Friday 09 May 2008

Belfairs Golf Course, 09:00 to 09:30
1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Swallow [Tony Mead, Paul Griggs]

Belfairs N.R., 07:30 to 09:00
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (male), 4 Blackcap (singing males in the old nursery), 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Siskin (flew over calling), 1 Red Fox [Don Petrie, Mike Bailey]

Chalkwell Park Drive, Leigh, 06:25 to 06:25
10 Shelduck (over the garden (garden tick)) [John Wright]

Thursday 08 May 2008

Belfairs N.R., 18:30 to 20:00
1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Blackcap (singing males in the old nursery), 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Red Fox [Don Petrie]

Baxter Avenue Southend, 10:00 to 10:00
1 Sparrowhawk [Paul Griggs]

Belfairs N.R., 09:40 to 10:20
2 Blackcap (singing males), 2 Chiffchaff [Don Petrie]

Belfairs N.R., 08:30 to 09:00
1 Garden Warbler (singing strongly by the old nursery (S.E. of reserve)) [Tony Mead]

Wednesday 07 May 2008

Paglesham Lagoon, 18:20 to 20:10, weather good, birds non-existent!
10 Great Crested Grebe (eight on Roach, two on lagoon), 1 Little Egret (several), 2 Grey Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper (on Roach), 1 Turnstone, 2 Turtle Dove, 1 Skylark, 6 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Sedge Warbler (singing), 3 Corn Bunting (along road in Paglesham) [Paul Baker, Steve Arlow]

Baxter Avenue Southend, 10:45 to 10:45
1 Sparrowhawk [Paul Griggs]

Tuesday 06 May 2008

Highlands Boulevard, Leigh, 18:10 to 18:10
1 Sparrowhawk [Paul Griggs]

Benfleet Creek, 06:50 to 06:50
5 Little Egret (By Canvey road bride/Benfleet station) [John Wright]

Monday 05 May 2008

North Crescent, Prittlewell, 22:15 to 22:15
1 Whimbrel (flew over garden calling) [Mike Bailey]

Highlands Boulevard, Leigh, 15:00 to 16:00
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Swallow [Paul Griggs]

Chalkwell Park Drive, Leigh, 14:30 to 14:30
1 Whimbrel (heard from garden) [John Wright]

Chalkwell Park Drive, Leigh, 13:10 to 13:10
1 Little Egret (over the garden) [John Wright]

London Hill, Rayleigh, 11:40 to 11:45
12 Swift (chasing each other overhead), 2 Blackcap (males), 1 Siskin (landed briefly in back garden at 11.41, calling, then flew off south) [Mike Bailey, Claire Chambers]

Hadleigh Downs, 09:30 to 12:30
1 Grey Heron, 2 Sparrowhawk (male & female), 4 Kestrel, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 12 Whitethroat, 10 Marsh Frog [John Wright]

Hadleigh Downs, 09:10 to 14:40, sunny
3 Sparrowhawk, 1 Harris's Hawk (no jesses, mobbed by crows), 1 Woodcock (circled just above trees south of Shipwright's Close entrance), 1 Nightingale (the 'new' one from yesterday), 6 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Whitethroat, 6 Chiffchaff [Don Petrie]

Two Tree Island, 08:45 to 11:45
1 Canada Goose, 140 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel (pair), 5 Swift, 2 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Song Thrush (male was managing a few bubbling notes very similar to a Nightingale), 3 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 41 Whitethroat, 2 Jackdaw [Graham Ryland]

Sunday 04 May 2008

Hadleigh Downs, 16:00 to 17:40
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Nightingale (a "new" one, some 150m east of the Benfleet Downs bird), 9 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Whitethroat, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler (singing by fishing lake), 3 Marsh Frog (several heard) [Paul Griggs, Don Petrie]

Rayleigh, 12:15 to 12:15
5 Swift ('screeming' overhead.) [Paul Baker]

Hadleigh Downs, 12:00 to 13:15
1 Cetti's Warbler (still around wet area at bottom of valley), 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler (still by fishing lake) [Andrew Woodhouse]

Fleet Head, 11:00 to 13:00
4 Little Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 7 Pochard, 2 Tufted Duck, 12 Lapwing, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 5 Greenshank, 1 Common Tern, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 6 Whitethroat, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Corn Bunting (singing), 8 Brown Hare [Brian Baldock]

Gunners Park, 09:45 to 10:30
1 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 4 Sanderling, 2 Sandwich Tern, 5 Swallow, 2 Wheatear, 3 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat [Brian Baldock]

Two Tree Island (East), 09:30 to 11:30
3 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk (female), 3 Kestrel (2 males +female), 1 Whimbrel, 1 Cuckoo (male), 2 Swift, 1 House Martin, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 12 Whitethroat, 1 Jackdaw (Island tick), 4 Peacock Butterfly, 2 Comma (Orange Tip 30+) [Graham Ryland]

Saturday 03 May 2008

Paglesham Lagoon, 19:00 to 21:10
1 Long-tailed Duck (female still there), 4 Common Tern (investigating the rafts), 1 Cuckoo, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat [Don Petrie]

Wakering Stairs, 18:15 to 18:30
1 Grasshopper Warbler (still present) [Steve Arlow]

Prittlewell, 15:30 to 15:30
15 Swift (hawking above Roots Hall) [Paul Baker]

Benfleet Downs, 15:00 to 15:45
1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Nightingale (heard), 7 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 8 Marsh Frog, 1 Orange-tip, 7 Peacock Butterfly [Paul Griggs]

Fleet Head, 12:00 to 15:15, falling tide, sunny, E wind. Walked right round
6 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (female), 1 Kestrel (male), 1 Ruff, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Whimbrel, 5 Greenshank, 1 Common Tern, 15 Skylark (singing), 25 Yellow Wagtail (approx), 2 Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 3 Whitethroat, 6 Reed Bunting, 11 Corn Bunting (singing) [Don Petrie]

Highlands Boulevard, Leigh, 12:00 to 13:30
1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk [Paul Griggs]

Wakering Stairs, 11:40 to 12:30
250 Oystercatcher (approx), 1 Grasshopper Warbler (Reeling. Also present Angie Baldock) [John Wright, Brian Baldock]

Wakering, 11:25 to 10:25
1 Hobby (Crossed road near Morley's) [Dudley Shayler]

Barling Pits, 10:30 to 11:30
4 Little Grebe, 1 Kestrel, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Green Woodpecker, 7 Sedge Warbler, 10 Corn Bunting [John Wright]

Benfleet Downs, 10:30 to 11:15
1 Nightingale (same place), 4 Common Lizard, 1 Slow-worm, 2 Adder [Andrew Woodhouse]

Fleet Head, 09:15 to 10:15
3 Little Egret, 1 Ruff, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Common Tern, 1 Cuckoo, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting, 9 Corn Bunting (singing males), 8 Brown Hare [John Wright]

Gunners Park, 08:30 to 10:30
4 Great Crested Grebe, 150 Sanderling (some in summer plumage), 2 Sandwich Tern, 2 Common Tern, 1 Swift, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Swallow, 2 Wheatear, 3 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat [Brian Baldock]

Leigh on Sea, 08:10 to 08:15
3 Sparrowhawk (Circling over Shirley Road) [Dudley Shayler]

Gunners Park, 07:00 to 08:00
1 Kestrel, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Whitethroat, 1 Common Lizard, 1 Slow-worm [John Wright]

Friday 02 May 2008

Wakering Stairs, 20:25 to 21:00
3 Little Egret, 2 Cuckoo, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler [Paul Griggs, Don Petrie]

Fleet Head, 19:30 to 20:15
1 Cuckoo, 1 Barn Owl (over Potton Is.), 6 Swallow, 6 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Sedge Warbler, 8 Reed Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting, 8 Corn Bunting [Paul Griggs, Don Petrie]

Gunners Park, 17:05 to 19:20
12 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 2 Sandwich Tern, 40 Common Tern, 2 Green Woodpecker, 5 Swallow, 3 Wheatear, 2 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff [Paul Griggs, Steve Arlow, Don Petrie]

Gunners Park, 11:00 to 12:30
1 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Swallow, 3 Wheatear, 6 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Whitethroat, 3 Chiffchaff [Brian Baldock]

North Crescent, Prittlewell, 10:30 to 10:45
1 Green Woodpecker (male sat in plum tree in back garden), 1 Skylark (singing overhead), 1 Lesser Whitethroat (singing in back garden), 1 Whitethroat (singing in neighbouring gardens), 1 Linnet (over) [Mike Bailey]

Thursday 01 May 2008

Victoria Avenue, Southend, 19:30 to 19:30
2 Peregrine Falcon (male flew in with a pigeon and fed while female flew around calling) [Don Petrie]

Highlands Boulevard, Leigh, 19:00 to 19:00
1 Sparrowhawk [Paul Griggs]

Belton Hills, 18:25 to 18:30
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 4 Swift [John Wright]

Wednesday 30 April 2008

Highlands Boulevard, Leigh, 17:30 to 17:30
1 Cormorant (flew west) [Paul Griggs]

Victoria Avenue, Southend, 14:30 to 14:30
1 Peregrine Falcon (male on Portcullis House) [Don Petrie]

Gunners Park, 12:30 to 13:30, strong SSW wind, showers
2 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 3 Common Tern (over the reserve), 1 Green Woodpecker (female), 2 Blackcap (singing males), 2 Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff [Don Petrie]

Two Tree Island (East), 08:50 to 09:10, fresh SSE wind, showers
1 Cuckoo, 1 Nightingale (singing 100m along main track in bushes on the right), 6 Whitethroat [Don Petrie]

Tuesday 29 April 2008

Two Tree Island Feeder, 13:40 to 13:40
1 Dunnock, 1 Greenfinch [Paul Griggs, Don Petrie]

Two Tree Island (East), 13:35 to 14:20
1 Swift, 1 Swallow, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Sedge Warbler, 10 Whitethroat, 1 Orange-tip [Paul Griggs, Don Petrie]

Belfairs N.R., 07:30 to 07:45
1 Common Shrew (dead) [Paul Griggs]

Two Tree Island, 07:00 to 08:30
60 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 4 Whimbrel, 1 Greenshank, 4 Common Tern, 3 Cuckoo, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Garden Warbler (singing near the central hide on the east end), 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 20 Whitethroat [Tony Mead]

Belfairs N.R., 05:00 to 08:20
7 Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff [Don Petrie]

Monday 28 April 2008

Belfairs N.R., 20:30 to 21:00, dusk
4 Badger (showing well at sett on southern edge) [Don Petrie]

Belton Hills, 18:50 to 18:55
1 Peregrine Falcon [John Wright]

Gunners Park, 18:30 to 20:00, high tide,
1 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 1 Mediterranean Gull (1st summer), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Wheatear (female) [Don Petrie]

Belfairs N.R., 16:15 to 18:00
1 Hobby (flew west), 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest (singing) [Paul Griggs, Don Petrie]

Belfairs N.R., 12:00 to 13:00
1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Blackcap (singing), 1 Garden Warbler (singing by 1st 'crossroads' west of Sanctuary Road entrance), 2 Chiffchaff (singing) [Neil Chambers]

Benfleet Creek, 09:30 to 11:15
1 Pochard, 1 Cuckoo, 5 Swift, 8 Skylark, 1 Swallow, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Stonechat (2 pairs), 3 Sedge Warbler, 14 Reed Warbler, 7 Whitethroat, 4 Linnet, 8 Reed Bunting (7 males) [Andrew Woodhouse]

Leigh on Sea, 06:30 to 06:35
1 Jackdaw (Pall Mall) [John Wright]

Sunday 27 April 2008

Wakering Stairs, 19:40 to 20:35
2 Whimbrel, 1 Turtle Dove (singing), 1 Cuckoo (singing), 1 Grasshopper Warbler (reeling on and off (every 30 seconds or so)), 1 Sedge Warbler (singing), 1 Blackcap (singing), 4 Lesser Whitethroat (singing), 6 Whitethroat (singing) [Neil Chambers]

Belton Hills, 18:25 to 18:30
30 Swift [John Wright]

Vange Marsh, 18:15 to 19:45
1 Kestrel (male), 14 Swift, 1 Skylark (singing), 7 Sand Martin, 20 Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Bearded Tit (pair) [Don Petrie]

Chalkwell Park Drive, Leigh, 15:30 to 15:35
1 Jackdaw, 2 Goldfinch [John Wright]

Wat Tyler Country Park, 15:00 to 18:00
1 Cuckoo (heard), 2 Swift, 2 Swallow, 1 Nightingale (still at the southern corner of the sewage works TQ737867. Singing and showing quite well), 2 Cetti's Warbler (heard), 2 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Chiffchaff [Don Petrie]

Benfleet Creek, 14:00 to 15:00
1 Little Egret, 2 Pochard (pair in borrowdyke), 72 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Whimbrel, 4 Greenshank, 1 Cuckoo (male), 1 Stonechat (female), 8 Reed Warbler, 5 Marsh Frog (several calling) [Paul Griggs]

Hadleigh Downs, 13:00 to 14:00
1 Sparrowhawk, 8 Swift, 2 Green Woodpecker, 7 Skylark, 1 Cetti's Warbler (fishing lake), 1 Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 14 Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff [Paul Griggs]

Prittle Brook (Leigh on Sea), 11:30 to 11:35
1 Blackcap (singing in my garden), 1 Goldcrest (singing in my garden), 1 Chaffinch (male), 2 Goldfinch (on nyjer feeder) [Brian Baldock]

Two Tree Island (East), 10:30 to 11:30
2 Kestrel, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Mediterranean Gull (adult), 2 Cuckoo, 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Swallow, 4 Sedge Warbler, 12 Whitethroat [John Wright]

Gunners Park, 10:15 to 12:45
7 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Fulmar (flew up river at 12:00 20 metres off the seawall and flew towards the pier. Presumably the same bird was seen flying out of the river above the seawall at 12:28), 6 Common Tern, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Swallow, 1 Yellow Wagtail (fly-over), 1 Wheatear (female), 2 Blackcap (singing males), 6 Whitethroat (singing males), 1 Bullfinch (male by the old pond), 1 Corn Bunting (flew in from the sea and came down in the reserve for a couple of minutes before flying off NW) [Don Petrie]

Hockley Woods, 09:40 to 10:20
1 Sparrowhawk (female), 1 Kestrel (male), 3 Stock Dove (in glade), 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Blackcap (males singing), 1 Chiffchaff (singing), 1 Nuthatch (around the car park still), 1 Treecreeper, 5 Jay, 1 Jackdaw [Paul Baker]

Two Tree Island (East), 09:30 to 11:30
240 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 2 Sparrowhawk (pair ), 2 Kestrel (pair), 1 Cuckoo (female), 17 Swift, 2 Sand Martin, 1 Swallow, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap (male), 7 Whitethroat [Graham Ryland]

Two Tree Island Feeder, 09:30 to 11:30
1 Dunnock, 1 Robin, 2 Great Tit, 3 Greenfinch [Graham Ryland]

Highlands Boulevard, Leigh, 09:00 to 10:00
3 Swift, 1 Swallow [Paul Griggs]

Saturday 26 April 2008

Wakering Stairs, 17:30 to 20:45, falling tide, warm, SW wind
3 Canada Goose (on the mud), 2 Kestrel (pair perched up together), 2 Red-legged Partridge, 4 Whimbrel, 1 Greenshank, 2 Turtle Dove, 2 Cuckoo, 3 Swallow, 1 Grasshopper Warbler (still reeling on and off and briefly seen 100 m before the SW end of the seawall), 6 Sedge Warbler (singing), 22 Whitethroat (singing), 6 Chiffchaff (singing), 1 Yellowhammer (male) [Don Petrie]

Paglesham Lagoon, 17:15 to 19:00
1 Long-tailed Duck (female still present), 1 Sand Martin, 1 Swallow, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 6 Whitethroat, 1 Yellowhammer (singing male, not often seen these days in SOG) [Steve Arlow]

Hadleigh Downs, 16:15 to 18:25
2 Pochard (pair in borrow dyke), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 50 Black-tailed Godwit (In two flocks flying purposefully west, migrating?), 19 Swift (Belton Hills), 3 Swallow, 3 Yellow Wagtail (Hadleigh Marshes), 1 Stonechat (female, Hadleigh Marshes), 4 Sedge Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Whitethroat [John Wright]

Rochford Golf Course, 15:15 to 15:20
1 Cormorant (high south) [Paul Baker, Don Petrie]

Paglesham Churchend, 15:00 to 15:05
1 Swallow [Paul Baker, Don Petrie]

London Hill, Rayleigh, 14:30 to 18:00
2 Sparrowhawk (fem overhead @15.10, male overhead @15.28 and 17.48), 1 Swift (overhead), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (male in garden briefly @17.05), 1 House Martin (overhead), 2 Blackcap (singing), 2 Orange-tip, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 4 Peacock Butterfly (at least (all four together in flight)) [Mike Bailey, Claire Chambers]

Paglesham Lagoon, 12:00 to 15:00
7 Great Crested Grebe, 14 Little Egret, 8 Gadwall, 1 Teal (drake), 6 Pochard, 1 Long-tailed Duck (female), 3 Dunlin (on the Roach), 17 Black-tailed Godwit (on the Roach), 1 Common Sandpiper (on the Roach), 7 Stock Dove, 2 Swallow, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Sedge Warbler, 8 Whitethroat, 1 Reed Bunting (male) [Paul Baker, Don Petrie]

Canvey West End, 10:30 to 11:40
2 Cuckoo, 2 Skylark, 1 Stonechat, 5 Reed Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 21 Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Long-tailed Tit [Martin Cracknell]

Gunners Park, 10:15 to 11:45
9 Shelduck, 1 Kestrel, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Swallow, 1 Wheatear, 2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff [Brian Baldock]

Paglesham Lagoon, 10:00 to 10:15
1 Long-tailed Duck, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Sedge Warbler [Bob Young]

Wat Tyler Country Park, 09:20 to 12:00
1 Osprey (11:00 viewed from scrape hide beyond Bowers Marsh, drifted high N.W.), 3 Cuckoo, 1 Sand Martin, 10 Swallow, 1 Nightingale (singing west of boat museum just over the miniture rail line), 4 Cetti's Warbler, 8 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 10 Blackcap, 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 12 Whitethroat, 4 Reed Bunting [John Wright]

River Roach, 08:00 to 10:00
1 Red-breasted Merganser, 4 Whimbrel, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Corn Bunting [Bob Young]

Vange Marsh, 08:00 to 09:00
1 Ruff, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Stock Dove, 2 Swift, 1 Wheatear, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 8 Whitethroat, 3 Reed Bunting [John Wright]

Hadleigh, 07:50 to 07:50
1 Sparrowhawk (Over Bread & Cheese Hill) [John Wright]

Rochford Golf Course, 07:50 to 11:45, sunny, warm, strengthening southerly breeze
2 Swift, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Yellow Wagtail (flew over calling), 3 Blackcap (singing), 2 Whitethroat (singing), 1 Chiffchaff (singing) [Neil Chambers]

Leigh on Sea, 06:15 to 07:20
3 Swift, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jackdaw (all over garden at Southsea Ave.) [Graham Mee]