Tuesday 13 October 2026
4 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (crossing to Kent), 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Skylark, 2 Swallow, 2 Clouded Yellow [Paul Griggs, Bob Young]
Sunday 11 October 2026
6 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Gannet (juv flew east close in), 1 Water Rail (calling from lake), 3 Cetti's Warbler (singing), 1 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Clouded Yellow, 2 Small White, 2 Wall Brown [Neil Chambers]
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Grey Wagtail [Paul Griggs]
4 Red-throated Diver (+), 3 Gannet, 1 Merlin (Came in off the sea), 1 Rock Pipit, 2 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Clouded Yellow, 1 Small Copper [Marc Outten, Lee Ebbs]
Saturday 10 October 2026
2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit [Neil Chambers]
1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Ring Ouzel (Female seen on footpath by electricity sub station.
), 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Migrant Hawker, 1 Clouded Yellow, 1 Red Admiral [Lee Ebbs]
2 Red-throated Diver, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Arctic Skua, 1 Great Skua, 15 Sandwich Tern, 6 Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff [Lee Ebbs]
1 Grey Wagtail [Paul Griggs]
Friday 09 October 2026
1 Great White Egret, 1 Spoonbill, 2 Marsh Harrier (m&f), 1 Greenshank, 1 Stonechat (pair) [John Wright]
Thursday 08 October 2026
1 Redwing (1+ calling overhead) [John Wright]
Wednesday 07 October 2026
20 Gannet, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Greenshank, 0 Pomarine Skua (group of 4 adult skuas distantly upriver were probably all Poms, dropped out of the clouds and were already west of us when picked up), 27 Arctic Skua (mostly juvs, including one chasing Sandwich Terns directly overhead!), 2 Long-tailed Skua (pale juv at 16.05 heading NW mid river, circled up and into clouds. Dark/inter juv at 16.20 flew east.), 2 Mediterranean Gull, 25 Sterna sp. (flew west distantly, probably all Arctics), 19 Sandwich Tern, 3 Common Tern (ad + 2 juvs with Sandwich Terns), 2 Arctic Tern (at least 2 juvs with a flock of terns, which all looked like Arctics), 18 Razorbill (single heading east joined a flock of 17 coming in and all landed on the water off Allhallows), 1 Anthus sp. (flew SW over end of Beveland Road late on calling - Tree or OBP), 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Rock Pipit, 25 Chaffinch (single flock in off) [Neil Chambers]
1 Sooty Shearwater (flew east close in 11.15), 7 Gannet, 9 Arctic Skua, 1 Long-tailed Skua (pale juv flew east at 12.20 before circling up into the clouds), 1 Mediterranean Gull, 60 Chaffinch (single flock in off) [Neil Chambers]
6 Arctic Skua, 1 Long-tailed Skua (West at 10:50), 1 Great Skua, 40 Sterna sp. (+, group of terns flew west in foggy conditions early on), 15 Sandwich Tern (+), 3 Common Tern, 3 Razorbill [Tim Bourne]
1 Whimbrel, 1 Great Skua (flew east 9.05), 2 Mediterranean Gull, 40 Sterna sp. (group west early on all looked like Commons), 7 Sandwich Tern, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit [Neil Chambers]
Tuesday 06 October 2026
1 Tawny Owl (female calling) [Neil Chambers]
1 Barn Owl, 1 Tawny Owl (Female calling from copse on landfill at western end), 1 Daubenton's Bat, 3 Common Pipistrelle, 5 Red Fox, 3 Badger, 3 Harvest Mouse, 2 Wood Mouse (+ many other small mammals in bushes and ground vegetation not id'd to species), 1 Brown Rat [Tim Bourne]
1 Marsh Harrier (juv flew east) [John Wright]
Monday 05 October 2026
4 Ring-necked Parakeet [Matt Bruty]
2 Cattle Egret, 3 Spoonbill, 30 Pintail, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Grey Plover, 5 Ruff, 7 Snipe, 14 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Stonechat (pair.), 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 4 Bearded Tit, 1 Jay, 2 Clouded Yellow, 1 Common Blue [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
Saturday 03 October 2026
3 Badger [Jeff Kinnerman]
Friday 02 October 2026
1 Water Rail, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 7 Dunlin, 3 Ruff, 5 Snipe, 2 Stonechat, 1 Bearded Tit (+, Heard) [Lee Ebbs]
1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine Falcon [Paul Griggs]
2 Spoonbill, 15 Pintail, 1 Marsh Harrier (male.), 2 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Golden Plover, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 4 Ruff, 6 Snipe, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Stonechat, 7 Bearded Tit, 4 Willow Emerald Damselfly [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
Thursday 01 October 2026
1 Wheatear (On the seawall twixt Benfleet and Leigh ) [Simon Watson]
1 Marsh Harrier (Ad male), 3 Water Rail, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper (On west island), 5 Ruff, 1 Jack Snipe (Feeding along edge of reedbed opposite/left of benches viewpoint ), 15 Snipe (+), 300 Black-tailed Godwit (rough est.), 3 Barn Owl [Tim Bourne]
1 Spoonbill, 24 Pintail, 1 Marsh Harrier (male), 1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper (showing well at times), 1 Dunlin, 2 Ruff, 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Bearded Tit, 3 Clouded Yellow [John Wright]
1 Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 2 Sand Martin [Paul Griggs]
1 Spoonbill, 3 Hobby, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper (Still in same area on freshwater lagoon), 1 Ruff, 10 Snipe (+), 1 Greenshank, 10 Bearded Tit (+), 1 Brambling (Vocal bird along the Manorway track) [Tim Bourne]
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