Thursday 26 May 2022
1 Little Gull (imm still present), 1 Common Tern [John Wright]
2 Cormorant, 2 Avocet, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Little Gull (on the fleet then moved to NE corner scrape. Thanks John), 1 Common Tern, 1 Cuckoo, 2 Swift, 6 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 6 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 8 Whitethroat, 3 Reed Bunting, 2 Corn Bunting, 1 Green-veined White, 1 Orange-tip, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Painted Lady, 5 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Meadow Brown [Terry Blackwell]
Tuesday 24 May 2022
1 Little Egret, 1 Red Kite (flew west along the south side of BHF), 1 Swift [Neil Chambers]
1 Red Kite, 5 Swift [Terry Blackwell]
Monday 23 May 2022
3 Little Grebe (adult with 2 chicks; first breeding for the site), 1 Corn Bunting (only my second record for the site) [Steve Arlow]
2 Little Grebe, 1 Cormorant, 5 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 12 Greylag Goose, 6 Shelduck, 3 Gadwall, 8 Pochard, 2 Pheasant (showing on footpath), 11 Avocet, 1 Common Tern (overhead), 2 Cuckoo (one calling and showing well), 3 Swift, 2 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 3 Pied Wagtail, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Sedge Warbler, 6 Reed Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Whitethroat, 1 Jackdaw, 3 Rook, 4 Reed Bunting, 1 Corn Bunting [Terry Blackwell]
4 Red Fox (inc 1 cub), 1 Badger [John Wright]
Sunday 22 May 2022
2 Cetti's Warbler (singing), 1 Corn Bunting (singing by railway line), 4 Noctule Bat [John Wright]
1 Cuckoo, 2 Barn Owl [Matt Bruty]
5 Swift [Lee Ebbs]
1 Hobby, 2 Cuckoo (singing), 2 Blackcap (singing), 1 Lesser Whitethroat (singing), 2 Chiffchaff (singing), 40 Marsh Frog (+), 1 Large Red Damselfly, 15 Azure Damselfly (+), 1 Four-spotted Chaser, 4 Broad-bodied Chaser, 1 Large White, 1 Small White, 1 Orange-tip, 2 Brown Argus, 3 Common Blue, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Painted Lady, 1 Peacock Butterfly, 2 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood [Neil Chambers]
1 Red Kite (Flew east over garden), 1 Buzzard (High North), 1 Hobby (West towards Bowers), 2 Mediterranean Gull (+, over calling) [Tim Bourne]
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Mediterranean Gull (h), 1 Blackcap (singing) [Paul Griggs]
1 Water Shrew (expired) [Tim Bourne]
1 Turtle Dove (Singing and showing well), 1 Cuckoo [Lee Ebbs]
2 Sandwich Tern, 6 Common Tern, 1 Cuckoo, 20 House Martin, 2 Cetti's Warbler (Heard only) [Mike Clarke]
Saturday 21 May 2022
2 Common Pipistrelle [John Wright]
1 Black-winged Stilt (thanks JD!), 25 Avocet, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Bar-tailed Godwit, 7 Common Tern, 10 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Common Blue, 15 Painted Lady (minimum. Obvious influx.) [Vince Kinsler]
1 Great Crested Grebe (Pool Marsh), 2 Gadwall (pair), 1 Black-winged Stilt (poss female? on head pattern feeding on freshwater triangle from Jubilee Trail having been found earlier in day - thx to Jim Lord), 20 Avocet (+), 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Bar-tailed Godwit (mostly in transitional plumages), 6 Redshank, 3 Greenshank, 2 Mediterranean Gull (pair over calling), 1 Common Blue, 6 Painted Lady (+, lots on and along sea wall) [Jeff Delve]
2 Turnstone, 1 Mediterranean Gull (adult), 1 Black Guillemot (1st sum plum) [John Wright]
4 Great Crested Grebe, 450 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (+), 40 Common Tern (+), 2 Linnet [Terry Blackwell]
1 Slow-worm (swimming in the pond!!!) [John Wright]
1 Buzzard, 2 Swift, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Skylark (singing over airport), 1 Blackcap (singing), 1 Whitethroat (singing), 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Hairy Dragonfly (first one I've seen here), 1 Green-veined White, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Painted Lady [Neil Chambers]
1 Red Kite (came across from Kent, circled for a while and carried on north), 2 Whimbrel,
6 Mediterranean Gull, 15 Common Tern, 1 Little Tern (flew in and fed with commons briefly before heading upriver), 1 Black Guillemot (drifting west on falling tide, thanks MO,PG), 15 Swallow,
40 House Martin, 1 Lesser Whitethroat [Vince Kinsler]
6 Little Grebe, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Little Egret, 1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Gadwall, 4 Shoveler, 8 Pochard, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Buzzard, 3 Pheasant, 11 Avocet, 8 Redshank, 3 Cuckoo (all showing well), 14 Swift, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Sedge Warbler, 6 Reed Warbler, 14 Whitethroat, 4 Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Corn Bunting [Terry Blackwell]
1 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Black Guillemot (showed quite well between Barge Pier and Coastguards.) [Paul Griggs, Marc Outten]
3 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Little Egret (singles flew west), 2 Greylag Goose (flew west), 100 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (exact count) (several flocks flew east)), 3 Mediterranean Gull (adult pair + 1's), 3 Common Tern, 1 Black Guillemot (1st summer showing well just west of Barge Pier on falling tide - not seen prior to 7.40ish), 1 Cuckoo (singing), 1 Swift, 1 Cetti's Warbler (singing), 1 Sedge Warbler (singing), 2 Lesser Whitethroat (singing) [Neil Chambers]
1 Coal Tit (singing) [Neil Chambers]
Friday 20 May 2022
3 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Turtle Dove (Distantly from sea wall west of slipway), 2 Cuckoo (At least 2), 1 Nightingale [Tim Bourne]
2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Black Guillemot (From Rampart Street. Nice earlier find Andrew! ) [Marc Outten]
1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Sandwich Tern, 1 Black Guillemot (nice one Andrew!), 1 Cetti's Warbler (singing) [Neil Chambers]
1 Black Guillemot (Smart summer plumage bird, nice one Andrew), 1 Painted Lady, 2 Small Heath [Lee Ebbs]
1 Black Guillemot (Near full summer plumage Great find, cheers Andrew!) [Jeff Delve]
Thursday 19 May 2022
2 Spoonbill (Adult and Immature), 1 Goldeneye (Female still), 2 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Willow Warbler [Tim Bourne]
1 Little Egret (overhead), 2 Pheasant, 1 Mediterranean Gull (overhead), 3 Cuckoo (all 3 showing well), 1 Green Woodpecker (seen in flight), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (seen in flight), 1 House Martin, 6 Dunnock, 6 Nightingale, 3 Song Thrush, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 6 Blackcap, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 16 Whitethroat, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 4 Goldfinch, 2 Linnet, 1 Red Fox, 1 Rabbit, 1 Red Admiral, 3 Speckled Wood, 2 Meadow Brown [Terry Blackwell]
Wednesday 18 May 2022
1 Hobby, 1 Painted Lady [Andrew Armstrong]
1 Cuckoo, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Wall Brown [Paul Baker]
Tuesday 17 May 2022
1 Buzzard (flying low with prey.), 2 Turtle Dove (Heard only - very subdued, distant & intermittent either side of railway crossing ), 1 Cuckoo, 3 Nightingale, 1 Cetti's Warbler [Paul Baker]
2 Cuckoo, 3 Nightingale, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat [Vince Kinsler]
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Holly Blue [Paul Baker]
3 Cuckoo (2 singing males & calling female), 15 Swift (+), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Common Blue Damselfly [Neil Chambers]
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Stock Dove [Paul Griggs]
9 Shelduck (flying overhead), 1 Buzzard, 3 Cuckoo (two seen flying together), 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Swallow, 4 Nightingale, 7 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 16 Reed Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 6 Lesser Whitethroat, 16 Whitethroat, 7 Chiffchaff, 1 Jay, 4 Chaffinch [Terry Blackwell]
1 Cuckoo [Paul Baker]
Monday 16 May 2022
2 Buzzard (one on BHF, one over village), 1 Barn Owl, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Yellowhammer (Male singing from the bottom of the garden, will never take for granted how fortunate I am to have this bird here), 1 Common Shrew (Fell prey to the cat unfortunately), 1 Wall Brown (still holding territory on my slope) [Paul Baker]
2 Cuckoo,
1 Barn Owl (east along sea wall from 2025hrs), 4 Nightingale, 3 Lesser Whitethroat [Vince Kinsler]
12 Greylag Goose (site record count), 2 Shoveler (pair: only third record for the Doggetts area), 4 Tufted Duck (2 pairs), 1 Cuckoo, 1 Cetti's Warbler [Steve Arlow]
1 Buzzard (Over garden), 1 Hobby (South over garden ) [Steve Arlow]
2 Buzzard, 1 Swallow [Paul Griggs]
3 Little Grebe, 6 Mute Swan, 16 Greylag Goose, 8 Gadwall, 8 Shoveler, 8 Pochard, 4 Avocet, 2 Cuckoo, 3 Swift, 14 Skylark, 1 Swallow, 2 Wren, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 14 Whitethroat, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Jackdaw, 4 Chaffinch, 1 Red Fox, 1 Orange-tip, 1 Meadow Brown [Terry Blackwell]
Sunday 15 May 2022
0 Great White Egret (no sign this evening ), 1 Barn Owl (again commuting from north to the south side to hunt), 1 Song Thrush (heard) [Paul Baker]
2 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 84 Dunlin, 4 Turtle Dove (2 on Shoebury Ranges), 2 Cuckoo, 3 Skylark, 4 Nightingale, 9 Blackbird (Males), 1 Song Thrush, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Whitethroat, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Jay, 4 Chaffinch [Marc Outten]
1 Cuckoo, 1 Yellow Wagtail [Paul Baker]
2 Great Crested Grebe, 37 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 100 Oystercatcher, 19 Turnstone, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 14 Common Tern [Terry Blackwell]
Saturday 14 May 2022
2 Egyptian Goose (a pair on the island), 3 Common Tern (+), 3 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 6 Reed Warbler, 2 Bearded Tit (at east end, inc a smart male), 3 Reed Bunting, 1 Slow-worm [Paul Baker, Neil Chambers]
3 Common Tern, 2 Cetti's Warbler (Heard) [Lee Ebbs]
1 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Cuckoo (male & female), 1 Barn Owl, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Yellowhammer, 1 Common Pipistrelle (at 21:10), 4 Azure Damselfly, 3 Green-veined White, 4 Orange-tip, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Wall Brown, 1 Small Heath [Paul Baker]
11 Banded Demoiselle [Steve Arlow]
1 Red Kite (flew W) [Jeff Kinnerman]
2 Little Egret, 7 Buzzard, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 10 Large Red Damselfly, 70 Azure Damselfly (+), 10 Common Blue Damselfly, 8 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 12 Hairy Dragonfly, 1 Four-spotted Chaser, 2 Orange-tip, 10 Small Heath (+) [Paul Griggs, Steve Arlow]
1 Little Egret, 2 Turtle Dove (purring either side of railway crossing), 1 Cuckoo (singing), 1 Nightingale (singing), 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroat, 1 Grey Seal, 1 Small White, 1 Green-veined White, 1 Orange-tip, 2 Peacock Butterfly, 17 Wall Brown [Neil Chambers]
1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 2 Peregrine Falcon, 2 Cuckoo, 1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Nightingale, 7 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Spotted Flycatcher (the 2 from yesterday and another 400yds NE), 1 Weasel, 1 Common Blue Damselfly, 3 Hairy Dragonfly, 1 Brimstone, 1 Green Hairstreak, 5 Common Blue, 2 Peacock Butterfly, 1 Wall Brown [Paul Griggs, Steve Arlow]
3 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Turtle Dove, 1 Cuckoo, 6 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Linnet, 1 Yellowhammer, 2 Corn Bunting, 7 Four-spotted Chaser [Matt Bruty]
Friday 13 May 2022
3 Common Pipistrelle (in our back garden) [Terry Blackwell]
1 Great White Egret (flew west along the Crouch to roost again at 20:55), 20 Barnacle Goose (on BHF), 3 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 2 Marsh Harrier (ad male & fem/imm separately & briefly on BHF), 1 Osprey (flew high east across BHF at 19:50 then dropped down out of view on wooded slope), 1 Whimbrel, 7 Common Tern, 3 Cuckoo, 2 Barn Owl (+ interesting to watch a bird from the BHF nestbox making repeated visits across the Crouch to hunt the southern seawall where there appears to be an abundance of rodents.), 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Raven (on BHF), 1 Brown Long-eared Bat (probable over North Fambridge woods), 2 Rabbit (on BHF), 4 Orange-tip, 1 Holly Blue, 2 Wall Brown (including one holding territory for the last few days on my rocky slope) [Paul Baker]
1 Dunlin (summer plumage), 2 Common Tern, 1 Cuckoo (heard), 3 Cetti's Warbler (heard) [Mike Clarke]
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Nightingale, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 6 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Whitethroat, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Spotted Flycatcher (together briefly and calling to each other), 4 Greenfinch, 1 Common Blue [Vince Kinsler]
2 Cuckoo, 5 Nightingale, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher (thanks Marc and Vince), 5 Greenfinch, 1 Common Blue (thanks Vince) [Terry Blackwell]
1 Pochard (drake on BHP), 1 Sparrowhawk (ad male), 2 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 10 Greenfinch (still visiting feeders), 6 Goldfinch, 1 Large White, 3 Orange-tip, 1 Brown Argus, 2 Red Admiral, 2 Peacock Butterfly [Jeff Delve]
3 Cuckoo (2 singing males & calling female), 1 House Martin, 4 Nightingale (singing), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Slow-worm, 1 Small White, 3 Peacock Butterfly [Neil Chambers]
1 Red Kite (Heading NW over Benfleet Road. Same moult pattern as previous.) [Simon Watson]
35 Avocet (triangle - lots elsewhere), 10 Ringed Plover (+, with Dunlin), 200 Dunlin (approx flock on Lytag in amongst the saltmarsh plants), 77 Black-tailed Godwit (triangle), 2 Swallow, 6 Yellow Wagtail (+), 1 Wheatear (male), 1 Weasel (just ran past us sat on seat on Jubilee trail - amazing views), 1 Brown Argus, 6 Common Blue (+), 10 Small Heath (+) [Jeff Delve]
17 Swift [Terry Blackwell]
1 Buzzard, 2 Cuckoo, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Nightingale, 2 Reed Warbler, 6 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Whitethroat, 7 Chiffchaff, 1 Spotted Flycatcher (thanks Marc) [Bob Young]
4 Swift [Terry Blackwell]
6 Pochard (4m,2f), 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel (m), 45 Dunlin (BC), 1 Whimbrel, 2 Common Tern (BC), 4 Swift, 9 Skylark, 10 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Whinchat (f,mixed shrub area SW of BC), 1 Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat (BC), 15 Whitethroat, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Greenfinch (m), 1 Orange-tip (m), 1 Red Admiral, 1 Speckled Wood [Jeff Kinnerman]
2 Common Tern, 4 Nightingale, 7 Reed Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 25 Whitethroat (+), 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Reed Bunting [Marc Outten]
1 Badger [John Wright]
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