Fordham 15:00 to 15:00, Cloudy
1 Bullfinch [Steve Hallam]

Fordham 16:20 to 16:20, Sunny
1 Stonechat (Male; first sighting here) [Steve Hallam]

Fordham 11:30 to 11:30, Cloudy
200 Common Gull (At least, seen from car) 1 Wheatear [Steve Hallam]

Fordham 10:00 to 13:00,
1 Red Kite (Adult flew south over Essex Way footpath) [Steve Grimwade]

Fordham 11:00 to 11:30, Sunny
380 Common Gull (In arable fields near Chancers Farm. Flock has swelled in the last few days.) [Steve Hallam]

Fordham 14:30 to 14:30, Cloudy
95 Common Gull (In arable field near Chancers Farm. A flock of variable size has been here for some days.) [Steve Hallam]

Fordham 07:45 to 10:45, warm and sunny
2 Swift (pair - village) 2 Green Woodpecker (territories - Fordham Woodland Trust reserve [2]) 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 Jay 2 Kestrel (males at opposite ends of reserve) 6 Skylark (males on reserve [2018= 9]) 3 Swallow (territories round village) 4 House Martin (village) 22 Chiffchaff (territories on reserve [2017= 24]) 3 Willow Warbler (males [2018= 3]) 19 Blackcap (males [17]) 4 Lesser Whitethroat (males [4]) 25 Whitethroat (males [2017= 28]) 2 Song Thrush (males [2018= 2]) 4 Greenfinch (males [4]) 1 Bullfinch (male [3]) 14 Yellowhammer (males [14]) 1 Reed Bunting (singing male by river ; first time I've not heard Cuckoo here in 10 years) [Martin Peers]

Fordham 20:00 to 20:30, Calm, still, quite warm
1 Grey Partridge (One Male calling from the East of the Woodland Estate, just off Fossetts Lane) [Kieren Alexander]

Fordham 08:30 to 11:00, overcast, clearing later
1 Buzzard (territory - all records Fordham Estate Woodland Trust and margins) 2 Kestrel (territories) 3 Cuckoo (territorial males (increase)) 6 Green Woodpecker (territories) 9 Skylark (territorial males) 6 Song Thrush (territorial males (increase)) 12 Blackcap (territories (increase)) 1 Garden Warbler (territorial male) 4 Lesser Whitethroat (territorial males (increase)) 27 Whitethroat (territorial males (decrease)) 16 Chiffchaff (territorial males (increase)) 4 Willow Warbler (territories) 8 Linnet (pairs on territory (increase)) 1 Bullfinch (pair (decrease)) 16 Yellowhammer (pairs on territory (increase)) [Martin Peers]