Saturday 31 October 2026

Wakering Stairs, 16:05 to 16:40, Sunny, light E wind
170 Little Egret (+, coming into roost in copse to east of Oxenham Farm), 2 Buzzard, 1 Barn Owl, 2 Stonechat [Neil Chambers]

Fleet Head, 13:20 to 16:30
3 Cattle Egret (With cattle north of barns), 2 Great White Egret (Flew north ), 3 Marsh Harrier (On Potton), 2 Buzzard, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Stonechat (Pair - the male has a prominent unstreaked pale rump and large pale collar but otherwise seems like a normal Stonechat ), 1 Lapland Bunting (Showed well for a short time feeding along the edge of the Avocet pool before being flushed. Seen again very briefly in weedy area by the main fleet) [Steve Arlow]

Wakering Stairs, 12:15 to 12:45
1 Buzzard, 1 Dartford Warbler (Showing well in bushes along main road) [Lee Ebbs]

Rochford Golf Course, 11:45 to 15:40
2 Egyptian Goose (pair), 1 Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Skylark (flew SW), 2 Meadow Pipit (flew SW), 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Common Darter [Neil Chambers]

Wakering Stairs, 11:10 to 13:50
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Dartford Warbler (thanks Steve and Griggsy) [Bob Young]

Wakering Stairs, 09:00 to 13:50
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Green Sandpiper (Griggsy only), 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 4 Stonechat, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Redwing, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Dartford Warbler (In bushes along road prior to reaching Ben’s Road), 1 Chinese Muntjac, 1 Clouded Yellow [Steve Arlow, Paul Griggs]

Friday 30 October 2026

Rochford, 10:00 to 10:00
1 Hummingbird Hawkmoth (in garden) [Steve Arlow]

Thursday 29 October 2026

Doggetts Pits, 13:00 to 15:00
2 Mistle Thrush (presumable a pair along Doggetts Chase just north of the pits) [Steve Arlow]

Wednesday 28 October 2026

Canvey Wick, 13:00 to 15:25
1 Woodcock [Marc Outten]

Highlands Boulevard, Leigh, 07:15 to 16:15
1 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Grey Wagtail [Paul Griggs]

Canvey Wick, 07:00 to 09:30
4 Song Thrush, 3 Redpoll [Marc Outten]

Tuesday 27 October 2026

Bowers Marsh (RSPB), 16:10 to 17:30
1 Jack Snipe, 1 Tawny Owl (Calling towards Rookery Farm), 25 Skylark (c.), 1 Ring Ouzel (Same place, alarm calling.), 4 Reed Bunting, 1 Corn Bunting [Marc Outten]

Wat Tyler Country Park, 11:15 to 12:30
1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 Water Pipit (on the scrape from the hide), 1 Stonechat, 1 Cetti's Warbler (h) [Paul Griggs, Bob Young]

Bowers Marsh (RSPB), 07:30 to 11:00
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler (h) [Paul Griggs, Bob Young]

Monday 26 October 2026

Bowers Marsh (RSPB), 11:50 to 12:40
1 Woodlark (With Skylarks, calling ), 8 Skylark (Flushed from Pylon Field from excavation area), 15 Meadow Pipit (+), 1 Ring Ouzel (Female at ///drama.guilty.rats), 2 Song Thrush, 35 Corn Bunting [Marc Outten]

Sunday 25 October 2026

Paglesham Lagoon, 11:20 to 14:00
350 Shoveler (estimated count - very large number present), 5 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Little Gull (very showy 1st-winter close in to the eastern embankment; often just a few feet away dancing on the water) [Steve Arlow]

Hampton Barns, 10:50 to 11:00
1 Brambling (female with Chaffinch in conifers past the past cottage), 5 Common Darter (still on the wing) [Steve Arlow]

Gunners Park, 10:00 to 10:30
1 Chiffchaff, 4 Goldcrest, 1 Firecrest (Bunker Wood) [Lee Ebbs]

Thursday 22 October 2026

Benfleet Creek, 15:45 to 15:45
1 Merlin (flew low from the downs over sea wall and across creek to Canvey marshes.) [Simon Watson]

River Roach, 07:40 to 13:10, Stambridge Road to Paglesham Lagoon via Bartonhall Creek and return via the river
4 Little Egret, 125 Pochard (c,PL), 3 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 19 Avocet, 15 Ringed Plover, 50 Golden Plover (c), 2 Grey Plover, 65 Lapwing (c ), 15 Black-tailed Godwit, 30 Curlew (c), 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Kingfisher (PL), 8 Skylark, 5 Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 2 Stonechat (pair,PL), 3 Cetti's Warbler (h), 300 Starling (+), 2 Red Admiral [Jeff Kinnerman]

Wednesday 21 October 2026

Canvey Point, 08:20 to 14:05
4 Red-throated Diver, 13 Little Egret, 6 Common Scoter (1,5), 1 Avocet, 1 Ringed Plover, 250 Golden Plover (c), 10 Grey Plover, 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Whimbrel, 7 Curlew, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Kittiwake (juv), 1 Sandwich Tern, 2 Arctic Tern (juvs ), 1 Skylark, 1 Swallow (N), 2 Rock Pipit [Jeff Kinnerman]

Gunners Park, 07:50 to 08:40, From Coastguards
3 Red-throated Diver, 10 Great Crested Grebe (+), 1 Gannet, 17 Ringed Plover, 420 Sanderling, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Little Gull, 2 Meadow Pipit [Marc Outten]

Tuesday 20 October 2026

Canvey Seafront, 14:50 to 17:20, High tide c2pm, ESE wind, poor visibility and rain at first clearing - viewing from shelter at end of Seaview Road
1 Gannet, 32 Common Scoter, 1 Pomarine Skua (adult flew west), 2 Arctic Skua (adult east and juv. chasing gulls), 5 Little Gull (flew east), 1 Sterna sp., 2 Sandwich Tern, 2 Arctic Tern (juvs) [Neil Chambers]

Canvey Point, 07:30 to 11:30
4 Red-throated Diver, 10 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Gannet, 8 Little Egret, 65 Common Scoter, 1 Purple Sandpiper (on breakwater), 3 Mediterranean Gull, 3 Little Gull (2 ad, 1 imm), 1 Sabine's Gull (imm - nice find, Bob), 3 Kittiwake, 2 Sterna sp., 6 Sandwich Tern, 1 Common Tern, 1 Guillemot [Paul Griggs, Bob Young]

Monday 19 October 2026

Benfleet Station, 14:00 to 14:00
2 Ring-necked Parakeet (Flew over garden) [Simon Watson]

Gunners Park, 10:30 to 14:10
1 Yellow-browed Warbler (heard a couple of times), 1 Clouded Yellow [Paul Griggs]

Sutton Road Cemetery, 10:05 to 10:15
6 Ring-necked Parakeet (over and calling ) [Jeff Kinnerman]

Highlands Boulevard, Leigh, 09:00 to 09:00
2 Grey Wagtail [Paul Griggs]