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
| Kelvedon Hatch: 1 Raven |
| Weald CP, near South Weald: 1 Raven, 1 Red Kite |
| Abberton Reservoir: 2 Great White Egret, 2 Red-crested Pochard, 1 Ruddy Shelduck, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 2 Little Ringed Plover |
| Great Baddow, Chelmsford: 2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Kingfisher |
| Alresford: 1 Peregrine Falcon |
| Abberton Reservoir: 2 Great White Egret, 3 Cattle Egret, 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Ruddy Shelduck, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 1 Wood Sandpiper |
| Hanningfield Reservoir: 3 Little Ringed Plover, 15 Red-crested Pochard, 4 Egyptian Goose |
| Holland Haven: 2 Little Ringed Plover |
| Chigborough Lakes: 2 Bullfinch |
| Lofts Farm GPs, Heybridge: 2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Kingfisher |
| Sudbury, Suffolk: 2 Kingfisher, 1 Marsh Tit, 2 Bullfinch |
| The Hythe, Colchester: 2 Peregrine Falcon |
| Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB: 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Bearded Tit |
| Frinton-on-Sea: 1 Tree Pipit |
| Rayne: 1 Tree Pipit |
| Blue House Farm EWT, North Fambridge: 1 Wood Sandpiper |
| Frinton-on-Sea: 1 Fulmar, 1 Black Tern, 1 Tree Pipit |
| Russell Green GPs, near Chelmsford: 1 Turtle Dove |
| South Woodham Ferrers: 3 Cetti's Warbler |
| Lofts Farm GPs, Heybridge: 1 Cetti's Warbler |
| Chigborough Lakes: 1 Bullfinch |
| Walton-on-The-Naze: 8 Barnacle Goose |
| Abberton Reservoir: 1 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Great White Egret, 12 Egyptian Goose, 2 Red-crested Pochard, 1 Ruddy Shelduck |
| Blue House Farm EWT, North Fambridge: 2 Bearded Tit |
| Wrabness: 2 Turtle Dove, 2 Bullfinch |
| Tilbury: 1 Arctic Tern |
| Wrabness: 2 Turtle Dove |
| Beckton: 1 Grasshopper Warbler |
| Abberton Reservoir: 2 Great White Egret, 2 Red-crested Pochard, 2 Ruddy Shelduck, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 1 Cattle Egret, 30 Egyptian Goose |
| Hanningfield Reservoir: 1 Wood Sandpiper, 5 Egyptian Goose, 6 Red-crested Pochard, 1 Little Ringed Plover |
| Mistley: 1 Black Swan |
| Frinton-on-Sea: 2 Fulmar |
| Langdon Hills NR EWT: 1 Kingfisher, 1 Bullfinch |
| Hanningfield Reservoir: 3 Garganey, 12 Red-crested Pochard, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 4 Egyptian Goose |
| Abberton Reservoir: 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Cattle Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 4 Egyptian Goose, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Peregrine Falcon |
| Frinton-on-Sea: 1 Little Gull, 2 Black Tern |
| Wrabness: 2 Turtle Dove |
| Chigborough Lakes: 1 Kingfisher |
| Abberton Reservoir: 4 Garganey, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 7 Cattle Egret, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Ruddy Shelduck, 2 Black Swan, 10 Egyptian Goose, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Peregrine Falcon |
| Fingringhoe Wick NR EWT: 1 Curlew Sandpiper |
| Vange Marsh RSPB: 2 Bearded Tit |
| Stanford Warren: 2 Kingfisher |
| Stow Marsh: 1 Raven |
| Alresford: 1 Turtle Dove, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Grey Partridge |
| Belchamp Walter, near Sudbury: 2 Bullfinch |
| Hanningfield Reservoir: 1 Garganey, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 9 Red-crested Pochard |
| Abberton Reservoir: 4 Cattle Egret, 1 Ruddy Shelduck, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Ringed Plover |
| Abberton Reservoir: 4 Cattle Egret, 1 Ruddy Shelduck |
| Stratford: 1 Peregrine Falcon |
| Abberton Reservoir: 2 Cattle Egret |