, 4 Lapwing (2 pairs [failed elsewhere?] - males displaying), 3 Redshank (pair + guarding male), 1 Snipe, 1 Goldcrest (Broomhouse farm), 1 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Whitethroat (males), 4 Sedge Warbler (singing males [my best here since 2016]), 3 Reed Warbler (singing males), 3 Reed Bunting (territories) [Martin Peers]

6 Whitethroat (singing males), 1 Cetti's Warbler (singing male still on territory), 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 5 Whimbrel, 4 Common Tern, 9 Mediterranean Gull, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Blackcap, 5 Swallow, 1 Spotted Redshank (Calling over Crouch towards Wallasea), 1 Turnstone, 25 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Avocet, 2 Wheatear (male and female), 24 Corn Bunting (including 14 singing individuals) [Steven Swaby]

1 Cuckoo (Mobile singing male), 4 Reed Warbler, 6 Sedge Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Greenshank, 200 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 20 Avocet, 50 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 20 Common Tern, 2 Mediterranean Gull (Flying over gull colony), 200 Black-headed Gull, 6 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Whimbrel, 20 Curlew, 20 Oystercatcher, 2 Wigeon, 50 Teal, 50 Shelduck, 4 Swallow, 2 Greenfinch, 10 Linnet [Tony Kennelly]

1 Wheatear (female - Tyler's common), 2 Swallow (Boyle's Court), 3 Redwing (Dark Lane), 1 Goldcrest (singing - Dark Lane), 20 Starling (Boyle's Court), 5 Fieldfare (in grazing fields - Boyle's Court), 30 Jackdaw, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Mistle Thrush [Andrew Stroud]

2 House Martin ( First birds back to usual breeding area in Flitch Green) [Brian Bolton]

1 Marsh Harrier (Adult Male.), 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Snipe (At least.), 2 Whimbrel (Settled for a while, before flying off.), 200 Black-tailed Godwit (Approx.), 4 Ruff, 3 Greenshank, 1 Spotted Redshank (Moulting into summer plumage.), 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Swallow (At least.), 20 Sand Martin (At least.), 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Sedge Warbler (Singing, western end. Not seen.), 2 Bearded Tit (At least. Western end.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Mediterranean Gull (Adult summer paired up with Black-headed Gull), 10 Sand Martin, 2 House Martin, 10 House Sparrow, 10 Greenfinch, 30 Starling [Lee G R Evans]

1 Black Tern (Seen between causeways then overhead at LDH heading east), 20 Yellow Wagtail (+ Billets Farm), 2 Scaup (Pair close west of LDH), 2 Long-tailed Duck (Pair in front of Gwens hide), 1 Greenshank (Heard calling near Billets, not seen), 1 Green Sandpiper (Flight calling LDH, not seen), 20 Common Tern (+), 3 Swallow [Matt Turner] , , , ,

1 Black Tern, 2 Long-tailed Duck, 2 Scaup, 43 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Greenshank, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Marsh Harrier [Sean Nixon] , ,

4 Whimbrel (Flying very close inshore ) [Peter Brittain]

7 Linnet, 2 Blackcap, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Nightingale (Heard two singing in different areas then, whilst I stood listening to one singing,two flew behind me into another bush.) [Peter Brittain]

3 Nightingale (One seen and a further two heard.), 1 Cuckoo (Seen and heard), 3 Blackcap (Heard only), 3 Chiffchaff (Seen and heard) [Robert Pease]

1 Cuckoo (Flew over car) [David Pallash]

9 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Marsh Tit [Martin Henry]

8 Mute Swan (Pairs nesting on Main and Pochard Lakes. Pairs on Bean Mere and private lake just south of reserve.), 1 Garganey (Male. Gadwall Lake. Briefly out in open for good views at 11:00 then very elusive.), 5 Mallard (Pair with three young. Gadwall Lake.), 4 Little Grebe (Pairs on Main and Pochard Lakes.), 4 Great Crested Grebe (Pair nesting Gadwall Lake. Pair Pochard Lake.), 10 Grey Heron (+. Heronry.), 20 Little Egret (+. Heronry.), 50 Cormorant (Circa. Heronry. 20+ occupied nests.), 1 Buzzard (Heard only.), 2 Collared Dove (Pair.), 1 Cuckoo (Calling from Rook Hall.), 1 Green Woodpecker (Heard only.), 4 Cetti's Warbler (One seen, three heard only. All near Main Lake.), 11 Chiffchaff (Five singing, others contact calls only.), 1 Sedge Warbler (Singing.), 2 Reed Warbler (Singing.), 14 Blackcap (All males.), 1 Whitethroat, 13 Wren (Singing.), 8 Robin (Singing.), 2 Chaffinch (Pair.), 2 Brimstone (Male and female. Large, Small and Green-veined White, Orange Tip, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock, Comma and Speckled Wood also seen.) [Malcolm Corbett]

2 Snipe, 23 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 11 Blackcap, 8 Sedge Warbler, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Kestrel, 3 Little Egret, 1 Barn Owl, 4 Marsh Harrier (2 male, 2 female), 21 Redshank, 12 Skylark (+), 2 Curlew, 2 Reed Warbler, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 10 Reed Bunting (+), 1 Buzzard, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Ruff, 4 Whitethroat, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Raven, 10 Swallow, 1 Stonechat, 2 Bearded Tit (+, heard) [Simon Satchell]

4 Mute Swan (Pairs on large and small lake.), 2 Egyptian Goose (Flew from large lake.), 15 Shelduck, 10 Pochard, 26 Tufted Duck, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Common Tern, 2 Skylark (Singing.), 1 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler (Heard only.), 1 Chiffchaff (Singing.), 6 Blackcap (Singing.), 1 Song Thrush (Singing.), 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting (Female.) [Malcolm Corbett]

5 Common Tern, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler (Heard only), 1 Sedge Warbler (Heard only) [Robert Pease]

1 Cuckoo, 3 Nightingale [Paul Gymer]

1 Buzzard, 2 Nightingale, 1 Willow Warbler [Paul Gymer]

8 Chiffchaff, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Cetti's Warbler (BHF), 16 Blackcap, 3 Sedge Warbler (All BHF), 2 Reed Warbler (Both Riverside Park, Burnham), 14 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler (Burnham), 2 Yellowhammer (singing males, BHF), 3 Bearded Tit (BWA hide, BHF), 22 Great Crested Grebe (All summer-pl ads, Crouch), 23 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Barn Owl, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Wheatear, 2 Stonechat (Pair perched on fence with Wheatear, Althorne), 1 Bullfinch (Creeksea), 1 Tree Pipit (flushed calling from edge of reserve), 1 Snipe, 4 Ruff (Round Marsh, BHF), 3 Greenshank, 20 Whimbrel, 5 Common Tern, 7 Corn Bunting (singing males, BHF and Althorne), 22 Golden Plover, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Buzzard [Steven Swaby]

2 Snipe, 1 Stonechat (Male), 14 Tufted Duck, 2 Pochard (Pair), 4 Sedge Warbler, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Great Crested Grebe (On the river), 1 Barn Owl, 3 Mediterranean Gull (Adults over), 2 Whimbrel, 49 Grey Plover, 1 Shoveler (Drake), 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Red Kite (To the west over the old landfill), 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Greenshank, 4 Swallow (North), 141 Teal, 4 Common Tern, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 37 Curlew, 951 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Knot, 29 Dunlin [Paul Larkin]

1 Chiffchaff (ACTUALLY IBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF BUT THIS SITE STILL UNABLE TO ACCEPT THIS SPECIES. Bird singing by farm pond at 6:40 for a few minutes before disappearing. Relocated by other birders later in the morning and photographed by Simon Cox. ) [Brian Combes]

8 Blackcap (Singing), 3 Whitethroat (Singing), 25 Sand Martin (+, around colony ), 5 Cetti's Warbler (Singing, 2 around John Weston Reserve and 3 south of it), 12 Swallow (A trickle moving north), 6 Chiffchaff (Singing), 1 Wheatear, 1 Brambling (North), 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 6 Goldcrest, 1 Willow Warbler (Singing), 1 Buzzard, 7 House Martin (North ), 1 Chinese Muntjac [Brian Combes]

2 Garganey (Pair from Billets screen), 2 Little Gull (ads. Wigborough Bay), 4 Whimbrel, 1 Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Wheatear (Billets), 50 Yellow Wagtail (Minimum, Billets), 8 Common Tern, 1 Marsh Harrier (male), 4 Corn Bunting [Sean Nixon] , , , ,

1 Little Owl, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Kestrel [David Allen]

1 Black Kite (Flew in from SE and drifted W over the town, rising higher (15:18–15:20)) [Steven Swaby]

2 Bullfinch (Pair), 2 Willow Warbler (Singing about 50m apart, also several Chiffchaff and Blackcaps) [Stephen Dutton]

3 Buzzard (Circling over Riverside Estate/Roman Road) [Sean Nixon]

3 Nightingale, 2 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff [Paul Chamberlain] , ,

1 Garganey, 1 Great White Egret, 3 Nightingale, 10 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 17 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Egyptian Goose, 2 Long-tailed Duck, 1 Greenshank, 1 Buzzard, 23 Little Egret, 1 Reed Bunting [David Allen]

2 Wood Pigeon (On nest in garden), 30 Blue Tit (Pair at nest box and mating in garden), 20 Great Tit, 1 Coal Tit (Singing), 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Sparrowhawk (2f displaying and 1m yesterday), 10 Blackcap (Lots singing at Galleywood Common, male in garden yesterday), 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Buzzard, 2 Pheasant, 2 Grey Squirrel, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Green Woodpecker (Heard only) [Thomas Gilbert]

1 Buzzard (Heard only.), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Drumming.), 4 Jay, 25 Blue Tit (+.), 15 Great Tit (+.), 5 Skylark (Singing over adjacent fields.), 4 Long-tailed Tit (Two pair.), 13 Chiffchaff (Including eight singing.), 11 Blackcap (Nine male, two female.), 10 Wren (Singing.), 11 Robin (Singing.), 2 Chaffinch (Pair.) [Malcolm Corbett]

1 Cetti's Warbler (Burst of song 6 times at least along canal adjacent to Tesco carpark), 1 Willow Warbler (Also along canal) [Brian Bolton]

1 Chiffchaff (ACTUALLY IBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF BUT THE EBWS SITE APPEARS UNABLE TO ACCEPT THE SPECIES!!! Bird singing in double hedge 100m north of farm pond. Initially singing just after 7:00; also heard at this time by Darrell Stile. We then heard the bird sing and call, on and off, until 8:30. Brief views gave the impression of a pale bellied bird with a relatively strong supercilium. Song and call were recorded and are diagnostic for this species. Not relocated. A real surprise and a real delight!!) [Brian Combes]

5 Nightingale (4 singing along old road near vis centre 2 seen and 1 in thicket N end of L.B Causeway), 6 Blackcap (5 singing males and 2 females seen), 6 Chiffchaff (Singing males ), 4 Wren (+ singing 2 seen), 5 Common Tern (both causeways), 1 Great White Egret (From L.D.L.H. Causeway), 1 Ring-necked Duck (With Tufted duck west side L.B. Causeway) [Paul Fletcher] , , ,

3 Whitethroat (Singing, first of the spring), 20 Sand Martin (+, around colony and a few north), 6 Cetti's Warbler (Singing, 3 around John Weston Reserve and 3 south of it), 7 Blackcap (Singing), 4 Goldcrest, 6 Chiffchaff (Singing), 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Mediterranean Gull, 3 Willow Warbler (Singing), 1 Whimbrel (Heard, first of the spring), 2 House Martin, 2 Swallow, 1 Chinese Muntjac, 1 Eider (North), 1 Firecrest (Singing, by sewage works ) [Brian Combes]

1 Little Ringed Plover (Still on splodge, got pics this time), 1 Greenshank [Matt Turner] ,

1 Ring-necked Duck, 8 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Swallow, 1 Whitethroat (Old road), 7 Blackcap, 1 Nightingale (Old road), 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Green Sandpiper [Sean Nixon]

8 Redwing (In paddock,far side), 2 Linnet, 1 Swallow (First Ive seen this year), 1 Wren, 2 Blackcap, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Cuckoo (Heard only once,last year it turned up on the 14th), 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff [Peter Brittain]

1 Ring-necked Duck (Drake NW of LB c/way), 1 Great White Egret (NW of LdlH c/way), 1 Willow Warbler (N of LB c/way), 1 Cuckoo (At W end) [Sean Nixon] ,

1 Red Kite (low over The Lawns, Berwick Lane ) [Andrew Stroud]

1 Ring-necked Duck (Drake NW of Layer Breton causeway, asleep most of the time at 12.30p.m.; still there at 5.30p.m. when diving then bathing and preening. Ringed on right leg.), 1 Cuckoo (heard cuckooing W of Layer Breton causeway), 43 Yellow Wagtail (at grass field behind Billets Farm buildings. 10 here at 2p.m. then 43 at 5p.m.), 1 White Wagtail (SE of Layer-de-la-Haye causeway at 3p.m.), 1 Corn Bunting (seen from Billets Farm observation screen, 2.10p.m.), 2 Little Ringed Plover (pair, Layer-de-la-Haye causeway), 3 Scaup (Pair + another drake nearby W of Layer-de-la-Haye causeway, 3.15p.m.), 20 Goldeneye (seen from Gwen's Hide) [George Brown]

1 Redstart (Male in garden) [Clive Atkins]

1 Scaup, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Red Kite, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Nightingale, 1 Cuckoo, 10 Common Tern, 1 Blackcap, 1 Skylark [Yvonne Watling]

2 Buzzard (coasting west to east ), 2 Buzzard (soaring west to east, might be local pair. These birds were seen 14.10 hrs), 1 Black Kite (coasting with occasional short soaring flights south to north. Positive ID seen at 14.25. First ever here.) [Jeff Martin]

12 Yellow Wagtail, 11 Corn Bunting, 35 Avocet, 20 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Buzzard, 1 Marsh Harrier, 6 Sand Martin [Sean Huggins]

57 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose, 19 Mallard (Pair with 12 young. Female with 4 young.), 50 Teal (circa.), 10 Pochard (+.), 40 Tufted Duck (circa.), 1 Red Kite (Flew north over pit from Promenade.), 1000 Black-headed Gull (+.), 1 Kestrel (Male.), 11 Cetti's Warbler (Three seen. Others heard only.), 7 Chiffchaff (Singing.), 1 Reed Warbler (Singing.), 10 Blackcap (Singing.), 1 Song Thrush, 12 House Sparrow (+.), 3 Greenfinch (Singing.) [Malcolm Corbett]

5 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander (pair below Abberton church), 24 Little Egret (including 20 at heronry), 1 Sparrowhawk (male LB), 2 Oystercatcher (pair LDLH), 1 Lapwing (flew over LB), 1 Common Sandpiper (LB), 1 Green Sandpiper (Hide Bay), 1 Snipe (Billets), 3 Kestrel (territories), 20 Skylark (circa - territorial males), 2 Cetti's Warbler (LB), 13 Chiffchaff (males), 4 Willow Warbler (males), 15 Blackcap (males), 2 Nightingale (males singing and establishing territories - permissive path near VC), 4 Yellow Wagtail (Billets Farm), 1 White Wagtail (LDLH), 10 Meadow Pipit (Billets Farm), 3 Corn Bunting (singing males -LB(1); BF(2)), 15 Common Tern [Martin Peers]

36 Turnstone, 48 Black-tailed Godwit, 35 Redshank, 17 Teal, 1 Little Ringed Plover (On splodge), 1 Greenshank, 1 Marsh Harrier (Male flying north), 4 Avocet, 1 Egyptian Goose, 9 Oystercatcher, 9 Gadwall, 1 Knot, 1 Swallow (First I've seen here this year), 1 Ruff (Very distant brief view in flight), 1 Red-legged Partridge [Matt Turner] ,

1 Willow Warbler (Singing by Manningtree Station approach road ), 2 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff [James Davidson]

1 Lesser Whitethroat (one singing male) [Alan Harris]

26 Yellow Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail, 2 Corn Bunting, 5 Common Tern [Sean Nixon] , , , , , ,

1 Red Kite (One was also seen over Tiptree at 1 pm by a reliable observer), 1 Buzzard, 4 Lapwing, 1 Blackcap (male) [David Allen]

116 Golden Plover (on arable field beside B1417 N of Bannister Green) [George Brown]

8 Teal, 2 Mandarin Duck (Pr), 2 Little Egret, 4 Buzzard (2Pr), 2 Lapwing (Pr), 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Snipe, 50 Fieldfare (Minimum) [Mike Harris]

1 Song Thrush, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Wren, 2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Buzzard, 1 Swallow, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Mandarin Duck (Male - along Roman River ), 1 Green Woodpecker (Heard), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (drumming ) [Emma Robinson]

30 Canada Goose (+.), 50 Greylag Goose (+.), 16 Pochard, 8 Great Crested Grebe (Four pair.), 1 Buzzard, 200 Black-headed Gull (+.), 4 Common Tern, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay (Pair.), 1 Skylark (Singing.), 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail, 6 Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting (Male.) [Malcolm Corbett]

1 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat [Paul Saward]

6 Mute Swan (Pair Bean Mere and pairs nesting on Main and Pochard Lakes.), 2 Gadwall (Pair Teal Pond.), 2 Pochard (Pair Gadwall Lake.), 8 Tufted Duck (Three male, three female Gadwall Lake. Pair Bean Mere.), 5 Little Grebe (Two pair Pochard Lake. One Main Lake.), 5 Great Crested Grebe (Two pair Pochard Lake. One Bean Mere.), 9 Little Egret (Heronry. Some nesting.), 45 Cormorant (+. 20+ occupied nests. Heronry.), 1 Buzzard ( ), 1 Cetti's Warbler (North of Main Lake. Heard only.), 7 Chiffchaff (Singing.), 12 Blackcap (Singing.), 13 Wren (Singing.), 9 Robin (Singing.) [Malcolm Corbett]

2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Water Rail, 5 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Dunlin (summer plumage) [Alan Shearring]

1 Cetti's Warbler (near Tesco Maldon), 3 Lesser Whitethroat (Two south of river, either side of by-pass, the third near Tesco), 17 Teal, 4 Shelduck, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Linnet, 4 Greenfinch [Paul Gymer]

6 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap (+), 9 Red-crested Pochard (8 drakes, 1 female), 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Redwing, 120 Wigeon (+), 1 Marsh Harrier (female), 15 Shelduck, 2 Garganey (pair, Rawl Hide), 1 Common Sandpiper (Rawl Hide), 2 Common Tern, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Treecreeper [Simon Satchell]

2 Great White Egret (In sluice with 2 little egret & 1 grey heron!), 4 Common Tern, 40 Mute Swan, 10 Great Crested Grebe (1 pair carrying out mating display) [Tony Kennelly]

4 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Nuthatch, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Drumming males), 1 Buzzard (Heard calling over), 1 Mistle Thrush (Singing male), 2 Red-legged Partridge (In arable field) [Tony Kennelly]

f merlin, Greenshank, 6 Ruff, 2 Wheatear (ATw) Short-eared Owl, 4 Avocet (ATw) pr Kingfisher (HTV) 9 Med Gulls, 20 Curlew, 10 Swallow, House Martin (ATw, HTV)

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Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warbler (Mike Limehouse)

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m Smew, 2 Wheatear (ARe)

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m Redstart (HTV)

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m Cuckoo (Mike Limehouse)

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m Scaup, 10 Shelduck, 31 Shoveler, 2m Brambling, Common Sandpiper, 3 Goldeneye, 2 Reed Warbler, 15 Blackcap, 2 Willow Warbler, 3 Reed Bunting, Peregrine, Water Rail (Walthamstow Birders)

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2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Green Sandpiper, 20 Swallow (+), 2 Sand Martin, 6 House Martin (+), 2 White Wagtail, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Chiffchaff [Mike Harris]

1 Wheatear ((m) in field opposite Harbour Lights rest. Titchmarsh Marina.) [Ron Colson]

50 Fieldfare (Flock in fields with 2 Redwing near Birch Hardy's Green) [Barbara Leport]

2 Robin (Adult feeding young bird in back garden), 3 Blackcap (2 singing males and a female - La Plata Wood), 2 Goldfinch, 1 Stock Dove [Andrew Stroud]

1 Chiffchaff, 1 Yellowhammer, 1 Kestrel, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Jay, 7 Redwing (In horse paddock) [Peter Brittain]

2 Long-tailed Duck (LDLH), 6 Common Tern (LDLH), 2 Little Ringed Plover (LDLH), 6 Yellow Wagtail (Billets farm), 1 Green Sandpiper (LB), 1 Great White Egret (LB), 20 Swallow (LB), 20 Sand Martin (LDLH), 2 Corn Bunting (LB), 3 Willow Warbler (Singing Layer Breton causeway), 1 White Wagtail (LDLH) [Barbara Leport]

1 Song Thrush (Still appearing in back garden. Just spent a week in Suffolk, never spotted one.) [David Hale] ,

1 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 20 Skylark (+), 65 Linnet (+, including 2 flocks of 20+ that joined briefly.), 9 Reed Bunting, 3 Curlew, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 160 Teal, 32 Wigeon, 47 Avocet, 2 Ringed Plover, 6 Ruff, 145 Shoveler, 31 Mallard, 6 Pochard, 63 Shelduck, 10 Swallow (+), 9 Gadwall, 105 Golden Plover, 8 Meadow Pipit, 2 Marsh Harrier (females), 5 Grey Heron (+), 4 Little Egret, 5 Little Grebe, 6 Tufted Duck, 3 Bearded Tit (+), 2 Kestrel, 3 Buzzard, 38 Stock Dove, 8 Oystercatcher, 1 Corn Bunting, 9 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Whimbrel, 1 Ring Ouzel (At east end of reserve, flew towards Althorne.), 1 Snipe, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Green Woodpecker [Simon Satchell]

1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 6 Green Woodpecker (At least four territories.), 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker (At least.), 2 Mistle Thrush (One singing.), 1 Song Thrush, 2 Goldcrest (Singing males.), 1 Firecrest (Singing Male.. ), 5 Coal Tit (At least.), 9 Nuthatch (At least. Six-nine territories.), 2 Treecreeper (One collecting material & taking it to a nest site; plus a singing Male elsewhere.), 4 Goldfinch, 2 Raven (Pair.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Pochard, 1 Snipe, 20 Redshank, 2 Arctic Tern, 28 Common Tern, 1 Swallow, 2 Sand Martin, 1 Ring Ouzel (male), 3 Blackcap [Gary A James]

1 Brambling (Male, under our garden bird feeders. Northwest Chelmsford) [Andrew Allen]

2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kestrel, 2 Peregrine Falcon (1 on fence post by railway seen from 1st & 2nd hides, 1 flew east from 3rd hide), 1 Snipe, 2 Corn Bunting (Singing males by seawall), 30 Golden Plover (High tide roost), 20 Black-tailed Godwit (High tide roost), 2 Swallow, 2 Blackcap (Only warblers heard during my visit!), 3 Ruff, 20 Avocet, 20 Lapwing, 1 Curlew, 12 Wigeon [Tony Kennelly]

Buzzard, Kestrel, 4pr Green Woodpecker, 3pr Great Spotted Woodpecker, pr Mistle Thrush, m Song Thrush, 2m Goldcrest, m Firecrest, 5 Coal Tit, 9pr Nuthatch, pr Treecreeper, 4 Goldfinch, pr Raven (ACo)

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Pochard, Snipe, 20 Redshank, 2 Arctic Tern, 28 Common Tern, 1 Swallow, 2 Sand Martin, m Ring Ouzel, 3 Blackcap (GAJ)

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1 Red Kite (Low over Ongar Road / Coxtie Green Road junction), 2 Ring-necked Parakeet [Andrew Stroud]

1 Scaup (Drake W of ldlH c/way), 7 Common Tern, 18 Yellow Wagtail, 2 White Wagtail (LB c/way), 9 Pied Wagtail, 29 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 5 Little Ringed Plover [Sean Nixon] , , , , , ,

1 Nightingale, 6 Lesser Redpoll, 10 Chiffchaff, 1 Nuthatch [David Pallash]

1 Cuckoo (Heard only, Rook Hall lake), 1 Willow Warbler, 6 Pochard (+), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker [Andrew Allen]

1 Garganey (Male, SE part of flood.), 15 Avocet, 2 Black-winged Stilt, 170 Black-tailed Godwit (Approx.), 3 Snipe (At least.), 4 Ruff, 1 Spotted Redshank, 2 Mediterranean Gull (Settled on flood. Six more over, heading south.), 2 Common Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull [Andrew Cox]

1 Little Gull (Adult summer), 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Common Tern, 15 Shelduck [Andrew Allen]

2 Arctic Tern, 2 Common Tern, 2 Red-crested Pochard, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Redshank, 20 Wigeon (+), 1 Lapwing, 20 Swallow (+, Small flocks passing through ahead of weather fronts), 20 Teal (+), 1 Buzzard, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Jay [Andrew Allen]

2 Little Gull (Ads. E of ldlH c/way), 1 Little Ringed Plover, 7 Yellow Wagtail, 5 House Martin, 23 Swallow, 1 Sand Martin, 2 Redshank, 6 Common Tern, 1 Sedge Warbler (Singing at West End) [Sean Nixon]

1 Kestrel (Male. Seen to catch a small prey item & fly off. Shortly returned to same hunting area.), 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Skylark (Singing Male.), 1 Goldcrest (Singing Male.), 2 Treecreeper (Probable pair.), 1 Nuthatch, 4 Goldfinch, 2 Linnet (Pair.), 1 Yellowhammer (Singing Male.), 1 Willow Warbler (Singing Male.) [Andrew Cox]

14 Fulmar (11N 3S), 57 Sand Martin (5 flocks in off), 1 Hobby (in off then south @ 1110), 11 Red-throated Diver, 14 Whimbrel, 113 Curlew (late pm/evening movement), 38 Common Tern, 4 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Guillemot, 127 Gannet [Paul Brayshaw]

3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest (Singing males.), 1 Coal Tit, 1 Treecreeper (Singing Male.), 6 Nuthatch (At least. Pair at best hole: female with a beak full of mud, plastering. Male calling nearby. Four other territories.), 1 Greenfinch (Singing Male.), 2 Linnet (Pair.), 2 Bullfinch (Pair.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Marsh Harrier (Female over towards Stanford Warren), 13 Greylag Goose (Six on the tip, seven Golden Gates), 107 Teal (Two on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 114 Redshank (Mucking Bay), 458 Dunlin (In the managed retreat), 13 Ringed Plover (In the managed retreat), 1219 Black-tailed Godwit (Mucking Bay), 6 Turnstone (In the managed retreat), 25 Curlew (In the managed retreat), 99 Shelduck (Mucking Bay), 10 Great Crested Grebe (Two each in Mucking Bay and the pit to the south of the tip, six Golden Gates, ), 24 Swallow (17 Golden Gates, the rest on the pit to the south of the tip), 8 Blackcap (Two by the outer car park, six Golden Gates), 4 Chiffchaff (Golden Gates), 47 Sand Martin (Golden Gates), 5 Goldeneye (Including a drake Golden Gates), 60 Tufted Duck (Three on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 33 Coot (12 on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 14 Pochard (Six on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 4 Canada Goose (Golden Gates), 3 Cetti's Warbler (Golden Gates), 2 Shoveler (Golden Gates), 8 Little Grebe (Two Golden Gates, six on the pit to the south of the tip), 1 Buzzard (Golden Gates), 1 Mediterranean Gull (Adult over Golden Gates), 97 Avocet (Mucking Bay), 5 Grey Plover (Mucking Bay), 1 Whimbrel (In the managed retreat), 1 Aythya sp. (Female Tufted X Pochard on the pit to the south of the tip), 1 Ring-necked Parakeet (Golden Gates) [Paul Larkin]

2 Ruff, 2 Yellowhammer (both males, 1 singing, 1 calling), 1 Lesser Whitethroat (singing male, not seen), 2 Avocet, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Kestrel, 3 Buzzard, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Song Thrush, 5 Linnet, 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 3 Blackcap (singing males) [Matt Turner]

1 Tawny Owl (Roosting in oak between the large Holly/Ivy Trees ), 4 Treecreeper (2 pairs left hand corner of wood through entrance ), 1 Woodcock (Flushed out whilst walking), 2 Bullfinch (Bottom right corner of wood through entrance ), 1 Blackcap (Single male feeding), 2 Sparrowhawk [Bill Hedden] ,

3 Little Gull (2 ads and 1 First summer, W of LdlH c/way), 3 Little Ringed Plover, 25 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 26 Swallow, 22 Sand Martin, 8 Common Tern [Sean Nixon] , , , , , , , ,

1 Little Gull (Adult hawking for insects over Hide Bay among Black-headed gulls, 4.20p.m.), 6 Scaup (3 pairs together NE of Layer-de-la-Haye causeway (with 2 Long-tailed ducks nearby), 4.45p.m.), 2 Long-tailed Duck (Still present NE of Layer-de-la-Haye causeway near group of 6 Scaup, 4.45p.m.), 2 House Martin (at least 2 with Swallows and Sand martins W of Layer Breton causeway, 5p.m.) [George Brown]

1 Lesser Whitethroat (In horse paddock behind Skeggs Farm), 2 Oystercatcher (Titchmarsh Reservoir), 4 Swallow (Titchmarsh Reservoir), 2 Little Egret (Along river Can), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Grey Heron (Titchmarsh Reservoir), 2 Canada Goose (Titchmarsh Reservoir), 2 Great Crested Grebe (Titchmarsh Reservoir), 3 Linnet, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker [Andrew Allen]

1 Bullfinch (Female) [Anthony Gales]

1 Red Kite (over fields beside B1032) [Liz Huxley]

1 Willow Warbler (In bushes between Island hide and Bay hide) [Peter Heath]

1 Ruff (1st hide), 1 Little Ringed Plover (1st hide), 4 Avocet (Pairs), 16 Black-tailed Godwit (On river), 7 Swallow (3 rd hide), 1 Yellow Wagtail (1 1st hide), 1 Marsh Harrier (3 hide) [Dave Dawson] ,

2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Marsh Harrier, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 10 Stock Dove (+), 1 Whitethroat, 1 Nightingale, 1 Green Woodpecker, 7 Grey Heron (at nests), 4 Little Egret (at nests), 2 Skylark (+), 20 Curlew (c), 3 Linnet [Liz Huxley]

3 Buzzard (Both sightings monk Street thaxted), 1 Blackcap (Male) [Chris Turner]

1 Mandarin Duck, 1 Sparrowhawk, 6 Blackcap (At least), 4 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Chiffchaff (At least), 1 Swallow, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Long-tailed Tit (With nest in blackthorn) [Paul Shuttleworth]

2 Buzzard, 7 Green Woodpecker (Four territories.), 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker (At least.), 7 Blackcap (At least. Six males, one female.), 2 Coal Tit, 5 Nuthatch (At least. Three, probably four territories.), 3 Treecreeper (At least.) [Andrew Cox]

25 Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper (On splodge), 12 Turnstone (Most I've seen in this area), 3 Little Egret, 51 Black-tailed Godwit, 14 Teal, 4 Avocet, 4 Shoveler (All male), 2 Skylark, 1 Snipe, 2 Wigeon (Pair), 6 Gadwall (3 pairs), 5 Lapwing [Matt Turner] ,

1 Swallow, 1 Sand Martin, 1 Reed Bunting, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Great Crested Grebe (Weed dancing pair), 1 Marsh Harrier [Tony Kennelly]

1 Garganey (Male on gadwall lake), 4 Bullfinch, 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Cuckoo, 6 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Song Thrush, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Mute Swan, 4 Little Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 12 Cormorant [Tony Kennelly]

111 Gannet, 53 Linnet, 16 Red-throated Diver, 2 Fulmar [Paul Brayshaw]

25 Teal (At least.), 2 Pintail (Pair.), 11 Avocet, 3 Snipe (At least.), 250 Black-tailed Godwit (Approx.), 4 Ruff, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Swallow, 50 Sand Martin (At least.), 5 House Martin (At least.), 2 Bearded Tit [Andrew Cox]

1 Swallow (First for year locally), 2 Mediterranean Gull (Adult and 2nd calender year bird flew over) [James Davidson]

1 Great White Egret (Flew out from southern end of Main lake.), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Little Gull (Very active on Main Lake. (Thanks S.Patient.)), 3 Common Tern (Main Lake.), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel (Male.), 1 Skylark (Singing.), 1 Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff (Singing.), 3 Blackcap (Singing.), 2 Reed Bunting (Males.) [Malcolm Corbett]

2 Chiffchaff (one a 'tristis' singing and moving about in a bush only about ten feet away, a normal one close by for comparison ), 1 Cetti's Warbler [Alan Shearring]

2 Little Ringed Plover (In the fort), 1 Mute Swan (In the fort), 19 Shelduck (Four in the fort, eight on foreshore by the fort, the rest on foreshore by the old landfill), 23 Mallard (Five in the fort, 16 on STW outfall, the rest on foreshore near the new landfill), 201 Teal (Eight in the fort, 12 on STW outfall, 181 on foreshore by old landfill), 1 Grey Heron (In the fort), 1 Little Egret (In the fort), 2 Gadwall (On STW outfall), 1 Green Sandpiper (In the fort), 2 Blackcap (Singles in the STW and near the new landfill), 1 Chiffchaff (In the STW), 2 Oystercatcher (On foreshore near the new landfill), 1 Buzzard (Over the new landfill), 5 Curlew (On foreshore by new landfill), 2 Ringed Plover (On foreshore by new landfill), 4 Skylark (Singing on old landfill), 1 Garganey (Drake asleep with Teal on foreshore by old landfill), 2 Red-legged Partridge (On the old landfill), 115 Black-tailed Godwit (On foreshore by old landfill), 1 Whitethroat (Near new landfill), 3 Redshank (On foreshore by old landfill) [Paul Larkin]

2 Mute Swan (Pair nesting Pochard Lake.), 1 Garganey (Male. Gadwall Lake. Still present at 14:30.), 2 Gadwall (Pair on Teal Pond.), 4 Great Crested Grebe (Including pair nesting Gadwall Lake.), 1 Buzzard, 1 Cuckoo (Heard calling from Rook Hall.), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 7 Chiffchaff (Singing.), 14 Blackcap (Thirteen singing males, one female.), 1 Whitethroat (Heard only. N of carpark.), 11 Wren (Singing.), 1 Song Thrush [Malcolm Corbett]

1 Swallow (NFY, usually nest in the barns), 2 Kestrel, 1 Greenfinch (Not seen/heard here before) [Paul Shuttleworth]

1 Whimbrel, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Turnstone, 20 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 20 Avocet, 12 Dunlin, 100 Redshank, 200 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 20 Shelduck, 10 Oystercatcher [Tony Kennelly]

6 Greenfinch (number increase over two weeks), 1 Robin (First one since early February.) [Ron Colson] ,

2 Cetti's Warbler (both heard, one seen), 1 Swift (Heard only, sounded very high but couldn't find it) [Matt Turner]

2 Mediterranean Gull (Pair? (found by George Brown) ), 1 Sand Martin [Brian Bolton]

2 Long-tailed Duck, 1 White Wagtail, 1 Common Tern [Alan Shearring]

2 Marsh Harrier, 10 Chiffchaff, 12 Blackcap, 6 Buzzard, 30 Dunlin, 200 Black-tailed Godwit, 60 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 1 Merlin, 4 Bullfinch, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Cetti's Warbler [Ken Hudgell]

6 Red-legged Partridge (3 pairs), 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Jay (2 pairs), 28 Skylark (males [2018= 30]), 7 Chiffchaff (males [7]), 8 Blackcap (males [8]), 216 Fieldfare, 1 Song Thrush (singing male), 5 Redwing, 6 Linnet (3 pairs), 6 Yellowhammer (3 pairs) [Martin Peers]

1 Brambling (Female, here for the last 2 days.) [Ken Hudgell] ,

2 Peregrine Falcon (Settled on pool behind scrape), 1 Kestrel, 1 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk (female flying low north over scrape), 2 Water Pipit (stunning breeding plumage), 5 Meadow Pipit, 3 Reed Bunting, 4 Skylark, 4 Avocet, 1 Ruff, 3 Curlew, 1 Garganey (stunning drake dropped into pool near hide) [Matt Turner] , , ,

2 Yellow Wagtail (In paddock North if fishing pit adjacent to demolished building ), 1 Green Sandpiper (In South Side of pit), 2 Oystercatcher [Brian Bolton]

100 Gannet, 3 Fulmar, 2 Sandwich Tern [Paul Brayshaw]

3 Avocet, 1 Dunlin (on north bank to west of bridge, unusual to see this far up river), 25 Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Redshank, 3 Little Grebe, 1 Wigeon, 1 Skylark, 5 Oystercatcher, 6 Gadwall, 5 Shelduck, 10 Teal [Matt Turner]

1 Common Tern, 6 Sand Martin (Maybe more), 15 Golden Plover (On ploughed field east of pit (thanks George) ), 4 Shoveler, 3 Buzzard [Brian Bolton]

2 Red-legged Partridge (In field near car park.), 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Bullfinch (Male +Female) [Peter Brittain]

10 Magpie, 1 Blackcap, 40 Brent Goose, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Kestrel, 2 Shelduck, 1 Wren, 1 Moorhen, 6 Chiffchaff [Paul Saward]

4 Great Northern Diver, 1 Shag, 30 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 25 Turnstone, 4 Curlew, 5 Redshank [David Allen]

2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Swallow, 2 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Marsh Harrier [Steven Swaby]

12 Common Scoter (upriver at 10.58 then back down at 11.05.), 1 Dunlin, 1 Little Gull, 1 Arctic Tern, 8 Common Tern [Gary A James]

2 Willow Warbler (At least singing), 2 Blackcap (At least singing), 2 Egyptian Goose (But flew off at 7 50am), 4 Shoveler ((3 m) (1f)), 1 Common Tern (No sign of yesterday's X2 (won't allow 0)) [Brian Bolton]

2 House Martin (Our earliest date ever in 40 years. Probably arrived yesterday evening) [Jeff Martin]

28 Redwing, 8 Song Thrush, 141 Chaffinch, 41 Linnet, 52 Gannet (all adults, some v close during pm), 250 Brent Goose (7 flocks moving north v close inshore during the pm), 146 Sandwich Tern (unprecedented spring movement including four flocks of 10+, ), 14 Common Tern, 3 Arctic Tern (@ 1548, close) [Paul Brayshaw]

2 Common Tern (Over Trifarm Pit at 14.00 on 8th April, no sign this morning. One day later than 1st record in 2018.), 1 Yellow Wagtail (2nd bird of the spring early am on Sunday 7th April. ), 1 Little Ringed Plover (NFY, First of spring here on 7th April, gravel is now overgrown and so breeding unlikely), 1 Black-tailed Godwit (NFY, Summer plumage bird on pit all day 8th April, only 2nd patch record after one last April. No sign this morning), 1 Greenshank (NFY, First patch record for 2 years, flying over pit on arrival), 2 Redshank (Pair roosting on Trifarm Pit, left at 07.05 heading N. 2nd record this spring. ), 125 Sand Martin (None yesterday pm but am came in from N while scanning, presumably from pits N of Boreham.), 22 Swallow (None yesterday pm but this group feeding low over pit, number slowly dropping during visit), 2 House Martin (Over pit and NFY. ), 1 Iceland Gull (An intriguing bird flew along the Chelmer heading towards Maldon at 06.45. Suggested a 2nd year bird but one distant shot shows P10 to 8 with shadow!), 6 Wigeon (This is getting late for my patch.), 2 Gadwall (first for a week. ), 6 Teal (New arrivals, first for a week. ), 2 Pochard (2 drakes, very late for my patch.), 5 Blackcap (4 singing along Chelmer Monday 8th April and another singing in garden.) [Graham Ekins]

5 Chiffchaff (Singing), 15 Redwing (North), 1 House Martin (North), 3 Chinese Muntjac, 5 Cetti's Warbler (Singing - 3 around escarpment and 2 in John Weston Reserve ), 7 Goldcrest, 2 Firecrest (1 by escarpment, 1 by main sycamore clump; later 1 singing near John Weston Reserve may have been an additional bird), 50 Chaffinch (+, north), 4 Blackcap (Singing ), 1 Buzzard [Brian Combes]