Saturday 19 May 2012
1 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (south), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Stock Dove, 4 Turtle Dove, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Nightingale (singing), 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Linnet [Paul Griggs, Paul Baker]
1 Kestrel (male), 1 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Blackcap (pair), 1 Whitethroat, 1 Chiffchaff [Paul Griggs, Paul Baker]
2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Snow Goose (presumed escape on Vange Wick, apparently present for several weeks. SOG Category E tick!), 1 Egyptian Goose (on Vange Wick), 1 Marsh Harrier (imm male, high over Pitsea), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Reed Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting (a pair) [Paul Baker]
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Snipe, 1 Black-tailed Godwit [Neil Chambers]
1 Egyptian Goose (in and out of ditch behind most western pool on Vange Wick), 1 Marsh Harrier (male), 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat [Vince Kinsler]
1 Sparrowhawk (female), 1 Grey Wagtail [Paul Griggs]
11 Crossbill (flew northwest east over garden calling towards Rochford Golf Course) [Steve Arlow]
2 Sparrowhawk (pair displaying over Shoebury), 2 Kestrel (pair), 1 Turtle Dove (purring), 1 Cuckoo, 1 Nightingale, 1 Lesser Whitethroat [Steve Arlow]
3 Swift, 8 Swallow, 1 Wheatear (in reserve), 1 Cetti's Warbler (singing at old pond), 1 Reed Warbler, 3 Red Fox (vixen with 2 cubs at north end) [Steve Arlow]
Friday 18 May 2012
30 Swift (over SW in small groups), 6 Blackcap (singing), 3 Whitethroat (singing), 2 Chiffchaff (singing) [Neil Chambers]
1 Hobby (over cricket pitch), 2 Stock Dove, 6 Swift, 12 Swallow, 20 House Martin, 1 Wheatear (on reserve), 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher (in pines behind tennis courts) [Lee Ebbs]
4 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Lesser Whitethroat (singing) [Neil Chambers]
9 Great Crested Grebe, 79 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 6 Common Tern, 1 Little Tern [Neil Chambers]
1 Peregrine Falcon [Paul Griggs]
1 Little Egret, 1 Turtle Dove (feeding with Collared Doves on verge by visitor centre, then flew over the fleet), 1 Reed Warbler (singing), 2 Blackcap (singing), 3 Whitethroat (singing) [Neil Chambers]
Thursday 17 May 2012
1 Pheasant, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Little Owl (Ark Lane), 5 Green Woodpecker (+), 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Skylark (singing), 1 White Wagtail (a probable female with the Pieds in the horse paddocks), 7 Pied Wagtail (in horse paddocks), 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Lesser Whitethroat (singing), 6 Whitethroat (singing), 2 Chiffchaff (singing), 1 Brown Rat, 3 Rabbit [Paul Baker]
2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Peregrine Falcon [Paul Griggs]
1 Grey Wagtail [Paul Griggs]
9 Starling (including 4 fat noisy fledglings) [Sally Brierley]
Wednesday 16 May 2012
1 Common Pipistrelle (Over garden) [Sally Brierley]
1 Sparrowhawk (male being mobbed by swallows), 1 Cuckoo, 30 Swift, 8 Swallow, 1 Nightingale (heard), 2 Cetti's Warbler (heard), 1 Reed Warbler, 4 Blackcap [Lee Ebbs]
1 Grey Wagtail (north) [Paul Griggs]
Tuesday 15 May 2012
1 Peregrine Falcon (flying around west side of Portcullis Hse.) [John Wright]
1 Peregrine Falcon (female) [Paul Griggs]
1 Hobby (heading south then east along the brook at 13:36) [Don Petrie]
1 Red Kite (11:32 viewed from beside the Civic Centre high off to the NW gliding slowly away to the WNW. Thanks Paul & John) [Don Petrie]
1 Red Kite (bird picked up at 11:14 from my desk as it flew north over Southend High Street and over Alexander House. I ran to the north side of the building, rang John W who was downstairs and got him on it as it flew north. JW joined me for a better view (I had bins) and we watched as it circled high being mobbed by a crow. Once the crow gave up, the kite drifted NW at height and was lost to view heading toward Rayleigh.) [Paul Griggs, John Wright]
Monday 14 May 2012
1 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Reed Warbler (singing), 1 Common Pipistrelle [Neil Chambers]
6 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Whimbrel, 2 Common Tern (pair), 1 Swift, 3 Sand Martin, 100 Swallow, 20 House Martin, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Corn Bunting (singing) [Neil Chambers]
1 Little Egret, 1 Common Tern, 60 Swift, 3 Sand Martin, 350 Swallow, 200 House Martin, 1 Lesser Whitethroat [Neil Chambers]
2 Mallard (north), 1 Sparrowhawk (west at 10;10), 2 Peregrine Falcon (1 sheltering on the old HSBC building), 11 Swift [Paul Griggs]
1 Holly Blue (first in the garden this year) [Sally Brierley]
1 Coal Tit (possibly two, again in gardens adjacent to Coombe Wood) [Jeff Saward]
Sunday 13 May 2012
6 Swift, 1 Skylark (singing), 1 Mistle Thrush (singing), 2 Blackcap (singing) [Neil Chambers]
2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 2 Hobby (over Benfleet Downs), 20 Swift, 1 Slow-worm [Neil Chambers]
2 Grey Heron (pair), 1 Peregrine Falcon (passed over from Paglesham lagoon to Potton), 4 Oystercatcher (2 pairs), 1 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, 18 Common Tern, 12 Common Seal [Graham Mee]
5 Whimbrel, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Chiffchaff (all warblers singing), 2 Wall [Neil Chambers]
1 Swift, 1 Swallow, 1 Nightingale (heard), 1 Cetti's Warbler (heard), 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat (heard), 1 Whitethroat, 1 Chiffchaff [Mike Clarke]
1 Cuckoo, 1 Nightingale, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Reed Warbler, 6 Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Chiffchaff (all singing) [Neil Chambers]
1 Starling (a bird doing a very good impression of a singing Zitting Cisticola at the back of Homebase (I wonder where he spent the winter...)) [Steve Arlow]
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Blackcap, 1 Brown Rat [Paul Griggs]
1 Buzzard (over at 09:57 drifting north) [Don Petrie]
4 Little Egret, 5 Mediterranean Gull (3 adult summers, a second summer and first summer), 5 Swift [Steve Arlow]
2 Turtle Dove, 3 Cuckoo, 16 Swallow, 2 Nightingale, 4 Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 12 Whitethroat, 5 Chiffchaff [Brian Baldock]
1 Mediterranean Gull (adult over), 3 Cuckoo, 20 Swallow (moving north in ones and twos), 1 Nightingale (singing around the Silver Birches along Northwick Road), 1 Wheatear, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 35 Whitethroat (at least), 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Green Hairstreak (around the small apple tree where the Savi's Warbler was last year), 1 Wall [Steve Arlow]
15 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Cuckoo, 10 Swift, 1 Nightingale (heard from car park on the east side) [Steve Arlow]
Saturday 12 May 2012
1 Orange-tip, 1 Holly Blue [Neil Chambers]
5 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Marsh Harrier (North at 16:10), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 15 Swift, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 30 Swallow, 20 House Martin, 4 Wheatear (2m, 2f), 1 Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 3 Spotted Flycatcher (rear of tennis court), 1 Brown Rat, 5 Small White, 3 Orange-tip, 2 Holly Blue [Paul Griggs, Steve Arlow, Don Petrie]
6 Swift, 3 Wheatear (still in paddocks), 4 Blackcap (singing), 3 Whitethroat (singing), 2 Chiffchaff (singing) [Neil Chambers]
1 Common Tern, 5 Blue-tailed Damselfly [Lee Ebbs]
7 Swift, 5 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 2 Sedge Warbler, 6 Reed Warbler, 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Whitethroat, 3 Green-veined White, 4 Orange-tip, 1 Peacock Butterfly, 1 Wall [Lee Ebbs]
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard (N.E. over Chapel Lane car park 13.30.), 12 Marsh Frog (plus lots more croaking), 5 Slow-worm, 1 Grass Snake, 1 Adder, 10 Orange-tip, 4 Speckled Wood [John Wright]
1 Reed Warbler (singing - garden tick!), 1 Wood Mouse (live trapped) [Paul Griggs]
2 Mute Swan, 1 Kestrel, 11 Swift, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 100 Swallow (+), 100 House Martin (+), 1 Song Thrush, 1 Sedge Warbler, 6 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler (rear of old tennis court), 1 Spotted Flycatcher (rear of old tennis court ), 4 Goldfinch [Brian Baldock]
1 Little Grebe, 2 Skylark (1 flew over, 1 singing), 1 Meadow Pipit (singing), 2 Blackcap (singing), 1 Whitethroat (singing), 1 Crossbill (flew SE calling) [Neil Chambers]
3 Shelduck, 5 Swift, 3 Jackdaw (all over garden) [Graham Mee]
Friday 11 May 2012
1 Short-eared Owl [Brian Baldock]
4 Canada Goose, 3 Pheasant, 8 Knot, 7 Dunlin, 40 Common Tern (+), 3 Cuckoo, 1 Skylark, 1 Stonechat, 5 Wheatear (airfield), 4 Whitethroat, 12 Linnet [Brian Baldock]
1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Wheatear (small group in paddocks), 1 Mistle Thrush (singing), 3 Blackcap (singing), 4 Whitethroat (3 singing), 1 Chiffchaff (singing), 2 Linnet, 1 Stoat [Neil Chambers]
1 Red-legged Partridge, 3 Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Whitethroat, 2 Spotted Flycatcher (one in the old tennis courts, and one north of the large pond by seawall.), 6 Linnet [Marc Outten]
1 Peregrine Falcon (immature on Portcullis House) [Paul Griggs]
20 Knot, 10 Dunlin, 10 Common Tern, 3 Meadow Pipit (airfield), 5 Wheatear (airfield), 20 Linnet (+ airfield) [Dave Knight, Brian Baldock]
1 Marsh Harrier (immature male), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel (pair), 2 Cuckoo (males together), 4 Reed Warbler, 2 Bearded Tit [Graham Mee]
2 Cuckoo, 20 Swift (+), 20 Swallow (+), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 15 Blackcap (+), 10 Whitethroat (+) [Dave Knight, Brian Baldock]
1 Marsh Harrier (male), 1 Hobby, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank (Vange Wick), 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat [Vince Kinsler]
1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Blackcap (singing), 2 Wood Mouse (live trapped) [Paul Griggs]
1 Sparrowhawk [John Wright]
2 Coal Tit (Feeding in a pine tree in a garden adjacent to Coombe Wood, and behaving as a pair) [Jeff Saward]
Thursday 10 May 2012
1 Cuckoo, 1 Wheatear [John Wright]
3 Wheatear (together on seawall between Leigh and Benfleet) [Simon Watson]
1 Marsh Harrier (imm male over Vange Wick), 4 Dunlin, 35 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank, 1 Wood Sandpiper (NW corner of Vange Wick), 2 Cuckoo (1 singing S end of fleet, 1 over Vange Wick), 1 Nightingale (singing S end of old tip), 10 Wheatear (flock of 'Greenland' birds near Marsh Farm) [Neil Chambers]
1 Marsh Harrier (male over north end of Foulness), 6 Oystercatcher, 6 Ringed Plover, 20 Grey Plover (+, only 1 sum plum bird), 18 Knot (inc 2 pristine summer plumaged birds), 30 Dunlin (+, most in summer plumage), 8 Whimbrel, 4 Curlew, 3 Common Sandpiper (on roach), 1 Arctic Tern (excellent view of one heading south down Roach), 3 Swift, 5 Swallow, 1 Meadow Pipit (display flighting over saltmarsh), 4 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Corn Bunting (singing birds) [Jeff Delve]
3 Little Grebe, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Common Tern, 1 Cuckoo, 10 Swift, 1 Sand Martin, 20 Swallow, 8 House Martin, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Sedge Warbler, 10 Whitethroat, 2 Reed Bunting, 3 Slow-worm, 4 Rabbit [John Wright]
5 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (male), 1 Whimbrel, 300 Stock Dove (approx, single flock on wbc.), 8 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Wheatear, 15 Whitethroat, 12 Corn Bunting [John Wright]
2 Turtle Dove [Marc Outten]
1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Wood Mouse (live trapped) [Paul Griggs]
Wednesday 09 May 2012
1 Jackdaw (flew through garden, only my second ever one here) [Paul Baker]
1 Swift (flew over road and reservoir.) [Graham Ryland]
1 Little Egret (east at 12:00), 1 Peregrine Falcon (male) [Paul Griggs]
2 Avocet, 3 Common Tern, 1 Cuckoo, 3 Swift, 2 Swallow, 8 Yellow Wagtail (mainly males.), 2 Wheatear, 1 Grasshopper Warbler (reeling and showed well for 15 minutes (10.50-11.05) behind old Shellfish Station), 4 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 4 Reed Bunting, 6 Corn Bunting [Ray Fuller]
1 Wood Mouse (live trapped) [Paul Griggs]
Tuesday 08 May 2012
4 Whimbrel (heard), 30 Common Tern, 2 Cuckoo (+ males), 1 Nightingale (heard at 20:30 from car park singing from east end), 3 Stonechat (a pair just into the west side & a further male at far west end), 1 Song Thrush (carrying food & visiting likely nestsite), 1 Sedge Warbler (singing), 4 Common Pipistrelle [Paul Baker]
4 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (fem), 2 Whimbrel, 1 Cuckoo (singing SW corner), 1 Short-eared Owl (sat on seawall / saltmarsh post c200m W of car park), 6 Yellow Wagtail, 80 Corn Bunting (mostly on wires around Grapnells) [Neil Chambers]
1 Sparrowhawk (female thermalling), 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Skylark, 2 House Martin (my first of the year - I don''t get out much!) [Paul Baker]
1 Blackcap, 1 Wood Mouse (live trapped) [Paul Griggs]
2 Little Egret, 3 Whimbrel, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Swallow, 9 Common Lizard, 2 Slow-worm, 10 Green-veined White, 5 Orange-tip [Neil Chambers]
1 Black-tailed Godwit (on scrape), 1 Wood Sandpiper (distantly on Vange Wick, viewed SW from marina), 1 Cuckoo (singing S end of fleet), 1 Cetti's Warbler (singing), 3 Reed Warbler (singing), 3 Green-veined White [Neil Chambers]
3 Marsh Harrier (distant over Bowers), 1 Kestrel, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Mediterranean Gull (on scrape), 4 Common Tern, 14 Swift (+), 3 Cetti's Warbler (1 seen, 2 heard), 6 Reed Warbler (+), 2 Blackcap (pair), 1 Bearded Tit, 1 Reed Bunting (male) [Graham Mee]
2 Peregrine Falcon (male on west side of Portcullis Hse most of day prob due to no demolition work is being carried out today. Female joined male late afternoon for a fly around.) [John Wright]
Monday 07 May 2012
1 Garganey (Drake), 1 Marsh Harrier (Immature male), 1 Cetti's Warbler (Heard), 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Whitethroat [Lee Ebbs]
1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Mediterranean Gull (adult-w), 2 Whitethroat [Paul Griggs]
1 Little Egret, 19 Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 6 Common Sandpiper, 4 Common Tern, 1 Cetti's Warbler [Don Petrie]
1 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 1 Sparrowhawk (female), 1 Kestrel, 7 Whimbrel, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 4 Wheatear (2 pairs), 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Whitethroat, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Common Seal [Paul Griggs]
3 Whimbrel, 2 Common Tern, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Short-eared Owl (Hunting over fields for at least an hour.), 9 Swallow, 8 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Corn Bunting [Ray Fuller]
1 Garganey (drake), 2 Common Tern, 1 Cuckoo, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat [Don Petrie]
1 Little Egret, 11 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Greenshank, 3 Common Tern, 6 Skylark, 4 Swallow, 6 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 4 Linnet, 4 Corn Bunting (3 males) [Paul Griggs]
1 Sparrowhawk (over, where did the pesky Buzzards go??) [Paul Baker]
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard (over together NNE) [Don Petrie]
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff [Brian Baldock]
1 Garganey (drake still from scrape hide), 2 Marsh Harrier (M&F), 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Bearded Tit [John Wright]
3 Buzzard (together circling and mewing over the garden, drifting west.) [Steve Arlow]
1 Marsh Harrier (female), 2 Avocet, 3 Whimbrel, 1 Greenshank, 2 Cuckoo (pair), 2 Swift, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Swallow, 8 Yellow Wagtail, 8 Wheatear, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 10 Whitethroat, 4 Reed Bunting, 2 Corn Bunting [Ray Fuller]
6 Blackcap (5 males + 1 fem), 2 Whitethroat (singing), 2 Chiffchaff (singing), 12 Rook (over in small groups heading NE) [Neil Chambers]
1 Garganey (fine drake), 1 Marsh Harrier (Immature male), 1 Mediterranean Gull (adult), 1 Cuckoo, 100 Swallow (at least), 40 House Martin (at least), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Bearded Tit (male) [Steve Arlow]
1 Garganey (drake), 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Tern, 1 Turtle Dove (in willow opposite Cromwell Manor on approach road.), 1 Cuckoo, 4 Reed Warbler, 4 Reed Bunting [Vince Kinsler]
1 Garganey (drake on scrape - thanks Marc), 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Cuckoo (singing), 2 Reed Warbler (singing) [Neil Chambers]
150 Swallow (+) [Neil Chambers]
1 Wigeon (female), 6 Gadwall, 8 Teal, 7 Tufted Duck, 1 Cetti's Warbler [Marc Outten]
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff (singing), 1 Willow Warbler [Neil Chambers]
1 Garganey (drake on the scrape), 1 Marsh Harrier (male), 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Cuckoo, 125 Swallow (on Vange Wick), 2 Nightingale (one in Wat Tyler just north of the marina and one on the county tip.), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Reed Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Whitethroat, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Bearded Tit [Marc Outten]
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