Latest Sightings

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]

Mediterranean Gull (adult winter with gull flock following farm vehicles), Red Kite, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff [Sean Gregory]

Kingfisher (heard), 2 Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, 2 Grey Wagtail (by sewage works) [Sean Gregory]

2 Red Kite, Kingfisher (heard), Peregrine Falcon, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff [Sean Gregory]

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]

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]

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] , ,

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]

Cetti's Warbler (Singing), 2 Bullfinch (Female seen, Male heard) [Kevin Poulton]

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]

Black Redstart (Single male sitting on top of the fence in the garden) [Richard Dulieu] ,

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]

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]

Peregrine Falcon [Ryan Bradshaw]

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]

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]

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]

Woodlark (Single flew north over house, called three times ), 3 Meadow Pipit (north over house ), 7 Chaffinch (north over house ) [Andy Goodey]

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]

40 Starling (+ feeding on berries in palm tree in private garden) [Paul Everett]

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]

Tawny Owl (sitting in the road, then flew up into tree and then across road into trees) [Paul Everett]

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]

Yellow-browed Warbler (Sycamores.), Willow Warbler, Pied Flycatcher (Sycamores.) [Oliver Cottis]

15 Bar-tailed Godwit (On foreshore by Tilbury 2), 4 Black-tailed Godwit (On foreshore by Tilbury 2) [Paul Larkin]

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]

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]

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]

Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 3 Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Treecreeper [Ben Mapp]

2 Raven (Over garden. Seen and heard sporadically over past few weeks near BT mast. ) [David Jobbins]

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]

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]

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]

Goosander (7:30 am LBC), 14 Ruff, 4 Curlew Sandpiper, Snipe, 5 Spotted Redshank [Peter Low]

Green Woodpecker (Adult), Chiffchaff, 4 Goldfinch (All above seen by Steve Entwistle FELDY VIEW WOODLAND CEMETERY WEST MERSEA) [Stephen Entwistle]

13 Bar-tailed Godwit (On foreshore by Tilbury 2), 6 Black-tailed Godwit (On foreshore by Tilbury 2) [Paul Larkin]

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]

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]

Mediterranean Gull, Pied Flycatcher (North end of Feldy View Cemetery.) [Oliver Cottis]

Red Kite (Low over fields E of Langford Road.) [Malcolm Corbett]

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]

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]

10 Bar-tailed Godwit (On foreshore by Tilbury 2), 7 Black-tailed Godwit (On foreshore by Tilbury 2) [Paul Larkin]

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]

50+ Wigeon, 30+ Knot, Red-throated Diver (flew out of river towards estuary), 40+ Little Egret [Liz Huxley]

Pied Flycatcher (Back of woodland cemetery feldy view West mersea seen Martin Cock, seen SE EB CFH) [Stephen Entwistle]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

3 Chiffchaff (AF), 2 Blackcap (A pr (tomo)), Pied Flycatcher (Mobile & elusive far NE corner seen by Andy Field ) [Stephen Entwistle]

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]

Pied Flycatcher (Feldy view woodland cemetery WEST MERSEA ( at the far back ,look NE & NW areas) seen by Andy Field ) [Stephen Entwistle]

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]

40 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Greenshank, 2 Stonechat (A pr ), 6 Meadow Pipit (All seen by Andy Field ) [Stephen Entwistle]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Sparrowhawk, Little Owl, Kestrel, 2 Skylark, Meadow Pipit (Heard) [James Hudson]

Pied Flycatcher (Feldy view woodland cemetery West mersea at back seen by Martin Cock ) [Stephen Entwistle]

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]

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]

2 Tawny Owl (Pair duetting in Brewhouse Hoppitt) [Andrew Allen]

Fieldfare (Edge of Horsley Cross, Clacton Road. ) [Simon Banks]

Ferruginous Duck (Male), Ring-necked Duck (prominent eye ring obvious), Great Black-backed Gull, 23 Spoonbill, 2 Great White Egret [Paul Everett] ,

800 Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper (Splodge), 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 12 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Little Egret [Simon Banks]

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] , , , ,

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]

11 Teal, Sanderling, 3 Dunlin, 4 Common Sandpiper, Common Tern, 4 Stonechat, 8 Meadow Pipit [Gary A James]

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]

4 Wigeon (Borrow dyke seen by Michael Thorley ) [Stephen Entwistle]

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]

4 Mute Swan, 6 Shelduck, Shoveler, 27 Mallard, 41 Teal, 8 Stock Dove, Wood Pigeon, 9 Moorhen, 5 Little Grebe, Avocet, 40 Lapwing (+), Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, 9 Cormorant, Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, Red Kite, 10 Jackdaw (+), 40 Starling (+), Robin, 3 Pied Wagtail, 111 Linnet [Paul Everett]

30 Canada Goose (Titchmarsh Reservoir ), 13 Mute Swan (Pair with 7 Juveniles + 4 Sub adults ), 5 Teal (Titchmarsh Reservoir ), 2 Lapwing (Titchmarsh Reservoir ), Snipe (Titchmarsh Reservoir ), Cormorant (Titchmarsh Reservoir ), Grey Heron (Titchmarsh Reservoir ), Little Egret (River Wid), 3 Buzzard (Circling together ), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, Cetti's Warbler (Heard only along river Wid) [Andrew Allen]

15 Canada Goose, 20 Wigeon (at least), 30 Teal (at least), 2 Moorhen, 20 Oystercatcher (at least), 2 Avocet, 2 Grey Plover, 10 Ringed Plover, 10 Curlew (at least), 200 Black-tailed Godwit (at least), 2 Turnstone, 50 Dunlin (at least), 120 Redshank (at least), 6 Greenshank, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Sandwich Tern, 2 Grey Heron, 20 Little Egret (at least), 3 Chiffchaff, 10 House Sparrow (at least), 6 Linnet, 10 Goldfinch (at least) [Richard Chew]

Green Woodpecker, Raven, 4 Cetti's Warbler, Yellow-browed Warbler (sycamore clump), 6+ Chiffchaff, 5 Stonechat (4 male, 1 female on the Common) [Liz Huxley]

Dartford Warbler (Found by Tony Kennelly.)

[Peter Low]

175 Oystercatcher, 100 Golden Plover, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank (Leucistic ), 15 Sandwich Tern, Peregrine Falcon, 3 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat (All this report seen by Daniel Woollard and Mollie Kirk ), Spotted Flycatcher (In park bungalow now third day Seen Daniel Woollard /Mollie Kirk ), 6 Stonechat, Meadow Pipit (Flyover), Reed Bunting (Female ) [Stephen Entwistle]

Sparrowhawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Calling.), 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Skylark (At least.), 2 Nuthatch (At least.), Treecreeper [Andrew Cox]

7 Canada Goose, 10 Shelduck, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 10 Oystercatcher (at least), 10 Curlew (at least), 2 Turnstone, 2 Sandwich Tern, 3 Arctic Skua (dark morph birds all heading up river, 2 birds together and then a single bird), 20 Cormorant (at least), 10 Little Egret (at least), 4 Meadow Pipit [Richard Chew]

40 Oystercatcher, 80 Grey Plover, 30 Curlew, 2 Turnstone, 3 Sandwich Tern (Flying into river Blackwater ), Great Spotted Woodpecker (Othona wood), Kestrel, 3 Jay (Along the track from the car park ), Dartford Warbler (Juvenile in seawall vegetation by derelict wooden tower), Stonechat (Along the track from the car park ), 8 Meadow Pipit [Tony Kennelly]

2 Tawny Owl (Calling from gardens then moving away) [David Jobbins]

7 Red-legged Partridge, 10 Pheasant, 30 Stock Dove, 2 Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Jay, 70 Rook, Skylark, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Linnet [Ben Mapp]

400+ Black-headed Gull (Again, a very conservative estimate.), 20+ Common Gull, 40+ Herring Gull, 150+ Lesser Black-backed Gull (Probably at least as many flew off & only seen from distance.), Sparrowhawk, 5 Red Kite (Circling amongst gull flock), 11 Buzzard (At least, mixing into huge gull flock), 2 Kestrel, 80+ Jackdaw, 50+ Rook, 2 Chiffchaff [Paul William]

28 Little Grebe (Lake.), 400 Sanderling (Approx. Beach.), 54 Redshank (Roosting on lake.), Mediterranean Gull, 9 Sandwich Tern [Andrew Cox]

20 Sandwich Tern (Plus seen by Jon norgate ), Spotted Flycatcher (In back garden seen by Mollie Kirk ) [Stephen Entwistle]

Spotted Flycatcher (Back of Feldy view woodland cemetery West mersea found by Steve Entwistle ), Chaffinch (Female plus a wall butterfly ), 3 Goldfinch [Stephen Entwistle]

5 Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon, 4 Stock Dove, 6 Wood Pigeon, 2 Collared Dove, Sparrowhawk (Female chasing Starlings in flight), Red Kite, 2 Jay (First time in garden), 5 Magpie, 4 Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Coal Tit, 9 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, Wren, 26 Starling, Blackbird (Male), 2 Robin, 7 House Sparrow [David Lane]

2 Cetti's Warbler (Frequent bursts of song, one bird briefly seen. Moved to Herts side of river.) [Paul William]

10 Great Crested Grebe, 16 Grey Plover (South.), 100 Curlew (At least.), 2 Mediterranean Gull (Adults.), 24 Sandwich Tern (At least.), Common Tern (Juv.), 3 Arctic Skua (Pp adult & dark bird downriver. Later three were chasing birds in a distante melee. Eventually pale & dark adults came close, chasing terns/gulls just off the Point & into the bay.), Marsh Harrier (Adult female south.) [Andrew Cox]

10 Spoonbill (On mud briefly from seawall off shop lane East Mersea found by Martin Cock ), Great White Egret (Seen by Martin Cock ) [Stephen Entwistle]

Spotted Flycatcher (In back garden Seen Mollie Kirk ) [Stephen Entwistle]

Tawny Owl (Heard) [Kara Rennie]

3 Avocet, 2 Snipe, 6 Green Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank [Liz Huxley]

2 Ferruginous Duck (LBCW W ,Yesterday on face book this photographed,today D Rhymes refound it,then Ed Bateman found a second one which he photo them.) [Stephen Entwistle] , ,

Kingfisher (using the flooded field by Keelars Lane) [Graham Upton]

20 Teal, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Snipe, 4 Green Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, 2 Little Egret, 100+ Starling [Nevada Napthine]

Ferruginous Duck (distant W of causeway in raft of pochards), 38 Spoonbill, 16 Great White Egret, Red Kite, Buzzard [Liz Huxley]

260 Wigeon (Approx.), 21 Grey Plover (Mud east of slipway. Many more flying further east.), 8 Greenshank (Lagoon (almost dry).), 14 Sandwich Tern, Arctic Skua (Chasing birds in a melee on the other side of Canvey Point.), Red Kite, Buzzard, Kestrel, 37 Skylark (Fringing saltmarsh on north side. Flew towards Hadleigh Marsh.), 13 Swallow (At least.), 3 Stonechat (Two males, one female.), Yellow Wagtail (Male.) [Andrew Cox]

50+ Curlew, 3 Snipe, 3 Cattle Egret, 3+ Marsh Harrier, 1+ Red Kite, Buzzard, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, 3+ Kestrel, 2 Raven, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, 10+ Robin [Liz Huxley]

4 Blue Tit, Blackcap, Pied Flycatcher (Found by Andy Field also seen by Steve Entwistle ), 10 Goldfinch (Report all from Feldy view woodland cemetery West Mersea ) [Stephen Entwistle]

Ringed Plover, Ruff, Pectoral Sandpiper (main spit to the left of two rafts), 2 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper (south of causeway), Black-headed Gull (aerial scrap with juvenile hobby), 2 Sparrowhawk, Marsh Harrier (female), 4 Red Kite (heading west), Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 2 Kestrel, 5 Swallow [Sean Gregory]

Water Rail (Squealing from borrow dyke in front of oyster fishery seen by Martin Cock ), 7 Sandwich Tern (Seen off Oyster fishery Seen by Martin Cock ) [Stephen Entwistle]

2 Sandwich Tern (Flew west passed Victoria esplanade Seen by Andy Field ) [Stephen Entwistle]