Saturday 23 August 2025
2 Swift [Jeff Kinnerman]
2 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 2 Avocet, 3 Whimbrel, 5 Greenshank, 8 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear [Bob Young]
1 Spoonbill (flew west over Benfleet flood barrier) [John Wright]
1 Cattle Egret (on scrape from benches.), 3 Great White Egret, 12 Spoonbill, 2 Wigeon, 1 Red Kite, 1 Marsh Harrier (female.), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Dunlin, 5 Ruff, 1 Snipe, 150 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Curlew, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Whinchat (along tip fence line.), 1 Stonechat, 2 Bearded Tit, 1 Raven, 1 Weasel, 2 Small Copper [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
Friday 22 August 2025
54 Barnacle Goose (pure bred birds, unusually on the Crouch), 2 Marsh Harrier (immature female flew west through garden this morning & ad male on BHF this evening), 1 Green Woodpecker (Immature feeding on lawn), 1 Slow-worm, 1 Bank Vole (under timber pile), 1 Wall Brown [Paul Baker]
1 Whimbrel, 4 Greenshank, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher [Bob Young]
Thursday 21 August 2025
9 Cattle Egret (With cattle on Vange wick) [Bob Young]
12 Cattle Egret (2 on saltmarsh, 10 with cattle on Vange Wick), 3 Little Egret [John Wright]
1 Spoonbill, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Little Stint, 6 Ruff, 60 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Bearded Tit, 1 Butterflies and Moths (Jersey Tiger), 1 Clouded Yellow [John Wright, Bob Young]
Wednesday 20 August 2025
1 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 2 Spoonbill, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Little Stint, 4 Ruff, 100 Black-tailed Godwit (c.), 6 Spotted Redshank, 1 Greenshank (h), 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Sand Martin, 2 Bearded Tit (h) [Paul Griggs, Mike Clarke]
1 Oystercatcher (flying over calling) [John Wright]
1 Whimbrel, 1 Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 8 Common Sandpiper (All in one group on first bend by sewage works), 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Inc colour ringed bird black characters J3CT on Yellow ring left leg), 1 Yellow-legged Gull (Adult on river just upstream of Hayes caravan park) [Jeff Delve]
2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Little Stint (juv with LRP), 4 Ruff, 125 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Spotted Redshank, 4 Greenshank, 10 Swallow (+), 2 House Martin, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Bearded Tit (+, calling noisily in reeds in front of viewpoint) [Jeff Delve]
1 Great White Egret, 14 Spoonbill, 1 Marsh Harrier (female.), 1 Sparrowhawk (male.), 2 Kestrel, 1 Water Rail (heard.), 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Grey Plover, 4 Swift, 3 Sand Martin, 100 Swallow (+), 2 House Martin, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear, 2 Raven [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
1 Guillemot (heading out, thx JS) [Jeff Delve]
3 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Little Stint, 5 Ruff, 4 Whimbrel, 1 Greenshank [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
1 Common Scoter (flew east), 1 Whimbrel, 1 Greenshank, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 20 Sandwich Tern, 60 Common Tern [Neil Chambers]
Tuesday 19 August 2025
2 Tawny Owl (vocal pair on and off) [Neil Chambers]
4 Cattle Egret (BHF), 3 Corn Bunting (at bottom of the garden) [Paul Baker]
1 Spoonbill, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Little Stint, 1 Ruff, 130 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper [Vince Kinsler]
1 Whimbrel (flew over garden, calling), 1 Greenshank (flew over garden, calling) [Paul Baker]
2 Little Ringed Plover (juvs), 1 Little Stint (juv), 1 Ruff (juv), 280 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Bearded Tit, 2 Migrant Hawker [Neil Chambers]
12 Spoonbill (Darwin, later feeding on Fitz), 85 Ringed Plover (+), 30 Dunlin (+), 3 Ruff, 20 Black-tailed Godwit (+, flew over towards Pool), 2 Greenshank [Jeff Delve]
6 Little Egret (on roost), 1 Hobby, 2 Clouded Yellow [Paul Griggs]
7 Gannet, 9 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 1 Common Scoter, 20 Common Tern, 1 Kingfisher [Bob Young]
2 Little Egret, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Little Stint, 1 Ruff, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Bearded Tit [Marc Outten]
Monday 18 August 2025
1 Moorhen, 1 Whimbrel (several calls heard over the course of 30-40 secs), 3 Red Fox, 1 Badger [Neil Chambers]
1 Swift (E) [Jeff Kinnerman]
20 Grey Plover, 2 Mediterranean Gull (ad + juv), 10 Sandwich Tern, 120 Common Tern, 3 Arctic Tern (2 ads + juv) [Neil Chambers]
12 Spoonbill, 4 Wigeon, 30 Teal (+), 12 Shoveler, 135 Ringed Plover (most distantly on Fitz. One close bird colour ringed red on left yellow flag on right), 50 Golden Plover (+, South Darwin), 60 Grey Plover (+, Large flock dropped in to south Fitz - most in summer plumage), 36 Dunlin, 1 Spotted Redshank, 10 Redshank (+), 3 Greenshank, 50 Common Tern (+, Noisy flock S Darwin inc many juvs), 20 Swallow (+), 10 Yellow Wagtail (+), 20 Linnet [Jeff Delve]
1 Hummingbird Hawkmoth (New Road) [John Wright]
1 Gannet, 6 Common Scoter, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Whimbrel, 2 Arctic Skua, 20 Sandwich Tern (c20), 60 Common Tern (c60), 2 Black Tern, 1 Grey Seal [John Wright]
Sunday 17 August 2025
100 Grey Plover (+, Most in sum plum), 1 Knot (Juv), 20 Dunlin (+), 8 Bar-tailed Godwit (All full summer), 4 Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, 40 Turnstone (+) [Jeff Delve]
60 Ringed Plover (+), 160 Sanderling (+), 20 Turnstone, 8 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Sandwich Tern [Jeff Delve]
4 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 10 Ringed Plover, 200 Grey Plover, 10 Knot, 5 Sanderling, 25 Dunlin, 60 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Whimbrel, 2 Turnstone, 3 Sandwich Tern, 1 Common Tern, 1 Chiffchaff [Neil Chambers]
3 Chiffchaff (+), 1 Pied Flycatcher (Thanks Neil ) [Jeff Delve]
1 Cetti's Warbler (singing), 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Pied Flycatcher (Bunker Wood - very elusive), 2 Migrant Hawker, 1 Small Copper, 2 Common Blue, 1 Holly Blue, 3 Red Admiral, 2 Speckled Wood, 1 Hummingbird Hawkmoth [Neil Chambers]
3 Marsh Harrier, 1 Sparrowhawk (male), 3 Whimbrel, 2 Green Sandpiper, 10 Yellow Wagtail [Steve Arlow]
1 Pied Flycatcher (Bunker Wood) [John Wright]
1 Marsh Harrier, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 reptile sp. (Red-eared Terrapin sunbathing on fish pond bank) [John Wright]
1 Goldcrest, 1 Small White, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Hummingbird Hawkmoth [Neil Chambers]
1 Kingfisher, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Pied Flycatcher (elusive bird in Bunker Wood), 2 Hummingbird Hawkmoth [Steve Arlow]
1 Marsh Harrier, 5 Sand Martin, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Whinchat, 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Migrant Hawker, 2 Clouded Yellow [Lee Ebbs]
1 Swift (pos the same lingering individual ) [Jeff Kinnerman]
2 Great White Egret, 14 Spoonbill, 4 Egyptian Goose, 1 Wigeon, 1 Garganey (eclipse drake.), 1 Marsh Harrier, 4 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Water Rail, 2 Ruff, 300 Black-tailed Godwit (+), 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Whinchat, 7 Chiffchaff [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
3 Gannet, 2 Arctic Skua, 2 Sandwich Tern, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Pied Flycatcher (Both in secret garden ) [Lee Ebbs]
Saturday 16 August 2025
3 Common Pipistrelle [Jeff Kinnerman]
1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker [Paul Griggs]
1 Hobby (Adult flew N across Lower Road) [Jeff Delve]
3 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 1 Hobby (juvenile), 120 Ringed Plover, 15 Dunlin (at least), 1 Whimbrel, 2 Greenshank, 1 Swift, 50 Yellow Wagtail (at least showing very well around Caroline's Hide), 1 Wheatear (in front of hide briefly with Yellow Wagtails), 1 Blue-tailed Damselfly [Steve Arlow]
1 Sanderling (still largely summer plumage), 11 Whimbrel, 10 Arctic Skua (inc. a flock of 6), 1 Great Skua, 245 Common Tern (migrants passing by, inc. flocks of 50 and 60), 1 Little Tern, 26 Black Tern (mostly full plumage adults, inc. flocks of 10 and 8) [Jeff Saward]
4 Cattle Egret, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Kingfisher [Jeff Delve]
1 Great White Egret (Bowers main lagoon), 13 Spoonbill (On Bowers main lagoon), 1 Peregrine Falcon (Adult on pylon) [Jeff Delve]
1 Swift [Jeff Kinnerman]
30 Swallow (+), 2 House Martin, 1 Whinchat (Distantly in long grass field left of track to middle fleet hide) [Jeff Delve]
2 Common Sandpiper [John Wright]
2 Swallow, 1 Grey Wagtail [Paul Griggs]
2 Common Scoter, 2 Arctic Skua, 4 Mediterranean Gull, 5 Kittiwake, 10 Sandwich Tern (+), 60 Common Tern (+, Large feeding flock towards pier and multiple small groups passing through), 8 Black Tern [Jeff Delve]
2 Common Scoter (drakes), 5 Golden Plover, 3 Sanderling, 2 Arctic Skua, 5 Mediterranean Gull (3 ad + juv), 5 Kittiwake, 5 Sandwich Tern, 150 Common Tern (+), 8 Black Tern (1 + 3 + 4 flew east, presumably same 4 west later on), 2 Swallow [Neil Chambers]
Friday 15 August 2025
1 Western Hedgehog (rummaging around the garden, by the patio) [Paul Baker]
2 Common Pipistrelle [Jeff Kinnerman]
1 Willow Emerald Damselfly (Desperately trying to get back into the house, or could be a 2nd individual) [Paul Baker]
1 Marsh Harrier (Adult male east over garden ) [Steve Arlow]
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Hobby [Paul Griggs]
1 Great White Egret, 15 Spoonbill, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 1 Cuckoo (Juvenile on the Eastern Grazing Marsh) [Marc Outten]
1 Pintail (Drake on Darwin), 78 Ringed Plover (On Fitz from hide on high tide), 60 Grey Plover (+, Large flock came into S Fitz over high tide, many in summer plumage), 16 Dunlin (On Fitz from hide on high tide), 8 Ruff (5 on Darwin plus 3 on Stokes later showing well nr hide), 200 Black-tailed Godwit (+, S Darwin over high tide), 7 Greenshank (3 from hide, 4 on Pool Marsh), 1 Turnstone (with RP), 50 Common Tern (+, Inc 19 mostly fledged juvs), 20 Yellow Wagtail (+, Well scattered in small groups), 1 Wheatear (Around digger on concrete path N of hide) [Jeff Delve]
1 Willow Emerald Damselfly (in my kitchen, duly released) [Paul Baker]
63 Cattle Egret (+ (a further 14 were on Vange Wick at the same time as counting the scrape) so in total over 80 CE in the area. ), 4 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Common Tern [Marc Outten]
10 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe (1 juvenile ), 3 Cattle Egret, 9 Little Egret, 4 Great White Egret, 20 Grey Heron (Plus ), 12 Spoonbill, 4 Egyptian Goose, 1 Wigeon, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Ruff, 200 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper [Graham Oakes]
1 Swift [Jeff Kinnerman]
Thursday 14 August 2025
1 Common Pipistrelle [Jeff Kinnerman]
2 Swift [Jeff Kinnerman]
4 Great Crested Grebe (offshore), 6 Teal (flew SW), 1 Swift, 1 Kingfisher (commuting between favoured ditch and barge pier), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10 Sand Martin (+), 60 House Martin, 25 Yellow Wagtail (+, flew SW in small groups), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler [Neil Chambers]
Wednesday 13 August 2025
1 Badger [Neil Chambers]
1 Common Pipistrelle (Erratic circuits around the garden ) [Jeff Kinnerman]
34 Little Egret (from hide), 1 Great White Egret (Fitz), 1 Spoonbill (Darwin/Stokes bund), 40 Avocet (+, Pool Marsh), 35 Ringed Plover (Fitz from hide), 37 Golden Plover (Fitz from hide), 1 Knot (with Dunlin), 19 Dunlin (Fitz from hide), 2 Greenshank [Jeff Delve]
4 Great Crested Grebe (1 juvenile ), 6 Little Egret, 3 Great White Egret, 15 Grey Heron (plus), 14 Spoonbill, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Ruff, 120 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Bearded Tit [Graham Oakes]
1 Kestrel, 3 Swift, 1 Yellow Wagtail (calling,S) [Jeff Kinnerman]
Tuesday 12 August 2025
16 House Martin (flock lingering before flying high south) [Neil Chambers]
1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Woodpecker (juvs), 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Painted Lady [Paul Baker]
2 Swift [Jeff Kinnerman]
1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Willow Emerald Damselfly, 1 Southern Hawker, 1 Emperor Dragonfly [Bob Young]
Monday 11 August 2025
1 Western Hedgehog (Had somehow managed to get inside a bag of compost!
Thankfully my son heard the rustling and so we were able to releas the hedgehog in the garden.) [Paul Baker]
3 Great Crested Grebe (ad + 2 well grown young), 1 Kingfisher, 2 Willow Emerald Damselfly, 2 Brown Hawker, 2 Common Darter, 4 Ruddy Darter [Neil Chambers]
1 Green Woodpecker (Juv around the garden), 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Common Blue, 1 Painted Lady (on buddleia throughout the day) [Paul Baker]
7 Black Tern (a small flock, briefly joined the tern feeding flock out from the Point before heading off east) [Jeff Saward]
1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Willow Warbler, 2 Migrant Hawker, 1 Southern Hawker, 1 Emperor Dragonfly [Neil Chambers]
6 Swift [Jeff Kinnerman]
Sunday 10 August 2025
2 Tawny Owl (pair making a racket) [Neil Chambers]
1 Hummingbird Hawkmoth (in garden again) [Steve Arlow]
1 Buzzard, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Common Lizard, 2 Common Blue, 1 Painted Lady (on buddleia), 1 Wall Brown [Paul Baker]
7 Little Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 20 Yellow Wagtail (+), 1 Whinchat (east side of Red Hill), 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 4 Willow Warbler [Neil Chambers]
1 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 60 Black-tailed Godwit (at least), 1 Greenshank, 3 Green Sandpiper (on pool south of farm), 2 Common Sandpiper (in borrowdyke), 2 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Little Owl (usual spot at the barn), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Willow Warbler, 20 Common Blue Damselfly, 1 Emperor Dragonfly (male) [Steve Arlow]
8 Swift (single group ) [Jeff Kinnerman]
1 Great White Egret, 11 Spoonbill, 2 Wigeon, 1 Marsh Harrier (female.), 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 32 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Willow Warbler, 4 Bearded Tit, 1 Raven [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
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