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
| Tilbury: 1 Little Ringed Plover |
| Abberton Reservoir: 1 Mandarin Duck, 6 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Cetti's Warbler |
| Bowers Marsh (RSPB): 3 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Peregrine Falcon |
| Colne Pt: 2 Grey Partridge |
| Arkesden: 1 Red Kite, 1 Bullfinch |
| Witham: 1 Red Kite |
| Chigborough Lakes: 1 Kingfisher |
| Wat Tyler CP, Pitsea: 1 Peregrine Falcon, 5 Bearded Tit |
| Abberton Reservoir: 1 Mandarin Duck, 6 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Cetti's Warbler |
| Wivenhoe: 1 Turtle Dove |
| Epping: 1 Red Kite |
| Cattawade Marsh/Splodge: 1 Peregrine Falcon |
| Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB: 2 Cetti's Warbler |
| The Hythe, Colchester: 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Cetti's Warbler |
| Thurrock Thameside Nature Park (EWT): 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Kingfisher |
| Cattawade Marsh/Splodge: 1 Peregrine Falcon, 3 Egyptian Goose |
| Abberton Reservoir: 7 Little Ringed Plover |
| Wrabness: 1 Turtle Dove |
| Colchester: 5 Peregrine Falcon |
| Langdon Hills NR EWT: 2 Bullfinch |
| Bowers Marsh (RSPB): 2 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Barnacle Goose, 1 Little Ringed Plover |
| Hanningfield Reservoir: 3 Egyptian Goose, 18 Red-crested Pochard |
| Southend-on-Sea: 1 Razorbill |
| Vange Marsh RSPB: 4 Bearded Tit |
| The Naze at Walton: 12 Barnacle Goose, 3 Cetti's Warbler |
| WigboroWick Farm, St Osyth: 1 Montagu's Harrier |
| Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB: 4 Egyptian Goose, 2 Cetti's Warbler |
| Great Horkesley: 1 Bullfinch |
| Colne Pt: 1 Montagu's Harrier |
| Alresford: 1 Turtle Dove |
| Cattawade Marsh/Splodge: 2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Black Swan, 1 Peregrine Falcon |
| Colchester: 5 Peregrine Falcon |
| Abberton Reservoir: 6 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Ring-necked Duck |
| Fingringhoe Wick NR EWT: 1 Cetti's Warbler |
| Holland Haven: 4 Bearded Tit, 1 Cetti's Warbler |
| Warley: 1 Ring-necked Parakeet |
| Cattawade Marsh/Splodge: 1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Bullfinch |
| West Canvey Marshes RSPB: 2 Egyptian Goose |
| Wat Tyler CP, Pitsea: 1 Peregrine Falcon, 2 Bearded Tit |
| Lofts Farm GPs, Heybridge: 1 Egyptian Goose |
| Borley: 1 Kingfisher |
| Ardleigh Reservoir: 1 Kingfisher |
| Wivenhoe: 1 Turtle Dove |
| Great Waltham: 2 Bullfinch |
| WigboroWick Farm, St Osyth: 1 Red-backed Shrike |
| Vange Marsh RSPB: 1 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Bearded Tit |
| Wat Tyler CP, Pitsea: 1 Bearded Tit |
| Abberton Reservoir: 7 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Black Swan, 5 Egyptian Goose |
| Nayland: 1 Kingfisher, 2 Bullfinch |
| Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB: 1 Red Kite, 2 Cetti's Warbler |