Welcome

The Southend Ornithological Group (SOG) is an informal group of birders who watch and record birds from sites in the Southend area of Essex, England. Some areas of this website, such as record submission and the chat forum, are restricted to known SOG birders.

For news of recent observations, click Bird News.

Bird Headlines

Interesting birds seen in the last 5 days, most recent first. Amber indicates scarce, red indicates rare (Essex requires notes or a description).

Recently added:-

• 28/05/2026 Neil Chambers has updated the summary of SOG birds for January to April 2026. Read it here.
• 28/05/2026 and he's completed the 2025 summary. Read it here.