Friday 12 September 2025
1 Glossy Ibis (Fitzroy Lagoon), 1 Osprey (over Jubilee), 1 Chinese Water Deer (buck near Pool Marsh) [Steve Arlow]
2 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Ruff [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
1 Great White Egret, 17 Spoonbill, 2 Pintail, 5 Ruff, 1 White Wagtail [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
42 Lapwing, 6 Curlew Sandpiper, 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Chiffchaff [Marc Outten]
Thursday 11 September 2025
1 Barn Owl (Flew from Bunker Wood towards the main lake), 2 Chiffchaff [Lee Ebbs]
3 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 90 Common Tern (+), 3 Black Tern (2 + 1 upriver with Common Terns) [Neil Chambers]
Wednesday 10 September 2025
1 Great White Egret (South Stokes), 1 Glossy Ibis (Seen several times along west side of Pool Marsh), 100 Wigeon (+, First decent sized flock of the autumn), 1 Pintail (Darwin), 1 Osprey (Hunting over Jubilee), 1 Little Stint (Darwin from hide ), 2 Greenshank, 10 Yellow Wagtail (+), 6 Common Blue, 1 Peacock Butterfly, 4 Wall Brown, 8 Small Heath [Jeff Delve]
1 Glossy Ibis (pool marsh), 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Osprey (over jubilee marsh), 3 Kestrel, 6 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Stonechat [Bob Young]
Tuesday 09 September 2025
1 Chinese Muntjac (along the Fambridge Rd) [Paul Baker]
1 Avocet, 5 Little Ringed Plover (juvs), 1 Curlew Sandpiper (juv), 1 Ruff, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 2 White Wagtail, 60 Pied Wagtail (+), 2 Cetti's Warbler (singing), 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Bearded Tit [Neil Chambers]
1 Cattle Egret (Juvenile flew west over Pool Marsh and compound), 1 Glossy Ibis (Pool Marsh), 1 Osprey (Again over Pool Marsh), 1 Peregrine Falcon, 3 Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper [Steve Arlow, Paul Griggs]
1 Cattle Egret (Juv high over - good shout Steve! ), 55 Little Egret (Scattered across Jubilee and the lagoons ), 1 Glossy Ibis (Moving around Pool Marsh, reported from south end then seen in flight (flushed by Osprey) before settling on northernmost island.), 40 Shoveler (+, Darwin), 3 Marsh Harrier (Ad and 2cy male and juv), 1 Osprey (Again hunting Jubilee over high tide), 17 Golden Plover (Jubilee roost), 2 Curlew Sandpiper (Juvs from Caroline’s Hide), 1 Ruff, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Kingfisher (One along feeder ditch to Pool Marsh, another in stilling basin.), 20 Yellow Wagtail (+), 8 Whinchat (On burnt section of sea wall just west of car park), 1 Stonechat (From entry road ), 1 Wheatear (With Whinchats), 2 Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Stoat (One with odd face pattern by car park gate ), 2 Clouded Yellow, 4 Wall Brown [Jeff Delve]
Monday 08 September 2025
1 Marsh Harrier (immature female), 1 Buzzard, 1 Whinchat (at bottom of garden, which was nice!), 1 Whitethroat (shadowing the Winchat) [Paul Baker]
1 Osprey (Juvenile over Pool Marsh), 1 Wryneck (Elusive bird just east of the old conveyer pools (excellent find Jeff)) [Steve Arlow]
0 Glossy Ibis (No sign of one seen 14:10 east side of Pool Marsh), 1 Osprey (Juv Initially over Pool Marsh and then south over hide 2:30 then later again over Pool 4:30), 1 Little Stint (Grass Farm with small Ringed Plover flock, far fewer birds than yesterday ), 4 Curlew Sandpiper (2 on Grass Farm, 1 by hide, another flew over calling), 1 Kingfisher (Along ditch from Pool to Jubilee), 1 Wryneck (Flushed from track east of compound c. 4pm stayed in area of small tree but very elusive. ), 20 Yellow Wagtail (+), 4 Whinchat (Just west of car park along burnt sea wall), 2 Clouded Yellow, 1 Painted Lady, 4 Wall Brown [Jeff Delve]
1 Kingfisher [Steve Arlow]
1 Willow Emerald Damselfly (at the front of the house, outside!) [Paul Baker]
1 Raven [Graham Mee]
1 Blackcap (male in garden) [Steve Arlow]
1 Buzzard [Paul Griggs]
1 Raven (flew high SE calling), 1 Wall Brown [Paul Baker]
1 Cattle Egret (flew over towards Wat Tyler.), 2 Great White Egret, 16 Spoonbill, 5 Egyptian Goose, 250 Wigeon, 2 Pintail, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Ruff, 1 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Bearded Tit, 1 Willow Emerald Damselfly, 1 Clouded Yellow [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
4 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (f), 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 60 Lapwing (c), 17 Black-tailed Godwit, 90 Curlew, 6 Green Sandpiper (lake NW of BC ), 8 Common Sandpiper (6,2), 2 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Kingfisher (BC), 2 Skylark, 12 Sand Martin (+), 125 Swallow (+), 2 House Martin, 1 Meadow Pipit (h), 5 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Wheatear (SW of BC), 1 Song Thrush (CF ), 1 Lesser Whitethroat (BC), 3 Chiffchaff, 30 House Sparrow (c,single group ML ), 1 Corn Bunting, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Wall Brown, 1 Small Heath [Jeff Kinnerman]
1 Snipe (in cleared ditch in SSS!), 4 Black-tailed Godwit (flew over), 2 Kingfisher (Together on barge pier), 2 Cetti's Warbler (heard), 2 Reed Warbler, 10 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler [Mike Clarke]
Sunday 07 September 2025
8 Spoonbill (+, feeding in Hole Haven Creek. These are the Bowers Marsh birds. Explains why they fly off from Bowers at dusk each day, and spend so little time feeding on Bowers Lagoon) [Tim Bourne]
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 House Martin (heading south), 6 Mistle Thrush (single flock), 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Northern Water Vole [Neil Chambers]
1 Willow Warbler, 1 Painted Lady (extremely worn individual on buddleia), 2 Wall Brown [Paul Baker]
50 Sterna sp. (steady passage in terrible light!), 10 Sandwich Tern, 1 Little Tern, 1 Sand Martin [Mike Clarke]
1 Great White Egret (Stokes Lagoon), 0 Glossy Ibis (No sign of the bird that had apparently been seen by a visitor earlier in the morning ), 4 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 1 Osprey (Juvenile with fish flew south over east end of reaerve), 1 Hobby (Over Marsh Flats), 5 Little Stint (On Grass Farm Lagoon; one presumably the same on Pool Marsh later), 4 Curlew Sandpiper (Juveniles on Grass Farm Lagoon), 1 Whimbrel, 1 Greenshank, 25 Yellow Wagtail (At least), 8 Whinchat (Along the seasonal Pool marsh path), 1 Painted Lady [Steve Arlow]
2 Spoonbill (imms on TTI lagoon before flying west along the creek), 600 Black-tailed Godwit (c600 most on Two Tree Island lagoon), 46 Greenshank [John Wright]
2 Gannet (flew SW), 30 Wigeon, 3 Teal, 1 Shoveler (on the sea), 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 2 Curlew Sandpiper (juvs at Haven Point with Ringed Plovers), 1 Sandwich Tern, 2 Common Tern (+), 6 Little Tern (+, feeding off south side of Havengore Island on flowing tide), 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Wall Brown [Neil Chambers, Lee Ebbs]
1 Hobby, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Whimbrel, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Wall Brown [Vince Kinsler]
1 Sparrowhawk, 57 Swallow, 3 Wall Brown [Paul Griggs]
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Swift, 1 Grey Wagtail (h), 1 Red Admiral, 1 Wall Brown [Jeff Kinnerman]
2 Little Grebe, 18 Little Egret, 12 Grey Heron, 6 Teal, 1 Buzzard, 5 Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull [Bob Young]
4 Gannet, 10 Glossy Ibis (one landed at the Point at 08.20, 9 flew up river towards Allhallows at 10.40 - 10.45), 1 Common Scoter, 8 Sandwich Tern, 570 Common Tern, 30 Arctic Tern (in one tight flock following 45 Commons), 5 Black Tern, 1 Guillemot [Jeff Saward]
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroat, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Wall Brown [Vince Kinsler]
Saturday 06 September 2025
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker (h), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Spotted Flycatcher (thanks, John) [Paul Griggs, Steve Arlow, Bob Young]
1 Swift, 2 Sand Martin, 22 Swallow, 2 House Martin [Jeff Kinnerman]
1 Kingfisher, 10 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Wheatear, 1 Common Blue (at Hullbridge) [Paul Baker]
1 Osprey (still on post in Havengore Creek) [John Wright]
1 Peregrine Falcon, 25 Arctic Skua (at least, a gradually increasing flock that lingered and eventually dispersed at high tide), 1 Long-tailed Skua (an adult at 1145, joined the Arctic flock before flying off west), 230 Common Tern (at least, all heading west) [Jeff Saward]
1 Osprey (heading low over my garden, heading SSE) [Jeff Saward]
2 Buzzard, 1 Curlew Sandpiper (Juvenile with Redshank flock), 3 Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper [Lee Ebbs]
2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 1 Kingfisher, 100 Swallow (100+ a steady stream heading west), 20 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Whitethroat, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Pied Flycatcher, 4 Greenfinch, 2 Wall Brown [John Wright]
3 Little Egret, 7 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 1 Marsh Harrier (+), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard,
1 Osprey (super close juv, on a stick!), 3 Kestrel, 1 Curlew Sandpiper (juv), 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Arctic Skua, 97 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Sandwich Tern, 12 Common Tern (c.), 34 Little Tern (SLA), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10 Sand Martin, 300 Swallow (++, groups regularly passing through all the time going south), 8 House Martin, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Whinchat, 50 Blackcap (c.), 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, 10 Chiffchaff (c.), 2 Willow Warbler, 12 Wall Brown [Paul Griggs, Steve Arlow, Bob Young]
3 Great White Egret, 17 Spoonbill, 220 Wigeon, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 2 Hobby, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 35 Avocet, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 30 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Whinchat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warbler, 7 Bearded Tit [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
1 Sparrowhawk [Paul Griggs]
Friday 05 September 2025
2 Tawny Owl (calling from trees at the end of my garden, one perched out in the open) [Jeff Saward]
1 Bittern (Located with thermal imager after dark), 2 Cattle Egret (Over west towards WTCP roost at dusk), 4 Great White Egret, 17 Spoonbill, 1 Hobby (Chasing swallows ), 1 Little Ringed Plover, 5 Green Sandpiper, 1 Barn Owl, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Whinchat, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Daubenton's Bat, 4 Northern Water Vole, 3 Harvest Mouse [Tim Bourne]
1 Cattle Egret (BHF), 1 Buzzard,
1 Green Woodpecker (juv), 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Painted Lady, 1 Wall Brown [Paul Baker]
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel (female), 1 Wall Brown [Paul Griggs]
1 Great White Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Little Stint, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 4 Sand Martin [Bob Young]
2 Buzzard, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Painted Lady [Jeff Saward]
2 Great White Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier (juv & imm male), 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Little Stint (on Stokes lagoon viewed from hide), 1 Curlew Sandpiper (Darwin lagoon viewed from hide), 6 Yellow Wagtail, 50 Corn Bunting, 1 Field Vole, 1 Small Copper, 2 Brown Argus, 8 Common Blue, 3 Wall Brown, 15 Small Heath [John Wright]
Thursday 04 September 2025
60 Canada Goose (+, flew NE) [Neil Chambers]
20 Barnacle Goose, 1 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 insects (WASP SPIDERS), 1 Common Blue, 2 Wall Brown [Paul Baker, Paul Griggs]
1 Swift (with swallows) [Paul Baker]
2 Raven (over fields north of hide) [John Wright]
6 Blackcap, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Chaffinch [Marc Outten]
Wednesday 03 September 2025
1 Red Fox, 2 Badger, 1 Wood Mouse [Neil Chambers]
1 Mediterranean Gull, 140 Common Tern (+, incl. 3 groups of c25 heading upriver), 1 Harbour Porpoise [Neil Chambers]
1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard [Paul Griggs]
Tuesday 02 September 2025
1 Avocet (Pool), 14 Ringed Plover, 4 Dunlin, 20 Black-tailed Godwit (+, S. Fitz and Pool), 1 Spotted Redshank (Flew in from Pool to Fitz), 40 Redshank (+), 6 Greenshank (5 together on Pool Marsh, 1 on Fitz from hide), 2 Yellow Wagtail (flew over calling) [Jeff Delve]
1 Coal Tit (calling in the trees at the end of my garden) [Jeff Saward]
3 Great White Egret, 18 Spoonbill, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Osprey (Caused mayhem on the scrape.
Headed south.), 3 Kestrel, 2 Water Rail, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Ruff, 60 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Whinchat (along the tip run off fence line.), 1 Wheatear, 6 Blackcap, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Bearded Tit [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
Monday 01 September 2025
1 Common Pipistrelle [Jeff Kinnerman]
2 Cattle Egret (on BHF), 1 Marsh Harrier (male on BHF), 1 Greenshank, 1 Wall Brown [Paul Baker]
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Wall Brown [Paul Griggs]
1 Wall Brown [Jeff Kinnerman]
1 Hummingbird Hawkmoth (to garden) [Steve Arlow]
3 Common Scoter (1 drake, 2 fem/juv), 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Cetti's Warbler (seen), 10 Blackcap, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff [Mike Clarke]
Sunday 31 August 2025
1 Badger [Neil Chambers]
2 Gannet, 1 Osprey, 3 Mediterranean Gull [Mike Clarke]
1 Spotted Flycatcher [Mike Clarke]
2 Gannet, 1 Osprey (cheers Neil), 3 Mediterranean Gull [Jeff Delve]
1 Osprey (Cheers Neil), 30 Sanderling, 1 Wheatear [Lee Ebbs]
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Wall Brown [Paul Griggs]
3 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Osprey (on post directly out from the end of the road), 2 Golden Plover, 100 Grey Plover, 50 Knot, 30 Sanderling, 2 Curlew Sandpiper (ad + juv with Ringed Plovers at Haven Point), 30 Dunlin, 10 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Turnstone, 1 Grass Snake [Neil Chambers]
1 Buzzard, 2 Dunlin, 220 Redshank, 9 Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Yellow Wagtail [Neil Chambers]
1 Swift, 40 Swallow (sudden southerly movement of hirundines), 20 House Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Spotted Flycatcher (still present: showing well at times) [Steve Arlow]
1 Swift, 30 Swallow, 2 Blackcap, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Spotted Flycatcher [Vince Kinsler]
2 Sand Martin, 6 Swallow (+), 3 Blackcap (in same tree as SF), 1 Whitethroat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher (Thx Lee) [Jeff Delve]
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Spotted Flycatcher (Showing well at times), 1 Small Copper, 2 Red Admiral [Lee Ebbs]
1 Common Lizard (very large one on my patio) [Paul Baker]
2 Little Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 2 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 60 Carrion Crow [Angela Baldock]
3 Great White Egret, 17 Spoonbill, 40 Wigeon (Numbers increasing.), 2 Kestrel, 1 Water Rail (heard.), 4 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Ruff, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Whinchat (in solar panel field.), 1 Stonechat (in solar panel field.), 1 Wheatear (in solar panel field.), 1 Raven [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
2 Kingfisher, 10 Swallow (+), 3 House Martin, 1 Grey Wagtail (flew over calling), 6 Blackcap (4 together in scrubby ditch), 1 Garden Warbler (with warbler flock along scrubby ditchline N of turning circle), 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler (inc brief subsong) [Jeff Delve]
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