Records submitted in the last 14 days, most recent first. Amber indicates scarce, red indicates rare (Essex requires notes or a description), magenta indicates non-native.

Thursday 02 July 2009

Mayflower Close, Eastwood, 18:55 to 18:55
1 Sparrowhawk [Paul Baker]

Victoria Avenue, Southend, 18:00 to 18:00
1 Peregrine Falcon (on top window ledge on Eastern side of Portcullis House) [Don Petrie]

Belfairs Great Wood, 11:00 to 12:00
1 Purple Hairstreak (freshly emerged), 9 White Admiral (6 along the main E/W path, either side of the Sanctuary entrance, 3 on the Dodd's Wood side ), 12 Heath Fritillary (mostly pretty tatty by now), 1 Ringlet [Jeff Saward]

Victoria Avenue, Southend, 08:30 to 12:00
1 Peregrine Falcon (male on west side of Portcullis House.) [John Wright]

Wednesday 01 July 2009

Tewke's Creek, 19:00 to 20:00
2 Little Egret, 8 Grey Heron, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3 Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Black-headed Gull (leucistic - white mantle, brown centres to primary tips, brown neck ring and faint dusky head - superficially like a 2nd summer Med Gull) [Jeff Saward]

Tuesday 30 June 2009

Gunners Park, 19:00 to 21:00, cool, foggy, brisk east wind
1 Little Egret, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Sandwich Tern, 8 Common Tern (and several Mackerel off the Barge Pier!), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Whitethroat [Paul Baker]

Mayflower Close, Eastwood, 14:00 to 14:00
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Painted Lady [Paul Baker]

Belfairs N.R., 08:00 to 08:00
1 Brimstone, 2 Purple Hairstreak, 10 White Admiral (all around the reserve including an aberrant all dark one near the end of the main clearing by the Dodds Grove gate), 50 Heath Fritillary (at least) [Steve Arlow]

Monday 29 June 2009

Hockley Woods, 19:45 to 20:30
1 Stock Dove (singing), 3 Blackcap (singing), 5 Heath Fritillary [Neil Chambers]

Gunners Park, 18:00 to 20:00
1 Little Egret, 3 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Sandwich Tern (and several Mackerel from the Barge Pier), 6 Common Tern, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Whitethroat, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Painted Lady (in off the sea and landed on the Pier) [Paul Baker]

Benfleet Creek, 12:30 to 12:30
2 Common Tern [Simon Watson]

Victoria Avenue, Southend, 08:30 to 12:15
1 Peregrine Falcon (male on Portcullis House, west side.) [John Wright]

Sunday 28 June 2009

Ashingdon, 18:00 to 18:00
1 Sparrowhawk (north of Brays Lane) [Paul Baker]

Rochford Golf Course, 16:45 to 19:00, warm; cool NE breeze
1 Stock Dove (singing), 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 House Martin, 14 Mistle Thrush, 2 Blackcap (singing), 1 Whitethroat (singing) [Neil Chambers]

Belfairs N.R., 16:30 to 17:45
6 White Admiral [Dudley Shayler]

Belfairs N.R., 14:30 to 15:30
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 7 White Admiral, 5 Heath Fritillary [John Wright]

Benfleet Station, 14:15 to 14:15, over Simon's garden
1 Mediterranean Gull (adult-summer), 8 House Martin [Paul Griggs, Simon Watson]

Benfleet Downs, 11:00 to 11:45
3 White-letter Hairstreak [Andrew Woodhouse]

Hadleigh Downs, 10:10 to 15:30, Hot, sunny, humid, calm.
1 Mediterranean Gull (adult-summer), 1 Tawny Owl (calling at 10:30), 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Skylark, 3 Blackcap, 9 Chiffchaff, 3 Marsh Frog, 2 Large Skipper, 6 Large White, 1 Red Admiral, 9 Comma, 136 Marbled White, 2 Meadow Brown, 87 Ringlet [Paul Griggs]

Saturday 27 June 2009

Southend Pier, 18:00 to 19:00
10 Common Tern [Neil Chambers]

Battlesbridge Sewage Works, 17:30 to 19:30, High tide on arrival. I walked along sea wall past sewage works for about half a mile
9 Little Egret (roosting on saltmarsh across the Crouch), 1 Black Swan (on sewage works pools), 2 Common Tern (over), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Grasshopper Warbler (reeling from rough mound 200 metres N of sewage works), 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler [Don Petrie]

Wat Tyler Country Park, 14:30 to 14:50, Holly Cottage Hide
2 Turtle Dove (pair on wires and bushes opposite hide), 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff (singing), 1 Jay [Martin Cracknell]

Hadleigh Downs, 14:00 to 16:00
2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 80 Marbled White (about 80 throughout the park), 8 Ringlet [John Wright]

Hadleigh Marshes, 12:40 to 14:00
1 Little Egret, 2 Shelduck, 52 Lapwing, 8 Skylark, 5 Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 20 Linnet, 10 Marsh Frog [John Wright]

Mayflower Close, Eastwood, 11:00 to 12:00
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Skylark (singing to the east), 8 Swallow, 15 House Martin (at least 2 active nests with young along Western Approaches), 1 Mistle Thrush [Paul Baker]

Friday 26 June 2009

Belfairs N.R., 17:55 to 18:35
1 Chiffchaff (singing), 3 White Admiral, 10 Heath Fritillary [Neil Chambers]

Fleet Head, 17:00 to 18:00, All records per Lee Ebbs
1 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Spotted Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper [Paul Baker]

Star Lane Pits, 14:00 to 14:05
1 Turtle Dove (heard) [Matt Bruty]

Thursday 25 June 2009

Vange Marsh, 18:25 to 19:15
1 Ruff (superb male with most of a gingery ruff), 1 Green Sandpiper [Martin Cracknell]

Belfairs N.R., 16:30 to 18:20
4 White Admiral (in main ride on the east side of the bridle track that splits the reserve from Dodds Grove (must have missed Andrew by minutes)), 60 Heath Fritillary (most in porr shape) [Steve Arlow]

Belfairs N.R., 16:10 to 16:45
5 White Admiral (4 main reserve and 1 in Dodd's Grove) [Andrew Woodhouse]

Baxter Avenue Southend, 08:55 to 08:55
1 Peregrine Falcon (still present, perched on back of Portcullis House) [Paul Griggs]

Wednesday 24 June 2009

Vange Marsh, 21:00 to 21:10
1 Spoonbill (still feeding in NE corner), 2 Green Sandpiper [Don Petrie]

Baxter Avenue Southend, 20:40 to 20:45
1 Peregrine Falcon (adult female perched on back of Portcullis House) [Don Petrie]

Vange Marsh, 19:25 to 20:05
1 Spoonbill, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Green Sandpiper [Peter Collins]

Tewke's Creek, 18:30 to 19:00
1 Hobby (carrying prey, heading towards HDCP) [Jeff Saward]

Mayflower Close, Eastwood, 18:05 to 18:05
1 Kestrel, 1 Comma [Paul Baker]

Vange Marsh, 15:40 to 16:00
1 Spoonbill (feeding in the north-east corner of the freshmarsh, best viewed from the western seawall) [Marc Outten]

Belton Hills, 06:45 to 06:45
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Belton Hill west: adult and juv.) [John Wright]

Tuesday 23 June 2009

Canvey Point, 19:30 to 20:15, low tide
2 Grey Plover (1 in full sum pl.), 8 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Whimbrel, 11 Turnstone, 15 Common Tern [Martin Cracknell]

Mayflower Close, Eastwood, 18:00 to 18:00
1 Sparrowhawk (male, circled over me laying on the grass at height of no more than 6ft) [Paul Baker]

Monday 22 June 2009

Benfleet Station, 18:00 to 18:05, Footpath behind Fishmarket Restaurant
2 Song Thrush, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 9 Long-tailed Tit (At least 7 incredibly tame juv. ) [Martin Cracknell]

Chalkwell Park Drive, Leigh, 18:00 to 18:00
1 Hobby [John Wright]

Southend Seafront, 17:35 to 17:35, Kursaal
1 Mediterranean Gull (adult-summer) [Paul Griggs]

Victoria Avenue, Southend, 17:30 to 17:30
1 Kestrel [Paul Griggs]

Temple Farm, 13:15 to 13:40
3 Skylark, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Corn Bunting [Dudley Shayler]

Sunday 21 June 2009

Mayflower Close, Eastwood, 18:30 to 18:30
1 Cuckoo (circled over house then headed off north west) [Paul Baker]

Hadleigh Downs, 16:00 to 17:30
1 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 19 Lapwing, 2 Cuckoo, 1 Blackcap, 15 Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff [John Wright]

Canvey West End, 15:00 to 17:00
1 Kestrel, 1 Cuckoo, 2 Green Woodpecker, 15 Marbled White (+) [Matt Bruty]

Prittle Brook (Leigh on Sea), 08:45 to 08:50
17 Jackdaw (over my house) [Brian Baldock]

Saturday 20 June 2009

Two Tree Island (West), 18:30 to 19:30
6 Oystercatcher, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Whimbrel (flew around high, calling, and then flew south), 1 Curlew, 5 Redshank, 1 Stonechat (male), 1 Grasshopper Warbler (reeling and showing occasionally ), 10 Linnet (inc. family party with juvs.), 3 Reed Bunting (males. Plus 100 spikes of pyramidal orchids) [John Wright]

Chalkwell Park Drive, Leigh, 16:00 to 16:05
1 Jackdaw [John Wright]

Wat Tyler Country Park, 13:00 to 13:45, main hide only
3 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 1 Mediterranean Gull (adult bathing on scrape), 1 Cuckoo, 1 Cetti's Warbler (heard), 4 Reed Warbler, 2 Bearded Tit, 2 Reed Bunting (singing males) [Martin Cracknell]

Rochford Golf Course, 08:00 to 12:00, overcast, strong W breeze
2 Stock Dove (pair), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Mistle Thrush (singing), 1 Blackcap (singing), 1 Whitethroat (singing) [Neil Chambers]