Friday 01 August 2025
1 Buzzard, 2 Ruff, 150 Black-tailed Godwit (+), 1 Spotted Redshank, 3 Green Sandpiper, 5 Common Blue, 20 Gatekeeper [Lee Ebbs]
14 Long-tailed Tit (On garden feeders) [Angela Baldock]
1 Swift [Jeff Kinnerman]
Thursday 31 July 2025
20 Cattle Egret (c20 not an accurate count as some in the roost and some with cattle on Vange Wick), 50 Little Egret (c50 in the roost), 11 Spoonbill (on Bowers reserve lagoon) [John Wright, Tim Bourne]
22 Cattle Egret (at least - commuting between saltmarsh roost and Vange Wick), 10 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Greenfinch, 5 Butterflies and Moths (Jersey Tigers) [Neil Chambers]
1 Cattle Egret (BHF), 1 Marsh Harrier (female on BHF), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker [Paul Baker]
15 Cattle Egret (+, on Wat Tyler scrape), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Swallow [Neil Chambers]
1 Swift [Jeff Kinnerman]
Wednesday 30 July 2025
11 Cattle Egret (Perched/roosting on pylon on Vange Wick), 6 Spoonbill, 1 Red Kite (Low west over Bowers Marsh), 1 Buzzard [Tim Bourne]
1 Cattle Egret (on BHF), 1 Greenshank, 1 Common Tern, 1 Common Seal (usual suspect) [Paul Baker]
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Swift, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker [Paul Griggs]
6 Spoonbill, 2 Buzzard, 11 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Bearded Tit, 2 Migrant Hawker, 3 Southern Migrant Hawker [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
7 Swift [Jeff Kinnerman]
Tuesday 29 July 2025
1 Tawny Owl (showed well but briefly), 1 Chinese Muntjac (buck) [John Wright]
1 Cattle Egret (BHF), 1 Marsh Harrier (BHF), 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Corn Bunting, 1 Common Seal (same animal as yesterday, hauled out on north shore) [Paul Baker]
3 Swift, 1 Blackcap (singing), 1 Willow Warbler (with tit flock), 1 Migrant Hawker [Neil Chambers]
8 Little Grebe, 6 Great Crested Grebe (2 juveniles ), 2 Cattle Egret, 4 Little Egret, 20 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 House Martin, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Raven [Graham Oakes]
8 Swift, 39 House Sparrow (incl juvs ) [Jeff Kinnerman]
Monday 28 July 2025
1 Eider, 2 Mediterranean Gull (Adults) [Lee Ebbs]
5 Cattle Egret (on BHF), 1 Marsh Harrier (male), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Corn Bunting, 1 Common Seal (hauled out on north shore), 2 Butterflies and Moths (Jersey Tigers), 5 Wall Brown [Paul Baker]
3 Little Egret, 1 Eider (female type), 1 Turnstone, 1 Butterflies and Moths (Jersey Tiger) [John Wright]
1 Buzzard [Paul Griggs]
3 Great Crested Grebe (adult with two well grown chicks), 2 Egyptian Goose (pair), 1 Pochard (female), 1 Cuckoo (juvenile being fed by a Reed Warbler), 1 Southern Hawker, 6 Emperor Dragonfly [Steve Arlow]
3 Cattle Egret (on BHF) [Paul Baker]
5 Swift [Jeff Kinnerman]
Sunday 27 July 2025
1 Cattle Egret (on BHF), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Yellow Wagtail [Paul Baker]
12 Spoonbill, 5 Egyptian Goose, 2 Buzzard, 3 Snipe, 1 Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Bearded Tit [Tim Bourne]
2 Eider (female types off the HQFB), 2 Sandwich Tern, 24 Common Tern (single flock high upriver) [Neil Chambers]
4 Great Crested Grebe, 8 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 10 Grey Plover, 5 Dunlin, 150 Bar-tailed Godwit (+), 10 Whimbrel, 2 Sandwich Tern, 2 Common Tern, 1 Clouded Yellow, 4 Wall Brown [Neil Chambers]
3 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 30 Grey Plover, 100 Bar-tailed Godwit (+), 1 Lesser Emperor (Seen flying up and down sea wall for five minutes before it flew off) [Lee Ebbs]
1 Red Kite (Circling low over High Road area drifting SE) [Tim Bourne]
6 Swift [Jeff Kinnerman]
Saturday 26 July 2025
1 Western Hedgehog (adult on my patio!) [Paul Baker]
2 Cattle Egret (on BHF), 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 6 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 1 Four-spotted Chaser (male) [Paul Baker]
20 Swift, 50 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff [Neil Chambers]
45 Little Egret, 1 Red Kite, 6 Marsh Harrier, 120 Black-tailed Godwit (at least), 15 Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 45 Swift (over the office compound), 10 Sand Martin, 1 Emperor Dragonfly (female), 2 Clouded Yellow [Steve Arlow]
1 Red Kite, 1 Marsh Harrier, 5 Buzzard, 1 Hobby (Hunting over old Barling tip), 5 Whimbrel, 1 Greenshank, 7 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 10 Sand Martin, 25 Yellow Wagtail [Lee Ebbs]
2 Cattle Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 Common Sandpiper [Mike Clarke]
4 Ruff, 200 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Whimbrel, 4 Curlew, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Bearded Tit (several heard only) [Mike Clarke]
7 Swift [Jeff Kinnerman]
Friday 25 July 2025
3 Cattle Egret (BHF), 1 Buzzard (BHF), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Greenfinch [Paul Baker]
1 Sparrowhawk (fem), 1 Buzzard, 2 Mediterranean Gull (adults with anting gull flock), 6 Common Gull, 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Banded Demoiselle, 1 Emperor Dragonfly [Neil Chambers]
22 Cattle Egret (On saltmarsh from marina pillbox), 4 Little Egret [Tim Bourne]
1 Buzzard [Paul Griggs]
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Common Lizard, 1 Common Seal (Holehaven Creek), 3 Butterflies and Moths (Jersey Tiger Moths) [John Wright]
50 Swift (c) [Jeff Kinnerman]
1 Cattle Egret (with the cattle before flying off south), 1 Corn Bunting [John Wright]
1 Goldcrest, 1 Coal Tit (singing), 1 Greenfinch, 1 Red Admiral [Neil Chambers]
Thursday 24 July 2025
56 Swift (all north) [Paul Griggs]
6 Wall Brown [Paul Baker]
7 Spoonbill, 2 Kestrel, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Raven [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
6 Ruff, 210 Black-tailed Godwit, 11 Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 1 Common Shrew [John Wright]
17 Cattle Egret (Roost not viewable from the Wat Tyler hide. Left the roost at 09.24 heading east), 2 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 44 Common Tern (+ 8 chicks) [Marc Outten]
2 Swift [Jeff Kinnerman]
Wednesday 23 July 2025
2 Bank Vole [John Wright]
1 Little Egret, 32 Common Tern (+ 1 chick at least) [Marc Outten]
6 Mediterranean Gull, 20 Common Tern, 1 Grey Seal, 2 Harbour Porpoise, 1 Wall Brown [John Wright]
3 Cattle Egret (on BHF) [Paul Baker]
2 Swift [Jeff Kinnerman]
Tuesday 22 July 2025
1 Whimbrel, 1 Greenshank, 5 Green Sandpiper, 7 Common Sandpiper, 1 Skylark, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Corn Bunting [Neil Chambers]
3 Cattle Egret (flew in from Hall Wood but then landed out of sight on BHF), 6 Mediterranean Gull (4 juveniles chasing after 2 adults) [Paul Baker]
1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kestrel, 1 Whitethroat, 8 Linnet, 3 Corn Bunting [Graham Mee]
8 Great Crested Grebe (On Darwin), 1 Spoonbill (nr adult on Darwin/Stoked bund), 4 Marsh Harrier (Ad male and female and 2 juvs all east end), 1 Hobby (Hawking over Pool M), 1 Peregrine Falcon (Adult female flushed all waders on Pool M), 110 Avocet (+, Pool Marsh), 3 Ruff (Darwin), 150 Black-tailed Godwit (+, Small flock on Darwin joined by large flock flushed from Pool by Peregrine), 28 Greenshank (18 on Pool, 8 on Darwin and 2 more Fitz), 20 Common Tern (+, Still seemingly nesting on Darwin islands), 8 Sand Martin, 6 Swallow, 20 Yellow Wagtail (+) [Jeff Delve]
7 Spoonbill (initially 1 bird followed by 6 more that flew in from the west.), 1 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 21 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 House Martin, 1 Yellowhammer [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
10 Swift [Jeff Kinnerman]
Monday 21 July 2025
2 Swift [Jeff Kinnerman]
2 Cattle Egret (on BHF with cows), 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 1 Hobby (at head hight through the garden), 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Common Lizard (young one), 2 Slow-worm, 4 Wall Brown, 1 Marbled White [Paul Baker]
9 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 65 Avocet, 7 Dunlin, 120 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Whimbrel, 6 Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper [John Wright]
Sunday 20 July 2025
9 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 1 Osprey (along Roach between 17:15-17:40), 3 Kestrel, 5 Ringed Plover, 20 Black-tailed Godwit, 9 Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Swift, 2 Sand Martin (flew through south), 3 Swallow, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Linnet, 1 Reed Bunting, 4 Corn Bunting (2 singing), 1 Four-spotted Chaser, 1 Brown Argus, 4 Common Blue, 2 Marbled White, 20 Meadow Brown, 6 Small Heath [Neil Chambers]
2 Spoonbill, 1 Common Sandpiper, 10 Sand Martin, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Stonechat (Juvenile), 1 Yellowhammer (By road where park) [Mike Clarke]
1 Buzzard, 60 Swift (+, all south) [Paul Griggs]
2 Peregrine Falcon, 9 Common Sandpiper [Mike Clarke]
5 Marsh Harrier, 1 Osprey (along the river at the east end on and off during the morning), 10 Curlew Sandpiper (from Caroline's Hide - all summer plumaged adults), 3 Dunlin, 1 Ruff, 98 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Spotted Redshank (both Summer Plumaged), 4 Greenshank, 1 Wood Sandpiper (from the path leading to the hide, flew south calling
), 3 Common Sandpiper, 8 Sand Martin (headed south), 2 Scarce Emerald Damselfly [Steve Arlow]
1 Peregrine Falcon, 3 Ruff, 200 Black-tailed Godwit (est), 6 Spotted Redshank, 9 Greenshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull (Adult) [Mike Clarke]
9 Swift [Jeff Kinnerman]
Saturday 19 July 2025
2 Swift, 1 Blackcap (singing), 2 Migrant Hawker, 3 Large White, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Comma [Neil Chambers]
2 Cattle Egret (adults standing on the back of the cows on BHF by the train line) [Paul Baker]
3 Swift [Jeff Kinnerman]
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