Sunday 09 March 2025
1 Red-crested Pochard (adult female keeping company with drake Mallard) [Max Hellicar]
1 Cormorant [Max Hellicar]
8 Shelduck, 105 Wigeon (on lagoon and grassy banks), 23 Teal, 1 Shoveler, 2 Lapwing (Seemingly holding territory on lagoon islands), 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Barn Owl, 2 Short-eared Owl, 20 Linnet (+, Part of large mixed finch and bunting flock feeding on fields to S), 7 Yellowhammer, 1 Reed Bunting, 30 Corn Bunting (+) [Jeff Delve]
12 Little Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, 2 Kestrel, 2 Barn Owl, 2 Short-eared Owl, 1 Stoat (Ermine along Nth/Sth track south of the office compound.) [Vince Kinsler]
1 Great White Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Barn Owl, 2 Short-eared Owl [John Wright]
2 Canada Goose (pair), 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker (1 drumming), 2 Skylark (singing), 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Greenfinch (1 singing) [Neil Chambers]
1 Peacock Butterfly [Paul Baker]
2 Chiffchaff, 2 Comma [John Wright]
1 Blackcap (male still around ), 5 Chaffinch (flew over) [John Wright]
Saturday 08 March 2025
3 Red Fox (2 males and a vixen that is obviously suckling cubs) [John Wright]
2 Great Crested Newt, 29 Smooth Newt, 1 Common Frog (A surprise adult in garden pond - the first for a few years), 2 Badger [Jeff Delve]
1 Barn Owl [Paul Baker]
1 Spoonbill, 3 Marsh Harrier, 1 Hen Harrier (ringtail), 1 Buzzard, 2 Barn Owl, 2 Short-eared Owl, 1 Common Pipistrelle (pipistrelle sp but prob Common Pip) [John Wright]
2 Sparrowhawk [Jeff Kinnerman]
1 Peacock Butterfly [John Wright]
1 Great White Egret, 7 Barnacle Goose (2 on Marsh Flats and 5 on Tillets (no neck collars)), 3 Marsh Harrier, 1 Hen Harrier (rintail over Tillets), 3 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine Falcon (small male over Marsh Flats), 47 Mediterranean Gull (Grass Farm Lagoon), 1 Short-eared Owl (by the offices), 1 Raven (over Marsh Flats then flew towards Burnham), 1 Corn Bunting, 1 Stoat (along path road just east of car park), 1 Peacock Butterfly [Steve Arlow]
1 Kestrel, 2 Song Thrush, 5 Cetti's Warbler (Heard), 3 Siskin (Flee over the reserve, calling) [Lee Ebbs]
1 Blackcap (Still coming to garden feelders) [Angela Baldock]
3 Chiffchaff (singing) [John Wright]
2 Little Grebe, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Spoonbill, 4 Pintail, 1 Buzzard, 2 Ruff, 2 Snipe, 4 Black-tailed Godwit [Graham Oakes]
1 Blackcap (male still coming to feeders/apple) [John Wright]
Friday 07 March 2025
1 Hen Harrier (Male), 2 Barn Owl, 1 Short-eared Owl [Andrew Armstrong]
2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Hen Harrier (full adult male), 2 Buzzard, 3 Barn Owl, 2 Short-eared Owl [Steve Arlow]
1 Buzzard, 3 Snipe, 1 Woodcock, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 2 Barn Owl, 1 Chinese Muntjac [Tim Bourne]
1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch (New England Wood) [Max Hellicar]
1 Buzzard (low west) [Graham Mee]
1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Cetti's Warbler (singing) [John Wright]
1 Blackcap (Male feeding on apples and fat balls. First of the year for me.) [Jeff Delve]
1 Greenfinch (1st in the garden for many years!!) [Mike Clarke]
2 Blackcap (male still around all day, a brief visit by a second male which was quickly seen off by the 'resident' male) [John Wright]
Thursday 06 March 2025
2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kestrel, 3 Barn Owl [Graham Mee]
1 Barn Owl (BHF), 1 Cetti's Warbler (singing), 2 Smooth Newt (males), 1 Peacock Butterfly [Paul Baker]
1 Spoonbill (imm), 3 Kestrel, 1 Brimstone [John Wright]
1 Chiffchaff (singing) [John Wright]
4 Buzzard (2 displaying pairs), 2 Green Woodpecker, 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff (Singing bird to complete the spring feel), 2 Firecrest (In different parts of wood), 7 Nuthatch (Minimum 5 territories across the wood), 3 Treecreeper (singing birds), 1 Brambling (Heard only, called several times and recorded high in trees in SW corner), 1 Chinese Muntjac (Nice views of male along N boundary), 1 Brimstone (Glorious flyby) [Jeff Delve]
1 Blackcap (male still coming to feeders/apple) [John Wright]
1 Little Egret, 1 Spoonbill (flew to the main lagoon before mixing with the group of Avocets ), 5 Pintail (3m,2f), 18 Pochard, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Water Rail (h), 125 Lapwing (+), 5 Snipe, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Mediterranean Gull, 6 Skylark, 1 Meadow Pipit, 2 Song Thrush, 7 Redwing, 8 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Raven (calling,S ), 1 Yellowhammer (m,Manorway near Church Road ) [Jeff Kinnerman]
Wednesday 05 March 2025
2 Great Crested Newt (Imm Male and a female), 55 Smooth Newt (a new high count reflecting warmer weather) [Jeff Delve]
1 Great White Egret (Stokes), 3 Marsh Harrier (Ad male and 2 females, all heading south east probably to roost on Foulness ), 8 Black-tailed Godwit (Pool Marsh), 2 Greenshank (Pool Marsh), 12 Mediterranean Gull (+, Probably many more around Grass Farm breeding islands), 1 Barn Owl, 2 Short-eared Owl, 1 Kingfisher [Jeff Delve]
6 Great Crested Grebe, 8 Pintail, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Ruff, 6 Snipe, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Mediterranean Gull [Graham Oakes]
1 Red Fox (Super looking dog fox disturbed from copse), 1 Brimstone (First of the year lured out by the sunshine) [Jeff Delve]
1 Green Woodpecker (feeding on the back lawn) [Mike Clarke]
1 Blackcap (female again in garden) [Steve Arlow]
1 Blackcap (male still around) [John Wright]
Tuesday 04 March 2025
1 Red-throated Diver, 55 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Cetti's Warbler (singing) [Neil Chambers]
5 Great Crested Grebe, 66 Barnacle Goose, 6 Pintail, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 4 Ruff, 6 Snipe, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Mediterranean Gull [Graham Oakes]
1 Blackcap (female still) [Steve Arlow]
1 Blackcap (male still coming to feeders/apple) [John Wright]
Monday 03 March 2025
3 Little Grebe (pair and an individual), 2 Great Crested Grebe (pair again), 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Teal (drake on 'Watermans; entrance lake - Doggetts Pits tick), 2 Water Rail (wailing at each other across the lake) [Steve Arlow]
1 Blackcap (female still to the garden fatballs throughout the day) [Steve Arlow]
1 Blackcap (male still around) [John Wright]
Sunday 02 March 2025
60 Barnacle Goose (approx), 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Peregrine Falcon, 5 Water Rail (+, many calling), 3 Barn Owl (hunting on landfill ), 2 Short-eared Owl (At least 2, hunting southern marsh and landfill ), 1 Bearded Tit (Several calling from reed bed), 2 Chinese Muntjac (on landfill ), 1 Northern Water Vole [Tim Bourne]
2 Marsh Harrier (Ad male and female distantly over lagoons), 1 Hen Harrier (2 cy male working the north and east bunds of Fitzroy twice stopped and sat on the grass before continuing to hunt ), 4 Barn Owl (3 on Pool Marsh/lagoon edges and another along road nr Baltic Wharf), 2 Short-eared Owl (Pool Marsh and north bund of Darwin lagoon) [Jeff Delve]
14 Shelduck (on lagoon, much display/fighting), 23 Wigeon (lagoon), 14 Teal (lagoon), 7 Shoveler (2 males on lagoon, 3 males and 2 ducks displaying on wet grassland ditch), 1 Barn Owl (Hunting to east of reserve), 1 Short-eared Owl (Over rough field to west), 3 Chaffinch (with bunting flock), 4 Linnet (with bunting flock), 9 Yellowhammer (+, With the Corn Buntings, presumed to include birds seen earlier), 90 Corn Bunting (+, Large flock on newly harrowed stubble field south of the reserve) [Jeff Delve]
3 Marsh Harrier, 1 Hen Harrier (male hunting over Tillets), 3 Kestrel, 5 Barn Owl (4 together on Pool Marsh and one along eastern seawall/Tillets. ), 3 Short-eared Owl, 1 Badger (nice to see before it was dark), 2 Chinese Water Deer (still hanging out together) [John Wright]
1 Peacock Butterfly (Disturbed from logpile at home) [Jeff Delve]
2 Great Crested Grebe, 35 Barnacle Goose (the motley selection of hybrids and pure looking birds), 5 Pintail, 2 Red Kite (circling high separately over each end of the reserve), 2 Marsh Harrier (ad fem + imm), 2 Kestrel, 45 Curlew, 1 Greenshank, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Reed Bunting [Neil Chambers]
1 Grey Wagtail [Jeff Kinnerman]
1 Skylark (singing), 2 Chaffinch, 20 Linnet [Neil Chambers]
1 Blackcap (still coming to feeders/apple), 1 Slow-worm (one of last year's youngsters under reptile mat) [John Wright]
2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard, 1 Goldcrest, 6 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper [Mike Clarke]
1 Sparrowhawk (hunting SW corner), 1 Buzzard (over meadow SW corner), 1 Green Woodpecker (showed well in SW corner), 15 Great Spotted Woodpecker (+, drumming birds scattered throughout the wood), 1 Firecrest (In large Holly 100m south of car park along main track), 8 Nuthatch (2 pairs in SW very vocal, 2 pairs between car park and stream east and west), 2 Treecreeper (pair), 1 Brambling (distantly on oak tree with Chaffinches from SW corner), 2 Linnet (singing in trees alongside 'meadow' on SW edge) [Jeff Delve]
Saturday 01 March 2025
3 Marsh Harrier, 2 Hen Harrier (male and ringtail), 3 Barn Owl, 4 Short-eared Owl (at least) [Steve Arlow]
1 Buzzard (high north east) [Graham Mee]
1 Red-crested Pochard (Female still present) [Marc Outten]
2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 7 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Redwing, 2 Firecrest (one in usual east side Holly and the other in holly near Bullwood Hall side perimeter), 2 Coal Tit (pair; the singing male is a bit battered with most of it's belly and lower breast feathers missing), 7 Nuthatch (pair on the usual east side, 3 on the west side close to Bullwood Hall perimeter and two in the south west), 3 Treecreeper (single and a presumed pair) [Steve Arlow]
1 Blackcap (male still around garden) [John Wright]
Friday 28 February 2025
6 Great Crested Newt (3 females in garden pond, 3 more in BHP), 41 Smooth Newt (All in garden pond, much courtship behaviour.) [Jeff Delve]
1 Woodcock, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Cetti's Warbler (sang briefly) [John Wright]
92 Great Crested Grebe (Most in a super flock along Southchurch seafront), 280 Turnstone, 10 Mediterranean Gull (6 adults, 2 2nd yr, 2 1st W), 14 Common Gull, 4 Herring Gull (2ad,2 1st W on slipway-many more well out in estuary ), 1 Common Seal [Jeff Delve]
1 Blackcap (female again to garden feeders) [Steve Arlow]
1 Blackcap (male still visiting garden) [John Wright]
Thursday 27 February 2025
5 Stock Dove [Max Hellicar]
1 Great White Egret (Distantly on Bowers Reserve), 24 White-fronted Goose [Jeff Delve]
4 White-fronted Goose (+, Group of geese mostly hidden, presumable later moved to Bowers Downs), 64 Barnacle Goose (Flushed by light aircraft came onto main lagoon. Many neck collars but too far to read), 16 Pintail, 5 Dunlin (+), 2 Snipe (+, Don’s Marsh), 160 Black-tailed Godwit (+ Inc one colour ringed G/W:G/Wflag), 3 Mediterranean Gull (+), 1 Bearded Tit (+, Several calling but staying out of sight) [Jeff Delve]
1 Marsh Harrier (Ad male), 17 Avocet, 2 Spotted Redshank (Saline Lagoon), 1 Green Sandpiper [Jeff Delve]
1 Wood Pigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Wren, 1 Dunnock, 1 Blackbird, 2 Blackcap (male still coming to feeders and a female about), 6 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 1 Magpie, 4 House Sparrow, 8 Goldfinch [John Wright]
1 Blackcap (female on and off for most of the day at the garden feeders) [Steve Arlow]
19 Avocet (Crouch), 1 Barn Owl (BHF) [Paul Baker]
1 Great White Egret, 24 White-fronted Goose (Field west of car park approach. ), 16 Pintail, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 2 Ruff, 20 Snipe (plus), 18 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Curlew, 25 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Yellowhammer (By the road car parking area.m&f) [Graham Oakes]
Wednesday 26 February 2025
1 Snipe (flew over garden 'squeaking') [Paul Baker]
2 Pintail (drakes on BHF), 1 Marsh Harrier (usual female on BHF), 1 Buzzard (BHF), 4 Avocet (Crouch), 1 Barn Owl (BHF), 1 Short-eared Owl (BHF) [Paul Baker]
3 Jay (Seems raiding the fat balls has become popular), 14 Chaffinch (Recent increase in numbers with influx of males), 1 Brambling (Female in garden briefly ), 10 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch [Jeff Delve]
2 Blackcap (male and female at the feeders) [Steve Arlow]
2 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Stock Dove [Max Hellicar]
5 Canada Goose, 1 Shoveler (female) [Max Hellicar]
1 Grey Heron, 3 Egyptian Goose (pair and single), 1 Red-crested Pochard (female associating with drake Mallard), 1 Stock Dove, 1 Cetti's Warbler [Max Hellicar]
1 Coal Tit (briefly heard singing on Colbert Avenue) [Max Hellicar]
1 Ruddy Shelduck (still present on BHF), 1 Marsh Harrier (usual female on BHF), 20 Avocet [Paul Baker]
3 Blackcap ('resident' male joined briefly by a male & female which were quickly seen off from his apple! ) [John Wright]
Tuesday 25 February 2025
1 Marsh Harrier (female on BHF), 1 Buzzard (BHF), 1 Merlin (Superb encounter! Female watched from my house chasing a Meadow Pipit all over BHF for a prolonged period of time before (probably) catching it.), 1 Peregrine Falcon (high over BHF), 3 Avocet (BHF), 1 Mediterranean Gull (adult), 1 Barn Owl (BHF) [Paul Baker]
1 Stock Dove (singing), 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (1 drumming), 2 Nuthatch, 2 Chaffinch [Neil Chambers]
1 Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Loudly chasing through trees and drumming heard), 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Nuthatch (H), 2 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch (Singing) [Jeff Delve]
5 Marsh Harrier, 1 Hen Harrier (male hunting across Tillets), 3 Buzzard, 4 Kestrel, 1 Merlin (harassed the male Hen Harrier), 2 Peregrine Falcon (M & F), 4 Barn Owl, 3 Short-eared Owl, 2 Stonechat, 5 Raven (heard before seen, they came over the R. Crouch seawall and flew SSW across the reserve), 1 Corn Bunting, 1 Stoat (a brown individual, not an ermine), 1 Field Vole [John Wright]
2 Nuthatch (the regular pair on the feeders), 7 Greenfinch, 1 Hawfinch (female in my garden with Greenfinches) [Jeff Saward]
1 Sparrowhawk (male, perched on the top of the main block) [Paul Griggs]
1 Sparrowhawk (male sat in tree by the feeders), 1 Blackcap (female again to the garden FatBalls) [Steve Arlow]
1 Blackcap (male still around), 15 Smooth Newt, 8 Common Frog (plus frogspawn, last year the first frog spawn was laid 1st March ) [John Wright]
Monday 24 February 2025
4 Great Crested Newt, 41 Smooth Newt (Definitely more active with the rise in temperature in last few days) [Jeff Delve]
1 Raven (circled over Rochford Station before drifting south towards Rochford Reservoir) [Steve Arlow]
50 Barnacle Goose, 1 Ruddy Shelduck (present 11:10-12:15 with Barnacle Geese), 24 Pintail (!), 1 Marsh Harrier (female), 1 Sparrowhawk (female in garden tried unsuccessfully to catch a sparrow), 3 Avocet, 2 Barn Owl (BHF), 1 Short-eared Owl (Cuckoo Marsh on BHF this afternoon ), 1 Reed Bunting (female) [Paul Baker]
1 Blackcap (Female still coming to feeder) [Mike Clarke]
1 Blackcap (female on garden feeders, first appearance since 12-Feb, possibly new bird) [Steve Arlow]
1 Blackcap (male still coming to apple) [John Wright]
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