The EBwS Bird News provides a summary of sightings for the past 14 days.
  • Headline News highlights interesting birds categorised as locally scarce or where the EBwS requires full notes/descriptions
  • Reports provides the full details of the sightings submitted to this website as well as other records e.g. from the East London Birders Forum
  • Table provides the same information as Reports but in a tabular format
  • Photos highlights the latest photos that have been uploaded to the website

Amber indicates a local or uncommon species, red indicates EBwS requires notes, bold red indicates EBwS requires a description.

Monday 08 Aug
Abberton Reservoir:
2 Spoonbill, 5 Cattle Egret, 9 Great White Egret, Barnacle Goose
Sunday 07 Aug
South Weald:
2 Raven
Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB:
4 Bearded Tit
Abberton Reservoir:
13 Spoonbill, 2 Cattle Egret
Tollesbury Wick NR EWT:
2 Cattle Egret
Saturday 06 Aug
Hamford Water:
Great White Egret
North Fambridge:
Wood Sandpiper
Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB:
5 Bearded Tit
Friday 05 Aug
Stow Marsh:
Raven
Layer Breton:
12 Spoonbill, 6 Great White Egret
Mersea Island:
Great White Egret
Thursday 04 Aug
Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB:
Cattle Egret
Blue House Farm EWT, North Fambridge:
Wood Sandpiper, 4 Bearded Tit
Tollesbury Wick NR EWT:
Cattle Egret
Abberton Reservoir:
11 Spoonbill, Cattle Egret
Wednesday 03 Aug
Backwarden, Danbury:
Raven
Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB:
5 Bearded Tit, 9 Spoonbill, Cattle Egret
Abberton Reservoir:
12 Spoonbill, 9 Cattle Egret, 7 Great White Egret
Tuesday 02 Aug
Layer Breton:
4 Spoonbill, 2 Great White Egret
Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB:
4 Bearded Tit
Abberton Reservoir:
12 Spoonbill, 15 Great White Egret, 9 Cattle Egret, Black Swan
Monday 01 Aug
Holland Haven:
Wood Sandpiper
Sunday 31 Jul
Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB:
8 Bearded Tit, 6 Spoonbill
Layer Breton:
Great White Egret, 3 Spoonbill
Holland Haven:
Wood Sandpiper
Saturday 30 Jul
Abberton Reservoir:
5 Spoonbill, Cattle Egret, 9 Great White Egret, 2 Black Swan
Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB:
2 Bearded Tit, Spoonbill
Rainham Marshes NR RSPB:
2 Spoonbill, Great White Egret, 2 Bearded Tit
Friday 29 Jul
Gallows Corner, Danbury:
Goshawk
Tollesbury Wick NR EWT:
2 Cattle Egret
Thursday 28 Jul
Old Hall Marshes NR RSPB:
7 Bearded Tit, 4 Spoonbill
Wednesday 27 Jul
Russell Green GPs, near Chelmsford:
Raven
Abberton Reservoir:
4 Great White Egret, 4 Spoonbill, 7 Cattle Egret, Black Swan