2 Spoonbill (Juvs LB c/way), 2 Hobby, 1 Cuckoo (Billets Screen), 1 Buzzard, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Common Sandpiper, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Great White Egret [Sean Nixon] , , ,

2 Spoonbill, 7 Great White Egret [Stephen Entwistle]

5 Wheatear, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Green Sandpiper, 150 Grey Plover (+ looking for high tide roost), 1 Buzzard [Martin Richards]

80 Rook, 90 Jackdaw (Actual count of rooks and jackdaws probably much higher, not all flock visible feeding on fields), 5 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 10 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Little Grebe [Roger Emmens]

118 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Osprey (On post, Marshouse Outfall), 1 Peregrine Falcon, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Sandwich Tern, 2050 Oystercatcher (Very few Arctic waders back yet ), 1 Grey Phalarope (On sea, Marshhouse Outfal. In view 3-4 minutesl), 200 House Martin (PPower Station - feeding on midge swarm ), 10 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Wheatear, 1 Stonechat, 1 Whinchat, 37 Reed Bunting [Graham Smith]

1 Little Egret, 6 Teal, 3 Common Sandpiper, 11 Chiffchaff, 1 Spotted Flycatcher [Gary A James]

1 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Goldcrest (At least.), 7 Nuthatch (At least.), 2 Goldfinch [Andrew Cox]

2 Common Tern (adult + juvenile), 1 Common Sandpiper (LBC (with 3 green sandpipers)), 8 Buzzard (at least), 1 Wheatear (LBC), 2 Whinchat (LdLH c'way towards Billets Farm), 2 Greenshank (at least), 1 Cetti's Warbler (singing LBC), 1 Cuckoo (in trees behind spoonbills), 1 Grey Wagtail (LBC), 1 Common Gull (LBC), 2 Mediterranean Gull (LBC - adult and 2nd winter birds) [Mark Gregory]

30 Grey Plover (On mudflats as tide ebbed. Many more seen in flight. Some still in full summer plumage.), 60 Curlew (Approx.), 1 Arctic Skua (Chasing terns near green buoy.), 4 Mediterranean Gull (At least.), 20 Sandwich Tern (At least. Many juvs.), 10 Common Tern (At least.), 2 Eider (Immature males.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Eider (female eider in south geedon creek) [David Underwood]

10 Buzzard (over marshes including white-rumped and pale headed bird), 3 Avocet (scrape), 1 Snipe (scrape), 3 Stonechat (near hide), 1 Reed Warbler (scrape), 1 Lesser Whitethroat (near hide), 1 Whitethroat [Mark Gregory]

2 Spoonbill (LBC, juveniles. See proof photo.), 2 Kingfisher (LBC. Overflow bridge area.), 20 Black-tailed Godwit (3 LBC, rest Wig Bay.), 1 Grey Wagtail (LBC. ), 4 Chiffchaff (LBC), 1 Willow Warbler (LBC), 4 Lesser Whitethroat (LBC. Good views of all small birds in dried out overflow area.), 4 Green Sandpiper (LBC.), 5 Great White Egret (Large white Egret, big yellow dagger of a bill. ), 16 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard (LBC.), 1 Kestrel, 3 Greenshank (1 LDHC, 2 Wig Bay.), 8 Grey Heron, 10 Egyptian Goose (Plus.), 20 Lapwing (Circa.), 15 Ruff (Wig Bay.), 4 Little Grebe, 2 Pintail (Females, Wig Bay.), 50 Shoveler (Circa.), 1 Cattle Egret (Billets screen, on Reservoir bank, later feeding amongst cattle in opposite meadow. Short stocky, white, yellow bill. ), 1 Wheatear (Adult male, Wig Bay fence.), 1 Stonechat (Male. Wig Bay fence.), 1 Whinchat (Female. Wig Bay fence.) [David Hale] , , , , , ,

2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Nuthatch (At least.), 1 Bullfinch (Juvenile.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 3 Pochard, 5 Shoveler, 1 Merlin (male), 1 Hobby, 1 Redshank, 3 Whinchat, 2 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Lesser Redpoll [Gary A James]

1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Mistle Thrush, 6 Nuthatch (At least.), 1 Crossbill (Heard calling overhead.) [Andrew Cox]

2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 1 Greenshank, 4 Curlew Sandpiper (All juv, in group behind co-op. Phone died so couldn't take pic!), 1 Osprey (Flew east sending everything into mad panic!), 200 Black-tailed Godwit (+), 1 Sparrowhawk (Female being chased by crow), 7 Little Egret, 2 Pintail, 1 Grey Wagtail [Matt Turner]

1 Red-backed Shrike (1st winter showing incredibly well in Dell and surrounding scrub), 1 Mistle Thrush (North), 1 Gannet (Adult north), 1 Sandwich Tern, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Wheatear, 1 Sparrowhawk (Made attempt to catch Red-backed Shrike but failed!), 15 Dunnock [Steve Grimwade]

1 Hobby [Chris Turner]

12 Goldcrest (First of the autumn ), 10 Chiffchaff (Including 1 singing), 13 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warbler, 8 Grey Heron (7 south together first thing and 1 very high west), 12 Whitethroat, 15 Meadow Pipit, 2 Cetti's Warbler (Singing ), 11 Blackcap, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail (South), 2 Mistle Thrush (South, very uncommon here), 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Yellow Wagtail (Walton Hall Marshes ), 5 Wheatear (Walton Hall Marshes ), 1 Whinchat (Walton Hall Marshes ) [Brian Combes]

1 Red-backed Shrike (Very good views), 5 Whinchat, 6 Wheatear, 2 Meadow Pipit [Peter Brittain]

2 Peregrine Falcon (1 Bird plucking Starling low on salt marsh pylon.), 1 Marsh Harrier (Female, over salt marsh.), 1 Kestrel, 10 Spotted Redshank (9 on scrape, 1 Marina mud.), 3 Ruff (Scrape.), 4 Cattle Egret (On salt marsh opposite Marina. See proof photo.), 8 Little Egret (2 scrape, 6 Marina.), 1 Redshank (Marina.), 1 Curlew (Marina.), 2 Shoveler (Pair on scrape.), 1 Green Sandpiper (Marina.), 1 Common Sandpiper (Marina.), 80 Lapwing (Circa, scrape.) [David Hale]

1 Buzzard, 1 Crossbill (one flew west calling following the Crouch), 4 Yellow Wagtail, 12 Swallow [Alan Shearring]

1 Kestrel (6 Clouded Yellow, many Small White Butterfly.), 1 Buzzard, 20 Pied Wagtail (Circa.), 3 Common Gull, 50 Black-headed Gull (Circa.), 2 Goldfinch, 8 House Sparrow (Poor sightings due to empty reservoir.) [David Hale]

1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 7 Wheatear, 1 Buzzard [Martin Richards]

1 Red-backed Shrike (The first-winter giving incredible views in the Dell), 1 Little Egret, 198 Greylag Goose, 7 Canada Goose, 45 Teal, 2 Curlew, 17 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Avocet, 10 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Sand Martin, 15 Swallow, 8 Whinchat (In scrub in area of vandalised hide), 10 Wheatear (Between sluice and vandalised hide), 2 Stonechat (Pair by sewage works), 70 Linnet, 1 Whitethroat, 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Bunting, 1 Kestrel, 110 Starling [Lee G R Evans]

1 Osprey (Over north end of saltmarsh) [Clive Atkins]

2 Siskin, 3 Tree Sparrow, 1 Swift, 6 Buzzard, 45 Meadow Pipit, 59 Swallow [Paul Brayshaw]

1 Sparrowhawk, 7 Green Woodpecker (At least. One poss. two juveniles.), 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Swallow, 6 House Martin, 8 Blackcap (Mostly females/ jugs.), 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Treecreeper (At least.), 7 Nuthatch [Andrew Cox]

1 Kestrel, 78 Lapwing (At least.), 1 Snipe, 1 Ruff (Male.), 1 Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper [Andrew Cox]

4 Kingfisher (Regulars on the fishing lakes, one juvenile.), 1 Sparrowhawk [Mark Fisher]

5 Greenshank (From LDLHC in channel on far right), 1 Peregrine Falcon (Seen from Wigborough hide along far bank and then coming around to unsuccessfully to catch waders/ducks in Wig bay), 6 Great White Egret (5 in or under tree West of LB causeway and one still feeding to right of LB c’way) [Paul Kingston] ,

5 Whinchat (In bushes near wooden hide), 6 Wheatear (One on sea wall, others in grass between hides), 1 Red-backed Shrike (Juvenile showing well in the Dell) [Paul Kingston] ,

7 Swallow (heading south), 90 Little Egret (on Two Tree island saltmarsh), 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Sandwich Tern [Alan Shearring]

5 Wheatear, 1 Whinchat, 1 Green Sandpiper, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 150 Swallow (+ moving south in small groups), 50 Sandwich Tern (+ resting on shoreline opp JW reserve) [Martin Richards]

15 Mute Swan (Inc. pair with five well grown young.), 3 Pochard, 40 Tufted Duck (circa.), 25 Great Crested Grebe, 15 Cormorant, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel (Female.), 1 Hobby (Chasing hirundines.), 40 Sand Martin (circa. In mixed hirundine movement to SW with similar numbers of Swallow and House Martin.), 1 Cetti's Warbler (Heard only.) [Malcolm Corbett]

30 Gadwall (circa.), 1 Wigeon (Pochard Lake.), 9 Grey Heron, 1 Great White Egret (Main Lake. At foot of heronry with Little Egrets. (Large egret with yellow bill).), 22 Little Egret (Seven Main Lake, fifteen Pochard Lake.), 8 Cormorant (Pochard Lake.), 1 Kingfisher (Gadwall Lake.), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Swallow, 6 House Martin, 3 Chiffchaff (Singing. Many others contact calling.), 1 Small Copper (Comma also seen.) [Malcolm Corbett]

1000 Swallow (in 90mins, continuous passage west still going as I left), 10 Sand Martin, 100 House Martin, 100 Meadow Pipit (west), 1 Grey Wagtail (west), 5 Yellow Wagtail, 100 Linnet, 1 Wheatear, 5 Stonechat, 2 Sparrowhawk (juv m & f), 2 Buzzard, 6 Kestrel, 4 Sandwich Tern, 1 Yellowhammer (near hut, unusual here?), 1 Blue Tit (in sueda near hut), 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker (one appeared to come in off, 2 near sewage wks) [Richard Allen]

164 Meadow Pipit, 5 Grey Wagtail, 137 Sand Martin, 54 House Martin, 2373 Swallow [Paul Brayshaw]

3 Kingfisher (Regular on the fishing lakes diving, a juvenile bobbing & one at the sluice) [Mark Fisher]

1 Manx Shearwater (Distantly off Causeway, then drifted into Hide Bay and later seen towards Wigborough Bay), 2 Spoonbill, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (Female) [Steve Grimwade]

1 Manx Shearwater, 2 Spoonbill, 5 Great White Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Ruff, 10 Lapwing [Sean Nixon] , , , , , ,

1 Willow Warbler (in a Marsh Farm hedge), 1150 Starling (some in fields and mobile flocks), 120 Golden Plover, 20 Black-tailed Godwit, 85 Teal, 3 Ringed Plover, 110 Swallow (low across fields heading west), 2 Sand Martin (heading west), 18 Wigeon, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 7 Yellow Wagtail (on saltmarsh with meadow pipits), 1 Grey Wagtail (flew west along Crouch) [Alan Shearring]

1 Manx Shearwater [Paul Chamberlain] , , , , ,

1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Red-backed Shrike, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Blackcap, 1 Willow Warbler, 10 Chiffchaff, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Stonechat [Sean Nixon] , , , , ,

1 Manx Shearwater, 2 Spoonbill, 4 Great White Egret, 8 Little Ringed Plover (Billets Farm), 17 Ruff, 90 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Kingfisher (LB causeway), 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 22 Egyptian Goose, 3 Common Tern, 10 Pintail (Billets Farm) [David Allen]

1 Little Owl, 1 Whimbrel, 25 Corn Bunting, 30 Goldfinch, 5 Yellowhammer, 2 Curlew [David Allen]

2 Raven (Calling loudly from BT mast) [David Jobbins]

50 Ringed Plover (Hawbush Creek roost.), 2 Cetti's Warbler (Saltcoats reed marsh.) [Robert Pease]

2 Raven (Flying West to East calling and tumbling in flight. towards Shenfield) [Clive Tanner]

1 Tree Sparrow (Our first for Essex. On top of power pole at Billets Farm car park entrance.), 20 Yellow Wagtail (Circa, Billets Farm.), 50 Goldfinch (A Charm of 50 plus, Billets Farm.), 10 Meadow Pipit (At least. Billets Farm.), 3 Little Ringed Plover (Billets Farm screen.), 50 Swallow (Circa.), 10 Sand Martin (Circa.), 7 House Martin, 1 Green Sandpiper (LBC), 5 Common Sandpiper (Causeways.), 3 Greenshank (LDHC.), 1 Snipe (LDHC.), 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Great White Egret, 11 Grey Heron, 16 Little Egret, 40 Egyptian Goose (Plus.), 2 Spoonbill (Island hide. Distant proof photo.), 20 Lapwing, 1 Black Swan, 30 Pied Wagtail (Circa.), 1 Common Tern, 50 Great Crested Grebe (At least.), 2 Peregrine Falcon (Pair. Hunting around pump station. Failed attempt to take a Wood Pigeon.), 4 Buzzard [David Hale] , , , , ,

1 Red-backed Shrike (Bushes to west of the Dell), 2 Whinchat (Near Frinton Golf Club), 1 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 1 Greenfinch, 2 Buzzard, 4 Kestrel, 1 Sand Martin (30+), 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat (c10), 1 Snipe, 3 Turnstone [David Wrycraft]

3 Common Tern (Up river), 2 Sandwich Tern (Up river then out again 10 mins later) [Paul Larkin]

2 Green Sandpiper, 8 Yellow Wagtail (Possibly 10? Inc juvs on island), 10 Teal [Brian Bolton]

2 Spoonbill (flew South from Layer Breton causeway at 4:30 pm), 5 Great White Egret, 2 Mandarin Duck (pair asleep under tree at Layer Breton causeway), 1 Peregrine Falcon (mobbed by a crow and then sat in tree at LB causeway), 18 Ruff (Billets Farm), 40 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper (pair at LB causeway), 18 Egyptian Goose, 17 Moorhen, 200 Swallow (plus), 1 Ruddy Shelduck (LdlH causeway), 32 Lapwing, 7 Little Grebe, 6 Grey Heron [David Allen]

1 Kingfisher (By Cattawade bridge), 1 Grey Heron (Also by Cattawade bridge, notably taking an eel, c300mm in length. Eventually eaten.) [Paul Saward]

1 Red-backed Shrike (Bushes nr. sluice), 1 Swift [Ron Colson] , ,

3 Great White Egret, 2 Spoonbill [Paul Chamberlain] ,

2 Spoonbill (Juv LBC), 3 Great White Egret (LBC.1 LDLH.1Wig bay), 1 Wood Sandpiper (LBC), 2 Green Sandpiper (LBC), 6 Yellow Wagtail (LDLH), 100 Swallow (+House Martin,Sand Martin), 10 Ruff (Wig bay), 6 Dunlin (Wig Bay), 30 Black-tailed Godwit (Wig Bay), 2 Common Sandpiper (LDLH), 2 Greenshank (LDLH), 30 Pintail (+Wig Bay), 1 Marsh Harrier (Wig Bay), 1 Cetti's Warbler (Heard LBC) [Barbara Leport]

1 Red-backed Shrike [Paul Chamberlain] ,

2 Raven (Feeding , flying and calling on fields between Middle Road and Hanging Hill Lane , Brentwood) [Clive Tanner]

6 Great White Egret (5 between Causeways & 1 Wigborough Bay), 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Ringed Plover, 18 Ruff, 30 Black-tailed Godwit, 250 Swallow [Steve Grimwade]

8 Common Tern (Single flock up river and out again), 1 Arctic Tern (Juv up and out with flock of Commons), 1 Tufted Duck (One up river then over the sea wall into the moat), 29 Mallard (On STW outfall), 12 Teal (First of the Autumn on STW outfall), 9 Black-tailed Godwit (On foreshore in front of the fort) [Paul Larkin]

302 Teal, 114 Wigeon, 28 Common Scoter, 22 Shelduck, 16 Shoveler, 1 Great Skua (North), 1 Guillemot, 55 Dunlin [Paul Brayshaw]

1 Red-backed Shrike (juv quite mobile around mounds) [Liz Huxley]

1 Red-backed Shrike (1w bird, thanks to all on what's app group for heads up), 2 Wheatear, 2 Stonechat (Male and female), 7 Curlew, 1 Barn Owl, 2 Common Scoter (Thanks to Matt Lonsdale for the spot), 6 Sandwich Tern (Flying low north), 1 Gannet (Juv bird picked up following scoter) [Matt Turner] , , ,

1 Black Tern (Juvenile), 73 Pintail, 1 Marsh Harrier (Adult female), 3 Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Ringed Plover, 14 Ruff, 37 Black-tailed Godwit (Inc colour-ringed bird), 1 Buzzard, 120 Goldfinch [Steve Grimwade]

200 Golden Plover (+), 4 Wheatear, 2 Whinchat, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Whimbrel [Martin Richards]

2 Spoonbill (Layer breton causeway ), 5 Great White Egret (Layer breton causeway ), 5 Green Sandpiper, 50 Egyptian Goose, 1 Meadow Pipit, 30 Yellow Wagtail (Billets farm), 2 Greenshank, 1 Snipe, 1 Ruddy Shelduck, 1 Common Tern [Yvonne Watling]

100 Starling (On power lines above field at end of Parsonage Lane. (Approx count)) [Tony Faulkner]

2 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Marsh Harrier (juv), 2 Buzzard, 32 Golden Plover, 1 Little Owl (Othona hedgerow), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (male), 1 Kestrel, 70 Swallow (+), 20 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler (Othona pond area), 8 Willow Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 30 Yellow Wagtail (+), 20 Pied Wagtail (+) [John Sutherby]

1 Spotted Flycatcher (between Margaretting Raod and the Horse & Groom), 14 House Martin (steady flow of birds moving south), 15 Swallow (3 or 4 still around the farm on the common and other moving through south), 2 Linnet (flew over south), 2 Meadow Pipit, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Sparrowhawk (females - immatures soaring low over the common), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (perched on top of conifer. A nice view for the people on the bird walk), 30 Lapwing (visible in teh distance flying over fields of Margaretting Tye), 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Stock Dove, 5 Robin (possibly some autumn incease in numbers), 1 Blackbird [Andrew Stroud]

1 Eider (Drifting down with the tide), 12 Common Tern (Up river), 1 Raven (Over the river) [Paul Larkin]

5 Swallow, 1 Blackcap, 3 Nuthatch (At least.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Redstart (Approx 400m along Spinnels Lane from Bradfield Road), 7 Meadow Pipit (Flying over W, first of the autumn for me), 1 Yellowhammer [James Davidson]

6 Little Egret, 4 Teal, 1 Osprey (over East 10.15), 1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Buzzard, 20 Common Tern, 1 Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap [Gary A James]

47 Teal (One on the pit to the south of the tip, four Golden Gates, the rest in the managed retreat), 54 Ringed Plover (In the managed retreat), 347 Shelduck (In the managed retreat), 92 Mallard (In the managed retreat), 202 Redshank (In the managed retreat), 1004 Black-tailed Godwit (In the managed retreat), 1 Peregrine Falcon (Juv over the managed retreat), 2 Buzzard (Over the tip), 225 Greylag Goose (Golden Gates), 136 Canada Goose (Golden Gates), 3 Shoveler (One on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 12 Mute Swan (One on the Thames, the rest Golden Gates), 110 Tufted Duck (Three on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 11 Pochard (One on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 160 Coot (Ten on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 3 Wigeon (Imm drake on Golden Gates, two in the managed retreat), 21 Gadwall (Seven on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 6 Yellow-legged Gull (One on Golden Gates, the rest in the managed retreat), 1 Water Rail (Golden Gates), 1 Ring-necked Parakeet (Golden Gates), 3 Cetti's Warbler (Golden Gates), 1 Little Grebe (Golden Gates), 5 Great Crested Grebe (One on the Thames, two plus four juvs on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 1804 Avocet (Mucking Bay), 1 Greenshank (In the managed retreat) [Paul Larkin]

3 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Blackcap, 3 Nuthatch (At least.) [Andrew Cox]

15 Wigeon, 34 Gadwall, 140 Teal (circa), 1 Pintail (female or immature), 2 Shoveler, 40 Lapwing, 20 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Snipe, 150 Black-headed Gull (circa), 1 Kingfisher, 10 House Martin ([+ 50 with 2 Sand Martins at the lagoons]), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit (first autumn passage here this year) [Martin Peers]

45 Wigeon, 55 Teal, 4 Common Scoter, 2 Brent Goose, 1 Kittiwake, 26 Sandwich Tern, 1 Pomarine Skua (Superb close adult S past the Haven @ 0724. Subsequently seen by Matt Lonsdale off Albany Gardens Clacton), 1 Great Skua (N), 102 Meadow Pipit, 9 Gannet (N) [Paul Brayshaw]

1 Kingfisher (By breached area to north), 1 Little Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Greenshank, 50 Redshank (circa), 2 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 1 Coal Tit (With small blue and great tit flock), 1 Avocet [Matt Turner]

2 Turtle Dove (Along track and wires from fishing gate) [Brian Bolton]

1 Wryneck (One still present in the Dell (rather busy with triathlon) on seaward side of toilet blocks (no sign on 8 Sep)) [Paul Brayshaw]

33 Common Tern (Two flocks 26&7 up river), 1 Hobby (Over from Kent), 1 Sparrowhawk (Over from Kent) [Paul Larkin]

14 House Sparrow (Feeding and dust batheing under rose bushes in back garden.) [Tony Faulkner]

1 Mute Swan, 1 Kestrel, 200 Grey Plover (Approx.), 8 Turnstone, 20 Greenshank (At least.), 4 Sandwich Tern (Possibly six. At least one juvenile.) [Andrew Cox]

2 Black Tern, 5 Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 10 Ruff, 15 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Wheatear, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Ruddy Shelduck, 10 Egyptian Goose, 2 Marsh Harrier [Yvonne Watling]

50 Swallow (Plus, feeding all over reserve.), 25 Sand Martin (Circa.), 1 House Martin, 11 Yellow Wagtail (6 from middle hide, 5 from first hide.), 2 Wheatear (First hide.), 250 Teal (Circa. Put up from first hide scrape by M Harrier.), 15 Mallard (Last hide.), 2 Whinchat (Distant from first hide.), 10 Pied Wagtail (First & middle hide.), 1 Meadow Pipit (Sea wall. ), 1 Marsh Harrier (Female.), 1 Hobby (Failed attempt to take a Sand Martin, sea wall.), 3 Kestrel, 8 Grey Heron, 100 Starling (Circa. Roving flock.), 1 Oystercatcher (Only bird on river with the obvious B H Gulls.), 1 Buzzard, 4 Little Egret [David Hale]

5 Golden Plover (On usual fields), 18 Yellowhammer [Ian Tarbin]

2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch [Andrew Cox]

44 Sandwich Tern (35N 9S), 88 Meadow Pipit, 9 Chiffchaff, 596 Swallow, 10 Gannet (N), 31 Swift, 566 House Martin (N - strong pulse as cloud came in from N then lots feeding along the frotn), 4 Hobby (singles in off/south), 1 Peregrine Falcon (in off), 1 Osprey (Circling high over town drifting south before moving back inland and being lost to view. Seen earlier by Darrell Stile @ The Naze), 1 Sparrowhawk (in off), 1 Arctic Skua [Paul Brayshaw]

1 Osprey (Circling over Colne Point), 2 Peregrine Falcon (Male and female Bradwell Power Station), 2 Mediterranean Gull (Adult and 1st cal yr), 7 Sandwich Tern, 2 Gannet (Off East Mersea), 1 Little Tern (Juvenile), 13 Greenshank, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Sparrowhawk, 28 Common Tern, 350 Black-tailed Godwit, 14 Knot, 5 Avocet, 40 Swallow, 7 House Martin, 1 Pied Wagtail, 14 Little Egret, 70 Grey Plover [Steve Grimwade]

11 Blackcap, 8 Willow Warbler, 12 Whitethroat, 2 Sparrowhawk, 4 Cetti's Warbler (Singing ), 6 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Green Woodpecker, 28 Meadow Pipit (First real sign of passage this autumn for this species), 7 Chiffchaff (Same comment as for meadow pipit, 1 singing), 4 Wheatear (Walton Hall Marshes ), 2 Whinchat (Walton Hall Marshes ), 3 Green Sandpiper (Walton Hall Marshes ), 1 Osprey (In off and across Walton Hall Marshes for Darrell Stile. He alerted me (I was on the sea wall along Walton Channel) and I watched it as it flew over the Channel. It continued west gaining considerable height.) [Brian Combes]

6 House Martin (small flock over Bay Tree Centre, Brentwood just as it was getting dark) [Andrew Stroud]

1 Wheatear, 1 Redstart (Seen briefly in flight, hedgeline behind Gwen Hide), 1 Greenshank (Hide bay), 1 Green Sandpiper (Hide bay), 1 Common Sandpiper (SW corner LDHC), 3 Great White Egret (SE corner LBC, viewed from LDHC), 61 Egyptian Goose (Wig Bay), 1 Yellow Wagtail (Billets), 8 Ruff (Wig Bay), 1 Marsh Harrier (Female over Wig Bay) [Matt Turner]

2 Turtle Dove, 1 Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Egret, 10 Teal, 6 House Martin (+), 10 Swallow (+), 6 Sand Martin (+) [Brian Bolton]

1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Hobby, 1 Kestrel, 500 Avocet (At least.), 3 Knot, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 1000 Black-tailed Godwit (At least.), 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Kingfisher, 16 Linnet, 5 Greenfinch, 8 Turnstone [Andrew Cox]

3 Common Gull [Melvin Shepherd-Wells]

42 House Martin (heading low south), 57 Sand Martin (heading low south), 352 Swallow (heading low south), 3 Yellow Wagtail, 123 Golden Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, 5 Grey Plover (summer plumage), 1 Merlin (female battling low south against the wind), 1 Wheatear, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Greenshank, 1 Little Stint (juv in with a group of redshank in Stow Creek), 1 Marsh Harrier (juv male), 1 Sparrowhawk (hunting low along the borrowdykes), 45 Curlew, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 42 Teal, 2 Water Rail, 500 Starling (mobile flocks), 1 Ruff (juv female) [Alan Shearring]

1 Guillemot (One in nbp drifting down river) [Paul Larkin]

3 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch (At least.), 2 Treecreeper (At least.), 2 Goldfinch, 1 Blackcap (Male.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Arctic Skua (pale adult chasing waders 9.10-9.20 along Colne before headed up river disappearing over Wivenhoe), 20 Swallow (west), 2 Shoveler (flew over, unusual here), 4 Chiffchaff [Richard Allen]

1 Lesser Whitethroat [David Saville]

2 Raven (Flew overhead calling and good view of wedge tail, heading South over Brentwood) [Clive Tanner]

1 Turtle Dove (Seen) [Peter Brittain]

6 Little Egret, 20 Gadwall, 30 Teal, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Sparrowhawk, 5 Golden Plover, 40 Lapwing, 2 Ruff, 50 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper, 5 Whinchat, 3 Whitethroat (common darter, migrant hawker, hairy dragonfly, emperor dragonfly) [John McLaughlin]

110 Great Crested Grebe (at least - one mobile flock from island hide), 5 Great White Egret (2 LBC, 2 LdLHC, 1 Wigborough bay), 60 Wigeon (at least), 5 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine Falcon (juvenile male), 3 Greenshank, 14 Ruff (Wigborough bay), 10 Mediterranean Gull (Wigborough bay - roosting on dry mud (8 adults 2 first winters)), 2 Wheatear (Billets Farm Screen), 1 Whinchat (Billets Farm screen), 1 Goldeneye (female close in east side of LBC), 7 Yellow Wagtail (Billets farm) [Mark Gregory]

1 Red Kite (over garden 14.30) [Richard Allen]

185 Ringed Plover, 115 Dunlin, 21 Knot, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit (Juvs), 79 Curlew, 165 Grey Plover, 1 Cattle Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper, 91 Shelduck, 1 Little Stint, 2907 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Golden Plover, 429 Common Tern (Movement started at 1300hrs and none seen after 1430hrs. Largest flock 168. All lingered in Mucking Bay before flying up river.) [Paul Larkin]

1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Swallow, 12 Goldfinch (At least.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Osprey (Perching for approx 20minutes and looking as if it was feeding then headed towards the estuary.) [Chris Stuttle]

1 Red Kite (mobbed by Jackdaws and drifting west) [Martin Henry]

1 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel (Had quite a fierce tussle with the sparrowhawk. No obvious injuries to either.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Osprey (on post on Geedon Marsh, and later fishing along channel), 1 Red Kite (over Geedon Marsh, and later over visitor centre), 1 Hobby, 1 Marsh Harrier, 50 Mallard (+ on Lake), 20 Teal (+ on Lake), 200 Grey Plover (c), 50 Knot (c) [Liz Huxley]

64 Egyptian Goose (mostly Wig Bay), 1 Ruddy Shelduck, 50 Gadwall (+), 8 Pintail (LB c/way), 470 Pochard (+ incomplete count), 26 Little Egret, 5 Great White Egret (east of LB c/way), 4 Little Grebe (+: family of 3 LB; 1 calling LDLH), 300 Great Crested Grebe (+: mostly Wig Bay), 1 Marsh Harrier (adult female), 80 Lapwing (circa.), 1 Dunlin (Wig Bay), 1 Ruff, 1 Common Sandpiper (LDLH), 2 Green Sandpiper (LB), 2 Greenshank, 3 Common Tern, 2 Black Tern (in front of pumping station), 3 Kestrel (juvs), 10 Sand Martin (+), 100 Swallow (circa. 60 moved straight through.), 20 House Martin (+), 2 Cetti's Warbler (singing LB), 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 40 Yellow Wagtail (circa. 37 Billet's/LDLH; 3 LB.), 50 Pied Wagtail (circa.), 1 White Wagtail (sp male - Billets), 40 Goldfinch (+), 25 Linnet (circa.), 2 Red-crested Pochard (pair in Wig Bay) [Martin Peers]

200 Common Gull (circa. on plough) [Martin Peers]

27 Little Grebe (influx), 1 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 2 Swallow, 10 House Martin, 1 Sand Martin, 1 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Bullfinch, 3 Yellowhammer [Mike Harris]