Please note there is currently a severe tick problem at Old Hall Marshes. Dog walkers should avoid and birdwatchers need to make regular checks to legs and avoid any strands of grass hanging over the footpath. This is a really bad infestation.
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
| Witham: 1 Red Kite |
| Roydon: 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Marsh Tit |
| South Woodham Ferrers: 1 Cetti's Warbler |
| Hanningfield Reservoir: 1 Garganey |
| Kelvedon Hatch: 1 Red Kite |
| Twinstead: 1 Marsh Tit |
| Langford, near Maldon: 1 Cetti's Warbler |
| Moverons, near Brightlingsea: 1 Raven, 4 Cetti's Warbler |
| Naze, The: 7 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Fulmar |
| Thurrock Thameside Nature Park (EWT): 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, 3 Cetti's Warbler |
| Rainham Marshes NR RSPB: 1 Cattle Egret, 2 Red Kite, 4 Cetti's Warbler |
| Stow Marsh: 2 Pink-footed Goose, 2 Tree Pipit |
| Chigborough Lakes: 3 Cetti's Warbler |
| Broomhouse, Langham: 1 Cetti's Warbler |
| Hanningfield Reservoir: 1 Garganey |
| Rayne: 4 Crane |
| Burnham-on-Crouch: 1 Cetti's Warbler |
| Abberton Reservoir: 3 Scaup, 2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Ring-necked Duck |
| Fingringhoe Mill: 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Cetti's Warbler |
| Fingringhoe GP: 1 Peregrine Falcon |
| Cattawade Marsh/Splodge: 1 Peregrine Falcon |
| South Weald: 4 Raven |
| Heybridge GP: 6 Cetti's Warbler |
| Chigborough Lakes: 1 Garganey, 4 Cetti's Warbler |
| Lofts Farm GPs, Heybridge: 2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Cetti's Warbler |
| Rainham Marshes NR RSPB: 23 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Raven, 2 Bearded Tit |
| Heybridge GP: 3 Cetti's Warbler |
| East Tilbury: 4 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Red Kite, 1 Little Ringed Plover |
| Hatfield Forest: 1 Marsh Tit |
| Naze, The: 5 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Brambling |
| Abberton Reservoir: 1 Black Tern, 2 Scaup, 2 Long-tailed Duck, 2 Little Ringed Plover |
| Vange Marsh RSPB: 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Bearded Tit |
| Blue House Farm EWT, North Fambridge: 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Bearded Tit, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Tree Pipit |
| Maldon: 1 Cetti's Warbler |
| Debden: 2 Bullfinch |
| Abberton Reservoir: 1 Great White Egret, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 2 Garganey, 2 Little Gull, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Egyptian Goose, 2 Long-tailed Duck |
| Naze, The: 6 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Firecrest |
| Burnham-on-Crouch: 1 Black Kite |
| Cattawade Marsh/Splodge: 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Egyptian Goose |
| Abberton Reservoir: 2 Goosander, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 White Wagtail, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 1 Great White Egret, 3 Scaup, 1 Red Kite, 2 Little Ringed Plover |
| Stanford Rivers, near Chipping Ongar: 1 Red Kite |
| Heybridge GP: 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Red Kite, 11 Cetti's Warbler |
| West Bergholt: 1 Black Kite |
| WigboroWick Farm, St Osyth: 1 Redstart |
| Wallasea Island, Crouch/Roach Estuaries: 2 Little Ringed Plover |
| Beeleigh: 1 Cetti's Warbler |
| Marsh Farm, South Woodham Ferrers: 2 Cetti's Warbler |
| Hanningfield Reservoir: 9 Red-crested Pochard, 2 Garganey, 1 Cetti's Warbler |
| Chigborough Lakes: 1 Cetti's Warbler |
| Lofts Farm GPs, Heybridge: 1 White Wagtail |