Tuesday 10 February 2026
8 Mediterranean Gull [Max Hellicar]
1 Pink-footed Goose, 11 White-fronted Goose (+), 1 Buzzard, 1 Stonechat [Paul Griggs, Bob Young]
1 Red Kite (over North Fambridge again), 1 Marsh Harrier (ad female hunting BHF), 1 Buzzard, 1 Song Thrush (singing), 1 Cetti's Warbler (in full voice around the garden) [Paul Baker]
1 Grey Wagtail (in brook) [Paul Baker]
1 Marsh Harrier (m), 1 Woodcock, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 7 Song Thrush (singing), 3 Redwing, 1 Cetti's Warbler (h), 7 Redpoll [Paul Griggs, Bob Young]
1 Great White Egret (Fitz), 4 Spoonbill (South wall of Darwin), 6 White-fronted Goose (Distantly on Tillets from Jubilee trail), 9 Barnacle Goose (Unringed and no collars with WfG and Greylags/Canadas), 3 Marsh Harrier (Causing chaos amongst massed wildfowl on lagoons), 1 Merlin (Female, initially on roof of Caroline’s hide then flew east), 1 Peregrine Falcon (Ad female on island in N Jubilee), 14 Coot (Numbers building again in N borrowdyke), 2500 Golden Plover (+, Over Pool Marsh and Beagle Lagoons), 3000 Lapwing (+), 3000 Knot (+, Over E Allfleets mid afternoon), 250 Bar-tailed Godwit (+, Flock flew in to N Jubilee early afternoon ), 4 Greenshank, 20 Skylark (+, Flock along entry road plus several singing birds ), 1 Stonechat, 1 Song Thrush (Garden of farmhouse), 2 Corn Bunting [Jeff Delve]
1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Kestrel, 1 Greenshank,
1 Stoat (partial ermine), 1 Weasel [John Wright]
10 Little Grebe, 1 Scaup (on lake), 1 Kestrel, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Cetti's Warbler (h), 3 Greenfinch [Jeff Kinnerman]
1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 200 Canada Goose (+), 100 Barnacle Goose (+), 3 Pintail, 2 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Snipe, 11 Curlew, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Stonechat, 20 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, 1 Chiffchaff [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
2 Little Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Water Rail (h), 10 Collared Dove, 1 Cetti's Warbler (h), 1 Jay [Jeff Kinnerman]
1 Tawny Owl (male hooting) [Neil Chambers]
Monday 09 February 2026
1 Little Grebe, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 40 White-fronted Goose (plus), 20 Barnacle Goose (plus), 8 Pintail, 2 Ruff, 2 Mediterranean Gull [Graham Oakes]
Sunday 08 February 2026
1 Yellow-legged Gull (1st W ( thanks Steve)) [Jeff Delve]
60 Great Crested Grebe (+), 2 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Mediterranean Gull (adult), 1 Yellow-legged Gull (1'w on boom), 1 Kittiwake (ad on boom) [Neil Chambers]
6 Red-throated Diver (All going east), 2 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Common Gull (Probable heinei on the boom), 1 Yellow-legged Gull (1st winter on the boom), 1 Kittiwake (Adult on the boom) [Steve Arlow]
2 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull (1st winter), 1 Kittiwake [Bob Young]
72 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 3 Little Gull (Distant adults), 1 Yellow-legged Gull (1w on the Boom. Thanks Steve…..again!), 2 Kittiwake, 1 Song Thrush [Marc Outten]
1 Great White Egret, 4 Spoonbill, 3 Marsh Harrier, 3 Kestrel, 1 Merlin, 2 Greenshank, 1 Barn Owl, 2 Stonechat [John Wright]
2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Skylark (singing over airport) [Neil Chambers]
1 Scaup (1'w on lake), 1 Kestrel, 2 Stonechat (pair in reserve), 3 Cetti's Warbler (singing), 1 Firecrest (south side of concrete pad) [Neil Chambers]
1 Red Kite (Very low above Cherry Lane nursery, Lower Road) [Paul Baker]
30 Great Crested Grebe (+, Well scattered), 4 Black-necked Grebe, 800 Knot (+, Flew over on rising tide), 1 Dunlin (In with Turnstone roost), 250 Turnstone (+, On roost till flushed twice by low flying drone!! ), 20 Mediterranean Gull (19 adults 1 2w.), 2 Little Gull (Adults, feeding along current lines), 8 Kittiwake (7 adults and 1st W following local fishing boat), 1 Common Seal, 2 Harbour Porpoise [Jeff Delve]
1 Red Kite (still) [Paul Baker]
1 Red Kite [Paul Baker]
5 Red-throated Diver (Flying east on rising tide !), 3 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Scaup (Sill on lake), 1 Mediterranean Gull (Adult), 2 Green Woodpecker (Pair), 2 Stonechat (Pair), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Dartford Warbler (Very brief views at the west end of the reserve in gorse), 2 Firecrest (By the concrete pad) [Steve Arlow]
10 Little Grebe, 1 Scaup (lake ), 2 Stonechat (pair,SSSI reserve ), 1 Song Thrush, 2 Cetti's Warbler (h), 1 Firecrest, 2 Greenfinch [Jeff Kinnerman]
1 Scaup (1st W still on lake), 2 Stonechat (Pair on reserve), 2 Song Thrush (Singing), 3 Cetti's Warbler (Singing), 1 Dartford Warbler (Brief but good scope views in gorse within reserve from NW fence), 6 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Greenfinch, 6 Linnet [Jeff Delve]
2 Great White Egret, 4 Spoonbill, 30 Pintail (+), 3 Marsh Harrier, 2 Kestrel, 2 Stonechat (Pair), 1 Stoat (All white individual ) [Lee Ebbs]
Saturday 07 February 2026
1 Caspian Gull (1w on the Boom. Thanks Steve!) [Marc Outten]
1 Caspian Gull (1st winter on boom, cheers Steve) [Lee Ebbs]
1 Caspian Gull (1st winter on the boom on failing light) [Steve Arlow]
1 Marsh Harrier (female on BHF), 1 Sparrowhawk (over North Fambridge ), 1 Barn Owl (hunting deer farm field on north side), 1 Reed Bunting [Paul Baker]
1 Pink-footed Goose, 43 White-fronted Goose (+, Distant and on uneven ground, at least 43 present), 1 Sparrowhawk [Tim Bourne]
5 Red-throated Diver, 4 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Scaup (Still on the lake), 1 Marsh Harrier (Female type south across river), 4 Little Gull (All adults ), 8 Kittiwake, 1 Guillemot (Distantly east) [Steve Arlow]
5 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Scaup, 1 Marsh Harrier, 4 Little Gull (Adults), 2 Kittiwake [Lee Ebbs, Marc Outten]
1500 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 1 Marsh Harrier (Male), 1 Hen Harrier (Male), 2 Buzzard, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Stonechat [Matt Bruty]
8 Redpoll (feeding on Silver Birch catkins) [John Wright]
Friday 06 February 2026
15 Smooth Newt, 8 Common Frog (including a pair in amplexus) [John Wright]
1 Mediterranean Gull, 3 Little Gull (adults dip-feeding offshore) [Max Hellicar]
1 Little Egret (attempting to fish in my flooded lawn), 2 Marsh Harrier (Females hunting line astern on BHF), 1 Sparrowhawk (same bird as a few days ago), 1 Buzzard [Paul Baker]
2 Great White Egret, 3 Spoonbill, 2 Kestrel, 4 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Kingfisher, 5 Field Vole [John Wright]
17 White-fronted Goose, 5 Barnacle Goose, 20 Pintail (Pantiles ), 1 Buzzard, 1 Knot (From 2nd hide), 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Stonechat, 50 Fieldfare (plus) [Graham Oakes]
1 Peregrine Falcon (On pylon), 1 Woodcock, 3 Fieldfare, 25 Redwing (+), 2 Raven (Flew across from Vange Wick) [Tim Bourne]
Thursday 05 February 2026
550 Jackdaw [Max Hellicar]
1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Caspian Gull (first-winter in the pre-roost gathering offshore, viewed distantly) [Max Hellicar]
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Chinese Muntjac (doe), 3 Grey Squirrel [John Wright]
1 Little Gull (First-winter dip-feeding in the Crouch and showing a little better than earlier, making it's way downstream. Presumably same bird as earlier.) [Paul Baker]
1 Little Gull (first-winter heading downstream in the murk and gloom) [Paul Baker]
Wednesday 04 February 2026
1 Short-eared Owl (seen roosting in rough grass) [Paul Baker]
1 Short-eared Owl (hunting favoured area of seawall) [Paul Baker]
1 Red-throated Diver (Flew out east), 40 Great Crested Grebe (C. Several groups offshore), 1 Black-necked Grebe (Drifting east on falling tide - 10 reported earlier), 1 Scaup (Still on lake), 3 Knot (With Turnstones roosting on Gog’s Berth), 1 Mediterranean Gull (Summer plumaged adult N over reserve), 3 Little Gull (Adults moving east with large group of Bh Gulls), 3 Kittiwake (Adult roosting on Gogs Berth, 2 other adults moving east with other gulls), 1 Kingfisher (At S end of main ditch ), 2 Song Thrush (Singing), 3 Cetti's Warbler (Singing birds ), 1 Dartford Warbler (Popped up briefly amidst gorse NW of reserve. Too quick for camera and not seen again) [Jeff Delve]
1 Sparrowhawk (female), 2 Yellowhammer (a pair at bottom of garden before being spooked by a hunting Sparrowhawk) [Paul Baker]
1 Buzzard, 1 Woodcock, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Greenfinch [Bob Young]
1 Firecrest [Max Hellicar]
1 Goldcrest [John Wright]
1 Red-crested Pochard, 3 Stock Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker [Max Hellicar]
1 Kingfisher, 1 Cetti's Warbler [Max Hellicar]
1 Great White Egret, 3 Spoonbill, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 700 Golden Plover (+), 1 Stonechat, 2 Corn Bunting [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
1 Red Kite (flew low south over Rawreth Lane near playing fields) [Neil Chambers]
13 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 3 Spoonbill (Darwin’s Lagoon), 3 Marsh Harrier, 1 Hen Harrier (m,Grass Farm Lagoon ), 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 750 Golden Plover (c ), 8 Grey Plover, 500 Lapwing (c ), 475 Black-tailed Godwit (c), 20 Bar-tailed Godwit (c), 2 Curlew, 1 Greenshank, 1 Barn Owl (Marsh Flats), 16 Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit (+), 3 Stonechat (m+pair), 1 Fieldfare, 3 Corn Bunting, 1 Peacock Butterfly [Jeff Kinnerman]
Monday 02 February 2026
1 Black-necked Grebe (At least one distantly off coastguards), 1 Scaup (Ist W still on lake), 1 Kingfisher (Fishing S end of main ditch ), 2 Stonechat (Pair nr NW corner of reserve) [Jeff Delve]
1 Marsh Harrier (female, actually through my garden), 1 Short-eared Owl (still present), 1 Green Woodpecker [Paul Baker]
1 Great Crested Grebe, 8 White-fronted Goose (+, At least 8 distantly with feral geese), 1 Red-crested Pochard (Drake resting on bank with Pochard) [Jeff Delve]
1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Red-crested Pochard (drake.) [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
15 Goldfinch, 7 Linnet, 8 Redpoll (From Bee trail) [Jeff Delve]
1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Woodcock, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Redpoll [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
Sunday 01 February 2026
1 Tawny Owl (male hooting) [Neil Chambers]
2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Scaup, 1 Song Thrush, 4 Greenfinch [Matt Bruty]
150 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Black-necked Grebe (2 groups of 3), 1 Scaup (1'w on lake), 1 Stonechat (fem in reserve), 1 Cetti's Warbler (singing) [Neil Chambers]
1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Sparrowhawk,
31 Woodcock (!, across site, around woodland edges and known haunts), 5 Fieldfare (Few winter thrushes ), 2 Redwing, 1 Blackcap (male, singing briefly(!) at western end), 23 Linnet (Flocks of 15 and 8),
5 Redpoll (+, at least 5 Mealy Redpoll on east side of track south from crossroads, just before bridge), 2 Redpoll (Lesser Redpoll, along western-most N-S track towards sea wall) [Tim Bourne]
3 Whooper Swan (Two adults and juvenile flew from lagoon towards Bowers before heading back high over A13), 1 Red Kite, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Stonechat [Lee Ebbs]
1 Marsh Harrier (male), 1 Kestrel (Foulness), 200 Curlew (+) [Matt Bruty]
1 Short-eared Owl (+ still around), 1 Blue Tit (rescued from inside my woodburner after falling down the chimney) [Paul Baker]
1 Blackcap (Male in garden) [Mike Clarke]
1 Marsh Harrier (female on BHF), 1 Short-eared Owl (possibly two birds present on and off throughout) [Paul Baker]
1 Great White Egret, 3 Whooper Swan (initially on main lagoon then flew west towards Vange Marsh.), 100 Barnacle Goose (+), 1 Marsh Harrier (female.), 5 Dunlin, 2 Ruff, 1 Spotted Redshank (on Saline.) [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
3 Whooper Swan (the Bowers birds), 1 Pintail, 1 Water Rail (heard), 1 Green Sandpiper, 7 Meadow Pipit, 1 Stonechat, 35 Fieldfare, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Redwing [Matt Bruty]
10 Black-necked Grebe (feeding offshore from HQFB over high tide: a group of 7 not far offshore and a group of 3 further out), 1 Scaup (female still on lake), 1 Kestrel, 3 Meadow Pipit, 1 Stonechat (female), 11 Fieldfare, 3 Redwing, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Dartford Warbler (elusive in NW part of SSSI; presumably the bird seen here in early Dec but not since), 3 Firecrest (2 of these had been ringed on site on 13th Dec), 2 Jackdaw [Max Hellicar]
Saturday 31 January 2026
1 Marsh Harrier (female on BHF), 1 Short-eared Owl (hunting seawall at bottom of garden), 1 Greenfinch (singing), 40 Linnet, 15 Corn Bunting [Paul Baker]
1 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Whooper Swan (2 ad + imm), 95 Barnacle Goose, 50 Pochard, 3 Dunlin, 4 Snipe, 1 Water Pipit, 2 Stonechat, 5 Redwing, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Goldcrest, 4 Bearded Tit, 6 Reed Bunting [Neil Chambers]
3 Whooper Swan (On Bowers Lagoon viewed from back of cemetry) [Jeff Delve]
3 Buzzard (to the north), 1 Short-eared Owl (hunting north seawall of Crouch on BHF, then crossed the river heading SE) [Paul Baker]
8 Ring-necked Parakeet (over,flew towards Priory Park ) [Jeff Kinnerman]
3 Whooper Swan, 50 Barnacle Goose (+), 1 Marsh Harrier, 30 Fieldfare (+), 4 Redwing [Bob Young]
1 Red-throated Diver, 2 Marsh Harrier (Males), 100 Knot (+), 70 Curlew, 1 Short-eared Owl (Hunting along sea wall on Foulness), 3 Rock Pipit [Lee Ebbs]
2 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Whooper Swan, 60 Barnacle Goose (plus), 1 Marsh Harrier, 4 Ringed Plover, 1 Grey Plover, 10 Knot, 20 Dunlin (plus), 1 Ruff [Graham Oakes, Graham Ryland]
3 Whooper Swan (2 ads & imm on the lagoon), 70 Barnacle Goose (c70), 1 Marsh Harrier (female), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Water Rail, 2 Ruff, 3 Green Sandpiper (stinky pool), 50 Fieldfare, 2 Cetti's Warbler (singing) [John Wright]
1 Great White Egret, 3 Spoonbill, 1 Red-breasted Merganser (Redhead off rhs of hide), 4 Marsh Harrier, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 2 Greenshank, 1 Short-eared Owl, 2 Corn Bunting [Mike Clarke]
Friday 30 January 2026
1 Woodcock (just flew through) [Paul Baker]
1 Marsh Harrier (the smart adult male on BHF), 1 Barn Owl (bottom of garden and seawall), 2 Yellowhammer (males flew in together at 4:30, presumably to roost in scrub), 5 Reed Bunting, 5 Corn Bunting [Paul Baker]
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Grey Wagtail (by the pond), 2 Nuthatch (pair) [Graham Oakes]
1 Buzzard, 1 Firecrest (male), 1 Grey Squirrel [John Wright]
1 Blackcap (female in garden again) [Steve Arlow]
Thursday 29 January 2026
1 Marsh Harrier (Female on BHF), 50 Fieldfare (along southern end of Fambridge Rd) [Paul Baker]
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard [Paul Griggs]
2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Barn Owl, 4 Stonechat [John Wright]
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