2 Great White Egret (LB Causeway), 4 Pintail (LB Causeway), 3 Long-tailed Duck (LDLH Causeway), 5 Goosander (At least), 1 Smew (female - LB Causeway), 1 Black Swan (Billets Farm), 2 Whooper Swan (LB Causeway), 1 Marsh Harrier (female - Bay Hide Bay), 3 Redshank (LDLH Causeway), 1 Song Thrush (Singing male between the two entrance gates), 1 Stonechat (Male - Gwen's Hide..... 56 Species on a tough days birdwatching) [Mick Woodruff]

3 Great White Egret (Layer breton causeway ), 2 Whooper Swan (Layer breton causeway ), 1 Smew (Layer breton causeway ), 2 Long-tailed Duck (Ldlh causeway ), 2 Scaup, 5 Goosander, 10 Goldeneye [Yvonne Watling]

60 Mute Swan, 2 Whooper Swan (west of Layer Breton c/way), 6 Pintail (east LdlH c/way), 1 Scaup (east LdlH), 2 Long-tailed Duck (east LdlH), 120 Goldeneye (excluding Hide Bay (not counted)), 3 Smew (LdlH & Peldon Bay (1)), 6 Goosander, 1 Ferruginous Duck (west LdlH), 1 Grey Partridge (below Abberton church - my first for this site), 1 Mistle Thrush (LdlH church), 2 Stonechat (pair Billets), 70 Linnet (Ab church), 6 Corn Bunting (flushed below Ab church) [Martin Peers]

2 Whooper Swan (East of LBC, then joined the 50 mute swans on the field to the south.), 1 Ferruginous Duck (West of LBC but hiding amongst the trees with the Aythya flock.), 3 Long-tailed Duck (East of LdlHC), 1 Scaup (East of LdlHC), 1 Black Swan (East of LdlHC), 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard (Flew over from the fields to the North), 2 Great White Egret, 2 Kestrel, 1 Stonechat (Female near the island hide), 1 Slavonian Grebe (In hide bay), 2 Oystercatcher (By gwen's hide) [Tony Kennelly]

2 Smew (2 Redhead off LBC), 2 Whooper Swan (In field SW of LBC), 3 Great White Egret (Roosting between causeways), 2 Scaup (Pair with Aythya flock east of LDHC), 3 Long-tailed Duck (In same Aythya flock), 1 Merlin (Stunningly marked male on distant post at Wig Bay, flew south), 1 Goosander (Female east of LDHC) [Matt Turner] ,

3 Long-tailed Duck (indulging in some calling), 2 Scaup, 2 Smew, 2 Whooper Swan, 2 Great White Egret, 5 Goosander, 15 Goldeneye [Sean Nixon] , , , ,

2 Smew (Layer breton causeway ), 2 Whooper Swan (Layer breton causeway ), 3 Great White Egret (Layer breton causeway ), 1 Ferruginous Duck (Viewed from Layer breton causeway on the south side between causeway briefly ), 5 Goosander, 2 Pintail, 2 Long-tailed Duck, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Redshank [Yvonne Watling]

1 Ferruginous Duck (Rich dark brown colour, white patch under tail, white eye. NW corner of LDHC.), 2 Long-tailed Duck (LDHC, one each side.), 4 Scaup (Drake & 3 females, VC side of LDHC.), 100 Tufted Duck (Plus.), 100 Pochard (Plus.), 50 Goldeneye (Circa.), 50 Wigeon (Circa.), 50 Gadwall (At least.), 20 Shoveler (Circa.), 20 Mallard (Circa.), 1 Smew (Female, LBC.), 1 Goosander (Drake, LBC.), 1 Peregrine Falcon (Male, Hide Bay hide, perched in dead tree.), 2 Kestrel, 1 Marsh Harrier (Male. Hide Bay hide.), 70 Mute Swan (Plus. Grazing on approach to LBC, W side.), 2 Whooper Swan (With Mute Swan.), 2 Great White Egret (Large white Egret, yellow dagger bill.), 4 Grey Heron, 1 Green Sandpiper (Hide Bay hide, far bank.), 4 Redshank (LDHC.), 2 Oystercatcher (Hide Bay Hide.), 1 Common Gull [David Hale] , , , , ,

1 Ferruginous Duck, 2 Great White Egret, 3 Long-tailed Duck, 2 Whooper Swan, 2 Smew, 2 Pintail [Paul Chamberlain] , , , , ,

1 Ferruginous Duck, 2 Long-tailed Duck, 2 Scaup, 5 Goosander, 1 Barn Owl, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Whooper Swan, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Oystercatcher, 35 Common Gull [Sean Nixon] , , , , , , , , , , , ,

5 Goosander (2m, 3f), 2 Scaup (Pair), 2 Great White Egret, 1 Ferruginous Duck (Still along treeline to NW) [Matt Turner] , ,

1 Ferruginous Duck (ad drake, NW of LDLH causeway early afternoon), 1 Long-tailed Duck (E of LDLH causeway), 1 Smew (redhead E of LDLH causeway), 2 Scaup (m&f E of LDLH causeway), 10 Goosander, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper (Hides bay), 1 Buzzard, 1 Marsh Harrier [Sean Huggins]

3 Long-tailed Duck (North east of Layer de la Haye Causeway.), 1 Smew (South east of Layer de la Haye Causeway.), 2 Scaup (Male and female east of Layer de la Haye Causeway.) [David Curle] , ,

1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Grey Wagtail, 6 Goosander (2m, 4f), 3 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 1 Reed Bunting (Singing male), 75 Tufted Duck, 11 Coot, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Song Thrush (Heard) [Matt Turner] , ,

2 Grey Wagtail, 5 Green Sandpiper, 7 Goosander (4m, 3f), 1 Kingfisher (Male), 4 Grey Heron, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 1 Reed Bunting (Male in song), 1 Sparrowhawk (Probable female distant and brief), 60 Tufted Duck [Matt Turner] , , , , , ,

1 Kingfisher, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Green Woodpecker (Heard), 1 Song Thrush (Heard), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 60 Tufted Duck (+), 1 Little Egret, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Jay [Matt Turner]

1 Sparrowhawk (Male. Elms Farm Park.) [Malcolm Corbett]

1 Peregrine Falcon (Far side of Round Marsh flooded area, perched), 1 Short-eared Owl (From Round Marsh hide huntingover reed bed), 1 Marsh Harrier (From Round Marsh hide, also other sightings ), 2 Buzzard, 2 Stonechat, 1 Starling (Large flocks over marsh areas), 1 Lapwing (Large flocks a.b.), 1 Barnacle Goose (With Canada geese), 300 Brent Goose (Only 1 flock seen), 1 Reed Bunting, 2 Oystercatcher (On river shore), 1 Curlew (On shore and fields), 10 Wigeon (On river) [Paul Shuttleworth]

4 Snipe (West of bridge), 1 Marsh Harrier (Adult male hunting Cattawade marsh), 2 Egyptian Goose (Male and Juv on splodge), 1 Meadow Pipit (Bathing in river), 8 Cormorant, 9 Little Grebe, 4 Curlew [Matt Turner] , ,

5 Stock Dove (Under bird feeders in back garden), 1 Song Thrush (feeding in back garden) [Sean Nixon] , ,

2 Peregrine Falcon (Both adults around Jumbo) [Sean Nixon] , ,

1 Peregrine Falcon (Male in north facing alcove on Jumbo), 2 Stock Dove (Under feeders in back garden) [Sean Nixon]

6 Mandarin Duck, 5 Goosander (3 Drakes), 3 Grey Heron, 30 Black-headed Gull, 2 Shoveler, 20 Tufted Duck [Andrew Allen]

2 Bullfinch (Pair in hedge in my father's garden) [Andrew Stroud]

10 Sanderling (Spa Beach) [Peter Brittain]

22 Oystercatcher, 119 Grey Plover, 22 Greenfinch, 4 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Brambling, 3815 Dunlin, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Barn Owl [Paul Larkin]

10000 Dunlin (circa), 50 Curlew, 200 Grey Plover, 7 Oystercatcher, 14 Reed Bunting, 6 Stonechat, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 1000 Avocet (circa) [Steve Swinney] ,

2 Red Kite (Pair on patrol) [Roger Emmens]

1 Red Kite (With my previous siting (4 Red Kite in one day)) [Melvin Shepherd-Wells]

114 Pied Wagtail (Roost in Epping High Street (outside Speakeasy)) [Roger Emmens]

450 Jackdaw (Feeding flock on meadows beside Swaines Green) [Roger Emmens]

1 Raven (flew over woodland towards A120 Hadham road), 1 Red Kite (also presumed same in Bishop's Stortford earlier in morning), 1 Buzzard [Andrew Goodey]

10 Marsh Harrier (+), 5 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine Falcon (Female on Geedon Marsh), 8 Red-breasted Merganser, 450 Avocet (+), 1 Bullfinch (Heard only) [David L Smith]

2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Sparrowhawk, 750 Knot, 3 Red-breasted Merganser, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 700 Brent Goose, 170 Lapwing, 2 Kestrel, 300 Dunlin [Steve Grimwade]

1 Red Kite (Furneaux Lane), 1 Buzzard, 4 Marsh Harrier (+), 1 Kestrel (South Green), 12 Red-breasted Merganser (+) [David L Smith]

3 Red Kite (In one field towards Breach Barns (my highest single count)), 15 Red-legged Partridge [Melvin Shepherd-Wells]

1 Kingfisher [Mark Fisher]

1 Kingfisher [Mark Fisher]

1 Kingfisher (Side of lake) [Mark Fisher]

1 Kingfisher (Lake inlet) [Mark Fisher]

14 Goosander ( Possibly more. Nine male. Totham Pit (M.A.S.) Gt. Totham South.) [Malcolm Corbett]

10 Goosander (5 Male. Totham Pit (M.A.S.), Gt. Totham South.) [Malcolm Corbett]

6 Goosander (Four male. Totham Pit (M.A.S.) Gt. Totham South.), 1 Cormorant (Totham Pit (M.A.S.) Gt. Totham South. Fairly irregular here.), 1 Buzzard (Just north of Captains Wood. Rooks in attendance.), 5 Magpie (Totham Pit (M.A.S.) Gt. Totham South.), 40 House Sparrow (circa. At feeders, Prince of Wales Rd.) [Malcolm Corbett]

2 Mute Swan (Pair. Totham Pit (M.A.S.)), 1 Goosander (Male. Totham Pit (M.A.S.)), 1 Song Thrush (Singing.) [Malcolm Corbett]

1 Grey Wagtail (Lone bird (unsure of sex), blown across garden and onto neighbours roof during storm Ciara.) [Ross Wilkins]

10 Snipe (+), 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 60 Lapwing (+), 2 Stock Dove, 2 Stonechat (pair), 1 Rock Pipit, 4 Purple Sandpiper (by sluice) [Liz Huxley]

1 Red Kite (Drifted east over A12) [Steve Grimwade]

4 Green Woodpecker (All feeding on the recreation ground adjacent to Lincewood.), 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest (Singing male Lincewood. One Mark's Hill.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Drumming.), 1 Goldcrest [Andrew Cox]

9 Tufted Duck (Five males, four females.), 1 Grey Heron, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Greenfinch (Singing.), 1 Sparrowhawk (Male, displaying.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Jay [David Saville]

20 Canada Goose, 230 Greylag Goose, 17 Mute Swan, 2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Gadwall, 20 Mallard (+.), 27 Pochard, 51 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Skylark, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Pied Wagtail [Malcolm Corbett]

20 Canada Goose, 42 Greylag Goose, 13 Mute Swan, 3 Shelduck, 39 Pochard, 63 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Skylark (Singing.), 1 Meadow Pipit [Malcolm Corbett]

1 Barn Owl (Roosting.) [Malcolm Corbett]

10 Pintail [David Saville]

1 Peregrine Falcon (Adult male), 2 Greenshank, 1 Slavonian Grebe, 1 Scaup (Male), 15 Red-breasted Merganser, 11 Goldeneye, 1 Mediterranean Gull (2nd winter), 250 Avocet, 500 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Buzzard, 30 Pintail, 2 Black Swan [Steve Grimwade]

1 Chiffchaff (Double hedge, briefly singing), 3 Cetti's Warbler (Singing, 1 north of escarpment, 2 John Weston Reserve ), 1 Merlin (Hunkered down in dunes north of Stone Point Lagoon ), 1 Peregrine Falcon (Hunkered down in front of sea wall on Horsey Island ), 4 Red-breasted Merganser (Off Stone Point ), 1 Great Crested Grebe (Off Stone Point ), 1 Grey Heron, 6 Goldcrest [Brian Combes]

120 Bar-tailed Godwit (+ towards Stone Point on low water line), 4 Red-breasted Merganser (Walton channel from Stone Point - 3m, 1f. ), 400 Cormorant (+ on Oakley beach), 4 Rock Pipit [Martin Richards]

2 Red Kite (All sightings are at great sailing), 3 Buzzard [Chris Turner]

1 Barn Owl (Oak Meadow Nature Reserve) [Andrew Goodey]

1 Great White Egret (in Fen Creek then flew east over my back garden) [Alan Shearring]

1 Kingfisher (by sluice), 1 Pintail, 400 Starling (on fields), 700 Rook (on fields), 26 Avocet, 70 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Rock Pipit, 18 Great Crested Grebe, 700 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (very wary due to the wind) [Alan Shearring]

1 Treecreeper (Singing.), 1 Nuthatch [Andrew Cox]

8 Oystercatcher (Mucking Bay), 272 Shelduck (Mucking Bay), 44 Curlew (Mucking Bay), 85 Wigeon (Mucking Bay), 5 Black-tailed Godwit (Mucking Bay), 6 Grey Plover (Mucking Bay), 3 Turnstone (Mucking Bay), 119 Teal (18 Golden Gates, 16 on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Mucking Bay), 101 Tufted Duck (one on the Thames, 30 on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest a Golden Gates), 66 Redshank (Stanford Creek), 4 Canada Goose (Two in field by the VC, two Golden Gates), 2 Stonechat (Pair near a Golden Gates), 30 Coot (Eight on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 24 Shoveler (Golden Gates), 1 Great Crested Grebe (Golden Gates), 15 Pochard (10 on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 3 Goldeneye (Females Golden Gates), 6 Gadwall (Golden Gates), 2 Cetti's Warbler (Golden Gates), 1 Egyptian Goose (Golden Gates), 2 Greylag Goose (Golden Gates), 2 Little Grebe (On the pit to the south of the tip), 6 Lesser Redpoll (Very confiding flock feeding on fallen alder cones on the main path through the alder wood), 2 Ring-necked Parakeet (By the outer car park) [Paul Larkin]

1 Peregrine Falcon (Along bank past hide.), 1 Kestrel, 25 Ringed Plover (Circa.), 1000 Avocet (Circa. Injured bird still present & feeding alone. See photo.), 100 Redshank (Plus.), 30 Curlew (Circa.), 9 Grey Plover, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Little Egret, 20 Greylag Goose (Circa.), 50 Black-tailed Godwit (Circa, flock over river.), 100 Dunlin (At least.), 1 Turnstone, 50 Wigeon, 2 Canada Goose, 6 Mallard, 20 Teal, 100 Shelduck (Circa.), 4 Stonechat (2 pair. Entrance road.), 8 Long-tailed Tit, 15 Great Tit, 15 Blue Tit, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pair.), 2 Ring-necked Parakeet (Probable pair.), 4 Greenfinch (2 pair.), 4 Chaffinch (2 pair.), 500 Black-headed Gull (Circa.) [David Hale] , , , , ,

55 Shelduck, 36 Wigeon, 17 Teal, 5 Oystercatcher, 423 Avocet (Flight upriver towards HT Roost), 200 Lapwing (c. Distant towards Cliffe), 2 Grey Plover, 3 Curlew, 9 Turnstone (Roosting on Landfill Barge by Yellow Barrel Mooring), 419 Dunlin (Flight from Stanford Wharf (RSPB) upriver towards HT Roost (at least 5 other similar uncounted flights from locations downriver)), 200 Redshank (c. in Flight within RSPB Stanford Wharf), 1 Marsh Harrier (Distant Flew S over river), 1 Barn Owl (Hunting Mucking creek 16:55), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Male: Hide Feeders), 9 Greenfinch (Hide Feeders (peanuts)) [Steve Swinney]

26 Grey Plover (Mucking Bay), 209 Redshank (Mucking Bay), 7 Turnstone (Mucking Bay), 4 Oystercatcher (Mucking Bay), 204 Shelduck (One on Golden Gates, the rest Mucking Bay), 4 Knot (Mucking Bay), 129 Wigeon (Mucking Bay), 11 Ringed Plover (In the managed retreat), 110 Teal (Four each on Golden Gates and the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Mucking Bay), 2 Stonechat (Pair Golden Gates), 6 Gadwall (Golden Gates), 1 Aythya sp. (Female Tufted x Pochard on the pit to the south of the tip), 33 Coot (Seven on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 10 Shoveler (Six on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 22 Pochard (Sixteen on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 102 Tufted Duck (18 on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 2 Goldeneye (Golden Gates), 2 Cetti's Warbler (One on the pit to the south of the tip, the rest Golden Gates), 2 Great Crested Grebe (On the pit to the south of the tip.), 1 Little Grebe (On the pit to the south of the tip.), 1 Buzzard (On the tip), 1 Canada Goose (Golden Gates), 1 Barn Owl (On fence posts by the outer car park), 1 Ring-necked Parakeet (Near the outer car park) [Paul Larkin]

1000 Dunlin (Circa.), 70 Curlew, 25 Ringed Plover (Circa.), 1 Turnstone, 1 Avocet (Same bird with injured leg seen 2 weeks ago.), 10 Oystercatcher, 60 Wigeon (Plus.), 200 Shelduck (At least.), 30 Greylag Goose (Circa. Flyby's.), 10 Teal, 50 Black-tailed Godwit, 14 Grey Plover, 1 Little Egret, 6 Mallard (3 pair.), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Probable pair. Entrance wood.), 6 Stock Dove, 2 Greenfinch [David Hale]

200 Jackdaw, 200 Rook, 100 Carrion Crow (Mixed forbid flock, probably more than the 500 birds, in horse paddocks between Moreton and Shelley) [Andrew Stroud]

1 Cetti's Warbler (singing occasionally near green bridge) [Mark Gregory]

3 Ring-necked Parakeet (flying SW of Harold Wood station) [Mark Gregory]

3 Lesser Redpoll (1M & 2F on Sunflower hearts feeder, have been here all week on & off.) [Clive Tanner]

11 Goosander (7 male, 4 female) [Graham Upton]

6 Pintail (Three pairs.), 1 Marsh Harrier (Imm.), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 2000 Black-tailed Godwit (Approx. Carpeting the shallow areas. Many moulting into summer plumage.), 2 Mediterranean Gull (One adult, with almost full black hood. One 2nd winter, still with winter head.) [Andrew Cox]

3 Hen Harrier (Adult female, 1cy Male and 1 cy Female (May have been a fourth bird too!)), 1 Merlin (Female on posts), 4 Kestrel, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Stonechat, 20 Skylark, 5 Corn Bunting, 1 Raven (Distantly over southern sea wall), 2 Marsh Harrier, 5 Pintail, 500 Golden Plover, 500 Lapwing, 2 Snipe [Steve Grimwade]

90 Pied Wagtail (Birds ready to roost in birches by Highway House LV office, Brentwood station.) [Andrew Stroud]

2 Marsh Harrier (Female & imm.), 1 Kestrel (Usual box.), 2 Greenshank (Flew along Timbermans Creek, towards marina.), 1 Chiffchaff (Hedgerow parallel to entrance track.), 1 Goldcrest (Singing from entrance track hedgerow.) [Andrew Cox]

45 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Buzzard, 3 Curlew, 1 Kestrel, 2 Little Egret, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Dunnock, 2 Little Grebe [Alan Shearman]

2 Little Grebe, 1 Marsh Harrier (Imm.), 1 Kestrel, 2 Oystercatcher (Marina.), 22 Curlew (Marina & creek.), 24 Black-tailed Godwit (Marina. One moulting into summer plumage.), 8 Redshank (At least. Marina & creek.), 1 Greenshank (Creek.), 4 Spotted Redshank (Creek.), 1 Mediterranean Gull (Adult. Past hide.), 1 Common Gull (Past hide.), 2 Bullfinch (At least. In scrub opposite gun cotton pond.) [Andrew Cox]

2 Goosander (Pair visible on lower lake as I drove slowly along Weald Road) [Andrew Stroud]

3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest (Singing males.), 2 Coal Tit, 1 Nuthatch (At least.) [Andrew Cox]

2 Mandarin Duck (Courtship display) [David L Smith]

1 Harris's Hawk, 1 Buzzard [David L Smith]

1 Bullfinch (Male, in hedgerow again just outside railway station ) [Emma Robinson]

1 Bullfinch (Male, in hedgerow just outside railway station ) [Emma Robinson]

1 Great Black-backed Gull [Michael Davies]

1 Cormorant (Smaller pond), 70 Greylag Goose (Flooded field), 8 Shoveler (Flooded field), 40 Gadwall (Flooded field), 3 Teal (Flooded field), 1 Great Crested Grebe (Larger pond) [Graham Upton]

1 Yellowhammer, 3 Bullfinch, 4 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Stonechat, 1 Buzzard, 4 Red-breasted Merganser, 15 Goldeneye, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 60 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 7 Pintail, 2 Greenfinch [Steve Grimwade]

1 Barn Owl (Hunting in meadow behind house ), 2 Mallard (In flooded field), 1 Kestrel (Male), 2 Moorhen (In flooded field), 15 Magpie (+, pre-roost gathering.) [Andrew Allen]