Please note that with most of Essex being put into Tier 4 from 20th Dec that sites still in Tier 2, including Abberton and Mersea, are not accessible to those outside the Tier 2 area.
The EBwS Bird News provides a summary of sightings for the past 14 days.
- Headline News highlights interesting birds categorised as locally scarce or where the EBwS requires full notes/descriptions
- Reports provides the full details of the sightings submitted to this website as well as other records e.g. from the East London Birders Forum
- Table provides the same information as Reports but in a tabular format
- Photos highlights the latest photos that have been uploaded to the website
Amber indicates a local or uncommon species, red indicates EBwS requires notes, bold red indicates EBwS requires a description.
EBwS Headline Bird News
| Tilbury: 1 Red Kite |
| Colchester: 7 Red Kite |
| West Bergholt: 3 Red Kite, 1 Kingfisher |
| Great Totham: 1 Goosander |
| Galleyhill Wood, near Waltham Abbey: 1 Red Kite |
| Westley Heights: 1 Lesser Redpoll |
| Stanford Warren: 1 Cetti's Warbler |
| Copford: 1 Peregrine Falcon |
| Burnham-on-Crouch: 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler |
| Doddinghurst: 1 Red Kite |
| Galleyhill Wood, near Waltham Abbey: 3 Red Kite |
| High Ongar: 1 Red Kite |
| Lofts Farm GPs, Heybridge: 2 Cetti's Warbler |
| Harlow: 1 Red Kite |
| Laindon: 1 Red Kite |
| Brightlingsea: 1 White Wagtail, 1 Black Redstart |
| Woodford Green: 1 Red Kite |
| Wivenhoe: 3 White-fronted Goose, 2 Whooper Swan |
| Shrub End: 1 Red Kite |
| Great Totham: 3 Goosander |
| Rayne: 1 Merlin |
| Doddinghurst: 1 Red Kite, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet |
| Good Easter: 1 Red Kite |
| Witham: 1 Bullfinch |
| Great Totham: 1 Red Kite |
| Stapleford Tawney: 2 Red Kite |
| Navestock: 6 Brambling |
| TM0224: 1 Cetti's Warbler |
| Brightlingsea: 2 Pale-bellied Brent Goose, 1 Black Redstart |
| Naze, The: 4 Barnacle Goose, 4 Cetti's Warbler |
| Shrub End: 3 Lesser Redpoll |
| Great Leighs: 1 Bullfinch |
| Braintree: 4 Red Kite |
| Doddinghurst: 1 Great White Egret, 1 Red Kite, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Bullfinch |
| Witham: 1 Red Kite |
| Thorndon CP (South): 2 Goosander, 4 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Kingfisher |
| Great Totham: 5 Goosander, 1 Red Kite |
| Marsh Farm, South Woodham Ferrers: 1 Cetti's Warbler |
| Doddinghurst: 1 Great White Egret |
| Kelvedon Hatch: 2 Raven |
| Lofts Farm GPs, Heybridge: 2 Egyptian Goose, 5 Red-crested Pochard |
| Colchester: 1 Great White Egret |
| Little Waltham: 1 Red Kite |
| Stapleford Tawney: 1 Red Kite |
| Hanningfield Reservoir: 1 White-fronted Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose |
| Naze, The: 1 Purple Sandpiper, 2 Cetti's Warbler |
| Great Totham: 7 Goosander |
| Kelvedon Hatch: 1 Red Kite |
| Doddinghurst: 2 Ring-necked Parakeet |
| Billericay: 2 Egyptian Goose |