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Fingringhoe Wick NR EWT 11:30 to 16:30, High tide c11:40 - highlights
2 Water Rail (One seen and another heard) Kingfisher Merlin (Male - Geedon Marsh) 5 Marsh Harrier (+) 2 Buzzard (+) 3 Kestrel (+) 100 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (+ ) Stonechat [David L Smith]

Fingringhoe Wick NR EWT 11:30 to 16:30, High tide c 17:00 - highlights
Stonechat 45 Redwing (+ Mobile flock) Kingfisher Red Kite Marsh Harrier Buzzard Kestrel 2 Cetti's Warbler (Calling males) Curlew Sandpiper Sparrowhawk House Sparrow Snipe [David L Smith]

Fingringhoe Wick NR EWT 11:00 to 16:30, High tide c13:00 - Highlights, all from Robbie's Hide
3 Little Tern (2 adults, 1 juvenile (with dark leading-edges)) Common Tern (Juvenile) 6 Buzzard (Peak count) 3 Marsh Harrier 3 Kestrel 3 Mediterranean Gull (Adults) 9 Dark-bellied Brent Goose 4 Sand Martin Swallow [David L Smith]

Fingringhoe Wick NR EWT 10:00 to 15:00, high tide c1pm
Peregrine Falcon 2 Marsh Harrier 30 Goldfinch (+) Great Spotted Woodpecker 2 House Martin 2 Jay (+) 200 Dunlin (+) 100 Ringed Plover (+) 800 Golden Plover (+) 16 Greenshank 2 Curlew Sandpiper (1 winter ad, 1 juv) 200 Avocet (+) 6 Oystercatcher (incl 1 leucistic) 20 Knot (+) Common Tern 5 Chiffchaff (+) Lesser Whitethroat Green Woodpecker Kingfisher 2 Buzzard Kestrel [Liz Huxley]

Fingringhoe Wick NR EWT 13:00 to 15:45,
2 Curlew Sandpiper (Intertidal area) 3 Swallow [Daryl Rhymes]

Fingringhoe Wick NR EWT 11:00 to 16:00, Heavy rain to star followed by sun and strong breeze
4 Greenshank (Margaret Hide) Osprey (Juv from Crawshaw Hide) Kestrel Lesser Whitethroat (Crawshaw Hide) 10 Oystercatcher (One leucistic bird - Margaret Hide) 20 Golden Plover (Margaret Hide) 30 Grey Plover (Some still in summer plumage ) 15 Black-tailed Godwit [Antony Braun]

Fingringhoe Wick NR EWT 13:00 to 17:00, Selected highlights with Matt Turner
2 Osprey (juveniles) 90 Golden Plover (No sign of American Golden Plover) Hobby Sparrowhawk 2 Buzzard Marsh Harrier [Steve Grimwade]

Fingringhoe Wick NR EWT 11:00 to 16:00, Cloudy with slight breeze
Osprey Red-throated Diver (On river) 2 Marsh Harrier Buzzard 30 Ringed Plover 20 Dunlin 70 Avocet 10 Grey Plover 50 Golden Plover 3 Black-tailed Godwit 20 Curlew 10 Greenshank American Golden Plover (Thanks to Jim Hume all waders seen on intertidal area) Mistle Thrush 2 Kingfisher 10 Knot Turnstone [Yvonne Watling]

Fingringhoe Wick NR EWT 13:00 to 14:00, Dull, cloudy, dry, light wind, incoming tide
American Golden Plover (Adult moulting ) [Jim Hume]

Fingringhoe Wick NR EWT 09:00 to 13:00, tide coming in, sunny
5 Wigeon 44 Little Egret 7 Little Grebe 2 Blackbird 5 Wren 4 Shelduck 110 Avocet 80 Redshank 3 Mute Swan 7 Greenshank 9 Oystercatcher 5 Grey Plover 10 Golden Plover 330 Black-tailed Godwit 27 Dunlin Lesser Black-backed Gull Bar-tailed Godwit 12 Black-headed Gull 3 Common Gull Kestrel 11 Teal 4 Moorhen Cetti's Warbler 7 Mallard 13 Long-tailed Tit Green Woodpecker 10 Coot 3 Tufted Duck 2 Pochard 2 Marsh Harrier 7 Blue Tit 4 Great Tit Whitethroat 7 Magpie 6 Robin 3 Pheasant 2 Red-legged Partridge 6 Starling 15 Wood Pigeon 7 Collared Dove 5 Chiffchaff 3 Pied Wagtail 13 Cormorant 2 Skylark [Martin Gathercole]

Fingringhoe Wick NR EWT 12:00 to 16:30, High tide c14:00 - Selected highlights
Guillemot (Southern end of Geedon Bay - being attacked unsuccessfully by Marsh Harrier ) Red-throated Diver (Near entrance to Alresford Creek) Osprey (Hunting in Geedon Creek) 2 Marsh Harrier 6 Buzzard (Peak count) 3 Kestrel 3 Brent Goose Common Tern Cetti's Warbler (Heard) 10 Swallow (+) [David L Smith]

Fingringhoe Wick NR EWT 12:30 to 15:30,
Osprey (On post being harassed by gull) Red Kite Hobby Buzzard Kestrel 22 Greenshank Green Woodpecker 2 Whitethroat 3 Blackcap [Graham Barber ]

Fingringhoe Wick NR EWT 09:00 to 15:00,
Oystercatcher (Leucistic individual on Intertidal area.) c140 Avocet (On Intertidal area) 26 Greenshank (On Scrape at high tide. Numbers seen elsewhere on reserve would indicate higher numbers present.) 2 Sandwich Tern (Possibly 3 over the estuary) Osprey (Approached from the direction of Alresford Creek chased by a flock of Avocet. Hovered briefly over the river in front of Robbies hide, then flew off lazily over Geedon saltings towards Mersea. Posts along Pyefleet Channel checked for perched bird but no sign.) 2 Buzzard (3 seen by another observer together with a Sparrowhawk) Whinchat [John Thorogood]