COVID-19: New Government guidelines allow one person to meet one other person from outside their household outdoors - as long as they stay more than 2m apart. We are allowed to spend more time outdoors for multiple times a day with no time limit and are free to drive as far as we like to outdoor open spaces. Please continue to record your sightings whether at home or as part of your exercise. Also should you observe any rare species during this time it would be advisable not to post these at this time in order to prevent unwanted attention. By all means forward them to the county recorder or make a note to enter them when restrictions are lifted.
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
| Lofts Farm GPs, Heybridge: 1 Cetti's Warbler |
| Doddinghurst: 2 Ring-necked Parakeet |
| Abberton Reservoir: 15 Great White Egret, 3 Red-crested Pochard, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 10 Goosander, 1 Hooded Crow, 4 Egyptian Goose |
| Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB: 10 Cattle Egret |
| East Mersea: 1 Snow Bunting, 1 Purple Sandpiper, 16 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Cetti's Warbler |
| Wix: 5 Crossbill |
| Thorndon CP (South): 2 Crossbill |
| Thorndon CP (North): 1 Lesser Redpoll |
| Naze, The: 4 Crossbill, 6 Cetti's Warbler, 12 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Tree Sparrow, 1 Firecrest |
| Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury: 1 Dartford Warbler, 1 Brambling, 1 Spoonbill, 2 Peregrine Falcon, 2 Cetti's Warbler |
| Coryton: 1 Great Grey Shrike, 2 Cetti's Warbler |
| Abberton Reservoir: 20 Great White Egret, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 1 Red-crested Pochard, 4 Goosander, 1 Black Swan |
| Whetmead NR, nr Witham: 1 Cetti's Warbler |
| Wat Tyler CP, Pitsea: 1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Kingfisher |
| Vange Marsh RSPB: 1 Bearded Tit |
| TL9607: 2 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great White Egret |
| Thurrock Thameside Nature Park (EWT): 36 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Spoonbill |
| Bedfords Park EWT, Havering-atte-Bower: 26 Ring-necked Parakeet |
| Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB: 1 Peregrine Falcon, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Egyptian Goose |
| Naze, The: 7 Lesser Redpoll, 6 Cetti's Warbler |
| Abberton Reservoir: 1 Kingfisher, 5 Great White Egret, 2 Red-crested Pochard, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 1 Peregrine Falcon |
| Roydon: 1 Kingfisher |
| Westley Heights: 2 Lesser Redpoll |
| Langdon Hills NR EWT: 1 Lesser Redpoll |
| Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB: 6 Cattle Egret, 1 Merlin, 1 Peregrine Falcon |
| Fingringhoe Wick NR EWT: 7 Crossbill, 110 Redpoll sp., 1 Bullfinch, 2 Kingfisher, 3 Cetti's Warbler |
| Stow Marsh: 1 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Cetti's Warbler |
| Rayne: 1 Crossbill |
| Thorndon CP (South): 1 Lesser Redpoll |
| Thorndon CP (North): 3 Lesser Redpoll |
| Abberton Reservoir: 1 Bittern, 20 Great White Egret, 9 Goosander |
| Holland Haven: 1 Yellow-browed Warbler |
| Hanningfield Reservoir: 1 Raven, 1 Black-necked Grebe |
| East Mersea: 1 Honey Buzzard, 20 Snow Bunting |
| Gosfield: 5 Crossbill, 1 Marsh Tit |
| East Tilbury: 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Merlin, 1 Kingfisher |
| Colchester: 1 Raven |
| Lofts Farm GPs, Heybridge: 3 Egyptian Goose |
| Maldon: 1 Cetti's Warbler |
| Bradwell Bird Observatory (BBO): 2 Peregrine Falcon |
| Vange Marsh RSPB: 1 Kingfisher, 3 Bearded Tit |
| Rayne: 1 Raven |
| Canvey Island, Thames Estuary: 1 Great White Egret |
| Wat Tyler CP, Pitsea: 1 Cattle Egret |
| Althorne: 1 Merlin, 1 Kingfisher |
| Good Easter: 1 Red Kite |
| Langdon Hills NR EWT: 1 Lesser Redpoll |
| Writtle: 1 Kingfisher |
| South Woodham Ferrers: 1 Yellow-browed Warbler, 1 Grey Partridge |
| Marsh Farm, South Woodham Ferrers: 2 Cetti's Warbler |