Southend Ornithological Group Bird News

Records submitted in the last 14 days, most recent first. Amber indicates scarce, red indicates rare (Essex requires notes or a description), magenta indicates non-native.

Wednesday 09 October 2024

South Fambridge, 16:00 to 16:15
3 Little Grebe, 3 Wigeon, 2 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 5 Avocet, 1 Greenshank [Paul Baker]

Highlands Boulevard, Leigh, 12:40 to 12:40
1 Buzzard [Paul Griggs]

Hadleigh Downs, 11:00 to 12:00
1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 11 Marsh Frog, 1 Grass Snake, 1 Migrant Hawker, 6 Ruddy Darter [John Wright]

Hockley/Hawkwell, 08:00 to 08:00, Hockley station
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker [Paul Baker]

Gunners Park, 07:45 to 10:35
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 50 Swallow (circa), 5 Cetti's Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest [Bob Young]

Tuesday 08 October 2024

Wallasea Island (RSPB), 17:00 to 19:00, Moderate southerly, bit of a shower then sunny again
3 Great White Egret (2 on Marsh Flats with cattle, one on Pool Marsh), 350 Golden Plover (Darwin Marsh roost), 2 Greenshank, 2 Stonechat (Pair by entry road) [Jeff Delve]

Monday 07 October 2024

South Fambridge, 12:00 to 12:00
1 Wall Brown [Paul Baker]

Gunners Park, 11:00 to 12:00
3 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Common Lizard, 1 Wall Brown [John Wright]

Sunday 06 October 2024

Chalkwell Park Drive, Leigh, 22:25 to 22:40
5 Red Fox [John Wright]

South Fambridge, 16:30 to 16:30
1 Cetti's Warbler [Paul Baker]

Chalkwell Park Drive, Leigh, 10:30 to 10:30
5 Slow-worm (youngsters born this year) [John Wright]

Canewdon, 10:00 to 16:00, Work party at Butts Hill Pond.
5 Swallow, 1 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, Here be dragons (Jeff Delve) (43615 bytes) 2 Willow Emerald Damselfly, 2 Migrant Hawker, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Speckled Wood, 1 Wall Brown [Jeff Delve]

Gunners Park, 08:00 to 10:30
5 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (h), 30 Swallow (c.), 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff (h), 1 Reed Bunting [Paul Griggs, Mike Clarke]

Saturday 05 October 2024

South Fambridge, 18:00 to 18:00
5 Meadow Pipit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff [Paul Baker]

West Canvey Marsh (RSPB), 17:30 to 19:00
1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 2 Barn Owl, 1 Short-eared Owl [Tim Bourne]

Canvey Point, 14:05 to 15:30, Sunny with a light SE wind
1 Gannet (Juvenile upriver at 14:06), 12 Mute Swan (on Thames on Kent side), 1 Buzzard (Kent), 2 Arctic Skua, 6 Mediterranean Gull, 3 Arctic Tern (one adult & 2 juvs) [Paul Baker]

Highlands Boulevard, Leigh, 13:50 to 15:00
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 2 Swallow [Paul Griggs]

Oxenham Farm, 11:40 to 13:05
3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 2 Reed Bunting, 4 Corn Bunting [Bob Young]

Gunners Park, 09:45 to 12:00
1 Kestrel, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 50 Swallow (50+ a steady stream heading SW), 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 10 Chiffchaff, 5 Brown Rat [John Wright]

Friday 04 October 2024

South Fambridge, 18:00 to 18:00
1 Cetti's Warbler (singing) [Paul Baker]

Gunners Park, 13:00 to 15:00
1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Stonechat (1 m and 2 fem/imm), 3 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff [Bob Young]

South Fambridge, 10:00 to 10:00
1 Green Woodpecker [Paul Baker]

Thursday 03 October 2024

South Fambridge, 16:30 to 16:35
1 Sparrowhawk (female, dived into bushes by feeders to grab a sparrow, not sure if successful or not.) [Paul Baker]

Coombe Wood, 15:00 to 16:00
1 Grey Wagtail (scoping out the backyard ponds), 2 Nuthatch (regular visitors to my garden feeders) [Jeff Saward]

Canvey Point, 12:50 to 14:00, NE 3 Sunny intervals H.T 13:53 5.7 m
1 Sabine's Gull (juv. heading up river behind container ship) [Terry Blackwell]

Bowers Marsh (RSPB), 07:30 to 11:15
8 Great White Egret, 1 Spoonbill, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 6 Avocet, 2 Ruff, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Whinchat, 6 Stonechat, 4 Bearded Tit [Graham Oakes, Graham Ryland]

Wednesday 02 October 2024

Canvey Point, 12:00 to 16:15
1 Manx Shearwater (upriver at 13:05 after initially flying up towards Benfleet Creek. Also rested on the water off Point. Flew back out at 14:50.), 11 Gannet, 5 Pintail, 1 Marsh Harrier (Kent), 2 Buzzard (Kent), 2 Peregrine Falcon (crossing the river), 1 Sanderling, 7 Arctic Skua, LtSkua  (Paul Baker) (26793 bytes) 1 Long-tailed Skua (immature showed quite well from 14:55 for a relatively long time ), 8 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Little Gull (ad & 1st-w flew east close inshore), 2 Sabine's Gull (adult & juv separately from 14:30), 40 Kittiwake (2x flocks of 20 flew upriver, the second of which took a Sabine's Gull up with it), 7 Sandwich Tern, 35 Common Tern, 2 Arctic Tern (adults), 1 Guillemot, 1 Wall Brown [Paul Baker]

Canvey Point, 11:20 to 16:25
1 Manx Shearwater, 15 Gannet, 2 Peregrine Falcon, 10 Arctic Skua, 1 Long-tailed Skua, 2 Sabine's Gull, 40 Kittiwake, 2 Arctic Tern, 1 Guillemot [Bob Young]

Canvey Point, 09:20 to 17:00, Hi tide 13:20, breezy NNE turning ENE later patchy sun and some dark clouds
1 Manx Shearwater (Past pier and then upriver 13:05 back out 14:50), 16 Gannet (+), 9 Grey Heron (Flock flapping steadily south across river), 2 Pintail, 1 Shoveler (Female past), 1 Red-breasted Merganser (Redhead upriver ), 2 Peregrine Falcon, 40 Grey Plover (+), 3 Bar-tailed Godwit (With Curlews), 60 Curlew (+), 12 Arctic Skua, 1 Long-tailed Skua (Dark morph Juv working its way slowly up river 15:00 often dropping to water surface ), 1 Great Skua (Upriver 10:20), 2 Little Gull (Adults 16:30, 2 others earlier per JS), 2 Sabine's Gull (Juv upriver 11:23 then adult 14:50 subsequently upriver with Kittiwakes), 40 Kittiwake (2 flocks of c. 20 rapidly up river ), 35 Common Tern (+, Local group moving up and down river as ships moved through), 4 Arctic Tern (+), 1 Guillemot [Jeff Delve, Terry Blackwell, Jeff Saward]

Tuesday 01 October 2024

South Fambridge, 17:00 to 17:00, raining
2 Buzzard (walking around on the fields on BHF) [Paul Baker]

Highlands Boulevard, Leigh, 14:10 to 14:25
1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine Falcon [Paul Griggs]

Monday 30 September 2024

South Fambridge, 11:40 to 11:40
1 Sparrowhawk (mobbed by Crow) [Paul Baker]

Sunday 29 September 2024

South Fambridge, 15:00 to 15:00
1 Chiffchaff, 5 Common Lizard (basking), 1 Wood Mouse, 1 Small White, 1 Brown Argus, 1 Red Admiral [Paul Baker]

Bowers Marsh (RSPB), 09:00 to 12:45
5 Little Egret, 6 Great White Egret, 3 Spoonbill, 3 Egyptian Goose, 2 Pintail, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Kestrel, 21 Avocet, 1 Ruff, 100 Black-tailed Godwit (Plus), 3 Curlew, 5 Greenshank, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Sand Martin, 20 Swallow (Plus), 10 House Martin, 12 Bearded Tit, 1 Greenfinch [Graham Oakes]

Canvey Point, 08:30 to 10:20, SE 4-5 Overcast H.T 11:28 5.0 m
7 Gannet, 1 Arctic Skua, 5 Little Gull (behind a container ship heading east) [Terry Blackwell]

Saturday 28 September 2024

South Fambridge, 18:10 to 18:10
1 Hummingbird Hawkmoth [Paul Baker]

Highlands Boulevard, Leigh, 12:15 to 13:15
1 Buzzard, 2 Wall Brown [Paul Griggs]

Fleet Head, 11:10 to 13:15
1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 10 Red-legged Partridge, 70 Lapwing, 1 Green Sandpiper, 15 Mediterranean Gull, 20 Linnet [Bob Young]

Canvey Point, 10:30 to 12:30
3 Little Egret, 40 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 400 Oystercatcher, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 16 Common Tern, 8 Swallow, 1 Rock Pipit [Angela Baldock]

Friday 27 September 2024

South Fambridge, 18:30 to 18:30
1 Marsh Harrier (male into roost on BHF), 1 Blackcap (in my garden earlier ) [Paul Baker]

Canvey Point, 15:00 to 17:00
2 Great Crested Grebe, 170 Gannet (c.), 4 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 1 Arctic Skua, 4 Sandwich Tern, 60 Common Tern (c.), 2 Rock Pipit [Paul Griggs, Bob Young]

Vange Marsh (RSPB), 12:30 to 14:30
2 Kestrel, 25 Avocet, 1 Ringed Plover, 2 Ruff, 68 Black-tailed Godwit, 40 Swallow (+), 60 House Martin (+), 1 Whitethroat [Paul Griggs, Bob Young]

Highlands Boulevard, Leigh, 11:20 to 11:30
1 Sparrowhawk, 30 Swallow (c. west), 40 House Martin (c. west) [Paul Griggs]

Gunners Park, 09:40 to 11:25
1 Sparrowhawk, 300 Swallow (circa), 400 House Martin (circa), 3 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler [Bob Young]

Canvey Point, 09:30 to 16:20, NW-N 4 6 at times Rain and very poor vis. to start with showers at times later. H.T 9:00 4.4 m
1 Fulmar (flew up river at 14:45), 1 Manx Shearwater (flew up river at 14:05), 330 Gannet (+ including groups of 110,90, 60,40 and 30), 200 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (+), 1000 Wigeon (+), 100 Ringed Plover (+), 9 Golden Plover, 400 Black-tailed Godwit (+), 4 Arctic Skua, 2 Long-tailed Skua (1 juvenile flew up river at 11:50 and 1 adult flew up river at 14:50), 6 Little Gull (behind ship heading up river), 10 Kittiwake, 14 Sandwich Tern, 160 Common Tern (including 150 in passage), 1 Razorbill, 800 House Martin (+ constant movement all day), 5 Meadow Pipit, 3 Rock Pipit, 2 Wheatear [Terry Blackwell]

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