Sightings

10 Black-tailed Godwit (Main lagoon.), 2 Green Sandpiper, Marsh Harrier (Adult male, main lagoon.), Bearded Tit, 6 Sand Martin (At least.), 10 Swallow (At least.), Yellow Wagtail, 50 Goldfinch (At least. Car park area, some juvs.) [Andrew Cox]

2 Little Ringed Plover (2 juv on small flood ) [Clive Atkins]

20 Swallow [Phil Harling ]

Pheasant, 2 Canada Goose, 4 Greylag Goose, 4 Mute Swan, 46 Mallard, Stock Dove, 13 Wood Pigeon, 8 Moorhen (inc. 3 young), 10 Coot (inc. 4 young), 11 Great Crested Grebe (inc. 5 humbugs), Common Sandpiper, 7 Black-headed Gull, 12 Herring Gull, 11 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Cormorant, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk (Male), Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 3 Carrion Crow, 5 Sand Martin, Swallow, Chiffchaff, Chaffinch, 5 Tufted Duck (3m, 2f - first here this autumn) [Matt Turner] ,

8 Swift (At least.), Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine Falcon (Juv.), 5 Swallow, 4 Goldfinch [Andrew Cox]

Whimbrel, 4 Turnstone, 65 Sanderling (towards Stone Point), 6 Dunlin, 11 Sandwich Tern, Wheatear (on beach near hide wall) [Martin Richards]

Swift (A single bird over Shrub End), Buzzard (One over Shrub End) [John Thorogood]

2 Stock Dove, 9 Lapwing, Whimbrel, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 55 Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Greenshank, 2 Common Tern, Grey Heron, 10 Little Egret, Green Woodpecker, Sedge Warbler, Yellow Wagtail (Female or immature), 4 Linnet, 5 Yellowhammer (Mostly singing, not in flock), 3 Reed Bunting [Simon Banks]

35 Canada Goose, 193 Greylag Goose, Pochard, 5 Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe (Plus two well grown young), 579 Avocet, 654 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Egret, 2 Tufted Duck [Paul Larkin]

10 Egyptian Goose, 4 Spoonbill (Two adults with two chicks), Starling, 4 Pied Wagtail [Michael Davies] , , ,

7 Swift, Sparrowhawk (Several appearances.), Hobby, Peregrine Falcon [Andrew Cox]

Red Kite (soaring high with gulls and drifting east) [Martin Henry]

2 Shelduck (Plus well grown brood of nine on foreshore by the fort), 5 Mallard (On foreshore by the fort), 4 Little Grebe (In the moat), 3 Oystercatcher (Near the ferry terminal), 13 Ringed Plover (Roosting on the new landfill), 2 Curlew (On foreshore by the new landfill), 3 Common Sandpiper (On foreshore by the new landfill), Mediterranean Gull (Juvenile by the ferry terminal), Little Egret (In the fort) [Paul Larkin]

2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Bullfinch (Juvenile.) [Andrew Cox]

6 Little Grebe (Probably more ), 3 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper (Flew from main pit to fishing lake), 8 Common Tern (Including juvs plus 1 adult seen again on telephone wire. very strange? ), Kingfisher (In tress on N/E of main pit) [Brian Bolton]

2 Turtle Dove (Different sites), 20 Swallow [Phil Harling ]

12 Sanderling, 2 Green Sandpiper (One over west, another heard), Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker (West ), 2 Green Woodpecker (Juveniles ), 12 Sand Martin (+, around colony), 37 Swallow, 17 House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler (Singing, John Weston Reserve ), Wood Warbler (Found by Darrell Stile, east end of John Weston Reserve, typically high in the canopy and elusive, calling frequently - delightful ), 6 Willow Warbler (Including 1 singing), 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 35 Whitethroat (Many juveniles), Chinese Muntjac [Brian Combes]

165 Canada Goose, 21 Greylag Goose, 12 Mute Swan, 5 Shelduck (Adult and 4 young), 21 Mallard (Inc. 8 young), Swift, Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon, 8 Wood Pigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 3 Moorhen (Adult and 2 young), 8 Oystercatcher, 4 Lapwing, Curlew, 244 Black-tailed Godwit, 50 Turnstone, 10 Dunlin, Green Sandpiper (On splodge), 78 Redshank, 11 Greenshank (Maybe more, heard several calling), 1072 Black-headed Gull, 15 Common Gull, 18 Herring Gull, 35 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Cormorant, Grey Heron, 14 Little Egret, Peregrine Falcon (Adult male), Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 5 Carrion Crow, 143 Swallow, Starling, 4 House Sparrow, 4 Pied Wagtail, 6 Linnet, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Black Swan [Matt Turner]

Red Kite (Low, drifting east) [David L Smith]

Kingfisher [David L Smith]

100+ Canada Goose, 100+ Greylag Goose, 10 Mallard, Wood Pigeon, Coot, 3 Great Crested Grebe (2 inc well grown juv), 6 Oystercatcher, Little Ringed Plover (1cy), Whimbrel, Curlew, Common Sandpiper, Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Cormorant, 2 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, Magpie, Carrion Crow, c.20 Swallow (Small group and a single south), Cetti's Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler (Family group), Wren, 4 House Sparrow, 8 Linnet, Goldfinch, Reed Bunting [Steve Swinney]

25 Turnstone (Approx. Flying past in small groups.), 4 Mediterranean Gull (Two adults, one 2nd summer, one 1st summer.), 2 Sandwich Tern (At least. Both adults.), 70 Common Tern (Approx.), 4 Swallow (At least.), 2 Yellow Wagtail [Andrew Cox]

14 Avocet, 3 Little Ringed Plover (adult plus two juvs), Whimbrel, 67 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin (summer plumage), 4 Snipe, 8 Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 5 Common Tern, 3 Buzzard, 5 Swallow, 4 Yellow Wagtail [Alan Shearring]

8 Canada Goose, 70 Greylag Goose (circa.), 14 Mute Swan (Adults inc. pair with one young.), 30 Mallard (circa.), Pochard, Little Grebe (Adult feeding four young.), 7 Great Crested Grebe (At least. Adults inc. three pair with two young each.), 4 Lapwing (On meadow.), 100 Black-headed Gull (circa. On meadow.), 7 Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 6 Cormorant, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard (Together.), Barn Owl (Heard only.), Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel (Male and female, latter with prey.), 30 Jackdaw (circa. On meadow.), 4 Chiffchaff, Reed Warbler, 30 Tufted Duck (circa.) [Malcolm Corbett]

16 Swift (High-flying tight group, heading west) [David L Smith]

6 Teal (Up and out again), 2 Sandwich Tern (Up river), 9 Common Tern (Up river) [Paul Larkin]

30 Swift, 2 Sparrowhawk (Juveniles ), Blackbird, 11 House Sparrow [Steve Grimwade]

2 Mediterranean Gull [John Thorogood]

4 Sparrowhawk (Obvious family group watched throughout chasing each other through tree foliage with much calling) [Andrew Goodey]

2 Canada Goose, Turtle Dove (From Sea Wall), 8 Oystercatcher, 5 Little Egret, 2 Green Woodpecker, Kestrel, Sand Martin (Lots feeding young), 2 Lesser Whitethroat (Parent and young.), 5 Whitethroat, 2 Dunnock, 3 Goldfinch [Peter Brittain]

Buzzard, 5 Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch (At least.) [Andrew Cox]

Ring-necked Parakeet (Appeared to be this species. Flying noisily around Abbey Fields (athletic track area) but minus its tail..) [Paul Brayshaw]

6 Teal, Cuckoo (Juvenile), Avocet, 2 Marsh Harrier (Ringed female & juvenile), Kestrel, Hobby [David L Smith]

2 Sparrowhawk (Adult with one young.), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper [Andrew Cox]

Sparrowhawk (See above.), Buzzard (Mobbed by sparrowhawk.), Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, Hobby (Immature, hunting over meadow. Often perched on dead trees/ branches.), 2 Swallow, 2 Nuthatch (At least.), 11 Goldfinch [Andrew Cox]

Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Green Woodpecker (At least.), Coal Tit, Nuthatch, 4 Treecreeper, Bullfinch (At least. Sounded like a juv.), 3 Goldfinch [Andrew Cox]

4 Teal (Up river), Sandwich Tern (Up river), 11 Common Tern (Up river) [Paul Larkin]

Sparrowhawk (Male. Elms Farm Park.) [Malcolm Corbett]

Great White Egret (Flying over the strood. Seen from the car) [Oliver Cottis]

Red Kite (Circling over Copford Primary School) [Steve Grimwade]

Sandwich Tern (Flying up and down just offshore) [Simon Banks]

10 Canada Goose, 3 Mute Swan, Oystercatcher, 20+ Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, Marsh Harrier, 2 Kestrel, Wheatear, 2 Corn Bunting [Andrew Ducat]

Teal (Reeves hall pool MC), 100 Grey Plover (Plus maydays DU ), Whimbrel (Maydays DU ), 3 Knot (Maydays DU ), Snipe (F/o Maydays DU ), 2 Common Sandpiper (Off maydays DU ), 8 Greenshank (Off maydays seawall DU), 3 Marsh Harrier (Off maydays DU ), 2 Buzzard (Reeves hall marshes DU), White-letter Hairstreak (Side off fish pond wood MC ,1 willow emerald maydays DU ) [Stephen Entwistle]

2 Wood Pigeon, 6 Collared Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker (female - multiple visits throughout the morning), 3 Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, c.15 Starling, Blackbird (Female with food for young), Robin, 6 House Sparrow, Dunnock, Pied Wagtail, 2 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch [Steve Swinney]

2 Pochard, 10 Swift, 5 Common Sandpiper, 20 Common Tern (including juvs), Little Egret, Chiffchaff, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 12 Whitethroat [Gary A James]

35 Canada Goose (In the managed retreat), 63 Greylag Goose (Golden Gates), 3 Mute Swan (Two on the pit to the south of the tip, one Golden Gates), 53 Shelduck (Mucking Bay), Shoveler (Golden Gates), Teal (Golden Gates), 11 Pochard (Six plus one, apparently unattached, half grown young on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 23 Stock Dove (Golden Gates), 2 Moorhen (Juveniles, Golden Gates), 34 Coot (Nine on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gares), 6 Little Grebe (Plus broods of two and one on the pit to the south of the tip), 7 Great Crested Grebe (Five, including a full grown juv, Golden Gates, two on the pit to the south of the tip), 6 Oystercatcher (Mucking Bay), 52 Avocet (Mucking Bay), 4 Whimbrel (In the managed retreat), 92 Curlew (Mucking Bay), 43 Black-tailed Godwit (Mucking Bay), Turnstone (Roosting on yellow buoy), Green Sandpiper (On the pit to the south of the tip), 15 Yellow-legged Gull (Mucking Bay), Cormorant (Golden Gates), 3 Little Egret (In the managed retreat), 3 Stonechat (Males, two on the VC approach road, one by the VC), Corn Bunting (On the VC approach road), 68 Tufted Duck (Two plus two well grown young on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest, plus broods of 9 and 3 downy young, on Golden Gates) [Paul Larkin]

50 Canada Goose, 6 Greylag Goose, 4 Mute Swan, 43 Mallard (Inc two family groups), Stock Dove, 6 Wood Pigeon, 5 Moorhen, 9 Coot, 7 Great Crested Grebe (At least 2 chicks present), 4 Black-headed Gull, 11 Herring Gull, 21 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Common Tern, 2 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, Buzzard, 3 Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, Magpie, 8 Carrion Crow, 15 Sand Martin, Swallow, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Wren, Blackbird, Pied Wagtail, Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch [Matt Turner]

4 Buzzard (All juveniles), Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 4 Great Tit, 2 Blackbird [Steve Grimwade]

4 Swift (First ones I'd seen since 27th. Over and/or near my garden.), 2 Swallow (Over my garden. Very unusual for well inside Dovercourt. Appeared with Swifts ahead of stormcloud.) [Simon Banks]

2 Little Grebe, 10 Oystercatcher, 4 Grey Plover, 2 Whimbrel, 50 Curlew, 75 Black-tailed Godwit, 15 Redshank, 5 Greenshank, 4 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier [Yvonne Watling]

25 Turnstone, 10 Sanderling, 2 Sandwich Tern, 3 Willow Warbler (One in John Weston sang briefly.), 2 Chiffchaff [Simon Banks]

Green Woodpecker [Andrew Ducat]

Avocet (Reeves hall marshes SE ), 104 Black-tailed Godwit (Pye fleet from Reeves hall marshes SE ), 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Reeves hall marshes SE ), White-letter Hairstreak (Side of fish pond wood SE) [Stephen Entwistle]

2 Blackbird [Andrew Ducat]

Buzzard (Calling.), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Green Woodpecker (Including one calling juv.), Kestrel (Calling.), 8 Swallow (At least. Hatch Farm area.), Yellowhammer (Singing male, near car park.) [Andrew Cox]

14 Swift (South, first thing), 5 Whimbrel, 16 Black-tailed Godwit (Walton Channel ), 12 Turnstone, 61 Sanderling (Between tidal lagoons and Stone Point ), 27 Dunlin (Between tidal lagoons and Stone Point ), Common Sandpiper, 10 Little Tern (Off Stone Point ), Common Tern, 2 Sparrowhawk, Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker (Juveniles ), Cetti's Warbler (Singing, John Weston Reserve ), 4 Willow Warbler (First of the autumn, 2 north of cricket pitch, 2 by sewage works ), 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Warbler (Half-heartedly singing), 2 Wheatear (First of the autumn, towards Stone Point ), 10 Pied Wagtail [Brian Combes]

167 Swift, 207 Oystercatcher, 45 Whimbrel, 6 Bar-tailed Godwit, 5 Arctic Tern (Adults in mixed group with common terns), Arctic Skua, 208 Sand Martin, 65 Swallow, 3 Willow Warbler (Lovely lemon juvs on undercliff early am) [Paul Brayshaw]

1 Red Kite (Over Maypole Road, W of Captain's Wood. My first local sighting since 9th June.) [Malcolm Corbett]

27 Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, 77 Shelduck, 10 Mallard, Stock Dove, Wood Pigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 5 Oystercatcher, 5 Whimbrel, 67 Curlew, Bar-tailed Godwit, 22 Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, 3 Yellow-legged Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Cormorant, Peregrine Falcon (Female - flypast), Ring-necked Parakeet, Jay, 3 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Skylark, Whitethroat, Wren, 50+ Starling, Blackbird, Robin, House Sparrow, Dunnock, 2 Greenfinch, 5 Linnet, Goldfinch [Steve Swinney]

c.2 Coot, 2+ Tufted Duck [Andrew Ducat]

7 Raven (over minor road Manuden to Clavering) [Andrew Goodey]

1 Wheatear (Juv Cudmore grove seawall DU ), 60 Black-tailed Godwit (Plus off cudmore grove DU ), 1 Mistle Thrush (On wires just north of cudmore grove park DU ) [Stephen Entwistle]

1 Wood Sandpiper, 5 Green Sandpiper, 9 Whimbrel [Clive Atkins]

1 Peregrine Falcon (Adult female from ridge field.), 2 Green Woodpecker [Andrew Cox]

4 Common Sandpiper, 2 Great Crested Grebe (Adults Plus re-count 5 x humbugs ), 2 Lapwing [Brian Bolton]

1231 Swift (1202 in am, most before rain at 7am over the sea (>1km offshore), then tight wader like flocks over sea and land during the heavier pulses of rain), 22 Oystercatcher, 3 Grey Plover, 15 Whimbrel [Paul Brayshaw]

Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, 3 Shelduck, 10 Mallard, 2 Collared Dove, Moorhen, Coot, 5 Oystercatcher, Avocet, 2 Lapwing, Whimbrel, 26 Curlew, Bar-tailed Godwit, 39 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, Redshank, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, 8 Yellow-legged Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Little Egret, Barn Owl, Ring-necked Parakeet, Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, 6 Yellow Wagtail, 6 Linnet, Reed Bunting [Steve Swinney]

2 Little Owl (Appeared to be hunting ) [Barry Beischer]

6 Common Sandpiper (4 by maydays, 2 reeves hall), 2 Greenshank (Between reeves hall and Maydays), 1 Yellowhammer (Between maydays and Strood ) [Paul Brayshaw]

2 Sparrowhawk (Juveniles calling.), 1 Green Woodpecker [Andrew Cox]

20 Black-headed Gull, 2 Little Egret, 6 House Sparrow [Michael Davies] , ,

Hobby [Philip Chalk]

43 Curlew, 25 Yellow-legged Gull (Mainly adults but a couple of juvs), 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Marsh Harrier (Male), 4 Yellow Wagtail (Flushed by Marsh Harrier), 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 547 Avocet, 16 Oystercatcher, 48 Canada Goose, 25 Greylag Goose, 6 Little Egret, 3 Common Sandpiper, 5 Whimbrel, 71 Shelduck, 5 Pochard, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Shoveler, 1 Corn Bunting, 2 Teal, 3 Little Ringed Plover (One juvenile) [Paul Larkin]

20 Avocet, 2 Spotted Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 5 Curlew, 1 Ringed Plover, 75 Black-tailed Godwit, 20 Oystercatcher, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 4 Little Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, 2 Kestrel, 15 Shelduck, 30 Redshank, 3 Reed Bunting, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Cetti's Warbler [Yvonne Watling]

1 Turtle Dove, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Hobby, 27 Greenshank, 3 Spotted Redshank, 4 Whimbrel [Steve Grimwade]

1 Wheatear (By Reeves hall pools AF DU), 3 Green Sandpiper (Reeves hall pool AF DU), 3 Greenshank (Pye fleet AF ), 50 Grey Plover (Off Reeves hall marshes AF ), 2 Knot (Off Reeves hall marshes AF ), 1 Black-tailed Godwit (Reeves hall marshes AF ), 30 Curlew (Pye fleet AF DU ), 4 Avocet (Pye fleet AF DU ), 3 Sparrowhawk (Adult with youngsters AF), 1 Marsh Harrier (Male Reeves hall marshes AF ), 1 Mute Swan (Pye fleet DU ), 4 Dunlin (Pye fleet AF), 20 Lapwing (Reeves hall AF) [Stephen Entwistle]

3 Oystercatcher (East of the old P Stn site), 1 Mediterranean Gull (Juvenile near the ferry terminal), 2 Mute Swan (In the fort), 55 Sand Martin (Sitting on the mud in the moat), 5 Shelduck (Plus a brood on nine on the foreshore by the fort and a brood of two in the fort), 2 Little Grebe (In the moat), 1 Little Egret (In the fort), 3 Curlew (On foreshore east of the old P Stn site), 2 Lapwing (In the fort), 8 Mallard (On foreshore by the old P Stn site) [Paul Larkin]

2 Goldeneye, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Marsh Harrier (juvenile), 1 Corn Bunting, 1 Yellowhammer, 1 Cattle Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Mandarin Duck, 2 Cetti's Warbler [Steve Grimwade]

1 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk (Female.), 1 Kestrel (Female. Sparring with hobby at one point.), 2 Hobby (Pair, feeding over Hall Wood.), 4 Green Woodpecker (At least. Including one juv.), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (At least.), 15 Swift (At least.), 1 Swallow, 2 Treecreeper (At least.), 4 Nuthatch (At least.), 1 Goldfinch, 1 Peregrine Falcon (Adult female.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Turtle Dove (On wires at back of fishing lake. If still present then Probably best viewed from metal fishing gates), 1 Little Egret, 4 Common Sandpiper, 2 Great Crested Grebe (Plus 4 x humbugs still), 10 Common Tern (At least Inc juvs) [Brian Bolton]

11960 Swift (Heavy passage 0500-0645 peaking at over 120/min, gradually reducing thereafter plus a few in the evening. Passage over the coastal strip c0.5km inland. Very impressive constant stream with birds at all heights) [Paul Brayshaw]

25 Swallow, 1 Hobby (flew quite low over the fields, upsetting the swallows), 1 Sparrowhawk [Oliver Cottis]

3 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper, 9 Pochard (Females. ), 2 Tufted Duck (Females.), 6 Little Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, 12 Coot, 2 Common Gull, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 9 Herring Gull, 4 Canada Goose, 4 Greylag Goose, 12 Swallow (Circa. Gatekeeper Butterflies, 1 Marbled White.), 4 Stock Dove, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Skylark, 18 Mallard, 1 Lapwing, 15 Black-headed Gull (Circa.), 2 House Sparrow (Juveniles.), 1 Peregrine Falcon (Eating a kill on distant power pole. ) [David Hale]

50 Swallow, 50 House Martin (Low cloud , both sightings over garden briefly ) [Phil Harling ]

10 Swallow (+), 20 Turnstone (approx), 2 Marsh Harrier (+), 10 Little Egret (+), 1 Common Sandpiper, 20 Oystercatcher (+), 10 Curlew (+), 40 Sandwich Tern (approx, incl juvs), 4 Little Tern, 12 Mediterranean Gull (+ incl 1+ juv), 60 Redshank (+), 30 Grey Plover (+), 30 Bar-tailed Godwit (+), 12 Black-tailed Godwit (+), 2 Eider (1 male, 1 female), 3 Whimbrel (+), 2 Lapwing, 20 Dunlin (+) [Liz Huxley]

3 Spoonbill, 30 Greylag Goose, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 15 Mallard, 2 Grey Heron [Michael Davies] , , , ,

1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 25 Swallow (Approx. Hatch Farm area. Some juvs.), 1 Coal Tit, 3 Treecreeper (At least.), 3 Nuthatch (At least.) [Andrew Cox]

3 Greenshank, 10 Avocet, 1 Golden Plover, 140 Redshank, 4 Common Tern [Stephen Entwistle]

1 Little Owl (Usual perch, Church Road.), 2 Green Woodpecker (One, South Wood. One, Pan Grove.), 2 Whitethroat (Together, contact calling and carrying food. Sains Farm drive.) [Malcolm Corbett]

1353 Swift (Over coastal strip), 244 Sand Martin, 46 Swallow [Paul Brayshaw]

20 Swift (+ St Albrights breeding area new farm Road stanway ) [Graham Barber ]

6 Mute Swan (Pair with four young, inc. one leucistic cygnet. Totham Pit. (Confirmation of previous third party report).) [Malcolm Corbett]

1 Peregrine Falcon (chasing feral pigeons near end of pier then flew towards Adventure Island), 1 Common Tern (on jetty close to Turnstones), 100 Turnstone (approx count roosting on slipway), 10 Mediterranean Gull (approx count) [James Hudson]

1 Common Gull (Point Hide), 4 Oystercatcher (Point Hide), 1 Yellow-legged Gull (Adult from Oak Hide), 2 Common Sandpiper (Point Hide), 30 Mute Swan (+), 200 Coot (+), 2 Little Egret (Rawl Hide), 1 Little Grebe (Rawl Hide), 10 Pochard (2 broods of ducklings.), 2 Red-crested Pochard (Oak Hide) [Andrew Allen]

7 Pochard (Female with six well grown young.), 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 14 Curlew, 34 Redshank (At least.), 2 Spotted Redshank (WP.), 8 Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Bearded Tit (Juvs, western end.) [Andrew Cox]

2 Oystercatcher, 1 Common Sandpiper, 20 Common Tern (+), 4 Arctic Tern (upriver), 1 Sandwich Tern (downriver), 40 Swift (+), 15 House Martin [Gary A James]

4 Green Sandpiper (Reeves hall marshes pool AF), 9 Whimbrel ((Plus)5 pye fleet AF, 4 cudmore grove SE ), 40 Curlew (Plus pye fleet AF ), 30 Grey Plover (Plus pye fleet AF ), 100 Redshank (Plus 50+ pye fleet AF. 50+ cudmore grove SE ), 2 Greenshank (Pye fleet AF ), 15 Turnstone (Plus 10+ cudmore grove SE, 5 pye fleet AF ), 1 Corn Bunting (Reeves/Maydays AF), 1 Yellowhammer (Reeves hall /maydays AF), 1 Marsh Harrier (Pye fleet AF ), 11 Black-tailed Godwit (Plus cudmore grove SE ), 2 Bar-tailed Godwit (Plus cudmore grove SE ), 12 Mediterranean Gull (Plus cudmore grove SE ), 2 Common Tern (Cudmore grove SE), 4 Little Tern (Off cudmore grove SE), 20 Lapwing (Pye fleet AF ), 50 Dunlin (Plus 45+ cudmore grove SE, 5 pye fleet AF ) [Stephen Entwistle]

4 Spoonbill, 7 Cormorant, 1 Pied Wagtail, 5 Common Tern, 7 Egyptian Goose [Michael Davies] , , , ,

3 Yellow Wagtail (Strood channel MC ), 1 Sedge Warbler (Strood channel MC ), 4 Corn Bunting (2 Strood channel MC ,2 maydays DU ), 2 Grey Heron (Strood channel MC), 3 Turnstone (Strood channel MC), 7 Whimbrel (3 Strood channel MC ,4 maydays SE ), 150 Redshank (100 Plus strood channel MC ,50 plus off maydays/Reeves hall SE), 3 Great Crested Grebe (1 Strood channel MC ,2 off Reeves hall DU ), 4 Common Sandpiper (Maydays sluice 3 DU, 4 SE), 2 Knot (Off Reeves hall DU ), 65 Grey Plover (Off Reeves hall DU ), 15 Black-tailed Godwit (Off pye fleet DU ), 1 Stonechat (Juv Reeves hall DU ), 500 Rook (Plus mixed rooks/jackdaw maydays/Reeves hall DU), 1 Jackdaw (See rooks/jackdaw 500+ mixed), 1 Yellowhammer (Maydays DU ), 2 Green Sandpiper (F/o high street calling IB), 12 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Plus Maydays SE ), 1 Bar-tailed Godwit (Full summer plumage off Reeves hall SE ), 6 Greenshank (5 Off maydays SE , 1 strood channel MC ), 25 Curlew (Plus off maydays/Reeves hall SE), 1 Hobby (Flyover empress drive SE ), 12 Dunlin (Off Reeves hall DU ), 1 Spoonbill (Over geedon towards maydays Glyn Evans) [Stephen Entwistle]

2 Wood Sandpiper (On scrape, found by Pete loud) [Paul Brayshaw]

7 Green Woodpecker (At least.), 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Coal Tit (At least.), 3 Nuthatch (At least.) [Andrew Cox]

2 Whimbrel (Salcott channel), 8 Spotted Redshank (Salcott Channel), 3 Marsh Harrier (1m & 2f/juv hunting all over reserve), 3 Ruff (Pools), 1 Common Gull, 2 Common Sandpiper (Pools), 2 Green Sandpiper (Pools), 1 Greenshank (Salcott channel), 1 Bar-tailed Godwit (Salcott channel), 1 Corn Bunting (singing male), 4 Yellow Wagtail (fledglings along salcott channel seawall), 2 Bearded Tit (Heard at southern end of short walk) [Tony Kennelly]

5 Corn Bunting (a family, with 3 chicks!), 18 Skylark, 100 Swift (minimum count), 13 Linnet, 20 Goldfinch, 9 Swallow, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10 Meadow Pipit (including at-least 2 individuals parachuting) [Oliver Cottis]

1 Yellowhammer (Singing) [Paul Everett]

15 Pochard (+), 5 Great Crested Grebe (including young), 4 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret, 2 Goldfinch, 1 Common Sandpiper, 5 Cormorant (+), 6 Lapwing, 5 Egyptian Goose [Paul Everett] , , , ,

1 Buzzard (Juvenile perching on telegraph pole each day), 6 Goldfinch, 4 Swallow (Have nested in farmyard), 2 Skylark (Over barley field ) [Ann Darnell]

15 Starling, 8 Swallow [Michael Davies] ,

2 Common Sandpiper, 5 Little Egret, 1 Pochard, 4 Cormorant (1 on island, 3 on platform), 7 Common Tern, 6 Great Crested Grebe (pair with 4 chicks), 30 Canada Goose, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Pied Wagtail (1 adult , 2 juv), 16 Greylag Goose (Flyover), 1 Green Woodpecker (heard only), 2 Blue Tit (juv.) [Paul Everett]

2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Sparrowhawk (heard only, from in dense woodland), 1 House Martin, 3 Swift, 3 Blackcap, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Linnet, 3 Goldfinch, 2 Jay, 2 Stock Dove, 8 Carrion Crow, 7 Chiffchaff, 5 Wren, 9 Blue Tit, 1 Robin, 2 Blackbird, 76 Wood Pigeon, 6 Magpie, 4 Bullfinch (2 pairs. Unlikely to be the same pair twice unless they moved very far), 1 Kingfisher (heard only) [Oliver Cottis]

1 Little Tern (Off golf house seawall DU ), 5 Common Tern (Off gulf house seawall DU ), 8 Mediterranean Gull (Off gulf house seawall DU ), 1 Common Gull (Pye fleet DU), 60 Black-tailed Godwit (Reeves hall to golf house pools DU ), 2 Bar-tailed Godwit (Reeves hall to golf house pools DU ), 13 Avocet (Reeves hall to golf house pools DU ), 35 Turnstone (Reeves hall to golf house pools DU ), 5 Shelduck (Shelduck-lings off Reeves hall DU ), 8 Common Sandpiper (1 strood channel JB, 7+ maydays SE ), 1 Hobby (Strood channel JB), 2 Yellow Wagtail (Strood channel JB), 2 Corn Bunting (1pr Strood channel JB ), 1 Green Sandpiper (Maydays SE ), 1 Knot (Red knot off Reeves hall SE ), 9 Grey Plover (Off Reeves hall SE ), 25 Curlew (Plus off Reeves hall SE ), 50 Redshank (Plus pye fleet SE ), 10 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Plus pye fleet SE ), 40 Dunlin (Reeves hall to golf house pools DU ), 1 Peregrine Falcon (Reeves hall to golf house DU ), 1 Short-eared Owl (Maydays SE ) [Stephen Entwistle]

20 Swift (Very high over car park ) [Ann Darnell]

500 Canada Goose (Estimated), 20 Gadwall (At Least - LB Causeway ), 22 Teal (LB Causeway ), 40 Lapwing (At least), 3 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Common Sandpiper (Both Causeways), 4 Spoonbill, 2 Great White Egret (Possibly 3? -LDLH Causeway), 25 Little Egret, Tawny Owl (Wood mouse Trail - West), Great Spotted Woodpecker (Heard only -Butterflies include Purple Emperor, Comma, Meadow Brown. ), 2 Green Woodpecker (Heard only), Hobby (Bay Hide Bay), 2 Reed Warbler (LB Causeway ), Song Thrush (LB Causeway ), 5 Yellow Wagtail (Wood mouse Trail - West), 2 Bullfinch (♂♀ - Wood mouse Trail - West), Black Swan (Gwen's Hide) [Mick Woodruff]

2 Reed Warbler (Singing), 1 Sparrowhawk, 8 Sand Martin (Around colony), 33 Sanderling (On beach by tidal lagoons), 64 Sandwich Tern (51 roosting Cormorant Creek ), 2 Whimbrel, 2 Green Woodpecker (Juveniles), 122 Black-tailed Godwit (+, including 75 feeding/roosting on Walton Hall Marshes ), 7 Grey Plover, 3 Common Sandpiper (2 Walton Hall Marshes, 1 Walton Channel ), 11 Bar-tailed Godwit (Walton Channel/Cormorant Creek ), 2 Avocet, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Dunlin, 1 Cetti's Warbler (Singing, John Weston Reserve ) [Brian Combes]