Copford 17:30 to 18:10,
1 Grey Wagtail 1 Tawny Owl (Male calling at dusk) 2 Little Owl (Pair calling) 1 Little Egret 3 Song Thrush (Singing males) [Steve Grimwade]

Doddinghurst 14:00 to 16:00, Dull, warm
1 Siskin 3 Goldfinch 2 Greenfinch 2 Chaffinch 1 Wren (all above in garden this morning) 2 Starling (rare visitor to garden: first time more than 1!) 1 Tawny Owl (heard briefly first wood, Days Lane at 2pm!) 1 Green Woodpecker (heard) 3 Yellowhammer (all at top of adjacent trees, calling. Days Lane) 1 Red Kite (Fields nr Doddinghurst Rd) 1 Ring-necked Parakeet (flying, Swallows Cross a.m.) [Ian Swanson]

Rayne 07:30 to 13:00, Full cloud; mild
1 Merlin (Female seen twice harassing Skylarks over arable) 9 Yellowhammer (Singing males) 10 Skylark (Singing males) 1 Little Grebe (On small farm reservoir ) 1 Reed Bunting (Small farm reservoir) 10 Greylag Goose 8 Canada Goose 8 Rook (Nests in small rookery) 5 Siskin (Shalford green) [Andrew Goodey]

Halstead 11:30 to 11:40, Mild, light cloud and a gentle breeze.
1 Blackcap (a male in sub-song, heard only, in my garden. ) [Jeremy Hurley]

Westley Heights 08:30 to 12:00, Cloudy, mild.
1 Sparrowhawk 5 Green Woodpecker (At least.) 7 Great Spotted Woodpecker (At least.) 1 Mistle Thrush 4 Goldcrest (At least.) 9 Long-tailed Tit (At least. Now starting to pair up.) 2 Treecreeper (Both heard singing. Hall Wood & Coombe Wood.) 2 Nuthatch (Coombe Wood & horse paddock.) 30 Chaffinch (Approx. Hall Wood.) 2 Goldfinch (At least.) [Andrew Cox]

TL6807 09:30 to 10:00, Warm and bright. Sightings by David
3 Little Egret (1 on ground, 2 in trees) 1 Green Woodpecker [Winifred Simmonds]