Saturday 23 May 2026
1 Jay, 2 Slow-worm, 1 Wood Mouse, 1 Painted Lady [John Wright]
Friday 22 May 2026
1 Little Owl, 1 Western Hedgehog [John Wright]
75 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Nightingale, 20 Rabbit [John Wright]
6 Swift [Jeff Kinnerman]
2 Marsh Harrier (M&F), 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 5 Black-tailed Godwit,
5 Yellow Wagtail (including a variant. Maybe one of its grandparents was a Channel Wagtail.), 6 Corn Bunting, 2 Common Lizard, 19 Common Seal, 6 Brown Argus [John Wright]
1 Song Thrush, 1 Brown Argus [Matt Bruty]
3 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Spoonbill, 1 Pink-footed Goose, 1 Buzzard, 120 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Cuckoo, 1 Barn Owl, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 8 Bearded Tit, 1 Corn Bunting, 1 Hairy Dragonfly, 1 Green-veined White, 10 Small Heath [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
Thursday 21 May 2026
1 Red Fox, 3 Badger [Neil Chambers]
1 Daubenton's Bat, 8 Common Pipistrelle (8+), 15 Soprano Pipistrelle (15+), 2 Chinese Muntjac (buck & doe), 2 Wood Mouse [John Wright]
1 Red Kite (again over North Fambridge), 1 Marsh Harrier (male on BHF), 1 Cuckoo (male around the garden all day), 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Slow-worm [Paul Baker]
3 Swift [Matt Bruty]
1 Peregrine Falcon, 79 Black-tailed Godwit (on saline lagoon), 3 Cuckoo, 1 Corn Bunting, 1 Common Lizard, 2 Northern Water Vole [John Wright]
3 Pochard (BC ), 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel (f), 3 Grey Plover, 46 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Whimbrel (BC), 2 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Cuckoo (h,distant S of the river), 8 Skylark, 11 Swallow, 3 Yellow Wagtail (incl a pair), 1 Song Thrush (ML), 2 Mistle Thrush (Rankins C.C.), 1 Cetti's Warbler (h), 1 Sedge Warbler (h), 1 Reed Warbler (h), 2 Blackcap (h), 3 Lesser Whitethroat (h), 4 Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff (h), 1 Greenfinch (h), 1 Corn Bunting (BC), 1 Painted Lady, 6 Small Heath [Jeff Kinnerman]
Wednesday 20 May 2026
1 Red Kite (over North Fambridge ), 1 Buzzard, 1 Osprey (Flew in from the east along ridgeline to the north of BHF. Alighted briefly in tree on wooded slope and then on pylon before continuing WNW) [Paul Baker]
3 Slow-worm, 1 Wood Mouse [John Wright]
3 Wigeon, 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Water Rail (heard.), 2 Common Tern, 2 Cuckoo, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Bearded Tit, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Corn Bunting, 1 Northern Water Vole [Graham Ryland]
2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 18 Bar-tailed Godwit (flew from Grass farm lagoon and headed north) [John Wright]
2 Common Pipistrelle [John Wright]
Tuesday 19 May 2026
1 Marsh Harrier (male), 1 Hobby (finally, my first one of the year.), 1 Common Seal (thrashing around in the Crouch, almost breaching at times) [Paul Baker]
Monday 18 May 2026
1 Marsh Harrier (male again on BHF), 1 Cuckoo (male), 1 Yellow Wagtail (garden) [Paul Baker]
Sunday 17 May 2026
3 Oystercatcher, 3 Cuckoo, 4 Linnet [Graham Mee]
1 Marsh Harrier (Male on BHF. Been scarce of late), 1 Buzzard, 2 Cuckoo (males), 1 Cetti's Warbler [Paul Baker]
4 Tufted Duck, 1 Kestrel, 1 Avocet, 1 Cuckoo, 3 Corn Bunting, 22 Rabbit, 1 Painted Lady [John Wright]
1 Cattle Egret [Mike Clarke]
1 Kestrel, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Nightingale, 1 Common Lizard, 1 Green Hairstreak, 4 Common Blue [John Wright]
10 Cattle Egret, 2 Buzzard, 5 Common Tern, 3 Corn Bunting [Lee Ebbs]
Saturday 16 May 2026
1 White-fronted Goose, 1 Ruff, 1 Wood Sandpiper (Calling from west end of lagoon), 2 Cuckoo, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Nightingale, 1 Corn Bunting (Singing on landfill) [Tim Bourne]
10 House Martin [Mike Clarke]
100 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 1 Whimbrel, 2 Turtle Dove (Both seen, 1 purring near parking area, the other at the point the concrete path ends towards Haven point.), 2 Nightingale (Heard) [Mike Clarke]
5 Cattle Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 Cuckoo, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Common Lizard, 2 Slow-worm [John Wright]
6 Cattle Egret (+ mostly in pantile area),
1 Spoonbill (dropped into pantile scrape for 5 mins before heading to Bowers), 1 Buzzard, 2 Common Tern, 2 Cuckoo, 3 Swift, 5 Swallow, 2 Yellow Wagtail,
1 Green Hairstreak (bushes just before middle hide), 1 Small Heath [Matt Bruty]
Friday 15 May 2026
3 Cuckoo (+), 5 Nightingale (Singing), 2 Lesser Whitethroat [Tim Bourne]
2 Cattle Egret, 1 Garganey (Drake in flight from middle screen, flew towards Pantiles), 2 Cuckoo, 1 Lesser Whitethroat [Tim Bourne]
1 Spoonbill (immature, flew in from the east and landed on BHF), 1 Buzzard, 1 Cuckoo [Paul Baker]
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (A pair attending their nest), 1 Mistle Thrush (Singing) [Matt Bruty]
Thursday 14 May 2026
1 Wood Sandpiper (from gate) [Matt Bruty]
1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Barn Owl, 5 Swift, 2 Cetti's Warbler (Heard ), 1 Painted Lady [Lee Ebbs]
1 Cuckoo, 1 Short-eared Owl [Paul Baker]
1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Cuckoo, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Grey Squirrel, 1 Northern Water Vole, 2 Brown Rat (juvs) [John Wright]
1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron [Paul Griggs]
Wednesday 13 May 2026
1 Wood Sandpiper [Tim Bourne]
1 Wood Sandpiper, 10 Swift, 4 Yellow Wagtail [Mike Clarke]
Tuesday 12 May 2026
2 Whimbrel, 2 Cuckoo, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Nightingale, 1 Grasshopper Warbler (reeling in large field immediately before batteries west of road ), 2 Lesser Whitethroat [Vince Kinsler]
2 Cuckoo, 2 Nightingale [Vince Kinsler]
5 Cattle Egret, 1 Pink-footed Goose (on main lake), 1 Yellow Wagtail [Paul Griggs, Bob Young]
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Common Blue Damselfly, 1 Small Copper, 1 Common Blue [Matt Bruty]
2 Cuckoo [Paul Griggs, Bob Young]
9 Cattle Egret, 1 Pink-footed Goose (Pantile scrape), 1 Garganey (drake on Pantile scrape and 30 mins later presumed same bird on main lake from middle hide), 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel [John Wright]
1 Cuckoo, 7 Nightingale [Graham Ryland]
1 Marsh Harrier (male), 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Cuckoo, 7 Nightingale (singing), 2 Green-veined White [John Wright]
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