Friday 20 December 2024
1 Sparrowhawk (over Southend Hospital) [Paul Griggs]
1 Green Woodpecker (still climbing all our trees) [Paul Baker]
1 Little Grebe, 1 Mediterranean Gull (1st W ), 3 Common Gull, 5 Stock Dove, 12 Collared Dove (together feeding with Stock Doves), 1 Kingfisher (fishing lake ), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (f), 4 Fieldfare (over,calling), 2 Goldcrest (Bowling Club ), 1 Chaffinch [Jeff Kinnerman]
2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Pintail, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Sparrowhawk (male.), 1 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 3 Avocet, 2 Dunlin, 1 Ruff, 3 Snipe, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Curlew, 2 Water Pipit (Don's Marsh.), 4 Stonechat, 1 Fieldfare, 1 Bearded Tit, 1 Raven, 2 Greenfinch [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
Thursday 19 December 2024
5 Red-throated Diver, 1 Black-throated Diver (flew in them back out with adult RTD), 25 Teal, 20 Shoveler, 2000 Dunlin (+) [Terry Blackwell]
1 Sparrowhawk [Paul Griggs]
Tuesday 17 December 2024
1 Green Woodpecker (Clambering around, & feeding on every small tree in my garden) [Paul Baker]
1 Firecrest (in my garden again), 2 Nuthatch (regular pair on the feeders) [Jeff Saward]
1 Mediterranean Gull (1st W), 2 Common Gull, 4 Stock Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (f), 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Chaffinch (1m,2f ) [Jeff Kinnerman]
Monday 16 December 2024
590 Wigeon, 6 Gadwall, 190 Teal, 7 Pintail, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kestrel, 1 Water Rail, 120 Grey Plover, 570 Lapwing, 189 Knot (highest number of this species recorded on a high tide count), 1250 Dunlin, 5 Ruff, 12 Snipe, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Curlew, 1 Greenshank, 1 Water Pipit, 5 Stonechat, 2 Fieldfare [Marc Outten]
2 Little Egret, 10 White-fronted Goose (grazing in field N of roadside hide with Canada Geese), 500 Wigeon (c), 3 Pintail (3m), 20 Pochard (+), 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Merlin (f/juv from Pantile screen ), 350 Lapwing (+), 2 Snipe (Pantile scrape), 7 Curlew, 1 Skylark, 1 Meadow Pipit, 3 Fieldfare, 2 Cetti's Warbler (h), 3 Greenfinch, 1 Red Fox [Jeff Kinnerman]
1 Red-throated Diver, 1 Black-throated Diver (Flew up river close in), 25 Great Crested Grebe, 50 Shelduck, 26 Sanderling, 3000 Dunlin (+) [Terry Blackwell]
Sunday 15 December 2024
1 Barn Owl [Tim Bourne]
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail, low east through garden) [Paul Baker]
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Greenfinch [Neil Chambers]
6 Marsh Harrier, 4 Hen Harrier (3 ringtails and the 2year male over Tillets Marsh), 4 Buzzard (including a very pale/white individual on the Lytag Lagoon fenceline), 2 Peregrine Falcon (juvenile over the Wild Bird Cover and the male on the Laytag Lagoon fenceline), 1 Barn Owl, 3 Stonechat [Steve Arlow]
2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 4 Avocet, 500 Dunlin (+), 2 Ruff, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Curlew, 1 Greenshank, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Water Pipit, 1 Stonechat, 9 Fieldfare, 5 Redwing [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
5 Little Grebe, 2 Great White Egret (seen from seawall over Bowers), 14 White-fronted Goose, 1 Barnacle Goose, 500 Wigeon (+), 1 Pintail, 50 Pochard (+), 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 4 Kestrel, 4 Pheasant, 1 Green Sandpiper (pantile scrape), 1 Short-eared Owl (field south of red hill), 2 Stonechat, 10 Goldfinch, 5 Corn Bunting, 1 Badger (deceased on road) [Terry Blackwell]
Saturday 14 December 2024
1 Buzzard, 2 Woodcock, 1 Barn Owl (Calling on south side ) [Tim Bourne]
1 Buzzard, 4 Redwing, 2 Goldcrest, 10 Redpoll [Lee Ebbs]
1 Goosander (drake), 4 Marsh Harrier (at least), 2 Hen Harrier (both ringtails), 1 Sparrowhawk (female), 3 Buzzard, 4 Kestrel, 1 Merlin (juvenile), 2 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Greenshank, 1 Barn Owl (Over Wild Bird Cover at dusk), 5 Stonechat [Steve Arlow, Paul Griggs]
10 Red-throated Diver, 20 Great Crested Grebe (+), 1 Gannet, 7 Pintail, 2 Common Scoter, 2 Goosander (at least one drake heading up river), 15 Grey Plover, 2000 Dunlin (+) [Terry Blackwell]
Friday 13 December 2024
40 Avocet (+) [Neil Chambers]
1 Mistle Thrush (first for the garden for just over a year) [Steve Arlow]
3 Red-throated Diver (heading up river lost in the gloom), 60 Ringed Plover, 140 Sanderling, 40 Turnstone (+) [Terry Blackwell]
1 Marsh Harrier (female.), 1 Buzzard, 1 Merlin (female from benches.), 1 Water Rail (heard.), 20 Grey Plover, 1000 Lapwing (+), 1200 Dunlin (+), 2 Ruff, 25 Snipe, 2 Stonechat [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
Thursday 12 December 2024
1 Fieldfare, 7 Redwing, 24 Redpoll [Marc Outten]
1 Blackcap (male again at the garden feeders) [Steve Arlow]
34 Red-throated Diver (including groups of 22,5 and 4), 2 Red-breasted Merganser (drake and female flew up river), 60 Sanderling (+), 2 Little Gull (2 adults flew up river) [Terry Blackwell]
Wednesday 11 December 2024
1 Blackcap (male frequenting the garden feeders) [Steve Arlow]
30 Red-throated Diver (group of 28 took off from the water and headed towards Leigh), 1 Black-throated Diver (flying up river), 1 Great Northern Diver (feeding near west leigh middle before moving in much closer.), 7 Common Scoter, 1 Little Gull (heading up rver), 1 auk sp. (flew from Medway across river. Considering the small size and jizz possible Little Auk ) [Terry Blackwell]
Tuesday 10 December 2024
12 White-fronted Goose, 2 Barnacle Goose (With c. 50 Greylags on Bowers Marsh reserve), 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay [Jeff Delve]
9 Red-throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver (feeding on the tide line at low water), 1 Black Swan (in with group of 15 mute swan), 8 Bewick's Swan (Flew in from the west around 12:00 and flew along Allhallows shoreline and dropped onto the mud flats, rested awhile then moved a short distance before landing again. Odd flight behaviour (whiffling like geese to land directly onto the mud and take off near vertical when they moved) aroused suspicion. Despite poor visibility and distance appeared to be very horizontal stance and with straight necks when erect though mostly asleep. Eventually took off and headed back west to drop behind seawall. Presume the same 8 seen at Northward Hill a few miles away yesterday.), 15 Pintail, 5 Little Gull (2 adults and 3 1st winter), 4 Kittiwake, 1 Puffin (flew up river at 9:25) [Terry Blackwell, Jeff Delve]
Monday 09 December 2024
1 Barnacle Goose (With Greylags from roadside hide), 4 Shoveler (Pantile scrape), 1 Marsh Harrier (Sub adult male over SE corner of Bowers from sea wall), 1 Hen Harrier (2 CY male also hunting widely over SE side of Bowers), 1 Buzzard (on fence from Pantile screen), 2 Snipe (flushed Pantile screens), 4 Stonechat (2 pairs, Roadside Hide and Pantile screen), 6 Fieldfare [Jeff Delve]
1 Marsh Harrier (flew over east to west mobbed by many crows and gulls.) [Graham Mee]
16 Red-throated Diver (including a group of 8), 30 Great Crested Grebe (+), 8 Gannet, 18 Pintail (group of 11 dropped in close), 5 Common Scoter, 1 Red-breasted Merganser (red head flew up river), 20 Grey Plover (+), 200 Knot (+), 3 Mediterranean Gull, 3 Little Gull (including a close in adult and 1st winter), 50 Kittiwake (+ nice mixture of adults and first winter birds), 1 Rock Pipit [Terry Blackwell, Jeff Delve]
Sunday 08 December 2024
1 Goosander (Drake briefly before flying north ), 1 Chiffchaff [Steve Arlow]
55 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Mediterranean Gull (adults), 68 Kittiwake (several flocks of up to 15 - mostly adults), 1 auk sp. (probably Razorbill, distantly east), 1 Puffin (1'w drifted upriver on the tide) [Neil Chambers]
25 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Gannet (2 adults and 1st W), 8 Pintail, 1 Arctic Skua (Pale phase Juv upriver 13:30 and great views back out 13:40), 4 Mediterranean Gull (3 ad and 1st W), 20 Kittiwake (+) [Jeff Delve]
1 Black-throated Diver, 3 Gannet, 8 Pintail, 1 Common Scoter (female), 200 Knot (+), 1 Pomarine Skua (Flew up river at 12:00 and back out at 12:12), 1 Arctic Skua (Flew up river and back out close in), 5 Mediterranean Gull, 40 Kittiwake, 1 auk sp. [Terry Blackwell]
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