Current Highlights

Saturday 23 Oct
Mersea Island: 8 Cattle Egret

Friday 22 Oct
South Woodham Ferrers: Cattle Egret
Abberton Reservoir: 28 Great White Egret
Hanningfield Reservoir: Black-necked Grebe
Vange Marsh RSPB: 2 Bearded Tit
Frinton-on-Sea: 11 Pink-footed Goose, Short-eared Owl, Ring Ouzel, 20 Redpoll sp.

Thursday 21 Oct
Beckton: Sabine's Gull
Frinton-on-Sea: Hen Harrier, Lapland Bunting, 9 Redpoll sp., Ring Ouzel, Little Gull, Short-eared Owl

Wednesday 20 Oct
Abberton Reservoir: 9 Red-crested Pochard, 10 Great White Egret, 2 Raven, Baikal Teal
Hanningfield Reservoir: Black-necked Grebe

The EBwS Bird Photography Competition is back with a new seasonal format. Please send in your best birding photo's taken in Essex this autumn and we will choose our favourites to be voted on by you in November.
Closing date for entries is…
Another chance to watch Steve, Steve and Matt as they look back over the summer, including an exciting trip to Snettisham. We check what's been about in the county so far this autumn and David Low talks about the iconic Brent Goose - which has …

With the autumn nights drawing in here's another chance to watch David Darrell-Lambert's excellent Zoom presentation on Nocturnal Migration.
Garden Bird ID Guide
A fun guide to some of the species you may see in your garden.

Steve Grimwade shows us how to report a ringed bird and explains why it's so important.
Click the thumbnail below to begin, when the video starts playing click YouTube for a larger view.
EBwS 2021 Rookery Survey - final update
Massive thanks to everyone who contributed to our EBwS Rookery Survey and a big thank you to Howard Vaughan for processing all of the data received. The results have far exceeded our…