Friday 18 July 2025
4 Mediterranean Gull (adults, anting) [Paul Griggs]
2 Little Egret, 20 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 1 Small Red-eyed Damselfly, 35 Southern Migrant Hawker, 4 Black-tailed Skimmer, 20 Ruddy Darter, 5 skippers, 1 Red Admiral, 50 Gatekeeper, 10 Meadow Brown [Neil Chambers]
10 Swift [Jeff Kinnerman]
Thursday 17 July 2025
8 Spoonbill, 4 Egyptian Goose, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Raven [Tim Bourne]
5 Brown Hawker, 6 Norfolk Hawker, 13 Emperor Dragonfly [Steve Arlow]
2 Swift, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Blackcap, 3 Large White, 1 Holly Blue, 2 Comma, 1 Wall Brown [Neil Chambers]
1 Buzzard (+), 1 Kestrel, 3 Mediterranean Gull (adults, anting) [Paul Griggs]
20 Swift [Jeff Kinnerman]
Wednesday 16 July 2025
1 Hobby (north) [Paul Griggs]
22 Mediterranean Gull (all adults west over garden) [Steve Arlow]
1 Slow-worm (also sunning itself alongside the grass snake), 1 Grass Snake (sunning itself in the dried up part of my pond) [Paul Baker]
6 Great Crested Grebe (inc. 2 juvs.), 8 Spoonbill, 2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Snipe, 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Swift, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Bearded Tit, 2 Southern Migrant Hawker [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
7 Swift [Jeff Kinnerman]
Tuesday 15 July 2025
1 Hobby (flew over A127 west of Rayleigh Weir) [Neil Chambers]
1 Nuthatch (calling in Dodd's Grove) [John Wright]
2 Swift [Jeff Kinnerman]
Monday 14 July 2025
21 Little Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Cetti's Warbler (singing), 20 Gatekeeper [Neil Chambers]
7 Swift [Jeff Kinnerman]
Sunday 13 July 2025
2 Marsh Harrier (female & juv), 1 Kestrel, 69 Lapwing, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank, 7 Green Sandpiper, 10 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Northern Water Vole (in the fishing pond), 12 Rabbit [John Wright]
1 Common Frog (Up by the house. Only 2nd record here.) [Paul Baker]
1 Peregrine Falcon, 4 Corn Bunting [Graham Mee]
1 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Egyptian Goose (pair), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 5 Reed Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 4 Chiffchaff, 80 Small Red-eyed Damselfly, 100 Common Blue Damselfly, 6 Brown Hawker, 5 Norfolk Hawker, 9 Emperor Dragonfly, 25 Four-spotted Chaser, 3 Black-tailed Skimmer, 2 Ruddy Darter, 1 Common Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Wall Brown, 6 Gatekeeper, 2 Meadow Brown, 1 Ringlet [Neil Chambers]
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Blackcap (singing), 1 Coal Tit (singing), 2 Southern Migrant Hawker, 7 Large White, 1 Purple Hairstreak, 1 Small Copper, 2 Red Admiral, 6 Peacock Butterfly, 3 Comma, 1 Wall Brown, 1 Gatekeeper, 1 Meadow Brown [Neil Chambers]
2 Grey Heron (S), 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker [Paul Griggs]
6 Great Crested Grebe (inc. 2 juvs.), 6 Little Egret, 5 Spoonbill, 24 Mute Swan, 1 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Ringed Plover, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 22 Swift, 52 Swallow, 7 Bearded Tit, 2 Raven, 1 Greenfinch (juv.), 1 Small Heath [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
38 Little Egret, 1 Spoonbill, 21 Lapwing, 2 Ruff, 190 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Spotted Redshank, 4 Redshank, 10 Sand Martin, 1 Reed Warbler [Marc Outten]
Saturday 12 July 2025
9 Spoonbill (6 on Bowers Lagoon, + 3 feeding in a pool on Pitsea Marsh ), 2 Greenshank, 3 Green Sandpiper [Tim Bourne]
3 Swift, 4 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Swallow, 1 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Chiffchaff, 50 Banded Demoiselle, 2 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 2 Southern Migrant Hawker, 1 Wall Brown, 15 Gatekeeper [Neil Chambers]
1 Blackcap (singing), 5 Large White, 1 Small White, 3 Red Admiral, 6 Peacock Butterfly, 2 Comma, 1 Wall Brown [Neil Chambers]
21 Swift [Jeff Kinnerman]
Friday 11 July 2025
6 Spoonbill (2 adults, 4 imm), 3 Greenshank, 12 Green Sandpiper (+), 2 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Bearded Tit (+ calling), 3 Southern Migrant Hawker, 1 Wall Brown [Tim Bourne]
4 Ruff, 200 Black-tailed Godwit, 14 Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Reed Warbler, 2 Bearded Tit, 1 Reed Bunting, 2 Scarce Emerald Damselfly, 20 Small Red-eyed Damselfly, 10 Southern Migrant Hawker, 5 Ruddy Darter, 20 skippers, 1 Small Skipper, 1 Small Copper, 6 Common Blue, 2 Marbled White, 70 Gatekeeper, 15 Meadow Brown [Neil Chambers]
2 Buzzard (pair low over tip) [Graham Mee]
6 Purple Hairstreak (on Oakes adjacent to bowling green.) [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
1 Buzzard, 30 Marsh Frog (30 in one small pond), 2 Grass Snake (hunting the frogs) [John Wright]
1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Purple Hairstreak, 2 White Admiral [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
1 Sparrowhawk, 8 Swift [Jeff Kinnerman]
4 Pochard (female with 3 imms), 1 Whimbrel (heard), 1 Stonechat (male, territory 1), 1 Grasshopper Warbler (reeling) [John Wright]
1 Red Admiral, 1 Painted Lady, 2 Peacock Butterfly [Neil Chambers]
Thursday 10 July 2025
4 Smooth Newt, 3 Common Toad [Tim Bourne]
5 insects (Glow-worms, south of the castle) [John Wright]
4 Spoonbill (Over south east, one obvious imm.), 7 Nightingale (+, calling), 1 insects (Glow worm) [Tim Bourne]
3 Spoonbill, 2 Buzzard, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Green Sandpiper, 1 Bearded Tit, 15 Southern Migrant Hawker, 1 Lesser Emperor (southern track borrowdyke. Unfortunately it was just a fly past and didn't loiter ) [John Wright]
35 Swift (c) [Jeff Kinnerman]
Wednesday 09 July 2025
1 Sparrowhawk [Paul Griggs]
30 Swift (c ) [Jeff Kinnerman]
4 Great Crested Grebe (1 Juv), 3 Little Egret, 3 Spoonbill, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 20 Small Red-eyed Damselfly (plus), 8 Southern Migrant Hawker [Graham Oakes]
Tuesday 08 July 2025
1 Butterflies and Moths (OAK EGGAR trying to get into the house, then made it inside before landing on me, subsequently released. Forgot how big they are.) [Paul Baker]
1 Silver-washed Fritillary [John Wright]
3 Swift [Jeff Kinnerman]
Monday 07 July 2025
3 Large White, 4 Red Admiral, 1 Peacock Butterfly, 1 Comma [Neil Chambers]
Sunday 06 July 2025
3 Swift [Jeff Kinnerman]
1 Little Egret (east), 1 Sparrowhawk [Paul Griggs]
1 Butterflies and Moths (BUFF-TIP MOTH disturbed from my box hedge) [Paul Baker]
1 Chinese Water Deer (long dead, looked like a female from photos.) [John Wright]
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