1 White-fronted Goose (Mixed flock of 100+Geese individual quantities unknown ), 1 Greylag Goose (Mixed flock of 100+Geese individual quantities unknown ), 1 Canada Goose (Mixed flock of 100+Geese individual quantities unknown ) [Melvin Shepherd-Wells]

2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Bullfinch (Male.) [Andrew Cox]

500 Fieldfare (In horse field Deadmans Lane. ), 300 Starling (In field with fieldfare), 1 Moorhen (In horse field.), 8 Long-tailed Tit (In bush.), 1 Jay (In road) [Kevin Cook]

1 Bullfinch (Male( In bushes on footpath between London Road and Green)), 1 Robin, 2 Blackbird (male and female), 1 Blue Tit [Paul Everett]

1 Kestrel (Female, by information board, at one point literally on it! ), 1 Pied Wagtail (By information board), 1 Dunnock, 3 Blackbird, 6 Long-tailed Tit (Reeds along ditch), 2 Stonechat (Reeds along ditch), 2 Redwing, 2 Canada Goose, 13 Mallard (11 on balancing pond, 2 other side of ditch), 1 Moorhen (2 on balancing pond, 2 other side of ditch), 4 Coot (Balancing pond), 2 Little Grebe (Balancing pond), 18 Corn Bunting (Near balancing pond), 1 Yellowhammer (Near balancing pond), 1 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Snipe (Stanford-le-Hope Marshes), 1 Cormorant (Near Stanford-le-Hope Marshes), 30 Curlew (At least, flying near Stanford-le-Hope Marshes), 300 Avocet (Atleast, on mudflats), 100 Redshank (Atleast, on mudflats), 10 Shelduck (On Mudflats), 3 Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting [Jamie Thornton]

249 Teal (29 on the foreshore in front of the fort, the rest on the river in Gravesend Reach), 39 Avocet (Nine on the foreshore in front of the fort, the rest just east of the old P Stn site), 1 Redshank (On the foreshore by the ferry terminal), 33 Shelduck (Three on the foreshore in front of the fort, the rest east of the old P Stn site), 1 Oystercatcher (East of the old P Stn site), 6 Gadwall (On the river in Gravesend Reach) [Paul Larkin]

1 Dunnock, 2 Robin (Presumably a pair.), 3 Blackbird (Pair plus another male.), 3 Redwing (At least.), 5 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Great Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 1 House Sparrow (Female.), 8 Chaffinch, 15 Greenfinch, 3 Goldfinch [Andrew Cox]

15 Little Egret (Meadows north of railway line between Leigh-on-Sea and Benfleet) [Andrew Dodd]

1 Barn Owl (Hunting in meadow by flooded river), 1 Grey Wagtail, 34 Canada Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose (On pond edge along Fairy Hall Lane), 1 Kestrel (Great Notley CP), 160 Redwing (Various small flocks), 1 Chiffchaff (Great Notley CP), 85 Fieldfare (Various small flocks) [Andrew Goodey]

1 Brambling (Ringed male again.), 15 Goldfinch, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Redwing (On holly, not many berries left.), 2 Coal Tit (Arrived and left together so I guess we have a pair.) [Ken Hudgell] ,

9 Red-legged Partridge, 12 Yellowhammer (Largest flock I’ve ever seen), 100 Starling (Mixed flock of Starling,Fieldfare,Redwing all approx figures), 75 Fieldfare (Mixed flock of Starling,Fieldfare,Redwing all approx figures), 50 Redwing (Mixed flock of Starling,Fieldfare,Redwing all approx figures), 2 Egyptian Goose [Melvin Shepherd-Wells]

1 Blackbird (Female.), 2 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 9 Chaffinch, 15 Greenfinch, 8 Goldfinch [Andrew Cox]

55 Coot (Fishing lake), 6 Mallard (Fishing lake), 1 Great Crested Grebe (Fishing lake), 2 Cormorant (On pylon by fishing lake), 5 Redwing, 1 Dunnock, 2 Great Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Blackbird, 3 Moorhen (Hassenbrooke River), 6 Goldfinch, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Kingfisher (Pond on the eastern edge of the reedbed south of the fishing lakes) [Jamie Thornton]

1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Redwing (At least.), 2 Song Thrush (At least.), 4 Goldcrest (At least.), 6 Long-tailed Tit [Andrew Cox]

1 Short-eared Owl (Fields west of caravan park) [Simon Banks]

2 Blackcap (Male and female feeding in garden), 1 Redwing [David Jobbins]

1 Sparrowhawk (also Wood Pigeon) [David Saville]

350 Brent Goose (150 flooded fields interchange with estuary where further 200 birds counted), 100 Wigeon (minimum), 90 Shelduck (minimum), 2 Red-breasted Merganser (offshore), 7 Goldeneye (long way off shore), 1 Grey Heron (floods), 200 Teal (minimum (good numbers on floods)), 30 Mallard, 2 Shoveler, 55 Grey Plover (minimum), 65 Redshank (minimum - good numbers on flood), 150 Black-tailed Godwit, 35 Bar-tailed Godwit, 45 Curlew, 100 Knot, 200 Dunlin, 2 Sanderling, 35 Oystercatcher, 3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Collared Dove, 45 Goldfinch, 35 Linnet, 4 Bullfinch (Annoyingly elusive), 20 Chaffinch, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Barn Owl, 1 Little Owl, 1 Robin, 3 Wren (not as many !), 10 Dunnock (showing really well), 2 Song Thrush, 25 Redwing (very mobile), 1 Fieldfare (not many seen), 2 Goldcrest, 1 Blue Tit (lots around feeds and along access track), 1 Great Tit, 16 Long-tailed Tit (two groups), 1 Chiffchaff ((tristis)? did not hang about long enough for photo, Initial ID by frequent contact call ), 1 Moorhen, 1 Snipe (probably a lot more given the flooded grazing fields), 3 Little Egret [Malcolm Riddler] , ,

1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Redwing (At least.), 3 Fieldfare, 13 Blue Tit (Feeding in Elms at the top of the ridge. Many more generally.), 6 Goldfinch (At least.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Red Kite (Seen circling overhead ) [Paul Fletcher]

1 Buzzard, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (drumming already), 2 Redwing, 10 Common Gull, 25 Lapwing [Oliver Cottis]

3 Red Kite [David Saville]

3 Red Kite [David Saville]

8 Redwing (Feeding on holly berries in neighbours garden), 15 Goldfinch, 5 Greenfinch, 6 Chaffinch, 15 Blue Tit (+ coming and going on feeders ), 10 Great Tit (+ coming and going on feeders), 3 Coal Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Dunnock, 4 Robin, 6 Blackbird, 10 Stock Dove (number increasing with colder weather), 8 Collared Dove, 15 Starling, 10 Jackdaw, 8 Magpie [Paul Fletcher]

1 Merlin (low over field to the north of Keelar's quarry road) [Keith Brooke]

1 Red Kite (Over town centre) [David L Smith]

4 Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon, 40 Wood Pigeon, 6 Moorhen, 65 Black-headed Gull, 1 Common Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 21 Magpie, 6 Carrion Crow, 2 Coal Tit, 17 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Wren, 103 Redwing, 3 Robin, 10 Meadow Pipit [Oliver Cottis]

1 Blackcap (Female), 2 Redwing [David L Smith]

12 Redpoll sp. (On Silver Birch tree behind house ) [Barbara Leport]

1 Firecrest (in Alresford Grange wood, singing a little) [Richard Allen]

3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Goldcrest (At least.), 1 Treecreeper (At least.), 1 Nuthatch [Andrew Cox]

2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Both drumming.), 1 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch [Andrew Cox]

1 Nuthatch, 1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Meadow Pipit, 6 Lesser Redpoll (Flew overhead), 1 Kingfisher, 2 Teal, 12 Wren, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Fieldfare, 4 Redwing, 1 Grey Heron, 20 Carrion Crow (+), 30 Rook (+), 5 Dunnock, 10 Moorhen (+), 7 Stock Dove, 15 Wood Pigeon (+), 7 Blue Tit (Also potential water vole. Recognisable plop into water from river bank. ) [David Pallash]

33 Golden Plover (All sightings on north side of Wormingford airfield), 25 Lapwing, 30 Linnet, 50 Skylark, 30 Fieldfare, 5 Redwing, 1 Buzzard [Steve Hallam]

1 Green Woodpecker, 8 Yellowhammer (At least. Hedges in fields between Days Lane & Doddinghurst Rd. Pair in tree in garden on Days Lane. ), 1 Great Tit (Very vocal everywhere) [Ian Swanson]

3 Fieldfare (Essex University grounds), 19 Lapwing (Arable field near University), 30 Red-legged Partridge (Arable fields near University), 22 Mallard (University lakes) [Marsh Stitchman]

1 Greenshank (On the mud with redshank at bottom of Bath street) [Graham Upton]

9 Robin, 6 Greenfinch, 14 Blackbird, 4 Redwing, 2 Kestrel, 26 Fieldfare, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1 Dunnock, 7 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, 1 Stock Dove, 37 Black-headed Gull, 1 Little Egret, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Cormorant, 2 Moorhen [Simon Satchell]

1 Bullfinch [Steve Hallam]

2 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Red-breasted Merganser, 8 Goldeneye, 17 Brent Goose (13 on flood by horse field), 8 Redwing, 1 Song Thrush [Simon Banks]

2 Nuthatch (Coming to feeders in Mark's Hill), 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Two pairs. Regulars at the feeders in Mark's Hill), 8 Long-tailed Tit (On feeders at Marks Hill as well as numerous Blue and Great tits) [Karl Price] , ,

2 Raven (@ Plumptons Farm, In Cattle field.) [Darrell Stile]

4 Teal (Titchmarsh Reservoir), 1 Pintail (Drake still present on Writtle Duckpond.), 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Little Egret (River Can) [Andrew Allen]

1 Curlew [Susie Jenkins]

20 Reed Bunting (feeding on set aside / game cover), 40 Yellowhammer (feeding on set aside / game cover) [Neil Murphy]

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Eating sunflower hearts.), 2 Collared Dove, 1 Dunnock, 1 Robin, 30 Redwing (At least. Mostly sitting in surrounding trees. At least the same number had flown over moments before.), 1 Fieldfare (Sitting in a tree overlooking garden, immediately behind.), 2 Blue Tit (Looks to be a pair.), 3 Great Tit, 9 Chaffinch (At least.), 17 Greenfinch (At least.), 11 Goldfinch (At least.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Goosander, 1 Kingfisher, 15 Goldeneye, 1 Little Owl (IN USUAL OAK TREE NEAR BUTTSBURY CHURCH) [Trevor Bufton]

250 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 200 Shelduck, 100 Pintail, 2 Rock Pipit (Mundon wash sluice), 1 Water Rail (calling from mundon wash), 1 Green Sandpiper (feeding in ditch), 200 Linnet (feeding between Limbourne creek & mundon road houses), 1 Marsh Harrier (m crossing southey creek), 1 Buzzard (resting on south tip of northey island & buzzed by harrier briefly) [Tony Kennelly]

4 Song Thrush (the most I've seen for years in a garden near Follywood), 9 Redwing (two groups), 1 Moorhen (at the pond. [Too scared to go as far as the reservoir in case Derbyshire police come calling]) [David Allen]

2 Buzzard (Calling), 20 Fieldfare (At least. Days Lane. Earlier in week, mixed flock of 80+ Fieldfares & Redwings - mainly fieldfares), 4 Siskin (Days Lane), 1 Coal Tit (Garden feeder a.m.), 4 Long-tailed Tit (Garden feeder a.m.), 1 Greenfinch (Garden feeder a.m.) [Ian Swanson]

2 Short-eared Owl [Matt Trevillion] , ,

1 Grey Wagtail [David Saville]

1 Redwing (Solitary in a garden shrub/tree with some House Sparrows. Corner of Tower Road & Lower Swaines) [Graham Pentelow]

45 White-fronted Goose (c40, North @ 13:45. Plus 5 on Brett Agg pit @ 15:24.) [Darrell Stile]

3 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 150 Brent Goose (Distant in flight over Alresford ), 45 Teal, 1 Greenshank (Opposite sailing club hard), 200 Redshank, 6 Grey Plover, 9 Ringed Plover, 100 Lapwing, 34 Black-tailed Godwit, 20 Curlew, 2 Turnstone, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Buzzard, 2 Stonechat, 8 Meadow Pipit, 1 Jay, 20 Long-tailed Tit [Marsh Stitchman]

28 Lapwing (On arable near village), 48 Fieldfare (On arable near village) [Andrew Goodey]

20 Redpoll sp., 12 Redwing, 3 Fieldfare, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Little Egret, 3 Cattle Egret, 2 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel [Yvonne Watling]

2 Buzzard, 3 Treecreeper, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Heard only, one drumming), 20 Great Tit (+, many all over reserve ), 20 Blue Tit (+ , many all over reserve ), 6 Redwing (Made their way through reserve), 1 Coal Tit, 4 Goldcrest (Two separate pairs seen), 2 Green Woodpecker (Seen separately ), 23 Lesser Redpoll (Seen twice as a group, maximum count), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Nuthatch (Possible heard only once calling distantly, unable to confirm ), 8 Long-tailed Tit (Several small groups, max count), 3 Wren [Ian Dewsnap]

3 Red Kite (Untagged), 2 Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 2 Egyptian Goose (First record for site), 1 Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Song Thrush (+), 12 Redwing (+), 6 Fieldfare (+), 1 Treecreeper [David L Smith]

1 Blackbird, 1 Chaffinch [Michael Davies] ,

2 Reed Bunting (Feeding amongst flooded Chenopodiaceae; rare in winter), 5 Song Thrush (Feeding together amongst flooded Chenopodiaceae with 12 Redwings, very wary and I guess winter visitors.), 12 Redwing (Feeding with Song Thrushes amongst flooded Chenopodiaceae.), 3 Fieldfare (Scattered across patch; no sign of recent large flocks or any passage.), 12 Meadow Pipit (Feeding on ice amongst Phragmites), 22 Tufted Duck (Flock that arrived on 7th still present on Trifarm Pit. A good winter total.), 5 Teal (On edge of Trifarm Pit (NFY)), 1 Pochard (Female with Tufted Dicks (NFY)), 2 Gadwall (On Trifarm Pit), 1 Kingfisher (By weir, Mill House), 1 Peregrine Falcon (Adult male back on pylon, last seen 7th), 225 Lapwing (On the 7th, near record winter count, arrived overnight and no sign of anytoday), 97 Mallard (Unusually high total, feeding actively in shallows on Trifarm Pit, arrived overnight), 3 Water Rail (3 different sites, birds rarely seen but calling. ), 1 Cetti's Warbler (Bird called 3 times this am edge of Boreham Meads , last recorded in May. No sign of Jack Snipe or Snipe, ground frozen.), 1 Blackcap (Male now resident feeding on apples in garden), 11 Chaffinch (Feeding in garden), 33 Goldfinch (Increase in garden coincided with night frosts), 11 Long-tailed Tit (Evening of the 8th January in garden. ) [Graham Ekins]

5 Red-legged Partridge (fields off london road), 100 Redwing (probably more as heard & seen everywhere), 20 Fieldfare (golf course), 1 Goldcrest, 1 Coal Tit (with long-tailed tit flock by weir), 1 Chiffchaff ( heard calling from field by weir lock), 1 Grey Wagtail (1 seen by weir & 1 by supermarket), 1 Kingfisher ( heard calling as it flew away along river), 12 Little Grebe (pairs seen along river) [Tony Kennelly]

3 Green Woodpecker (Two Lincewood.), 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Two Lincewood. Looked to be a pair. Drumming heard.), 1 Song Thrush (At least.), 4 Redwing (At least.), 1 Great Tit (Singing. Many more generally.), 1 Nuthatch (Lincewood. ), 1 Goldfinch (At least.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Firecrest (Below Sunny Point first thing, beautiful bird on a beautiful morning ), 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Redwing, 5 Song Thrush, 26 Blackbird, 7 Goldfinch, 21 Chaffinch, 5 Greenfinch, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Cetti's Warbler (Singing, John Weston Reserve ), 1 Chinese Muntjac, 3 Rock Pipit [Brian Combes]

1 Buzzard, 2 Raven (on telecoms mast west of park) [John McLaughlin]

1 Buzzard, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet (Flying along Brook Lane), 1 Green Woodpecker (Brook Lane), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker ((Yesterday, Days Lane)), 1 Song Thrush (Garden), 1 Goldcrest (Wood between Dagwood & Days Lanes), 1 Coal Tit (Garden), 6 Long-tailed Tit (At least, Garden (yesterday)), 1 Treecreeper (Dagwood Lane wood, with Goldcrest), 2 Greenfinch (Garden), 1 Bullfinch (Male in hedge between Playing Field & Brook Lane ) [Ian Swanson]

4 Mute Swan (Flew off westwards. Lake mostly frozen.), 1 Grey Heron, 25 Mallard, 20 Black-headed Gull (At least.), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10 Redwing (At least.), 1 Fieldfare, 7 Long-tailed Tit (At least.), 1 Kestrel [Andrew Cox]

1 Brambling (Male, same ringed bird as seen 3 weeks ago.), 1 Sparrowhawk (Not actually seen, just a pile of Goldfinch feathers as evidence of it's visit), 2 Redwing, 6 Goldfinch [Ken Hudgell] ,

83 Black-tailed Godwit (Feeding on half-frozen flood), 1 Raven (By lane between reserve and woodland burial site) [Simon Banks]

200 Fieldfare (In apple trees in stones green road), 50 Redwing (With fieldfares in apple trees) [Kevin Tunnicliffe]

12 Turnstone, 4 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Redshank, 26 Brent Goose, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Dunnock, 2 Robin [Susie Jenkins]

1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 1 Blackcap (Male.), 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 House Sparrow, 1 Jay, 1 Stock Dove, 10 Chaffinch (At least.), 16 Greenfinch, 2 Goldfinch [Andrew Cox]

39 Lapwing (In arable field Church lane near the cemetery ), 2 Mistle Thrush [Melvin Shepherd-Wells]

4 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Egret, 7 Shelduck, 20 Avocet, 1 Grey Plover, 30 Lapwing, 18 Dunlin, 20 Curlew, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Woodpecker (feeding on flooded meadow anthills), 3 Skylark, 5 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 2 Stonechat, 20 Reed Bunting (at least in flock together over saltmarsh) [Marsh Stitchman]

1 Redshank, 1 Grey Plover, 1 Robin [Michael Davies] , ,

7 Siskin, 3 Coal Tit [Jan Lewis]

2 Brambling (m & f), 3 Redwing (Feeding on holly), 1 Coal Tit, 8 Goldfinch [Ken Hudgell] , ,

4 Goosander (Feeding near to RAWL hide, but mobile), 10 Goldeneye (Small flock of males and females - quite mobile), 1 Great Northern Diver (Close to, in front of RAWL hide, preening and fishing), 20 Teal (Small flocks feeding in margins, easily flushed), 20 Wigeon, 20 Gadwall [Ben Green]

5 Shelduck (On foreshore in front of the fort), 5 Avocet (On foreshore in front of the fort), 2 Redshank (On foreshore in front of the fort), 52 Teal (On STW outfall), 3 Gadwall (On STW outfall), 8 Mallard (On STW outfall) [Paul Larkin]

11 Skylark [Susie Jenkins]

1 Raven (Flew to Pylon), 1 Red Kite, 10 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Common Gull, 6 Fieldfare, 7 Redwing [Melvin Shepherd-Wells]

1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker (At least. Two drumming.), 1 Goldcrest (At least.), 1 Coal Tit (Heard calling.), 1 Nuthatch (Heard calling.) [Andrew Cox]

35 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing [Paul Chamberlain] ,

50 Coot (At least, fishing lake), 2 Moorhen (Fishing lake), 1 Mute Swan (Fishing lake), 2 Canada Goose (Fishing lake), 10 Tufted Duck (Fishing lake), 7 Mallard (5 on fishing lake, 2 on pond in reedbed south of the fishing lakes), 3 Cormorant (Fishing lake), 1 Great Crested Grebe (Fishing lake), 50 Fieldfare (At least), 1 Cetti's Warbler (Heard), 4 Blue Tit, 1 Great Tit, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Goldfinch, 4 Chaffinch, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Blackbird, 3 Magpie, 3 Robin [Jamie Thornton]

1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 12 Redwing (At least.), 13 Fieldfare (At least.), 5 Goldfinch (At least.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Bearded Tit (Strood channel DU), 2 Great Northern Diver (Victoria esplanade AF), 1 Eider (Off st Peter's beach DU), 1 Red-necked Grebe (Off monkey steps AF), 1 Red-breasted Merganser (Coast to monkey steps AF), 1 Purple Sandpiper (Off cudmore grove R brown) [Stephen Entwistle]

2 Great White Egret, 2 Smew (at last, a male and female off Layer Breton), 1 Scaup [David Allen]

105 Common Scoter (On the water in Gravesend Reach), 2 Kittiwake (Adult and first winter on the Thames), 1 Little Gull (Adult lingering on the Thames), 1 Mediterranean Gull (Adult on the Thames) [Paul Larkin]

1 Curlew, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Redshank, 12 Grey Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, 7 Dunlin, 14 Teal, 3 Little Grebe, 26 Black-headed Gull, 1 Common Gull, 6 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Meadow Pipit [Marsh Stitchman]

1 Black-throated Diver (From Rawl Hide) [Andrew Ducat]

1 Bullfinch (Male in bushes on footpath between Green and London Road) [Paul Everett]

1 Cetti's Warbler (Singing from flooded pit by recycling centre), 1 Stonechat (Rough ground by pit), 1 Sanderling (Spit seaward of caravan park) [Simon Banks]

1 Sparrowhawk, 32 Greenfinch, 4 Redwing, 2 Coal Tit (1 continental race - grey backed, more prominent wing bar and uniform underparts when compared to 1 British race; fed in conifers unlike British race that used feeders) [Sean Gregory]

1 Sparrowhawk (Female.), 2 Green Woodpecker (Both calling.), 4 Mute Swan (Usual family.), 1 Fieldfare (At least.), 12 Redwing (At least.), 1 Goldfinch [Andrew Cox]

1 Tundra Bean Goose (With Greylags this morning) [Clive Atkins]

1 Jack Snipe (On edge of Boreham Meads; NFY and only 2nd recent record.), 5 Snipe (Boreham Meads), 32 Wigeon (Trifarm Pit), 2 Gadwall (First for 3 days), 6 Tufted Duck (5 MM), 1 Water Rail (Calling by bridge in ditch but not seen; also seen & heard 4th & 3rd January), 42 Goldfinch (On garden feeders (have added extra!!) currently highest winter count pm 4th), 22 Wood Pigeon (Under garden feeders, highest winter count pm 4th), 3 Stock Dove (2MM, 1F under garden feeders with first winter sighting on 1st Jan), 1 Blackcap (Male feeding on apples placed on apple tree pm 4th. 3rd winter sighting.), 12 Mute Swan (7 were immatures, flew west along the Chelmer 09.15), 1 Little Egret (Adult showing signs of breeding plumage on Trifarm Pit 1st and 2nd January. ), 125 Fieldfare (Flew high W along Chelmer on 3rd in several flocks; found just 2 this am ), 15 Skylark (Flew west along Chelmer am on 3rd; none seen today.), 72 Lapwing (On rapidly diminishing flood.), 5 Great Crested Grebe (On Trifarm Pit), 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull (2 graelsii adults in winter plumage briefly on flood 08.30. ), 2 Green Woodpecker (Around Trifarm Pit ) [Graham Ekins]

3 Snow Bunting (Stone point (DU)), 90 Greylag Goose (Grazing fields park DU ), 1 Red-necked Grebe (Off kingsland road MC) [Stephen Entwistle]

350 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (circa. On river.), 1 Little Egret (Playing field.), 6 Meadow Pipit (Sea wall.) [Malcolm Corbett]

1 Dunlin (On foreshore in front of the fort), 38 Redshank (On foreshore in front of the fort), 8 Shelduck (On foreshore in front of the fort), 22 Avocet (Just east of the P Stn site), 1 Kittiwake (1st winter up river) [Paul Larkin]

1 Black-throated Diver (Juvenile showing well in front of RAWL hide. Also visible from Point Hide and distantly from causeway ) [James Hudson]

1 Buzzard (attempted to capture a lone black-headed gull on the water), 1 Green Sandpiper (feeding on flooded field) [Stephen Shelley]

30 Fieldfare (circa. On ploughed field adjacent to Tiptree Heath.), 1 Song Thrush (Tiptree Heath.) [Malcolm Corbett]

1 Pale-bellied Brent Goose, 800 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 1000 Golden Plover, 70 Grey Plover, 3 Marsh Harrier, 50 Dunlin, 1 Stonechat, 10 Fieldfare, 1000 Knot, 1 Red-breasted Merganser [Stephen Entwistle]

10 Yellowhammer (Mixed Flock in trees next to my office. My local farmer has sown wild bird mix in the adjacent field and this has made a major difference this winter.), 6 Brambling (Mixed flock with Yellowhammers.), 1 Bullfinch (Male bird in hawthorn bush. ) [Matthew Davison]

1 Sparrowhawk (Male.) [Andrew Cox]

1 Purple Sandpiper (Shingle/stoney spite looking east fron steps to stone point east Mersea. About 3hrs before high tide it slowly gets covered. The spite is covered about 1 1/2 hr before high tide. To late then.), 3 Snow Bunting (On end of stone point east Mersea ) [Stephen Entwistle]

1 Great Grey Shrike (male. In trees next to river chelmer.), 6 Mallard (2 pairs and two additional males), 1 Cormorant (Flew over), 1 Kestrel (Hunting), 1 Blackbird, 1 Grey Heron (Flew over) [Paul Everett] , , ,

122 White-fronted Goose (flew in around 3.), 1 Pale-bellied Brent Goose, 480 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (all in same field with white fronts), 110 Golden Plover (same field by sea wall), 1 Long-tailed Duck (Salcott Channel), 50 Knot, 40 Grey Plover, 60 Dunlin, 23 Red-breasted Merganser, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Snipe, 2 Yellowhammer, 2 Reed Bunting, 1 Little Egret [David Allen]

53 Greylag Goose, 12 Mallard, 4 Gadwall, 2 Cormorant (Immature - on raft), 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blue Tit (with the long tails), 1 Blackbird, 7 Tufted Duck, 1 Green Woodpecker (heard only), 1 Great Black-backed Gull (when first seen appeared to be feeding on carrion), 3 Little Grebe [Paul Everett] ,

6 Avocet [Claire Panting] , ,

1 Red Kite (Untagged adult) [David L Smith]

1 Purple Sandpiper (Stoney split 2 hours before high tide .near steps to stone point DU AF ), 4 Snow Bunting (Stone point DU ), 5 White-fronted Goose (Golf house flooded fields DU AF SE), 1 Red-necked Grebe (Victoria esplanade neil Murphy ), 13 Common Scoter (3 off park AF, 8 off west Mersea AF ,2 off Victoria esplanade DU ), 2 Eider (Victoria esplanade MC DU), 2 Great Northern Diver (Victoria esplanade MC DU), 2 Goldeneye (1pr off Victoria esplanade(none last year) DU), 1 Shag (Victoria esplanade MC), 7 Bar-tailed Godwit (2 of cobmarsh Island, 5 west Mersea AF), 7 Red-breasted Merganser (Off west Mersea AF) [Stephen Entwistle]

1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (TL79099 06679 Woodham Walter Common), 3 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 2 Coal Tit, 25 Redwing [Jan Lewis]

1 Black-throated Diver (Showing well with Binoculars from RAWL Hide ) [Les Finn]

1 Barnacle Goose (With Canadas, upriver of A137), 2 Egyptian Goose (Flood between A137 and railway), 800 Black-tailed Godwit (Estimate), 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Greenshank (Feeding just opposite footpath from main road to estuary upriver of Co-op Fiveways), 1000 Knot (Estimate), 120 Avocet (Accurate estimate), 5 Stock Dove, 500 Dunlin (Estimate), 200 Lapwing (Estimate: about half each side of A 137), 4 Ringed Plover, 6 Little Grebe, 5 Pintail [Simon Banks]

1 Grey Heron, 1 Coot, 1 Chaffinch, 4 Pied Wagtail, 1 Kestrel [Michael Davies] , , , ,

2 Raven (pair on BT mast, perched half way up), 1 Peregrine Falcon (also on BT mast. Flew around but got some but little response from Ravens. Maybe they live side by side comfortably out of the breeding season.) [Andrew Stroud]

1 Black-throated Diver (From RAWL hide still) [David Jobbins]

1 Merlin (near Stone Point), 1 Short-eared Owl (on marsh north of Cormorant Creek), 1 Marsh Harrier (Horsey), 2 Red-breasted Merganser (Stone point), 200 Cormorant (+ Oakley beach) [Martin Richards]

2 Great White Egret (Geedon Saltings (Reserve tick ✔️)), 1 Water Rail, 21 Lesser Redpoll, 6 Bullfinch, 1 Peregrine Falcon (Female), 12 Red-breasted Merganser, 1000 Knot, 300 Avocet, 250 Fieldfare, 100 Redwing, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, 3 Marsh Harrier, 24 Corn Bunting, 2 Yellowhammer [Steve Grimwade]

1 Peregrine Falcon (12th record locally since 2006 and first since 31/12/15), 45 Redwing (been in garden for a week demolishing Cotoneaster and Holly berries) [Martin Henry]

1 Kestrel, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 20 Redwing (At least. Scattered.), 50 Fieldfare (In trees around new centre area.), 6 Long-tailed Tit (At least.) [Andrew Cox]

50 Pied Wagtail ((no's easily in the region of 50). Roosting in the tree outside The Speak Easy bar on High Street) [Graham Pentelow]

1 Red-necked Grebe (Hide bay from Layer Church), 35 White-fronted Goose (Came in to roost at LBC just after dusk with Beans), 6 Tundra Bean Goose (in to roost with Whitefronts), 3 Goosander, 1 Great White Egret (LBC), 2 Grey Wagtail (1 each at LBC and LDLH), 1 Sparrowhawk (Chased by Crow at LBC) [Marsh Stitchman]

2 Wigeon (Pair on Titchmarsh Reservoir), 4 Grey Heron (Titchmarsh Reservoir) [Andrew Allen]

9 Golden Plover (In arable field on south side of airfield), 2 Raven (Flying east to west along northern side of airfield) [Steve Hallam]

1 Red Kite (Drifted low over gardens, Crows Road) [Graham Pentelow]

1 Purple Sandpiper (Start of stone point stoney split near steps on rising tide.(seen by visiting birder)), 1 Black-throated Diver (Off cudmore grove country park. MT SE DCurle), 3 Great Northern Diver (1 off coopers. 2 off Victoria esplanade DU), 4 Snow Bunting (On stone point D curle + loads birders), 70 Fieldfare (Opp meeting lane DU), 12 Redwing (Off meeting lane DU), 200 Great Crested Grebe (Off boating lakes East Mersea DU), 1 Mediterranean Gull (Off boating lake DU), 45 Sanderling (Off waldegraves DU), 1 Kingfisher (Strood channel (JB)), 3 Slavonian Grebe (Off cudmore grove country park (green meadow)south west of carpark SEwest) [Stephen Entwistle]

1 Merlin (Male, found by David Bradnum), 4 Cattle Egret (Gt. Wigborough), 1 Rock Pipit (LdLH causeway), 1 Mediterranean Gull, 5 Bewick's Swan (Wig Bay) [Sean Nixon] , , , , , , , ,

2 Tundra Bean Goose (with Greylags), 7 Purple Sandpiper (On shore by outfall, very tame), 70 Wigeon (On sea), 3 Great Crested Grebe (On sea), 1 Redwing (no doubt more in area) [Marsh Stitchman]

4 Snow Bunting (Stone Point feeding on strand line.) [David Curle] , , , ,

4 Snow Bunting (On the sand and in the low vegetation by the point - from Cudmore Grove walk to the beach and turn left then up to the point.) [Andy Webb]

12 Little Grebe (Salcott Channel), 2 Great Northern Diver (One at mouth of Salcott Channel, one off West Mersea), 113 White-fronted Goose (flew over from NE towards the Blackwater 11:15 then returned midday and appeared to land between Salcott Channel and Wigborough), 7 Barnacle Goose, 2 Eider (Female type off tip of reserve), 1 Long-tailed Duck (further up Salcott Channel than recent reports), 16 Red-breasted Merganser, 3 Marsh Harrier (+), 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Kestrel, 1 Greenshank (Heard), 2 Barn Owl (Hunting at far end, one 1:15 - 1:45, the other 1:30 - 1:45), 1 Water Pipit (On pools within reserve not too far from metal caged structure in Salcott Channel ), 11 Stonechat, 2 Cetti's Warbler (Heard), 24 Corn Bunting (+ birds arriving and may have been joined by more gathering to roost beside dyke adjacent to Salcott Channel towards west end) [James Davidson]

9 Gadwall (On STW outfall), 286 Teal (31 on STW outfall, 255 up towards Coalhouse Point), 11 Mallard (On STW outfall), 46 Avocet (Just E of the P Stn site) [Paul Larkin]

1 Red-necked Grebe (Now off kingsland road (monkey steps direction coast rd)), 2 Eider (Off kingsland road looked out to Nass post), 8 Red-breasted Merganser (Off kingsland road ), 1 Shag (On end off cobmarsh Island flew towards hard 0) [Stephen Entwistle]

1 Black-throated Diver (Easily viewable with binoculars directly in front of RAWL hide. Diving frequently.) [Andrew Wilson]

2 Ring-necked Parakeet (Flying SE across Kendal Avenue towards Station Road & tube station) [Graham Pentelow]

1 Redshank [Claire Panting] ,

4 Redwing, 35 Blackbird, 7 Greenfinch, 3 Chinese Muntjac, 3 Song Thrush, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Goldcrest, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Fieldfare, 22 Chaffinch, 2 Rock Pipit, 6 Linnet (Stone Point ), 23 Skylark (Saltmarsh towards Stone Point ) [Brian Combes]

1 Little Owl (in barn), 1 Sparrowhawk (in barn), 2 Kestrel, 1 Barn Owl (by causeway), 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard (On Northey island), 1 Little Egret, 2 Rock Pipit (by sluice), 1 Green Sandpiper (In field south of southey creek), 1 Greenshank (Southey Creek), 1000 Starling (Flying over SW from Chigborough roost), 150 Linnet, 1 Kingfisher (For once flew away in short hops & from at a much closer distance than usual so nice long views but shame it was early on & so dark still.), 100 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 200 Shelduck, 40 Fieldfare, 20 Redwing, 40 Magpie [Tony Kennelly]

3 Cattle Egret (In roost and later seen in nearby fields (4 seen later)), 4 Great White Egret, 1 Scaup (Female), 4 Long-tailed Duck, 1 Smew (Redhead), 39 Goosander, 2 Red-necked Grebe, 5 Bewick's Swan, 1 Raven (Heard near Abberton Church), 6 Tundra Bean Goose, 30 White-fronted Goose, 1 Barnacle Goose, 2 Peregrine Falcon, 5 Marsh Harrier, 2 Sparrowhawk, 4 Buzzard, 5 Kestrel, 8 Egyptian Goose, 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Stonechat, 500 Fieldfare (300 on Nature Reserve and at least 200 east side Wigborough Bay), 3 Grey Wagtail, 2 Corn Bunting, 3 Yellowhammer, 3 Ruff, 80 Dunlin, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Black Swan [Steve Grimwade]

1 Tawny Owl (Flew across road) [Steve Grimwade]