Southend Ornithological Group Bird News

Records submitted in the last 14 days, most recent first. Amber indicates scarce, red indicates rare (Essex requires notes or a description), magenta indicates non-native.

Saturday 12 October 2024

South Fambridge, 12:45 to 13:00
1 Marsh Harrier (female hunting through bottom of garden), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Moorhen (juv on patio), 2 Stonechat (pair at bottom of the garden), 1 Greenfinch [Paul Baker]

Highlands Boulevard, Leigh, 11:00 to 11:00
1 Grey Wagtail [Paul Griggs]

Benfleet Creek, 09:30 to 10:00
3 Stonechat (Leigh end of creek/seawall) [John Wright]

Canvey Point, 08:00 to 09:25, SE 2 Grey with light drizzle at times H.T 7:20 4.5 m
5 Great Crested Grebe, 25 Gannet, 5 Little Egret, 4 Grey Plover, 25 Dunlin, 3 Swallow [Terry Blackwell]

Chalkwell Park Drive, Leigh, 01:20 to 01:30
3 Red Fox, 1 Badger [John Wright]

Friday 11 October 2024

South Fambridge, 18:00 to 18:05
2 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 23 Avocet, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Woodpecker [Paul Baker]

Chalkwell Park Drive, Leigh, 15:00 to 15:05
2 Slow-worm [John Wright]

South Fambridge, 15:00 to 15:00
2 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (my first of the autumn here) [Paul Baker]

River Roach, 09:15 to 14:10, Coombes Farm to Hampton Barns via Bartonhall Creek and return to Mill Lane
11 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (m), 7 Buzzard (single group circled over BC ), 2 Kestrel, 12 Avocet, 3 Grey Plover, 115 Lapwing (+), 1 Snipe (BC), 19 Black-tailed Godwit, 81 Curlew, 1 Green Sandpiper (h,BC), 2 Turnstone, 1 Little Owl (HB), 1 Kingfisher (BC), 29 Skylark (single group spooked from field), 3 Swallow, 17 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 1 Cetti's Warbler (h), 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Greenfinch, 13 Red Admiral [Jeff Kinnerman]

Thursday 10 October 2024

Prittle Brook (Leigh on Sea), 09:00 to 09:00
1 Chiffchaff [Angela Baldock]

Bowers Marsh (RSPB), 08:00 to 09:00, raining, chilly NW wind
4 Great White Egret, 1 Spoonbill, 1 Greenshank, 2 Stonechat, 1 Blackcap, 1 Northern Water Vole [John Wright]

Canvey Point, 07:45 to 16:00, NW-N 3-1. Light rain and murky. HT 5:10 4.9 m
23 Gannet, 1000 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (+), 1500 Wigeon (+), 100 Ringed Plover (+), 7 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 skua sp., 10 Arctic Skua (Including 5 pale phase), 3 Long-tailed Skua (1 ad and 2 very pale juvs behaving more like terns than skua’s heading up river at 11:50), 2 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Little Gull (Juv heading out behind a ship), 9 Common Tern, 2 auk sp. (flew out), 1 Razorbill (Flew up river), 6 Swallow, 2 Meadow Pipit, 4 Rock Pipit [Terry Blackwell]

Wednesday 09 October 2024

South Fambridge, 16:00 to 16:15
3 Little Grebe, 3 Wigeon, 2 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 5 Avocet, 1 Greenshank [Paul Baker]

Highlands Boulevard, Leigh, 12:40 to 12:40
1 Buzzard [Paul Griggs]

Hadleigh Downs, 11:00 to 12:00
1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 11 Marsh Frog, 1 Grass Snake, 1 Migrant Hawker, 6 Ruddy Darter [John Wright]

Hockley/Hawkwell, 08:00 to 08:00, Hockley station
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker [Paul Baker]

Gunners Park, 07:45 to 10:35
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 50 Swallow (circa), 5 Cetti's Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest [Bob Young]

Tuesday 08 October 2024

Wallasea Island (RSPB), 17:00 to 19:00, Moderate southerly, bit of a shower then sunny again
3 Great White Egret (2 on Marsh Flats with cattle, one on Pool Marsh), 350 Golden Plover (Darwin Marsh roost), 2 Greenshank, 2 Stonechat (Pair by entry road) [Jeff Delve]

Monday 07 October 2024

South Fambridge, 12:00 to 12:00
1 Wall Brown [Paul Baker]

Gunners Park, 11:00 to 12:00
3 Cetti's Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Common Lizard, 1 Wall Brown [John Wright]

Sunday 06 October 2024

Chalkwell Park Drive, Leigh, 22:25 to 22:40
5 Red Fox [John Wright]

South Fambridge, 16:30 to 16:30
1 Cetti's Warbler [Paul Baker]

Chalkwell Park Drive, Leigh, 10:30 to 10:30
5 Slow-worm (youngsters born this year) [John Wright]

Canewdon, 10:00 to 16:00, Work party at Butts Hill Pond.
5 Swallow, 1 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, Here be dragons (Jeff Delve) (43615 bytes) 2 Willow Emerald Damselfly, 2 Migrant Hawker, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Speckled Wood, 1 Wall Brown [Jeff Delve]

Gunners Park, 08:00 to 10:30
5 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (h), 30 Swallow (c.), 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff (h), 1 Reed Bunting [Paul Griggs, Mike Clarke]

Saturday 05 October 2024

South Fambridge, 18:00 to 18:00
5 Meadow Pipit, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff [Paul Baker]

West Canvey Marsh (RSPB), 17:30 to 19:00
1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 2 Barn Owl, 1 Short-eared Owl [Tim Bourne]

Canvey Point, 14:05 to 15:30, Sunny with a light SE wind
1 Gannet (Juvenile upriver at 14:06), 12 Mute Swan (on Thames on Kent side), 1 Buzzard (Kent), 2 Arctic Skua, 6 Mediterranean Gull, 3 Arctic Tern (one adult & 2 juvs) [Paul Baker]

Highlands Boulevard, Leigh, 13:50 to 15:00
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 2 Swallow [Paul Griggs]

Oxenham Farm, 11:40 to 13:05
3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 2 Reed Bunting, 4 Corn Bunting [Bob Young]

Gunners Park, 09:45 to 12:00
1 Kestrel, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 50 Swallow (50+ a steady stream heading SW), 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 10 Chiffchaff, 5 Brown Rat [John Wright]

Friday 04 October 2024

South Fambridge, 18:00 to 18:00
1 Cetti's Warbler (singing) [Paul Baker]

Gunners Park, 13:00 to 15:00
1 Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Stonechat (1 m and 2 fem/imm), 3 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff [Bob Young]

South Fambridge, 10:00 to 10:00
1 Green Woodpecker [Paul Baker]

Thursday 03 October 2024

South Fambridge, 16:30 to 16:35
1 Sparrowhawk (female, dived into bushes by feeders to grab a sparrow, not sure if successful or not.) [Paul Baker]

Coombe Wood, 15:00 to 16:00
1 Grey Wagtail (scoping out the backyard ponds), 2 Nuthatch (regular visitors to my garden feeders) [Jeff Saward]

Canvey Point, 12:50 to 14:00, NE 3 Sunny intervals H.T 13:53 5.7 m
1 Sabine's Gull (juv. heading up river behind container ship) [Terry Blackwell]

Bowers Marsh (RSPB), 07:30 to 11:15
8 Great White Egret, 1 Spoonbill, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 6 Avocet, 2 Ruff, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Whinchat, 6 Stonechat, 4 Bearded Tit [Graham Oakes, Graham Ryland]

Wednesday 02 October 2024

Canvey Point, 12:00 to 16:15
1 Manx Shearwater (upriver at 13:05 after initially flying up towards Benfleet Creek. Also rested on the water off Point. Flew back out at 14:50.), 11 Gannet, 5 Pintail, 1 Marsh Harrier (Kent), 2 Buzzard (Kent), 2 Peregrine Falcon (crossing the river), 1 Sanderling, 7 Arctic Skua, LtSkua  (Paul Baker) (26793 bytes) 1 Long-tailed Skua (immature showed quite well from 14:55 for a relatively long time ), 8 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Little Gull (ad & 1st-w flew east close inshore), 2 Sabine's Gull (adult & juv separately from 14:30), 40 Kittiwake (2x flocks of 20 flew upriver, the second of which took a Sabine's Gull up with it), 7 Sandwich Tern, 35 Common Tern, 2 Arctic Tern (adults), 1 Guillemot, 1 Wall Brown [Paul Baker]

Canvey Point, 11:20 to 16:25
1 Manx Shearwater, 15 Gannet, 2 Peregrine Falcon, 10 Arctic Skua, 1 Long-tailed Skua, 2 Sabine's Gull, 40 Kittiwake, 2 Arctic Tern, 1 Guillemot [Bob Young]

Canvey Point, 09:20 to 17:00, Hi tide 13:20, breezy NNE turning ENE later patchy sun and some dark clouds
1 Manx Shearwater (Past pier and then upriver 13:05 back out 14:50), 16 Gannet (+), 9 Grey Heron (Flock flapping steadily south across river), 2 Pintail, 1 Shoveler (Female past), 1 Red-breasted Merganser (Redhead upriver ), 2 Peregrine Falcon, 40 Grey Plover (+), 3 Bar-tailed Godwit (With Curlews), 60 Curlew (+), 12 Arctic Skua, 1 Long-tailed Skua (Dark morph Juv working its way slowly up river 15:00 often dropping to water surface ), 1 Great Skua (Upriver 10:20), 2 Little Gull (Adults 16:30, 2 others earlier per JS), 2 Sabine's Gull (Juv upriver 11:23 then adult 14:50 subsequently upriver with Kittiwakes), 40 Kittiwake (2 flocks of c. 20 rapidly up river ), 35 Common Tern (+, Local group moving up and down river as ships moved through), 4 Arctic Tern (+), 1 Guillemot [Jeff Delve, Terry Blackwell, Jeff Saward]

Tuesday 01 October 2024

South Fambridge, 17:00 to 17:00, raining
2 Buzzard (walking around on the fields on BHF) [Paul Baker]

Highlands Boulevard, Leigh, 14:10 to 14:25
1 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine Falcon [Paul Griggs]

Monday 30 September 2024

South Fambridge, 11:40 to 11:40
1 Sparrowhawk (mobbed by Crow) [Paul Baker]

Sunday 29 September 2024

South Fambridge, 15:00 to 15:00
1 Chiffchaff, 5 Common Lizard (basking), 1 Wood Mouse, 1 Small White, 1 Brown Argus, 1 Red Admiral [Paul Baker]

Bowers Marsh (RSPB), 09:00 to 12:45
5 Little Egret, 6 Great White Egret, 3 Spoonbill, 3 Egyptian Goose, 2 Pintail, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Kestrel, 21 Avocet, 1 Ruff, 100 Black-tailed Godwit (Plus), 3 Curlew, 5 Greenshank, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Sand Martin, 20 Swallow (Plus), 10 House Martin, 12 Bearded Tit, 1 Greenfinch [Graham Oakes]

Canvey Point, 08:30 to 10:20, SE 4-5 Overcast H.T 11:28 5.0 m
7 Gannet, 1 Arctic Skua, 5 Little Gull (behind a container ship heading east) [Terry Blackwell]

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