Wednesday 27 May 2026
3 Cuckoo (two males and a female calling around the house), 1 Painted Lady [Paul Baker]
1 Little Egret, 1 Garganey (drake flew in to Pantile), 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 3 Cuckoo (+, including a pair), 1 Lesser Whitethroat (h), 1 Black-tailed Skimmer (teneral), 5 Brown Argus (+), 2 Painted Lady, 1 Peacock Butterfly, 3 Small Heath [Paul Griggs, Bob Young]
1 Red Kite (heading south) [Paul Griggs, Bob Young]
1 Buzzard, 5 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, 70 Black-tailed Godwit (c.), 3 Mediterranean Gull (+), 3 Painted Lady [Paul Griggs, Bob Young]
1 Little Egret (flew north) [Paul Griggs, Bob Young]
1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel (f), 1 Mediterranean Gull, 5 Swift, 6 Skylark, 12 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 3 Yellow Wagtail (pair+m ), 3 Song Thrush, 1 Mistle Thrush (Rankins C.C ), 1 Cetti's Warbler (h), 2 Reed Warbler (h), 5 Blackcap (h), 12 Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff (h), 3 Greenfinch, 1 Corn Bunting (Waldens ), 1 Red Admiral, 2 Painted Lady, 9 Small Heath [Jeff Kinnerman]
Tuesday 26 May 2026
1 Glossy Ibis (flew east over the main lagoon, the saline lagoon and over to West Canvey Marsh, at 20:25), 15 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Grasshopper Warbler (reeling), 1 Northern Water Vole [John Wright]
1 Buzzard (flying east) [John Wright]
1 Red Kite (flying west) [Paul Griggs]
6 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Corn Bunting (singing), 1 Common Seal, 2 Painted Lady [Paul Baker]
1 Cattle Egret, 1 Kestrel, 2 Cuckoo, 6 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Grasshopper Warbler (reeling south end of saline lagoon), 6 Bearded Tit, 2 Corn Bunting (singing males), 1 Marsh Frog (1+ many heard), 1 Common Lizard, 2 Northern Water Vole, 10 Azure Damselfly, 5 Hairy Dragonfly, 4 Painted Lady, 1 Small Tortoiseshell [John Wright]
Monday 25 May 2026
4 Red Fox (dog Fox, 2 vixens, 1 cub ) [John Wright]
1 Glossy Ibis (Flew on to lagoon for several mins only at 20:20. Again on lagoon sleeping, from southern viewpoint, at 21:25), 1 Egyptian Goose (Flew over), 16 Ringed Plover (2 small groups mobile around lagoon), 1 Cuckoo, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Grasshopper Warbler (Still reeling from same location), 1 Corn Bunting (Singing from landfill) [Tim Bourne]
1 Cetti's Warbler (singing loudly right beside Essex marina car park), 1 Reed Warbler (singing by car park) [Paul Baker]
4 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 1 Marsh Harrier (male), 1 Buzzard, 1 Turtle Dove (brief flight view), 1 Nightingale, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 4 Painted Lady [John Wright]
4 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Common Tern, 6 House Martin, 1 Cetti's Warbler [John Wright]
Sunday 24 May 2026
2 Nightingale (Singing) [Lee Ebbs]
2 Barn Owl (hunting across the eastern new wet grassland area), 6 Common Pipistrelle (track south side of Belton Hills west) [John Wright]
1 Barn Owl, 1 Grasshopper Warbler (Reeling continuously late on from the north side of the Saline Lagoon ), 3 Daubenton's Bat, 8 Common Pipistrelle, 10 Noctule Bat (+), 5 Red Fox, 9 Northern Water Vole (incl. 3 pups) [Tim Bourne]
1 Painted Lady [Matt Bruty]
2 Whimbrel (flew NE), 1 Cuckoo (singing), 9 Swift, 10 House Martin, 1 Brown Argus [Neil Chambers]
0 Glossy Ibis (no sign), 40 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Cuckoo (singing), 6 Swift, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Bearded Tit, 2 Painted Lady, 1 Small Heath [Neil Chambers]
1 Buzzard, 5 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Common Tern (high overhead, heading south), 1 Cuckoo, 1 Painted Lady [Paul Baker]
3 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 6 Oystercatcher (3 pairs), 2 Turtle Dove, 2 Cuckoo, 1 Nightingale, 3 Sedge Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 20 Whitethroat (+) [Marc Outten]
1 Buzzard, 110 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Cuckoo (2 males, 1 female), 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Corn Bunting, 1 Common Lizard, 11 Painted Lady [John Wright]
4 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Buzzard, 2 Ringed Plover, 28 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Cuckoo, 1 Barn Owl, 10 Bearded Tit, 1 Corn Bunting, 1 Common Lizard, 12 Azure Damselfly, 1 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 4 Hairy Dragonfly [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
1 Red-throated Diver (in full breeding plumage), 15 Great Crested Grebe, 80 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (flew east), 7 Common Scoter (flew west then back east), 4 Sandwich Tern, 7 Common Tern, 1 Little Tern (appeared to fly in from mid river then flew towards East Beach), 1 Cuckoo (singing), 1 Cetti's Warbler (singing), 1 Reed Warbler (singing) [Neil Chambers]
2 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Cuckoo (singing), 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Nightingale (singing) [Neil Chambers]
Saturday 23 May 2026
1 Cuckoo [Matt Bruty]
1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Mediterranean Gull (Over calling), 2 Cuckoo (+), 4 Nightingale (+ singing or calling), 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Four-spotted Chaser [Tim Bourne]
5 Swift, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Skylark (singing), 1 Mistle Thrush, 4 Painted Lady, 1 Small Heath [Neil Chambers]
1 Garganey (Pantile), 1 Hobby, 2 Cuckoo, 1 Orange-tip [Matt Bruty]
5 Great Crested Grebe (pair with 3 young), 2 Egyptian Goose, 3 Pochard (2 drakes), 1 Swift, 3 Reed Warbler (singing), 20 Red-eyed Damselfly, 20 Azure Damselfly, 10 Common Blue Damselfly, 3 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 2 Emperor Dragonfly, 3 Hairy Dragonfly, 20 Four-spotted Chaser, 1 Scarce Chaser (imm male in SE corner of main lake), 1 Black-tailed Skimmer, 2 Small White, 2 Painted Lady, 1 Speckled Wood [Neil Chambers]
7 Brimstone, 1 Heath Fritillary, 1 Speckled Wood [Matt Bruty]
1 Jay, 2 Slow-worm, 1 Wood Mouse, 1 Painted Lady [John Wright]
30 Turnstone, 1 Common Tern, 2 Little Tern (Two birds off Barge Pier), 3 Cetti's Warbler (Heard), 2 Chiffchaff (Singing) [Lee Ebbs]
Friday 22 May 2026
1 Little Owl (St Nicholas' church gravyard), 1 Western Hedgehog (St Nicholas' church graveyard), 3 Red Fox, 1 Badger [John Wright]
75 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Nightingale, 20 Rabbit [John Wright]
6 Swift [Jeff Kinnerman]
2 Marsh Harrier (M&F), 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 5 Black-tailed Godwit,
5 Yellow Wagtail (including a variant. Maybe one of its grandparents was a Channel Wagtail.), 6 Corn Bunting, 2 Common Lizard, 19 Common Seal, 6 Brown Argus [John Wright]
1 Song Thrush, 1 Brown Argus [Matt Bruty]
3 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Spoonbill, 1 Pink-footed Goose, 1 Buzzard, 120 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Cuckoo, 1 Barn Owl, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 8 Bearded Tit, 1 Corn Bunting, 1 Hairy Dragonfly, 1 Green-veined White, 10 Small Heath [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
Thursday 21 May 2026
1 Red Fox, 3 Badger [Neil Chambers]
1 Daubenton's Bat, 8 Common Pipistrelle (8+), 15 Soprano Pipistrelle (15+), 2 Chinese Muntjac (buck & doe), 2 Wood Mouse [John Wright]
1 Red Kite (again over North Fambridge), 1 Marsh Harrier (male on BHF), 1 Cuckoo (male around the garden all day), 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Slow-worm [Paul Baker]
3 Swift [Matt Bruty]
1 Peregrine Falcon, 79 Black-tailed Godwit (on saline lagoon), 3 Cuckoo, 1 Corn Bunting, 1 Common Lizard, 2 Northern Water Vole [John Wright]
3 Pochard (BC ), 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel (f), 3 Grey Plover, 46 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Whimbrel (BC), 2 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Cuckoo (h,distant S of the river), 8 Skylark, 11 Swallow, 3 Yellow Wagtail (incl a pair), 1 Song Thrush (ML), 2 Mistle Thrush (Rankins C.C.), 1 Cetti's Warbler (h), 1 Sedge Warbler (h), 1 Reed Warbler (h), 2 Blackcap (h), 3 Lesser Whitethroat (h), 4 Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff (h), 1 Greenfinch (h), 1 Corn Bunting (BC), 1 Painted Lady, 6 Small Heath [Jeff Kinnerman]
Wednesday 20 May 2026
1 Red Kite (over North Fambridge ), 1 Buzzard, 1 Osprey (Flew in from the east along ridgeline to the north of BHF. Alighted briefly in tree on wooded slope and then on pylon before continuing WNW) [Paul Baker]
3 Slow-worm, 1 Wood Mouse [John Wright]
3 Wigeon, 1 Buzzard, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Water Rail (heard.), 2 Common Tern, 2 Cuckoo, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Bearded Tit, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Corn Bunting, 1 Northern Water Vole [Graham Ryland]
2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 18 Bar-tailed Godwit (flew from Grass farm lagoon and headed north) [John Wright]
2 Common Pipistrelle [John Wright]
Tuesday 19 May 2026
1 Marsh Harrier (male), 1 Hobby (finally, my first one of the year.), 1 Common Seal (thrashing around in the Crouch, almost breaching at times) [Paul Baker]
Monday 18 May 2026
1 Marsh Harrier (male again on BHF), 1 Cuckoo (male), 1 Yellow Wagtail (garden) [Paul Baker]
Sunday 17 May 2026
3 Oystercatcher, 3 Cuckoo, 4 Linnet [Graham Mee]
1 Marsh Harrier (Male on BHF. Been scarce of late), 1 Buzzard, 2 Cuckoo (males), 1 Cetti's Warbler [Paul Baker]
4 Tufted Duck, 1 Kestrel, 1 Avocet, 1 Cuckoo, 3 Corn Bunting, 22 Rabbit, 1 Painted Lady [John Wright]
1 Cattle Egret [Mike Clarke]
1 Kestrel, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Nightingale, 1 Common Lizard, 1 Green Hairstreak, 4 Common Blue [John Wright]
10 Cattle Egret, 2 Buzzard, 5 Common Tern, 3 Corn Bunting [Lee Ebbs]
Saturday 16 May 2026
1 White-fronted Goose, 1 Ruff, 1 Wood Sandpiper (Calling from west end of lagoon), 2 Cuckoo, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Nightingale, 1 Corn Bunting (Singing on landfill) [Tim Bourne]
10 House Martin [Mike Clarke]
100 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 1 Whimbrel, 2 Turtle Dove (Both seen, 1 purring near parking area, the other at the point the concrete path ends towards Haven point.), 2 Nightingale (Heard) [Mike Clarke]
5 Cattle Egret, 1 Buzzard, 2 Cuckoo, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Common Lizard, 2 Slow-worm [John Wright]
6 Cattle Egret (+ mostly in pantile area),
1 Spoonbill (dropped into pantile scrape for 5 mins before heading to Bowers), 1 Buzzard, 2 Common Tern, 2 Cuckoo, 3 Swift, 5 Swallow, 2 Yellow Wagtail,
1 Green Hairstreak (bushes just before middle hide), 1 Small Heath [Matt Bruty]
Friday 15 May 2026
3 Cuckoo (+), 5 Nightingale (Singing), 2 Lesser Whitethroat [Tim Bourne]
2 Cattle Egret, 1 Garganey (Drake in flight from middle screen, flew towards Pantiles), 2 Cuckoo, 1 Lesser Whitethroat [Tim Bourne]
1 Spoonbill (immature, flew in from the east and landed on BHF), 1 Buzzard, 1 Cuckoo [Paul Baker]
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (A pair attending their nest), 1 Mistle Thrush (Singing) [Matt Bruty]
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