Tuesday 03 November 2026
1 Buzzard, 16 Lapwing, 3 Fieldfare [Paul Griggs]
6 Red-throated Diver (Inc close Juv on water), 1 Anser sp. (Single bird (probably WfG) flying very erratically, vertically and horizontally, attracted attention of a skua at one point then just plummeted into the sea!
), 1 Pintail (Duck close in), 4 Eider (Pair flew east 7:27 then 2 drakes drifted upstream 16:10), 600 Common Scoter (+, Multiple large flocks throughout but 400+ and 150+ flew back upriver on rising tide with others on the water), 1 Velvet Scoter (Drake flew west 9:05, then close back towards pier base 9:40 not associated with other scoter), 1 Sparrowhawk (North across river), 40 Dunlin (+), 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Arctic Skua (Inc one cracking pale phase adult), 1 Mediterranean Gull (Adult), 2 Little Gull (Adults flying slowly east 13:00), 1 Sabine's Gull (Adult upriver 08:45), 100 Kittiwake (+, Multiple flocks up and down river, mix of ad and 1st w), 3 Guillemot, 2 Puffin (Both juvs west mid river 08:30 ), 2 Rock Pipit [Jeff Delve]
Sunday 01 November 2026
2 Red-throated Diver, 4 Great Crested Grebe [Neil Chambers]
3 Cattle Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (ad male), 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 4 Stonechat, 3 Song Thrush, 5 Linnet [Neil Chambers]
2 Cattle Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 3 Stonechat, 1 Corn Bunting [Bob Young]
140 Fieldfare (+, Flock of 40 early heading S, then 100+ heading NW late on) [Jeff Delve]
2 Buzzard, 4 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Fieldfare, 5 Redwing, 2 Cetti's Warbler (singing), 1 Dartford Warbler (same place as yesterday, but typically elusive), 1 Chinese Muntjac [Neil Chambers]
2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker [Neil Chambers]
Saturday 31 October 2026
170 Little Egret (+, coming into roost in copse to east of Oxenham Farm), 2 Buzzard, 1 Barn Owl, 2 Stonechat, 3 Cetti's Warbler (singing) [Neil Chambers]
3 Cattle Egret, 3 Skylark, 1 Rock Pipit, 25 Pied Wagtail (+), 0 Lapland Bunting (Sadly no sign where Steve saw it drop in) [Jeff Delve]
2000 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (+, Flock stretching away to the stairs), 12 Ringed Plover, 400 Sanderling (+), 16 Dunlin, 120 Redshank (+, Most along boom), 60 Turnstone (+) [Jeff Delve]
3 Cattle Egret (With cattle north of barns), 2 Great White Egret (Flew north ), 3 Marsh Harrier (On Potton), 2 Buzzard, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Stonechat (Pair - the male has a prominent unstreaked pale rump and large pale collar but otherwise seems like a normal Stonechat ), 1 Lapland Bunting (Showed well for a short time feeding along the edge of the Avocet pool before being flushed. Seen again very briefly in weedy area by the main fleet) [Steve Arlow]
5000 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Circa), 2000 Wigeon (Circa), 30 Grey Plover (+), 50 Sanderling, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Bar-tailed Godwit (+), 50 Curlew (+, Haven Point roost), 1 Stonechat, 1 Dartford Warbler (Female type - showed well N of Ben’s Way, thx Steve) [Jeff Delve]
1 Buzzard, 1 Dartford Warbler (Showing well in bushes along main road) [Lee Ebbs]
2 Egyptian Goose (pair), 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Skylark (flew SW), 2 Meadow Pipit (flew SW), 10 Redwing, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Common Darter [Neil Chambers]
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Dartford Warbler (thanks Steve and Griggsy) [Bob Young]
1 Sparrowhawk (Imm male in garden throughout), 3 Chaffinch, 8 Greenfinch, 5 Goldfinch [Jeff Delve]
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Green Sandpiper (Griggsy only), 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Stonechat, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Redwing, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Dartford Warbler (In bushes along road prior to reaching Ben’s Road), 1 Chinese Muntjac, 1 Clouded Yellow [Steve Arlow, Paul Griggs]
Friday 30 October 2026
1 Hummingbird Hawkmoth (in garden) [Steve Arlow]
Thursday 29 October 2026
2 Mistle Thrush (presumable a pair along Doggetts Chase just north of the pits) [Steve Arlow]
Wednesday 28 October 2026
1 Woodcock [Marc Outten]
1 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Grey Wagtail [Paul Griggs]
4 Song Thrush, 3 Redpoll [Marc Outten]
Tuesday 27 October 2026
1 Jack Snipe, 1 Tawny Owl (Calling towards Rookery Farm), 25 Skylark (c.), 1 Ring Ouzel (Same place, alarm calling.), 4 Reed Bunting, 1 Corn Bunting [Marc Outten]
1 Kestrel, 1 Jack Snipe, 2 Barn Owl (one hunting along north side of old tip, the other by the car park), 1 Tawny Owl (calling from near Rookery Farm), 25 Skylark, 1 Ring Ouzel (very elusive, but became quite vocal at dusk), 2 Cetti's Warbler (singing), 4 Reed Bunting, 1 Corn Bunting [Neil Chambers]
1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 Water Pipit (on the scrape from the hide), 1 Stonechat, 1 Cetti's Warbler (h) [Paul Griggs, Bob Young]
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler (h) [Paul Griggs, Bob Young]
Monday 26 October 2026
1 Woodlark (With Skylarks, calling ), 8 Skylark (Flushed from Pylon Field from excavation area), 15 Meadow Pipit (+), 1 Ring Ouzel (Female at ///drama.guilty.rats), 2 Song Thrush, 35 Corn Bunting [Marc Outten]
Sunday 25 October 2026
350 Shoveler (estimated count - very large number present), 5 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Little Gull (very showy 1st-winter close in to the eastern embankment; often just a few feet away dancing on the water) [Steve Arlow]
1 Brambling (female with Chaffinch in conifers past the past cottage), 5 Common Darter (still on the wing) [Steve Arlow]
1 Chiffchaff, 4 Goldcrest, 1 Firecrest (Bunker Wood) [Lee Ebbs]
Thursday 22 October 2026
1 Merlin (flew low from the downs over sea wall and across creek to Canvey marshes.) [Simon Watson]
4 Little Egret, 125 Pochard (c,PL), 3 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 19 Avocet, 15 Ringed Plover, 50 Golden Plover (c), 2 Grey Plover, 65 Lapwing (c ), 15 Black-tailed Godwit, 30 Curlew (c), 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Kingfisher (PL), 8 Skylark, 5 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 2 Stonechat (pair,PL), 3 Cetti's Warbler (h), 300 Starling (+), 2 Red Admiral [Jeff Kinnerman]
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