Tuesday 13 April 2021
11 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Swallow, 6 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff [Mike Clarke]
3 Cormorant, 9 Greylag Goose (good count for here), 6 Shelduck, 6 Tufted Duck (3 pairs), 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Swallow (by the stables), 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Sedge Warbler (singing in reedbed), 8 Blackcap, 7 Chiffchaff, 3 Corn Bunting (second site record) [Steve Arlow]
Monday 12 April 2021
5 Cattle Egret (flew across Blue House Farm from the east to roost at 20:13), 1 Barn Owl (visiting nestbox on BHF) [Paul Baker]
1 Spoonbill (On Darwin just S of hide), 8 Pintail (4 pairs still Stokes), 14 Black-tailed Godwit (Stokes), 8 Mediterranean Gull (4 pairs over calling all heading SE) [Jeff Delve]
1 Sparrowhawk (drifting high SE mobbed by gulls), 1 Blackcap (singing) [Neil Chambers]
1 Cattle Egret, 6 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Mediterranean Gull (adults), 2 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff [John Wright]
2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Meadow Pipit (over), 1 Yellow Wagtail (over), 2 Nightingale, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 18 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 3 Willow Warbler, 12 Lesser Redpoll (Probably more as several 1’s/2’s seen flying around also) [Vince Kinsler]
1 Cattle Egret (W of Manorway ), 3 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret (W of Manorway), 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Snipe, 11 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Curlew, 28 Mediterranean Gull, 12 Skylark, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Song Thrush, 9 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Bearded Tit (males,others present), 1 Raven (mobbed by four Carrion Crows) [Jeff Kinnerman]
10 Little Grebe (plus), 4 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Cattle Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Water Rail, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 32 Mediterranean Gull, 8 Skylark, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Song Thrush, 10 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 12 Blackcap, 7 Chiffchaff, 3 Bearded Tit, 1 Raven [Graham Oakes, Graham Ryland]
550 Sanderling (Circa), 150 Dunlin (Circa), 1 Sedge Warbler, 4 Whitethroat, 2 Rook (A Gunners life tick for me) [Andrew Armstrong]
1 Little Egret, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Nightingale (very half hearted subsong on the cold morning by the crossroads), 6 Cetti's Warbler (heard), 20 Blackcap (+ loads), 4 Whitethroat, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler (just before, at and just after the crossroads), 20 Lesser Redpoll (c flock in bushes by car park, but difficult to count) [Mike Clarke]
Sunday 11 April 2021
1 Hobby (Over heading NE), 8 Skylark, 1 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff [Marc Outten]
2 Buzzard (drifting west), 2 Cetti's Warbler (singing), 4 Blackcap (singing), 2 Chiffchaff (singing), 1 Willow Warbler (singing SW of crossroads), 11 Lesser Redpoll (flew over crossroads) [Neil Chambers]
1 Little Egret, 2 Wigeon (pair), 5 Teal, 2 Shoveler (drakes), 2 Pochard (pair), 1 Buzzard, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Spotted Redshank (saline lagoon), 3 Greenshank (saline lagoon), 2 Green Sandpiper (saline lagoon), 1 Sand Martin, 18 Swallow, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 5 Bearded Tit [Jeff Delve]
1 Buzzard, 1 Green Sandpiper, 9 Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Small Tortoiseshell [Steve Arlow, Paul Griggs]
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Skylark (singing), 2 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 5 Chiffchaff [John Wright]
1 Cattle Egret (on Pitsea Marsh), 5 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 10 Mediterranean Gull (at least), 9 Swallow [Steve Arlow, Paul Griggs]
6 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Sandwich Tern, 2 Cetti's Warbler (heard), 4 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff [Mike Clarke]
2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 2 Mediterranean Gull (pair high over calling), 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Nightingale (singing sporadically around crossroads), 12 Cetti's Warbler, 20 Blackcap (+, singing everywhere), 3 Lesser Whitethroat (between car park and crossroads), 1 Whitethroat, 8 Chiffchaff (singing), 5 Willow Warbler (singing birds by crossroads and further west), 3 Greenfinch (one giving good display flight), 20 Lesser Redpoll (+, flock just past crossroads flew across track) [Jeff Delve]
1 Goldcrest (singing) [Neil Chambers]
1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 6 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Nightingale (singing by the crossroads), 1 Song Thrush, 10 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 16 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 7 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler (singing just west of the crossroads), 27 Lesser Redpoll (at least flew over the crossroads) [Steve Arlow, Paul Griggs]
Saturday 10 April 2021
2 Tufted Duck (pair on triangle), 1 Blue-headed Wagtail ('Channel' wagtail with pale lavender blue head and pale ear coverts - very different from this morning's Blue head), 18 Yellow Wagtail (along bund edge Fitzroy), 1 Wheatear [Jeff Delve]
1 Red-throated Diver (flew west), 15 Great Crested Grebe (+), 1 Gannet (adult west and back east), 3 Sandwich Tern, 1 Blackcap (singing), 1 Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff (1 singing) [Neil Chambers]
5 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Sandwich Tern, 1 Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff [Lee Ebbs]
1 Sparrowhawk [Paul Griggs]
2 Great White Egret, 9 Swallow, 1 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff [John Wright]
1 Spoonbill (On Pool Marsh before flying off and seeming to land on Stokes but could not be refound ), 1 Kestrel, 8 Mediterranean Gull, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Corn Bunting (Singing) [Lee Ebbs]
1 Spoonbill, 6 Pintail, 1 Marsh Harrier (male), 1 Yellow Wagtail (heard only) [Mike Clarke]
1 Spoonbill (eventually refound feeding on Pool Marsh then flew to Lytag ), 14 Pintail (8 Lytag, 6 Stokes), 100 Shoveler (+, Lytag), 8 Pochard (4 pairs triangle), 1 Marsh Harrier (sub adult male over south sea wall), 3 Snipe, 4 Mediterranean Gull (at least 2 pairs flying over), 1 Swallow, 3 Meadow Pipit (one in full parachute display flight east of Acresfleet),
1 Blue-headed Wagtail (superb male in with a group of 8-10 yellow wags, Dark cheeks indicate 'pure' Blue-headed but some white on chin implies "channel" hybrid with Yellow Wag) [Jeff Delve]
Friday 09 April 2021
1 Spoonbill (Feeding actively on Stokes lagoon before flying to roost on Darwin), 6 Pintail, 2 Yellow Wagtail [Jeff Delve]
3 Little Egret, 1 Spoonbill (feeding in SE corner of Stokes Lagoon) [Neil Chambers]
1 Buzzard (on fence line north of double bend on Scotts Hall Road), 1 Little Owl (on trees south of double bend, Scotts Hall Road) [Jeff Delve]
1 Spoonbill, 12 Pintail, 18 Yellow Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail [John Wright]
1 Spoonbill (adult on Stokes Marsh), 9 Pintail, 2 Marsh Harrier (male and female), 34 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Short-eared Owl (flew east over Stokes Marsh), 18 Yellow Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail [Steve Arlow]
1 Cattle Egret, 6 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 92 Mediterranean Gull (some fields they were commonest gull!), 2 Swallow, 2 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff [Vince Kinsler]
1 Buzzard, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Mediterranean Gull (2nd summers), 4 Swallow (flew high north), 2 Cetti's Warbler (singing), 2 Blackcap (singing), 2 Chiffchaff (singing), 1 Greenfinch, 1 Reed Bunting, 2 Peacock Butterfly [Neil Chambers]
1 Spoonbill (adult on Stokes Lagoon), 2 Swallow, 2 Yellow Wagtail [Jeff Delve]
1 Cattle Egret (on fields NW of Manorway), 1 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Kestrel, 2 Blackcap (singing), 1 Chiffchaff (singing), 1 Small White [Neil Chambers, Martin Cracknell]
1 Hobby (Over the A130 just north of railway by Fairglen interchange) [Paul Baker]
1 Blackcap (heard singing from trees beside A127 Progress Rd/The Fairway) [Paul Baker]
3 Tufted Duck (pair and the single drake at the farm duck pond), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Swallow, 7 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat (singing by the southern reedbed), 5 Chiffchaff [Steve Arlow]
1 Black Redstart (In song from the rooftops - Friars Street), 2 Siskin (+ over ) [Marc Outten]
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Coal Tit (singing) [Neil Chambers]
1 Spoonbill (adult feding well in pools on wet grassland - thanks Graham), 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Swallow, 4 Yellow Wagtail [Jeff Delve]
3 Little Egret, 1 Spoonbill, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Swallow, 5 Yellow Wagtail [Vince Kinsler]
6 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Spoonbill, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 2 Water Rail (heard), 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 80 Mediterranean Gull (plus), 3 Sand Martin, 6 Swallow, 10 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler (heard), 10 Blackcap (plus), 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Bearded Tit [Graham Oakes, Jeff Kinnerman, Graham Ryland]
2 Badger [John Wright]
Thursday 08 April 2021
1 Badger [Neil Chambers]
2 Red Fox, 1 Badger [John Wright]
2 Garganey (pair still on Triangle ), 2 Mediterranean Gull (+), 1 Barn Owl (by car park) [Paul Baker]
2 Garganey (pair still triangle, displaying), 3 Marsh Harrier (ad male, sub ad male and imm), 6 Snipe, 1 Barn Owl (near north wall sluice then turned back east), 1 Swallow (heading west over car park
),
12 Yellow Wagtail (flock all males feeding together in ditch nr Darwin lagoon) [Jeff Delve]
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 2 Mediterranean Gull (adult pair over, calling), 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 14 Blackcap, 16 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler (singing) [Paul Griggs]
1 Swallow [Paul Griggs]
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard (one with nest building material - a stick ), 7 Mediterranean Gull (adults flew S.E.), 8 Blackcap, 10 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler (heard), 1 Weasel [John Wright]
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Buzzard, 6 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 8 Chiffchaff [John Wright]
8 Barnacle Goose (the hybrid flock including at least two which looked pure bred), 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard (flew very purposely south over my house), 1 Peregrine Falcon, 10 Golden Plover, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Swallow (all west), 1 Meadow Pipit (singing and displaying ) [Paul Baker]
4 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Grey Heron, 4 Barnacle Goose (2 pure looking birds and 2 hybrids), 2 Buzzard, 1 Meadow Pipit (displaying along SF seawall) [Neil Chambers]
Wednesday 07 April 2021
1 Osprey (Over North at 19:05), 1 Water Rail (Calling), 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Snipe, 4 Sand Martin, 20 Swallow, 2 Water Pipit (At least), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Bearded Tit (+, calling) [Tim Bourne]
1 Buzzard (frequently dropping down into reedbed), 1 Green Sandpiper (BHF), 1 Barn Owl (BHF - visited nestbox at 20:07), 1 Short-eared Owl (BHF), 2 Swallow (BHF) [Paul Baker]
12 Shelduck, 14 Teal (6 on lagoon, 8 on grassland), 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Wheatear (distantly on grassland) [Jeff Delve]
1 Siskin (female again in garden on feeders) [Jeff Delve]
2 Canada Goose (pair), 2 Egyptian Goose (pair), 1 Chiffchaff (singing) [Neil Chambers]
2 Grey Wagtail [Paul Griggs]
8 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 13 Avocet, 8 Grey Plover, 350 Dunlin (c.), 200 Black-tailed Godwit (+), 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 54 Curlew, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 9 Skylark, 35 Swallow (c. (PL)), 8 Yellow Wagtail ((PL)), 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Greenfinch, 3 Corn Bunting [Jeff Kinnerman]
12 Little Grebe, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Little Egret, 2 Swallow, 3 Chiffchaff [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (On garden feeder) [Angela Baldock]
1 Red Fox, 1 Badger (The Fairway) [John Wright]
Tuesday 06 April 2021
8 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Swallow, 2 Bearded Tit [John Wright]
1 Sparrowhawk [Paul Griggs]
4 Stock Dove (daily visitors at moment),
1 Brambling (on feeders again multiple times in day),
1 Siskin (female again on feeders briefly twice during day) [Jeff Delve]
Monday 05 April 2021
1 Barn Owl (hunting railway line over on BHF) [Paul Baker]
2 Blackcap (singing around BHP), 1 Brambling (bright 2nd year male in gardens - thanks Jeff!) [Neil Chambers]
3 Little Egret, 2 Peregrine Falcon (pair), 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 40 Mediterranean Gull (at least), 1 Cetti's Warbler [Steve Arlow]
3 Blackcap (singing birds around BHP and in garden), 1 Brambling (1st W male on feeders), 6 Greenfinch, 1 Siskin (female on feeders) [Jeff Delve]
2 Buzzard (thermalling high SE), 1 Blackcap (singing) [Neil Chambers]
1 Grey Wagtail [Paul Griggs]
Sunday 04 April 2021
1 Great White Egret (Usual bird on pools S of saline lagoon on Bowers viewed from canvey seawall), 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Swallow, 2 Reed Bunting [Martin Cracknell]
2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler [Martin Cracknell]
2 Swallow (flew over Fairview playing fields) [Neil Chambers]
2 Chiffchaff (singing) [Neil Chambers]
1 Sparrowhawk, 5 Buzzard (incl one displaying over Blounts Wood and two moving high east), 2 Kestrel, 1 Swallow, 3 Blackcap (singing), 3 Chiffchaff (singing), 1 Greenfinch, 3 Peacock Butterfly, 4 Comma [Neil Chambers]
2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 20 Swallow (+ high over moving N), 3 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler (By saline lagoon), 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Bearded Tit (+) [Martin Cracknell]
6 Little Egret, 14 Greylag Goose, 7 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 1 Marsh Harrier (m), 3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 8 Red-legged Partridge, 16 Mediterranean Gull (+), 20 Skylark (+), 3 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Blackcap (h), 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Peacock Butterfly [Paul Griggs]
1 Blackcap (singing), 1 Goldcrest (singing), 1 Coal Tit (singing), 1 Peacock Butterfly [Neil Chambers]
2 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier (adult male and immature male), 2 Buzzard, 3 Grey Partridge (pair and a single female), 1 Avocet, 10 Mediterranean Gull (at least), 2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Wheatear, 2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff [Steve Arlow]
1 Garganey (Pair on triangle), 1 Hen Harrier (Ringtail), 3 Kestrel, 5 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Yellow Wagtail [Lee Ebbs]
4 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff [Steve Arlow]
8 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk (small male.), 1 Buzzard, 1 Snipe, 14 Black-tailed Godwit, 142 Mediterranean Gull (incredible count.), 6 Blackcap, 1 Raven, 1 Small Tortoiseshell [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
100 Sanderling, 4 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Sandwich Tern, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Swallow, 1 Yellow Wagtail (west), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Brown Rat [Vince Kinsler, John Pilgrim]
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Black Redstart (Singing near my plot. First time I've heard Black Redstart sing!) [Andrew Armstrong]
74 Great Crested Grebe (well offshore),
4 Shelduck (in SSSI), 2 Tufted Duck (pr on pond), 100 Sanderling (circa - along sea wall), 2 Sandwich Tern (resting on buoys off Coastguards),
2 Cetti's Warbler (inc one very showy bird by small pool nr skateboard area), 3 Blackcap (singing birds),
2 Chiffchaff (singing birds), 6 Greenfinch (inc 2 males in display flights), 1 Red Fox (in SSSI) [Jeff Delve]
Saturday 03 April 2021
2 Swallow, 3 Meadow Pipit, 1 Black Redstart, 1 Reed Bunting [Martin Cracknell]
1 Shelduck (flew east over garden), 1 Swallow (first for the garden this year) [Steve Arlow]
1 Sandwich Tern (Fishing successfully close in throughout ) [Martin Cracknell]
2 Garganey (pair still south end of triangle) [Jeff Delve]
6 Red-throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver (flew west), 50 Great Crested Grebe (+), 1 Common Scoter (drake), 5 Sandwich Tern (3 + 2 feeding offshore throughout), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler (singing) [Neil Chambers]
2 Garganey (pair on Triangle), 2 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Yellow Wagtail (flew north) [Neil Chambers]
1 Little Egret, 20 Mediterranean Gull (+) [Neil Chambers]
2 Raven (flew north east, over the garden, towards Doggetts Pits) [Steve Arlow]
1 Black Redstart (thanks Andrew) [Paul Griggs, Andrew Armstrong]
18 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Mediterranean Gull (pair), 2 Cetti's Warbler (singing), 2 Chiffchaff (singing), 1 Bearded Tit, 4 Greenfinch (1 singing), 1 Reed Bunting [Neil Chambers]
1 Tufted Duck, 1 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler (Heard), 1 Whitethroat (Singing), 6 Greenfinch [Lee Ebbs]
2 Buzzard, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff [Paul Griggs]
50 Great Crested Grebe (+, Distantly offshore), 100 Sanderling (+, Along tideline), 1 Swallow (Over west ), 1 Cetti's Warbler (singing nr Serin pool), 1 Whitethroat (Singing from bramble opposite basketball court (thanks Lee)), 63 Carrion Crow (Unusually large congregation coming down to drink at pool) [Jeff Delve]
1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff [Jeff Delve]
1 Sparrowhawk, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 30 Mediterranean Gull (+), 2 Cetti's Warbler (Heard), 1 Bearded Tit (Heard) [Lee Ebbs]
4 Chiffchaff (Singing birds) [Jeff Delve]
3 Black Redstart (Allotment tick for me) [Andrew Armstrong]
4 Little Egret, 2 Pintail, 2 Garganey (Pair at the triangle in wet vegetation by the haystack), 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 6 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Yellow Wagtail [Steve Arlow]
Friday 02 April 2021
80 Teal (on Jubilee junction pools), 2 Pintail (pair ), 2 Garganey (pair on south edge of Triangle from Jubilee path), 3 Lapwing (one definitely incubating) [Jeff Delve]
3 Red-throated Diver, 2 Grey Heron (Struggled N slowly across river) [Martin Cracknell]
4 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret [Martin Cracknell]
5 Little Egret, 1 Greenshank, 3 Turnstone, 1 Mediterranean Gull (2nd sm), 1 Chiffchaff [John Wright]
1 Swallow (flew over Lower Road not far past Ashingdon schools) [Jeff Delve]
2 Snipe, 32 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper, 14 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Swallow, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Bearded Tit (male) [Steve Arlow]
2 Egyptian Goose, 790 Black-tailed Godwit (Good sized flock with lots of breeding plumage) [Martin Cracknell]
1 Great White Egret (Flew in off sea and continued north), 1 Red-legged Partridge (in reserve), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff [Bob Young]
3 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Water Rail (heard), 3 Ruff, 13 Black-tailed Godwit (on Don's Marsh), 1 Green Sandpiper, 70 Mediterranean Gull (at least with many on the main island and scattered across the various fields), 6 Swallow, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 13 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler (singing from reedbed along the southern boundary path), 1 Blackcap (singing from old tip), 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Bearded Tit (heard several time) [Steve Arlow, Paul Griggs]
1 Cattle Egret (west of manor way with horses.), 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 3 Ruff, 2 Green Sandpiper, 40 Mediterranean Gull (+), 20 Swallow, 2 Yellow Wagtail [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
Thursday 01 April 2021
2 Mediterranean Gull [Martin Cracknell]
3 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Marsh Harrier (male distantly across south lagoons), 1 Sparrowhawk (ad male low over sluice), 8 Lapwing (displaying joyously over the jubilee junction pools), 1 Snipe, 1 Barn Owl (again past Wheal family seat heading east along sea wall) [Jeff Delve]
2 Mute Swan (pair), 2 Tufted Duck (pair), 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 250 Wood Pigeon (at least over eastern fields), 2 Pied Wagtail (pair at horse paddocks), 5 Blackcap, 7 Chiffchaff, 3 Peacock Butterfly, 1 Speckled Wood (first of the year) [Steve Arlow]
1 Swallow (Along sea wall between Benfleet and Leigh ), 1 Wheatear [Simon Watson]
1 Red Kite (east over garden at 11:30 and again at 12:05), 1 Sparrowhawk (imm male), 1 Mediterranean Gull (adult), 1 Grey Squirrel [John Wright]
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 2 Skylark, 1 Swallow (Blatches Farm(first for the year)), 2 Song Thrush, 2 Blackcap (pair), 11 Chiffchaff (six heard only), 5 Greenfinch, 1 Lesser Redpoll (Silver Birches,SE of Park) [Jeff Kinnerman]
2 Grey Wagtail [Paul Griggs]
2 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Pintail, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel (Seen from Beagle viewpoint), 6 Grey Plover (Jubilee pools), 7 Dunlin (Jubilee pools), 1 Snipe, 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 16 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Stock Dove, 100 Skylark (Everywhere), 2 Sand Martin, 4 Swallow (2 and 2 flying west), 1 Yellow Wagtail (In first enclosure after car park.), 4 Linnet, 6 Reed Bunting, 4 Corn Bunting (Singing) [Sally Brierley]
138 Teal (Jubilee junction pools), 4 Pintail (pr Jubilee junction pools, pair Stokes lagoon), 6 Shoveler (3 prs Jubilee junction pools), 14 Snipe (Jubilee junction pools), 4 Yellow Wagtail (2 over Pool M and 2 more over entrance road - all moving north at pace!) [Jeff Delve]
1 Great White Egret, 30 Snipe (large flock flushed from marsh), 14 Black-tailed Godwit, 22 Mediterranean Gull, 4 Cetti's Warbler (Heard) [Mike Clarke]
2 Badger [John Wright]
Wednesday 31 March 2021
1 Great White Egret, 17 Mediterranean Gull, 6 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Bearded Tit (+), 4 Reed Bunting, 1 Bat sp. (A number of pipistrelle sp. plus one much larger bat sp. flying high over the lagoon at dusk, presumably Noctule) [Martin Cracknell]
3 Great Crested Grebe (pair and a single on Pool Marsh), 50 Teal (+, pools west of Jubilee track junction), 26 Mediterranean Gull (counted on Grass Farm lagoon from sea wall), 1 Barn Owl (hunting sea wall east of car park) [Jeff Delve]
1 Brimstone, 1 Small White [Neil Chambers]
1 Gadwall (drake lagoon), 4 Teal (2 pairs), 1 Marsh Harrier (juv in field south of lagoon), 12 Oystercatcher (6 pairs lagoon and grassland), 1 Green Sandpiper (ditch south of lagoon), 1 Cetti's Warbler (singing in ditchline west of Lion Creek - first record here), 2 Yellowhammer (male and then separately female immediately west of Lion Creek) [Jeff Delve]
6 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret (on Potton Is.), 1 Marsh Harrier (female on Potton Is.), 2 Buzzard (one on Potton Is.), 1 Kestrel, 1 Merlin (female), 20 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Grey Partridge, 1 Green Sandpiper, 6 Mediterranean Gull (adults), 1 Yellow Wagtail (male), 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Blackcap (singing), 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Corn Bunting (singing), 1 Rabbit, 1 Brimstone, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 4 Peacock Butterfly [John Wright]
2 Stock Dove (pair), 1 Blackcap (singing) [John Wright]
1 Kestrel, 60 Dunlin (C), 15 Black-tailed Godwit (+), 4 Mediterranean Gull (adults), 3 Corn Bunting [Jeff Kinnerman]
1 Blackcap (male singing), 2 Chiffchaff [John Wright]
1 Jack Snipe, 17 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Water Pipit, 2 Cetti's Warbler (singing), 2 Blackcap (singing), 2 Chiffchaff (singing), 3 Bearded Tit, 1 Greenfinch (singing), 3 Reed Bunting [Neil Chambers]
1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Linnet, 2 Corn Bunting [Bob Young]
1 Great White Egret (south east corner field.), 2 Pintail, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Snipe, 10 Curlew, 23 Mediterranean Gull (record count.), 5 Fieldfare, 4 Song Thrush, 20 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff, 10 Bearded Tit, 1 Corn Bunting [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
2 Blackcap (singing males), 1 Small White (through garden) [Jeff Delve]
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Brimstone, 1 Small White, 1 Peacock Butterfly [Paul Griggs]
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