The EBwS Bird News provides a summary of sightings for the past 14 days.
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Date Site Sightings Observer Duration Conditions Custom
Sunday 11 Oct Hamford Water 2 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 44 Wigeon, 29 Mallard, 7 Pintail, 16 Teal, 126 Avocet, 27 Lapwing, 16 Golden Plover, 14 Grey Plover, Whimbrel (Late bird), 6 Curlew, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 9 Knot, 37 Dunlin, Jack Snipe (Flushed, NW of Kirby Quay), 2 Snipe, 181 Redshank, Greenshank, 12 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 3 Red Kite (Drifted west), 3 Buzzard, Kingfisher, Peregrine Falcon, 50+ Skylark, Sand Martin (West, late bird), 2 Swallow (West), 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Song Thrush, 5 Stonechat, 30+ Meadow Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit, 30+ Linnet, 4 Yellowhammer, 7 Reed Bunting Brian Combes 09:50 to 13:50 west wind, cool, clear, high tide; south shore, The Wade
Sunday 11 Oct Leez Reservoir Mute Swan, 10 Mallard, 2 Moorhen, 2 Coot, Little Grebe, Grey Heron, Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, Kingfisher (over pond next to reservoir), Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 7 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 8 Skylark (mainly overhead), 3 Cetti's Warbler, 25 Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, 6 Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 38 Chaffinch (heard overhead throughout visit), Brambling (single heard calling amongst Chaffinches overhead), 12 Linnet, Siskin Andy Goodey 09:00 to 13:00
Sunday 11 Oct Rainham Marshes NR RSPB 25 Greylag Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 50 Shoveler, 20 Gadwall, 10 Wigeon, 20 Mallard, 100 Teal, 5 Moorhen, 3 Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, Cormorant, Glossy Ibis (1 seen and photographed on Purfleet scrape), 3 Grey Heron, 11 Cetti's Warbler (1 singing male seen, at least 10 other singing males heard), 6 Chiffchaff (2 singing males, 4 other calling birds heard, none seen), Grey Wagtail Richard Chew 09:00 to 12:00
Sunday 11 Oct North Weald 3 Egyptian Goose (In cattle field at first light. ), Buzzard, 2 Tawny Owl (One calling frequently across site until first light. 2nd bird at railway cutting.), Little Owl (Hunting around horse fields.), Green Woodpecker Paul William 05:35 to 07:05 Chilly, calm. Pre-dawn visit to Weald Common LNR and adjacent railway cutting, woods & livestock farm.
Saturday 10 Oct Naze, The 2 Brent Goose, 5 Grey Plover, 20+ Ringed Plover, 2 Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, 15+ Turnstone, 50+ Sanderling, 10+ Redshank, Gannet (juvenile flew by close inshore), Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, 15+ Starling, 3 Robin, 9 Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, 2 Goldfinch Nevada Napthine 14:45 to 16:00 Grey Plover at Naze, The on 10 Oct 2026, (Nevada Napthine) , ,
Saturday 10 Oct Wrabness 5 Wigeon, 24 Teal, Curlew, Little Egret, Blackcap, Meadow Pipit (At winter-flooding field. Not common here.) Simon Banks 09:30 to 11:00 No rain. Windy from west. Water very choppy. Tide very high.
Saturday 10 Oct Naze, The Great Crested Grebe (Off Stone Point), 14 Turnstone, 4 Dunlin, 2 Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, Merlin, 8 Jay, 4 Skylark (South), 2 Swallow (South), 8 Cetti's Warbler (Singing), 5 Chiffchaff, Firecrest, 2 Redwing, 11 Song Thrush, Stonechat, 22 Meadow Pipit (South), 2 Rock Pipit, 13 Chaffinch, 7 Linnet, 10 Goldfinch (South), 3 Chinese Muntjac Brian Combes 06:45 to 12:30 cool, west wind, rising tide, mainly clear
Friday 09 Oct TM0112 5 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Flying up river), Shelduck (Flying up river), Curlew (Flying up river), 6 Arctic Tern, Arctic Skua (10.30am Very close dark phase little white in wings ), 3 Red-throated Diver (On sea All this report off VICTORIA ESPLANADE WEST ) Stephen Entwistle 10:30 to 17:00 Victoria esplanade west mersea Seen by Steve Entwistle
Friday 09 Oct Rainham Marshes NR RSPB 2 Pheasant, 60+ Shelduck, 150+ Shoveler, 50+ Gadwall, 4 Wigeon, 3 Pintail, 200+ Teal, Little Grebe, Lapwing, Grey Plover (Aveley Bay), 4 Curlew, 150+ Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin, 6 Common Gull, 40+ Great Black-backed Gull, 5+ Yellow-legged Gull (At least - adults in Aveley bay ), 3 Marsh Harrier, 3 Buzzard, 5 Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon, Skylark, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 16 Meadow Pipit, Rock Pipit (Thames foreshore), 50+ Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting Richard Beesly 09:00 to 13:00 Overcast cloudy and some light rain with strong cold wind across the river and reserve
Friday 09 Oct Tilbury 6 Bar-tailed Godwit (On foreshore by Tilbury 2), 49 Black-tailed Godwit (On foreshore by Tilbury 2) Paul Larkin 09:00 to 10:00 Clouds, brisk SW wind, rising tide
Friday 09 Oct North Weald 3 Cormorant (Over), 2 Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, Green Woodpecker, 3 Kestrel, 7 Ring-necked Parakeet, 5 Jay, 3 Coal Tit, Skylark, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest, 4 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 49+ Redwing (Groups of 14, 19 and 16 seen in quick succession passing over cattle field), 2 Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, 3 Meadow Pipit, 3 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch (f seen, 2nd bird calling as it flew off over Weald Common LNR), 2 Greenfinch Paul William 08:40 to 09:55 Cloudy, blustery. Weald Common LNR & back via Ongar Park Wood and adjacent farmland.
Thursday 08 Oct Bowers Marsh (RSPB) 100+ Shoveler, 70+ Teal, Avocet, 100+ Lapwing, 2 Golden Plover (Main lagoon), 18 Ringed Plover, 150+ Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew Sandpiper (Main lagoon), 6 Dunlin, 5 Snipe, 2 Greenshank, 3 Spoonbill (Main lagoon), Sparrowhawk, Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 5 Kestrel, 8 Rook, 4 Bearded Tit (At least - more calling - seen in main reedbeds from viewpoints), Skylark, 2 Swallow, Cetti's Warbler, Whinchat (Field off the manorway), 11 Stonechat, 2 Pied Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit, 50+ Linnet, 4 Corn Bunting, 8 Reed Bunting Richard Beesly 11:00 to 13:30 Bright and clear and sunny with brisk wind across the marshes
Thursday 08 Oct Hanningfield Reservoir 15 Canada Goose (More flying in as I left), 20+ Mallard, 25+ Teal, 7 Lapwing, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Grey Heron, 4 Great White Egret, Buzzard Jim Lee 11:00 to 11:45 Sunny, clear, slight breeze
Thursday 08 Oct TM0112 2 Velvet Scoter (Flew up river with 6 common scoters (ony seen bt Martin Cock)), 6 Common Scoter (Flew up river with 2 velvet scoter(seen only by Martin Cock)), 10 Sandwich Tern (Going up river), 6 Arctic Tern (Staying around sea power station area & comming nearby found by Martin Cock seen AF & SE), Arctic Skua (Dark phase adult seen flying towards coast road area ), 2 Red-throated Diver (On sea), 2 Gannet (Huge around 15mins off esplanade & coast road, seen by AF,MC,SE seen earlier by Dougal Urquhart going up river off youth camp East Mersea. ), Swallow, 40 Meadow Pipit (Plus in off sea (All this tepor seen off Victoria esplanade west mersea ) Stephen Entwistle 09:00 to 13:00 All seen off Victoria esplanade west mersea
Thursday 08 Oct TM0413 30 Sanderling (On Waldegraves offshore shingle Island ), 30 Mediterranean Gull, 10 Sandwich Tern, Common Tern (Sick bird on beach), 6 Red-throated Diver, 2 Little Owl (At Driving range) Stephen Entwistle 09:00 to 13:00 Off East Mersea youth camp beach Seen by Dougal Urquhart
Thursday 08 Oct Bardfield 25 Redwing (Low overhead heading West.) Peter Low 09:00 to 09:20
Thursday 08 Oct Canvey Island, Thames Estuary 100+ Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 8 Wigeon, 11 Great Crested Grebe, 500+ Oystercatcher, 36 Grey Plover, 7 Curlew, 6 Turnstone, 54 Kittiwake (juveniles following ships - groups of 24+18+8+4), Mediterranean Gull, 4 Common Gull, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 15+ Sandwich Tern, Great Skua (Juvenile in and out of estuary at 9am close to point), 8 Arctic Skua (2 pale and 6 dark phase out in estuary chasing terns and gulls ), 17 Razorbill (In small groups out in estuary - some in close to point on water), 14 Little Egret, 6 Pied Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit, Rock Pipit (On rocks near yacht club) Richard Beesly 08:15 to 10:30 Bright and clear but cold and windy (NE) with a high rising tide
Wednesday 07 Oct North Weald 2 Grey Heron, Little Egret, 2 Red Kite, Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 7 Ring-necked Parakeet, 6 Jay, 7 Skylark (5 together), 14 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Redwing, Song Thrush, 3 Meadow Pipit, 4 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 4 Linnet, 8 Yellowhammer (Stubble field) Paul William 10:15 to 11:55 Cool & cloudy turning to persistent light rain. Overgrown golf course, Church Lane flood meadow LNR & adjacent arable farmland.
Wednesday 07 Oct Alresford 2 Curlew Sandpiper (at high tide roost Alresford Creek), 6 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank (roosting on GP Ford Lane Alresford Creek), 9 Greenshank (roosting on GP Ford Lane Alresford Creek), Gannet (juv flew up river N past Alresford Creek towards Wivenhoe) Richard Allen 09:00 to 13:00
Wednesday 07 Oct TM0112 Sandwich Tern (On buoy on sea seen by Andy Field ), Red-throated Diver (Flew up river landed near power station seen Andy Field ) Stephen Entwistle 09:00 to 13:00 Victoria esplanade West Mersea
Wednesday 07 Oct Wivenhoe Redwing (Barrier Marsh), 5 Stonechat (Barrier Marsh) Richard Allen 09:00 to 13:00
Wednesday 07 Oct Frinton-on-Sea 5 Brent Goose (South), 5 Wigeon (South), 4 Teal (South), 2 Water Rail (H. Haven scrape.), C70 Lapwing, 2 Curlew, 4 Black-tailed Godwit (Golf course.), Green Sandpiper (H. Haven scrape.), 7 Mediterranean Gull (South), 2 Sandwich Tern, Great Skua (Resting on water.), 2 Red-throated Diver (North), 8 Gannet (Most north.), Grey Heron, Green Woodpecker, 3 Skylark, 3 Swallow (North), 4 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 400+ Starling (Large flock H. Haven), Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush (In off.), 20+ Robin, 5 Stonechat, 2 Grey Wagtail, C10 Meadow Pipit, Rock Pipit, 210+ Chaffinch (Flocks in off between 13:00 and 15:30 largest flock 60 birds.), Brambling, Greenfinch, 6 Linnet, 3 Goldfinch, 3 Reed Bunting, 6 Tufted Duck (South) Peter Low 08:30 to 13:30 Foggy start wind light Am to F4-5 pm
Tuesday 06 Oct Rayne Red Kite, 2 Raven (High over village ), Woodlark (One flew west over village calling several times. Presumed different individual to that on Sunday 4th. ), 2 Redwing (first of autumn here ) Andy Goodey 10:32 to 10:33
Tuesday 06 Oct TL7306 Kingfisher (heard), 2 Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, 2 Grey Wagtail (by sewage works) Sean Gregory 10:05 to 12:00 Cloudy with some sunny periods, warm
Tuesday 06 Oct Little Baddow Mediterranean Gull (adult winter with gull flock following farm vehicles), Red Kite, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff Sean Gregory 10:05 to 12:00 Cloudy with some sunny periods, warm. Observations from Grace's Walk
Tuesday 06 Oct Naze, The 2 Brent Goose, 4 Mallard, 22 Teal, 3 Oystercatcher, 10 Grey Plover, 30 Ringed Plover, 3 Curlew, 20 Turnstone, 19 Sanderling, 8 Redshank, 200 Black-headed Gull, Mediterranean Gull, 5 Sandwich Tern, Red-throated Diver, Little Egret, Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Green Woodpecker, 7 Skylark, 6 Cetti's Warbler, 30 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Stonechat, 8 Meadow Pipit, 2 Chaffinch, Brambling, 3 Greenfinch, 10 Siskin, 2 Reed Bunting Oliver Cottis 10:00 to 13:00 Guided walk for RSPB Chelmsford & Central Essex local group. Brambling at Naze, The on 06 Oct 2026, (Oliver Cottis)
Tuesday 06 Oct TL7406 2 Red Kite, Kingfisher (heard), Peregrine Falcon, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff Sean Gregory 10:00 to 12:00 Cloudy with some sunny periods, warm
Tuesday 06 Oct Hamford Water 16 Red-legged Partridge (Covey and then loner), 30 Avocet, 200 Grey Plover, 25 Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank (Just east of Landermere), 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Grey Heron, Great White Egret (Near Landermere), 13 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk (Female took small bird from ground, Landermere), Green Woodpecker (Landed on telegraph post between Beaumont Quay and Landermere.), 100 Starling (None at all for most of walk, then two crowds on wires either side of Landermere - just arrived?), 2 Fieldfare, 22 Robin (Well in excess of numbers I'd expect from resident population), 3 Stonechat, 12 Greenfinch (Flock), 3 Reed Bunting Simon Banks 09:53 to 14:23 Light cloud. Little wind - rather sticky. Mild. Tide fairly far in at start; way out by end.
Tuesday 06 Oct The Strood, Mersea Island 2 Bar-tailed Godwit (All report seen by Dougal Urquhart & Simon patient ), Greenshank, 20 Mediterranean Gull (Plus ), 3 Red Kite, 10 Buzzard, 2 Stonechat (A pr ), 15 Corn Bunting Stephen Entwistle 09:00 to 13:00
Tuesday 06 Oct Tilbury 3 Teal (On foreshore by Tilbury 2), 27 Bar-tailed Godwit (On foreshore by Tilbury 2), 14 Black-tailed Godwit (On foreshore by Tilbury 2) Paul Larkin 09:00 to 10:00 Broken cloud, variable wind, HT
Tuesday 06 Oct Naze, The Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 14 Magpie (Together west), 7 Skylark (South), Swallow (South), 13 Cetti's Warbler (Singing), Yellow-browed Warbler (John Weston Reserve), 7 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, Redwing (Over), 5 Song Thrush, 3 Stonechat, 3 Grey Wagtail (South), 18 Meadow Pipit (South), 4 Chaffinch, Brambling, 7 Linnet (South), 2 Goldfinch (South), Chinese Muntjac Brian Combes 06:40 to 10:40
Monday 05 Oct The Strood, Mersea Island 10 Golden Plover, 10 Grey Plover, 28 Curlew, Bar-tailed Godwit, Turnstone, 2 Dunlin, 25 Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 2 Buzzard, 12 Skylark, Dartford Warbler (Found 11.24am by Dougal Urquhart possible adult female very mobile and elusive did show few times disappointed about 1.20pm moving along borrow dyke 150yds from seawall area of shooting butts. Photo ed Bateman & record shot Andy Field seen by SE MC EB TOMO), 3 Stonechat, 20 Linnet, Corn Bunting Stephen Entwistle 11:34 to 13:20 Dartford Warbler at The Strood, Mersea Island on 05 Oct 2026, (Stephen Entwistle) , ,
Monday 05 Oct Tilbury 50 Mallard (On STW outfall), 24 Bar-tailed Godwit (On foreshore by ferry terminal), 12 Black-tailed Godwit (On foreshore by ferry terminal) Paul Larkin 09:00 to 10:00 Fine and sunny, light W wind, falling tide
Monday 05 Oct TL6806 Cetti's Warbler (Singing), 2 Bullfinch (Female seen, Male heard) Kevin Poulton 09:00 to 09:30 Sunny intervals
Monday 05 Oct TQ6293 22 Collared Dove (On wires and in wild meadow area), Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kestrel (Harrying Buzzard), 55 Asian Ring-necked Parakeet (Flying as a large group and settling on trees) Clive Tanner 08:00 to 10:00 light westerly wind, sunny with some cloud
Monday 05 Oct Hazeleigh Wood Black Redstart (Single male sitting on top of the fence in the garden) Richard Dulieu 07:50 to 08:00 Fair Hazeleigh Wood on 05 Oct 2026, (Richard Dulieu) ,
Monday 05 Oct Naze, The 13 Sanderling, Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, Sandwich Tern, 2 Grey Heron (South), Sparrowhawk, 2 Green Woodpecker, 11 Jay, 2 Skylark (South), 12 Cetti's Warbler (Singing ), Yellow-browed Warbler (John Weston Reserve), 18 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Redwing, 8 Song Thrush, Stonechat, 20 Meadow Pipit (South), 2 Reed Bunting, Redpoll sp. (South), 3 Chinese Muntjac Brian Combes 06:40 to 11:00 clear, then fog slow to clear, southerly wind
Sunday 04 Oct Ingatestone SW White Stork (seen in flight from A12 south west of Ingatestone.) Richard Allen 15:30 to 15:31
Sunday 04 Oct Ardleigh 2 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, Yellow-browed Warbler (In mature garden. Bird not seen and call heard only once. Identification considered likely based on distinctive call, timing and habitat.) Nevada Napthine 14:00 to 14:00
Sunday 04 Oct Crowsheath Wood, near Hanningfield Reservoir Peregrine Falcon Ryan Bradshaw 13:30 to 14:00 Warm, sunny
Sunday 04 Oct North Weald 6 Red-legged Partridge, Grey Heron, 2 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Kestrel, 6 Ring-necked Parakeet, 8 Jay, 275+ Jackdaw, 6 Coal Tit, 2 Skylark, 11 Long-tailed Tit, 7 Chiffchaff (Still widespread), 4 Goldcrest, 9 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 2 Song Thrush (First sighting since mid June), Mistle Thrush, 4 Meadow Pipit, 3 Greenfinch, 5 Linnet Paul William 11:15 to 14:25 Pleasantly bright & warm. Ongar Pk Wood, forest burial ground, cattle / horse farm, Weald Common LNR & adjacent areas
Sunday 04 Oct Abberton Reservoir 30 Pintail, Goosander, 80 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Curlew Sandpiper (Wig Bay), 2 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 7 Spotted Redshank (Wig Bay), 21 Spoonbill, 53 Great White Egret (inc 44 in Wig Bay), Sparrowhawk, 2 Marsh Harrier, 4 Red Kite, 8 Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Kestrel, 5 Jay, 5 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 3 Goldcrest, Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, 10 Meadow Pipit Ben Mapp 10:05 to 17:00 warm and sunny
Sunday 04 Oct The Strood, Mersea Island 4 Chiffchaff (Feldy view cemetery & flycatcher corner), 3 Stonechat (1 flycatcher corner ,2 along strood channel , All this report seen by Andy Field. ) Stephen Entwistle 09:00 to 13:00 All seen by Andy Field
Sunday 04 Oct Rayne Woodlark (Single flew north over house, called three times ), 3 Meadow Pipit (north over house ), 7 Chaffinch (north over house ) Andy Goodey 09:00 to 13:00
Sunday 04 Oct Tilbury 12 Mallard (On STW outfall), Teal (On foreshore rocks), 16 Bar-tailed Godwit (On foreshore by Tilbury 2), 7 Black-tailed Godwit (On foreshore by Tilbury 2) Paul Larkin 09:00 to 10:00 Falling tide
Sunday 04 Oct Great Notley 40 Starling (+ feeding on berries in palm tree in private garden) Paul Everett 08:40 to 08:45 with Jacqui Everett
Sunday 04 Oct Rayne Green Sandpiper (by river), Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 2 Raven (now daily in and around village), Woodlark ( one low over village called three times ), 28 Skylark (Over village and around airfield during first hour of daylight ), 2 Chiffchaff, Stonechat, Wheatear (by airfield), 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Meadow Pipit, 26 Chaffinch (over village and airfield area), 120 Linnet, Reed Bunting Andy Goodey 08:00 to 13:00 Wheatear at Rayne on 04 Oct 2026, (Andy Goodey)
Saturday 03 Oct TL9220 Tawny Owl (sitting in the road, then flew up into tree and then across road into trees) Paul Everett 20:13 to 20:20
Saturday 03 Oct Fingringhoe Wick NR EWT 2 Grey Heron, 2 Tawny Owl (1 heard, 1 seen in very different parts of the reserve), Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Magpie, 10 Jackdaw (+), Carrion Crow, 5 Blue Tit (+), Great Tit, Robin Paul Everett 16:00 to 19:30 Volunteering out of hours with Jacqui Everett
Saturday 03 Oct Naze, The Yellow-browed Warbler (Sycamores.), Willow Warbler, Pied Flycatcher (Sycamores.) Oliver Cottis 11:45 to 13:00
Saturday 03 Oct Tilbury 15 Bar-tailed Godwit (On foreshore by Tilbury 2), 4 Black-tailed Godwit (On foreshore by Tilbury 2) Paul Larkin 09:00 to 10:00 Broken cloud, W wind, falling tide
Saturday 03 Oct Frinton-on-Sea 118 Brent Goose (All south.), 25 Shoveler, 389 Wigeon (All south.), 4 Pintail, 38 Teal, Common Scoter (North.), 5 Oystercatcher, 5 Lapwing, Grey Plover, 2 Greenshank (South.), 12 Mediterranean Gull (South.), 150 Herring Gull, 9 Sandwich Tern, Guillemot (South.), Red-throated Diver (North.), Black-throated Diver (South.), Sooty Shearwater (North at 08:19. Middle-distance. Long-winged, dark Shearwater with typical mechanical Sooty flight.), Gannet (North.), 18 Cormorant, Grey Heron, Kestrel, 3 Skylark, 74 Swallow, 36 Meadow Pipit, Rock Pipit Oliver Cottis 07:10 to 10:30 Sea-watch with Ed Bateman and Steve Entwistle.
Saturday 03 Oct Naze, The 62 Wigeon (South), Green Sandpiper, Cattle Egret (Walton Hall Marshes), 2 Sparrowhawk, Marsh Harrier, Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, Merlin, 56 Swallow (South), 9 Cetti's Warbler (Singing), 2+ Yellow-browed Warbler (1 with tit flock northern edge of common, 1+ sycamore clump), 17 Chiffchaff (1 singing), 5 Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, Firecrest (Hawthorn copse ), 5 Song Thrush, 4 Stonechat, Grey Wagtail (South), 18 Meadow Pipit (South), Greenfinch, Siskin (South), 3 Chinese Muntjac Brian Combes 06:40 to 12:00 mainly clear, warm, SW wind, low tide
Saturday 03 Oct North Weald 4 Egyptian Goose (Over at first light towards golf course.), 3 Tawny Owl (2 calling from mature trees lining heritage railway, 1 calling Ongar Pk Wood.), 88+ Rook (Left roost in railway trees at first light towards horse fields & cattle sheds.) Paul William 06:05 to 06:20 Striking sunrise, cool & calm. Weald Common LNR, Ongar Pk Wood & adjacent farmland.
Friday 02 Oct Billericay Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 3 Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Treecreeper Ben Mapp 14:05 to 14:40 sightings from Lake Meadows
Friday 02 Oct Kelvedon Hatch 2 Raven (Over garden. Seen and heard sporadically over past few weeks near BT mast. ) David Jobbins 11:00 to 11:05
Friday 02 Oct The Naze at Walton 10 Sanderling, 2 Little Egret, 2 Green Woodpecker, 5 Swallow, 6 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Yellow-browed Warbler (1 Sycamore clump, 1 undercliff (landslip area seaward of tower)), 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 5 Goldfinch Simon Banks 09:45 to 13:40 Warm, a bit breezy, mostly clear and sunny
Friday 02 Oct Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB Water Rail, 20 Golden Plover, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 6+ Spotted Redshank, C10 Greenshank, Sandwich Tern, 2 Red-throated Diver (At the point.), 4 Marsh Harrier, 3 Red Kite, Peregrine Falcon (Adult female.), 6+ Bearded Tit (Heard in 3 different areas.), 8 Swallow, 2 Stonechat, Grey Wagtail (Flyover at the Farm.) Peter Low 09:00 to 15:00 Long loop with P. Worland. Highlights.
Friday 02 Oct TM0112 Common Gull (On post off Victoria esplanade West mersea ), 12 Great Black-backed Gull (Plus flypass Victoria esplanade West Mersea ), 2 Sandwich Tern (Flypass from Victoria esplanade West Mersea ) Stephen Entwistle 09:00 to 13:00
Friday 02 Oct TL9717 Goosander (7:30 am LBC), 14 Ruff, 4 Curlew Sandpiper, Snipe, 5 Spotted Redshank Peter Low 09:00 to 13:00
Friday 02 Oct TM0013 Green Woodpecker (Adult), Chiffchaff, 4 Goldfinch (All above seen by Steve Entwistle FELDY VIEW WOODLAND CEMETERY WEST MERSEA) Stephen Entwistle 09:00 to 13:00
Friday 02 Oct Tilbury 13 Bar-tailed Godwit (On foreshore by Tilbury 2), 6 Black-tailed Godwit (On foreshore by Tilbury 2) Paul Larkin 09:00 to 10:00 Falling tide
Friday 02 Oct Naze, The 18 Sanderling, Cattle Egret (Walton Hall Marshes), Grey Heron (North), Marsh Harrier, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 5 Skylark (South), 32 Swallow (South, late morning), 11 House Martin (South with swallows), 12 Cetti's Warbler (Singing), 2+ Yellow-browed Warbler (1+ sycamore clump, 1 John Weston), 9 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, Firecrest (hawthorn copse), Fieldfare, 4 Song Thrush, Pied Flycatcher (Sycamore clump), 4 Stonechat, 16 Meadow Pipit (South), 2 Brambling (South), 7 Linnet, Siskin (South), 4 Reed Bunting Brian Combes 06:40 to 12:45 clear, mild, SW wind
Thursday 01 Oct Abberton Reservoir Goosander (Early female found yesterday by Ollie Cottis at Layer Brettoncauseway East, , photo by Peter Higgleton ), Snipe (LBCW SE Bank sid of bridge ), 30 Spoonbill (Sleeping in front of islands LBCW SW), 8 Great White Egret (LBCW ), Kingfisher (LBCW NE flew across ladded on fallen tree), 2 Grey Wagtail (A pr poss juv as well LBCW SE side bank near Bridge ) Stephen Entwistle 15:00 to 18:00 Goosander at Abberton Reservoir on 01 Oct 2026, (Stephen Entwistle)
Thursday 01 Oct Mersea Island Mediterranean Gull, Pied Flycatcher (North end of Feldy View Cemetery.) Oliver Cottis 12:00 to 14:20 Pied Flycatcher at Mersea Island on 01 Oct 2026, (Oliver Cottis)
Thursday 01 Oct Wickham Bishops Red Kite (Low over fields E of Langford Road.) Malcolm Corbett 11:30 to 11:30
Thursday 01 Oct TM0013

Chiffchaff (Back of Feldy view woodland cemetery, seen by Steve Entwistle ), Redwing (Back of Feldy view woodland cemetery, seen by Ollie Cottis ), Pied Flycatcher (Back of Feldy view woodland cemetery, very mobile & elusive ( l saw 11.20am also seen in pm by Ollie Cottis & me (photos by Ollie Cottis))

 Stephen Entwistle 10:00 to 15:00 Pied Flycatcher at TM0013 on 01 Oct 2026, (Stephen Entwistle)
Thursday 01 Oct Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB 11 Pintail, Water Rail (Joyce's Head), 5 Avocet (Including CR individual), 6 Golden Plover (Abbotts Hall breach), 180+ Curlew (High tide roost on field west of Irongate ), 8+ Bar-tailed Godwit, 30+ Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Knot (Salcott Channel), Curlew Sandpiper (Joyce's Head), Snipe, 9 Spotted Redshank (Joyce's Head), 10+ Greenshank (Salcott Channel & Joyce's), 5 Sandwich Tern (Tollesbury Fleet, before high tide), 3+ Marsh Harrier, 4+ Red Kite, 5+ Buzzard, 6+ Kestrel, Merlin (Male, flying low over Tollesbury Fleet), 30+ Bearded Tit (Heard & 20+ seen, in various reedbeds), 6+ Cetti's Warbler (Heard), Wheatear (Irongate), 2 Yellow Wagtail (Irongate) David L Smith 09:45 to 17:00 High tide c15:50 - selected highlights
Thursday 01 Oct Tilbury 10 Bar-tailed Godwit (On foreshore by Tilbury 2), 7 Black-tailed Godwit (On foreshore by Tilbury 2) Paul Larkin 09:00 to 10:00 Falling tide
Thursday 01 Oct Holland Haven 15 Avocet, 2 Snipe, Sparrowhawk, 8 Buzzard (6 south), 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 9 Skylark (South), 11 Swallow (South), 6 Cetti's Warbler (Singing), 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Goldcrest, 5 Song Thrush, 5 Stonechat, 2 Wheatear, Grey Wagtail (South), 2 Pied Wagtail (South), 74 Meadow Pipit (South), 4 Chaffinch, Brambling, 9 Greenfinch, 149+ Linnet (99 south, 50+ on arable), 20+ Goldfinch, 9 Reed Bunting Brian Combes 06:30 to 11:45 clear, warm, southerly wind
Wednesday 30 Sep Fingringhoe Wick NR EWT 50+ Wigeon, 30+ Knot, Red-throated Diver (flew out of river towards estuary), 40+ Little Egret Liz Huxley 10:00 to 12:00
Wednesday 30 Sep TM0013 Pied Flycatcher (Back of woodland cemetery feldy view West mersea seen Martin Cock, seen SE EB CFH) Stephen Entwistle 09:00 to 18:00
Wednesday 30 Sep North Weald 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 5 Ring-necked Parakeet, 11 Jay (Widespread & noisy.), Coal Tit, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 3 Redwing (In berry laden trees & tall hedging boundary of vacated cattle field.), 4 Meadow Pipit Paul William 07:45 to 09:10 Cloudy, mild. Weald Common LNR & back via Ongar Pk Wood & adjacent farmland
Wednesday 30 Sep Naze, The 19 Brent Goose, 6 Lapwing (In-off), 2 Sandwich Tern, 2 Green Woodpecker, Merlin (In-off, first of the autumn), 25 Swallow (South), 9 Cetti's Warbler (Singing), 2 Yellow-browed Warbler (1+ sycamore clump, 1 hawthorn copse), 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, Firecrest (Double hedge), 2 Goldcrest, 11 Song Thrush, Pied Flycatcher (Sycamore clump), Stonechat, 17 Meadow Pipit (South), 3+ Brambling (First of the autumn, 1 double hedge, 2 John Weston, later 3 together by farm gate) Brian Combes 06:40 to 11:45 overcast, rain, warm, southerly wind
Tuesday 29 Sep Writtle 2 Pheasant, 40 Canada Goose (Titchmarsh Reservoir ), 6 Mute Swan (Titchmarsh Reservoir ), 3 Cormorant (Titchmarsh Reservoir ), 3 Skylark (First of the autumn here.), Grey Wagtail (Heard only.), Meadow Pipit (First of the autumn here ), 35 Linnet Andrew Allen 15:40 to 17:20 Warm and a light breeze. Only certain species recorded
Tuesday 29 Sep Tollesbury Wick NR EWT Mute Swan, 3 Wigeon, 23+ Mallard, 51+ Teal, Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 28+ Oystercatcher, 5 Grey Plover, 11+ Ringed Plover, 8 Curlew, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, Turnstone, 2 Dunlin, 22+ Redshank, 7 Cormorant, Grey Heron, Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, Kestrel, 3 Cetti's Warbler (Heard), 30+ Starling, 2 European Robin, 2 Stonechat, 7+ House Sparrow, 4 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, 6 Linnet, 6 Reed Bunting, 5 Tufted Duck Kara Rennie 14:04 to 18:27 Moderate breeze, hazy, poor visibility.
Tuesday 29 Sep Canvey Island, Thames Estuary 13 Brent Goose, Shelduck, 8 Wigeon, Teal, 7 Great Crested Grebe, Grey Plover, 60 Ringed Plover (At least.), 3 Sanderling, 24 Dunlin, 2 Mediterranean Gull (At least.), 2 Common Gull, 13 Sandwich Tern (At least.), 12 Common Tern, Great Skua (Downriver. Later it or another was on the water much closer. Eventually flew east.), Manx Shearwater (Close in, heading east.), 9 Gannet (At least.) Andrew Cox 10:30 to 16:00 Sunny but very murky, increasing as the day went on. Se breeze, rising tide.
Tuesday 29 Sep Wrabness 5 Wigeon, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Turnstone, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Little Egret, 2 Green Woodpecker (Together), 10 Jay (4 working big field that floods. Others dotted around in and out of reserve, hyper-active. ), Blackcap (Female), 14 Fieldfare (On edge of village. Now going to claim the lone bird 2 days earlier at Horsley Cross!), Bullfinch (Calling near track from car park) Simon Banks 09:15 to 11:00 Overcast, little wind, fairly mild; rain overnight. Tide halfway.
Tuesday 29 Sep TM0013 Pied Flycatcher (Feldy view woodland cemetery WEST MERSEA ( at the far back ,look NE & NW areas) seen by Andy Field ) Stephen Entwistle 09:00 to 13:00
Tuesday 29 Sep TM0013 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap (A pr ALL FELDY VIEW WOODLAND CEMETERY MERSEA SEEN BY ANDY FIELD ), Pied Flycatcher (NE corner seen Andy Field ) Stephen Entwistle 09:00 to 13:00
Tuesday 29 Sep Cudmore Grove CP, Mersea Island 2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap (All seen by Daniel Woollard and Mollie Kirk ), 4 Stonechat, 30 Meadow Pipit (Plus seen by Daniel Woollard ), 5 Reed Bunting Stephen Entwistle 09:00 to 13:00
Tuesday 29 Sep The Strood, Mersea Island 40 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Greenshank, 2 Stonechat (A pr ), 6 Meadow Pipit (All seen by Andy Field ) Stephen Entwistle 09:00 to 13:00
Tuesday 29 Sep TM0013 3 Chiffchaff (AF), 2 Blackcap (A pr (tomo)), Pied Flycatcher (Mobile & elusive far NE corner seen by Andy Field ) Stephen Entwistle 09:00 to 13:00
Tuesday 29 Sep TL7523 11 Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon (Feral pigeons), 6 Wood Pigeon, 2 Collared Dove, Red Kite (I saw it three times through the day - it may have been the same one or two or more different ones), Buzzard, Ring-necked Parakeet (Extremely unusual. It flew northeast at 0845hrs over my garden. Could this be part of an expansion out of London or just an anomaly?), Jay (This has become a regular visitor and is loving the monkey nuts), 10 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, Swallow (Late? It flew southwest over my garden at 0905hrs), 16 Long-tailed Tit (These are regular visitors now), 54 Starling (Counted whilst collecting together at the top of my neighbour's dead fir tree) David Lane 08:15 to 15:00 Sunny but cool
Tuesday 29 Sep Naze, The 8 Grey Plover, 24 Sanderling, 3 Sandwich Tern, Cattle Egret (Still on marsh with cattle. ), 2 Grey Heron (South), Little Egret (North), 2 Sparrowhawk, Marsh Harrier, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Swallow (South), 11 Cetti's Warbler (Singing), 1+ Yellow-browed Warbler (Sycamore clump), 9 Chiffchaff (1 singing), 9 Blackcap, Firecrest (John Weston), Redwing (West over John Weston, first of the autumn), 2 Song Thrush, Red-breasted Flycatcher (Stunning adult male, rather furtive, in the sycamore clump - superb find by Darrell Stile), Pied Flycatcher (Sycamore clump), 2 Redstart (1 by tidal lagoons, 1 briefly dropped into the sycamore clump), 5 Stonechat (1 on the common, 2 pairs on the marshes), Wheatear, 2 Grey Wagtail (South), 32 Meadow Pipit (South), Rock Pipit, 4 Chaffinch, 16 Linnet, 2 Siskin (South), Redpoll sp. (Over, first of the autumn), 6 Chinese Muntjac Brian Combes 06:40 to 14:00 overcast and hazy, warm, easterly wind
Monday 28 Sep North Weald 250+ Black-headed Gull (Across 3 fields), 25+ Common Gull (17 in one field with bigger gulls), 65+ Herring Gull (39 in one field), 135+ Lesser Black-backed Gull (83 in one field with Herring Gulls), Grey Heron, 3 Red Kite, 5 Buzzard (3 landed in field amongst gulls ), 3 Kestrel (In adjacent quieter fields), 100+ Jackdaw, 75+ Rook, 150+ Starling Paul William 11:05 to 11:20 Bright, warming. Farmland being ploughed towards Magdalen Laver and off Weald Bridge Road.
Monday 28 Sep Abberton Reservoir 15+ Ruff (Wig Bay), Curlew Sandpiper (Juvenile, Wig Bay), Dunlin (Wig Bay), Snipe (Wig Bay), 6 Spotted Redshank (Wigborough Bay), 2 Greenshank (LBC), 33 Spoonbill (LBC) James Hudson 10:30 to 14:00 2 Clouded Yellow
Monday 28 Sep Abberton Reservoir 7 Wigeon (at least), Ferruginous Duck (female/imm type west of LBC in pochard flock (with some gadwall & shoveler)), 39 Spoonbill, Red Kite (1 west of LBC; 2 north east of LBC), Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler (singing), 6 Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail (east of LBC) Sean Gregory 10:15 to 12:50 mainly overcast. still, mild; sightings from Layer Breton Causeway
Monday 28 Sep Layer Breton Sparrowhawk, Little Owl, Kestrel, 2 Skylark, Meadow Pipit (Heard) James Hudson 09:50 to 10:15 Garlands Farm area
Monday 28 Sep TM0013 Pied Flycatcher (Feldy view woodland cemetery West mersea at back seen by Martin Cock ) Stephen Entwistle 09:00 to 13:00
Monday 28 Sep Frinton-on-Sea 32 Brent Goose, 61 Wigeon (South.), 14 Pintail, 242 Teal (South.), 9 Mediterranean Gull (South), 4+ Common Gull, 16 Sandwich Tern, 2 Common Tern, Black Tern, 4 Red-throated Diver, Manx Shearwater (Close inshore heading North. ), 51 Gannet (North), 2 Grey Heron (One south at sea, one heading out to sea.), 5 Swallow Peter Low 07:30 to 14:00 Light NW to Brisk NE overcast.
Monday 28 Sep Naze, The 6 Brent Goose (South), 4 Grey Heron (Group headed high out to sea first thing), Sparrowhawk, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Swallow (South ), 13 Cetti's Warbler (Singing), Yellow-browed Warbler (Sycamore clump), 8 Chiffchaff, 7 Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Pied Flycatcher (2 sycamore clump, 1 double hedge), 2 Stonechat, Grey Wagtail (South), 8 Meadow Pipit (South), Rock Pipit, 2 Chinese Muntjac Brian Combes 06:30 to 11:45 cool, mainly overcast, northerly wind
Monday 28 Sep Writtle 2 Tawny Owl (Pair duetting in Brewhouse Hoppitt) Andrew Allen 05:20 to 05:30 Dark and still
Sunday 27 Sep Mistley Fieldfare (Edge of Horsley Cross, Clacton Road. ) Simon Banks 15:30 to 15:35 Fairly bright and mild
Sunday 27 Sep Abberton Reservoir Ferruginous Duck (Male), Ring-necked Duck (prominent eye ring obvious), Great Black-backed Gull, 23 Spoonbill, 2 Great White Egret Paul Everett 14:30 to 15:15 Ferruginous Duck at Abberton Reservoir on 27 Sep 2026, (Paul Everett) ,
Sunday 27 Sep Lawford, near Manningtree 800 Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper (Splodge), 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 12 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Little Egret Simon Banks 14:20 to 14:50 Mild. Tide high.
Sunday 27 Sep Hatfield Broad Oak 10 Gadwall, 14 Teal, Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 5 Chiffchaff, Dartford Warbler (female type seen twice in scrub. Very elusive, first seen on top of thick thistle scrub then again on side of bush after flying across. Associating with both chat species), Treecreeper, Whinchat, 3 Stonechat (2 male, 1 female ), 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Reed Bunting Andy Goodey 14:00 to 17:30 Whinchat at Hatfield Broad Oak on 27 Sep 2026, (Andy Goodey) , , , ,
Sunday 27 Sep Fingringhoe Wick NR EWT 6 Mute Swan, 50 Shelduck (+), 5 Mallard, 30 Teal, Water Rail (heard), 3 Moorhen, Coot, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Oystercatcher, 100 Avocet (+), 50 Lapwing (+), 3 Golden Plover, 4 Grey Plover, 11 Ringed Plover, 3 Curlew, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin, 60 Redshank (+), 3 Black-headed Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Sandwich Tern, 10 Cormorant, 5 Grey Heron, 26 Little Egret, Marsh Harrier (F), 2 Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Magpie, Carrion Crow, Great Tit, Chiffchaff, 2 Robin, Stonechat (M), 6 Pied Wagtail, Reed Bunting Paul Everett 10:05 to 13:00
Sunday 27 Sep Barking Bay/Marsh 11 Teal, Sanderling, 3 Dunlin, 4 Common Sandpiper, Common Tern, 4 Stonechat, 8 Meadow Pipit Gary A James 09:30 to 11:30 Sun/cloud/warm
Sunday 27 Sep Bowers Marsh (RSPB) 85 Shoveler (At least.), 300 Wigeon (At least.), 14 Pintail, 23 Avocet, 2 Grey Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Curlew, 275 Black-tailed Godwit (Approx.), 2 Ruff, Curlew Sandpiper, 49 Dunlin, Snipe, 12 Redshank, 250 Black-headed Gull (Approx.), 5 Spoonbill, 6 Grey Heron, Sparrowhawk, 2 Marsh Harrier (Adult male plus imm.), 2 Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon (Imm.), 5 Bearded Tit, 6 Skylark (At least.), 4 Swallow (At least.), 60 Goldfinch (At least.) Andrew Cox 09:00 to 14:30 Cloudy, some sun. Easterly breeze. Rising tide.
Sunday 27 Sep Cudmore Grove CP, Mersea Island 4 Wigeon (Borrow dyke seen by Michael Thorley ) Stephen Entwistle 09:00 to 13:00
Sunday 27 Sep Naze, The 78 Brent Goose (South), Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Skylark (South), 10 Cetti's Warbler (Singing), 14 Chiffchaff (1 singing), Reed Warbler, 7 Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Pied Flycatcher, 2 Stonechat, Grey Wagtail (South), 17 Meadow Pipit (South), 2 Greenfinch Brian Combes 06:30 to 10:15 mainly overcast, SE wind, mild