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Date: 13/03/2010
Time: 08:00:53
 

Southend Ornithological Group Bird News

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.

Friday 12 March 2010

Belfairs Woods, 12:45 to 13:00, if only it was always this easy!
1 Tawny Owl (fem heard several times near poors lane entrance), 1 Siskin (male calling constantly atop tall birch next to redpoll tree.), 2 Lesser Redpoll (same tree as earlier) [Vince Kinsler]

Belfairs Great Wood, 10:15 to 10:30
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Lesser Redpoll (in 1st birch by the split track opp dodds grove entrance) [Mike Bailey, Paul Baker, Don Petrie]

Southend, 10:15 to 17:30
1 Peregrine Falcon (female on and around Maitland House and the HSBC building for most of the day) [Paul Griggs, John Wright]

Belfairs Great Wood, 09:50 to 10:30, overcast with raim from 10:15 onwards
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Siskin (flew in from Dodd's Grove, circled around then went back north calling), 2 Lesser Redpoll (Actively feeding in obvious silver birch 50m in woods, south of Dodd's Grove entrance where path splits left or straight on. Present when I arrived at and successfuly twitched by Don & Mike, and still present when we left. Lovely birds!) [Paul Baker, Mike Bailey, Don Petrie]

Southend Pier, 09:40 to 11:15
1 Great Northern Diver, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Purple Sandpiper (on slipway and floating yellow/black inflatable by museum.), 0 Mediterranean Gull, 4 Kittiwake (adults) [Vince Kinsler]

Rayleigh, 08:30 to 09:00, Ferndale Rd
1 Sparrowhawk (female) [Paul Baker]

Thursday 11 March 2010

Mayflower Close, Eastwood, 14:00 to 14:00
1 Grey Wagtail (flew low north calling then dropped down in stream) [Paul Baker]

Southend, 09:15 to 13:40
1 Peregrine Falcon (female on Maitland House's fire escape) [Paul Griggs]

Belton Hills, 06:40 to 06:40
5 Siskin (flew over calling (Belton Hills East)) [John Wright]

Belfairs Great Wood, 06:20 to 07:45, calm, cool, very quiet
1 Sparrowhawk (male), 2 Green Woodpecker, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker (3 drumming) [Martin Cracknell]

Wednesday 10 March 2010

Belfairs Great Wood, 12:30 to 14:30
1 Kestrel, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 12 Redwing, 8 Chaffinch, 10 Goldfinch (there's no Redpoll's! someone's making it up : )) [Paul Baker]

Southend, 10:45 to 12:45, Maitland House
1 Peregrine Falcon (female perched on the fire escape railings) [Paul Griggs]

Belfairs N.R., 08:45 to 09:45
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Redwing, 10 Goldfinch [Paul Griggs, Mike Bailey, Don Petrie]

Mayflower Close, Eastwood, 08:45 to 08:45
1 Blackbird (3/4trs albino with just black tail and rear) [Paul Baker]

Belfairs N.R., 08:00 to 10:00
1 Cormorant (overhead), 4 Green Woodpecker, 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Redwing, 4 Goldfinch [Mike Bailey, Paul Griggs, Don Petrie]

Belfairs N.R., 07:20 to 08:05, Overcast, calm
1 Tawny Owl (female calling SE of end of Poors Lane), 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (drumming), 1 Lesser Redpoll (a single bird c200m south along main track in Great Wood NR from entrance opposite Dodd's Grove, then flew back towards Dodd's Grove calling) [Neil Chambers]

Tuesday 09 March 2010

Baxter Avenue Southend, 17:20 to 17:20
1 Peregrine Falcon [Paul Griggs]

Belfairs Great Wood, 12:20 to 14:30
1 Cormorant (overhead), 2 Green Woodpecker, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 10 Fieldfare, 1 Song Thrush, 62 Redwing, 1 Siskin (flew over Dodd's Grove calling at 13.21) [Mike Bailey, Don Petrie]

Wat Tyler Country Park, 10:40 to 11:45
16 Grey Heron (On Fobbing/Vange Wick), 1 Red-breasted Goose (The escape, yellow ring on left leg, on Fobbing/Vange Wick with Canada Geese, viewed from Marina mound ) [John Wright]

Belfairs Woods, 10:10 to 11:30, including Hadleigh Great Wood NR
2 Green Woodpecker, 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 11 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 5 Lesser Redpoll (feeding in the standard birch trees south of the western Poors Lane/Dodd's grove entrance to the main reserve) [Marc Outten, Tony Mead]

Vange Marsh, 09:30 to 10:20
5 Snipe, 1 Water Pipit (N.E. and N.W. ends, mobile!), 1 Cetti's Warbler [John Wright]

Monday 08 March 2010

Wallasea Island, 11:50 to 12:00, Quick look from seawall by car park
1 Corn Bunting (singing) [Neil Chambers]

Paglesham Eastend, 11:05 to 11:35, From boatyard east along Roach for c1/4 mile
5 Meadow Pipit, 4 Fieldfare, 3 Reed Bunting [Neil Chambers]

Hockley Woods, 08:30 to 10:00
4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Firecrest (in holly on SW perimeter path) [Bob Young]

Fleet Head, 08:25 to 10:35, Bright, brisk NE wind
4 Canada Goose (on Potton), 1200 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (by central track), 2 Red-legged Partridge, 50 Golden Plover (Potton), 100 Black-tailed Godwit, 40 Stock Dove (Potton), 1 Rock Pipit, 20 Corn Bunting (incl. a few singing), 11 Brown Hare [Neil Chambers]

Sunday 07 March 2010

Priory Park, 17:30 to 17:50
1 Ring-necked Parakeet (flew onto ivy covered tree on island at 17:40, didn't call) [John Wright]

Chalkwell Seafront, 15:30 to 17:30
1 Sanderling, 1 Mediterranean Gull (adult) [Paul Baker]

Wat Tyler Country Park, 14:30 to 15:00
1 Marsh Harrier (female on RSPB Bowers), 10 Snipe (circa on scrape) [Graham Mee]

Rochford Golf Course, 13:40 to 15:30, Sunny, brisk & v. cold E/NE wind
1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Redwing [Neil Chambers]

Highlands Boulevard, Leigh, 13:15 to 13:15
1 Sparrowhawk (female) [Paul Griggs]

Hockley Woods, 11:00 to 12:00, Sunny, cold E wind
1 Stock Dove (singing), 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (1 drumming), 1 Firecrest (singing male in large holly trees on SW side from perimeter path), 1 Nuthatch (flew over the Firecrest) [Neil Chambers]

Vange Marsh, 08:30 to 10:45
2 Snipe, 8 Meadow Pipit, 12 White / Pied Wagtail, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 8 Reed Bunting [John Wright]

Saturday 06 March 2010

Priory Park, 17:30 to 18:00
Ring-necked Parakeet Priory Park (Mike Bailey) (90850 bytes) Ring-necked Parakeet Priory Park (Mike Bailey) (89801 bytes) 1 Ring-necked Parakeet (showing very well in thin ivy-covered tree on island in main pond - didn't call once), 1 Brown Rat [Mike Bailey]

Canvey Point, 16:00 to 17:00, Bright, brisk NNE wind, high tide
4 Great Crested Grebe, 86 Cygnus sp. (on field on Kent side), 1 Common Scoter (drake flew upriver at 16.45), 4000 Black-headed Gull (approx - constant stream flying east at a rate of c70 per minute, but not a single Med Gull!!) [Neil Chambers, Martin Cracknell]

Fleet Head, 15:45 to 17:00
4 Little Egret (3 on Potton Island), 21 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 56 Corn Bunting [Marc Outten]

Southend Pier, 14:30 to 17:15
12 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Teal, 15 Knot (roosting with Turnstone), Purple Sandpiper Southend Pier 6 Mar 2010 (Mike Bailey) (69147 bytes) Purple Sandpiper Southend Pier 6 Mar 2010 (Mike Bailey) (66593 bytes) 1 Purple Sandpiper (on south side of pierhead throughout high tide (ie NOT on ramp with main Turnstone flock)), 92 Turnstone, 8 Mediterranean Gull [Mike Bailey]

Bowers Marshes, 13:45 to 14:00
54 Greylag Goose, 12 Canada Goose [Paul Griggs]

Southend, 13:35 to 13:35
1 Sparrowhawk (plunged into a tree at Porters Grange roundabout to take a sparrow) [Paul Baker]

Vange Marsh, 12:40 to 13:30
1 Anthus sp., 1 Cetti's Warbler (showed well in abstraction ditch), 2 Reed Bunting [Paul Griggs]

Wat Tyler Country Park, 11:00 to 12:30
1 Little Egret, 15 Greylag Goose, 46 Canada Goose, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Mediterranean Gull (adult-summers) [Paul Griggs]

Vange Marsh, 08:45 to 11:30
1 Little Egret, 10 Wigeon, 8 Teal, 20 Shoveler, 1 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 7 Reed Bunting [John Wright]

Vange Marsh, 07:30 to 09:50
4 Meadow Pipit, 1 Water Pipit (NW corner of the moat by the wood yard @7.50, along grassy edge of moat by middle mound @08.30 then flew onto the marsh and could not be relocated), 2 Cetti's Warbler (1 showing very well in abstraction ditch), 6 Reed Bunting [Martin Cracknell]

Friday 05 March 2010

Baxter Avenue Southend, 17:55 to 17:55, Portcullis House
1 Peregrine Falcon [Paul Griggs]

Hockley Woods, 16:30 to 17:30, Clear, still, quite cold.
1 Sparrowhawk (displaying male this morning), 3 Mistle Thrush (singing birds this evening), 2 Firecrest (a female 200 WSW of compound this morning at 10. Visit this evening male in holly 50m east of first logpile by main clearing), 3 Nuthatch (singing birds near carpark, at main clearing and S of compound), 2 Treecreeper (singing in well grown coppice east of main clearing) [Jeff Delve]

Mayflower Close, Eastwood, 15:00 to 17:00
2 Sparrowhawk (hunting low through gardens) [Paul Baker]

Shipwrights Wood, 11:45 to 12:45, spring like!
1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker (inc drumming and displaying), 8 Redwing [Paul Baker]

Paglesham Lagoon, 09:30 to 15:00, walked in from Paglesham boatyard
1 Little Egret, 2 Pintail (pr), 44 Pochard (including one with nasal saddle 'A3'), 52 Tufted Duck (including one with nasal saddle 'DL'), 7 Goldeneye (2 drakes), 2 Red-breasted Merganser (pr on river), 1 Skylark, 1 Yellowhammer (male), 4 Reed Bunting [Mike Bailey, Don Petrie]

Wat Tyler Country Park, 07:50 to 08:20, From marina overlooking Vange Wick. Not many large gulls present; all waders in creek. Sunny, -1C.
12 Ruff (+), 3 Snipe, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 1 Cetti's Warbler (still singing NE of marina car park) [Neil Chambers]

Hockley Woods, 06:50 to 08:00, crisp, blue sky, sunny
4 Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, 8 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (1 betwn car pk & clearing, a pair c 100m sth of compound), 4 Redwing, 1 Goldcrest (singing), 8 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Nuthatch (vocal), 4 Treecreeper (2 pairs) [Vince Kinsler]

Thursday 04 March 2010

Baxter Avenue Southend, 17:50 to 17:50, Portcullis House
1 Peregrine Falcon [Paul Griggs]

Vange Marsh, 17:25 to 18:10
1 Water Rail (seen well in ab. ditch), 12 Snipe, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Water Pipit (around flood/moat in most NE corner.), 2 Cetti's Warbler (seen chasing each other in abstraction ditch), 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Northern Water Vole [Vince Kinsler]

Rayleigh, 17:15 to 17:15, Field NE of Carpenters Arms Roundabout
1 Buzzard (flying low across field chased by corvids and then gaining height.) [Vince Kinsler]

Bowers Marshes, 15:30 to 18:00, viewed initially from Pitsea Mount, then from the end of Church Road
1 Mute Swan, 58 Greylag Goose, 39 Canada Goose, 1 Red-breasted Goose (Adult of unknown origin. Seen in flight (fully winged) and actively feeding with Canada Geese from15:40 until dusk), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Cetti's Warbler [Don Petrie, Mike Bailey, Marc Outten]

Hadleigh Downs, 15:30 to 16:00
1 Woodcock [Andrew Woodhouse]

Canvey Point, 13:20 to 14:45, approaching high tide, warm, sunny with brisk ENE wind
2 Great Crested Grebe, 25 Common Scoter (hanging around behind West Leigh bouy and Warden Point, flying frequently and landing again on the water), 1 Red Admiral (Thanks Mike!) [Paul Baker, Mike Bailey, Don Petrie]

Vange Marsh, 08:15 to 08:50
29 Snipe, 3 Meadow Pipit, 1 Water Pipit (favouring the grassy edges of the moat between the 2nd viewing mound and the woodyard, though quite mobile), 1 Reed Bunting [Neil Chambers]

Vange Marsh, 06:55 to 07:35
34 Snipe, 5 Meadow Pipit, 2 Cetti's Warbler (heard), 4 Reed Bunting [Vince Kinsler]

Wednesday 03 March 2010

Baxter Avenue Southend, 17:15 to 17:15, Portcullis House
1 Peregrine Falcon [Paul Griggs]

Southend Pier, 14:45 to 15:40, sunny periods, strong and cold NE wind
5 Great Crested Grebe, 300 Turnstone (c.), 10 Mediterranean Gull (1 1stW, 2 2ndW, 1 AdW, 6 Ad summer), 2 Common Seal [Don Petrie]

Vange Marsh, 13:50 to 14:50
8 Snipe, 2 Meadow Pipit, Water Pipit Vange Marsh 03 Mar 10 (heavily cropped) (Mike Bailey) (66697 bytes) Water Pipit Vange Marsh 3 Mar 10 (heavily cropped) (Mike Bailey) (69857 bytes) 1 Water Pipit (found by Marc, showing well in flooded grassy tussocks along north shore (where Snipe are sleeping) in front of line of reeds just east of middle viewing mound - Thanks Marc!), 1 Reed Bunting [Paul Baker, Mike Bailey, Marc Outten]

Vange Marsh, 12:50 to 14:25
62 Shoveler (numbers are down but there were over 30 on Vange Wick today), 38 Snipe (including a wisp or 29 flying around the marsh), 1 Water Pipit (on freshmarsh in the tussocky grass opposite the central viewing mound) [Marc Outten]

Wat Tyler Country Park, 08:55 to 10:55
1 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk (over Pound Lane), 5 Ruff (in creek), 2 Snipe (in creek), 1 Greenshank (in creek), 3 Mediterranean Gull (adults on Vange Wick), 1 Cetti's Warbler (heard on Vange Wick), 1 Brown Rat (at visitor centre) [Paul Baker, Mike Bailey]

Bowers Marshes, 08:20 to 08:20
2 Yellowhammer [Marc Outten]

Wat Tyler Country Park, 07:45 to 08:20, From marina overlooking Vange Wick
17 Ruff (in creek), 2 Greenshank (in creek), 1 Cetti's Warbler (singing east of car park) [Neil Chambers]

Tuesday 02 March 2010

Hockley Woods, 16:30 to 17:40, just around car park area
2 Stock Dove (pair), 4 Redwing, 1 Goldcrest (in holly to west of car park), 24 Greenfinch (in tree tops gathering to roost) [Don Petrie]

Victoria Avenue, Southend, 16:20 to 16:20
1 Sparrowhawk (female over Victoria Circus) [Paul Griggs]

Beckney Wood, 15:30 to 16:15
1 Green Woodpecker (heard), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (male), 14 Chaffinch (feeding flock) [Don Petrie]

Southend, 10:00 to 10:00
1 Peregrine Falcon (female on Maitland House) [Paul Griggs]

Hockley Woods, 08:25 to 10:55
1 Sparrowhawk (male ), 6 Stock Dove, 4 Green Woodpecker, 10 Great Spotted Woodpecker (at least - many drumming), 2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (heard calling only - one at 09.47 in trees E of the clearing, 200m N of the f'path to Eastwood sewage works, and another (apparently a fem, found by Don) further E in the same stretch of trees at 09.55 - many thanks for the phonecall Don!), 3 Redwing (in play area), 2 Nuthatch (1 in c'pk, 1 nr f'path to Eastwood sewage farm), 3 Treecreeper, 2 Crossbill (flew N over c'pk at 08.32 calling - one was an ad male) [Mike Bailey]

Hockley Woods, 08:00 to 11:10, sunny
3 Green Woodpecker, 8 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (female feeding and calling as it moved through the SE section of the wood for about 400m), 3 Nuthatch (calling from carpark, 200m south of carpark and southern clearing) [Don Petrie]

Rochford, 07:15 to 07:35
1 Green Woodpecker (in garden ) [Steve Arlow]

Monday 01 March 2010

Wat Tyler Country Park, 16:00 to 16:45, Vange Wick from pillbox by marina
2 Ruff (in creek), 1 Greenshank (in creek), 1 Herring Gull (with completely white plumage flew from tip and landed behind Vange Wick res), 1 Yellow-legged Gull (1st winter), 1 Caspian Gull (probable 2nd winter (not ringed) briefly - one of the closest gulls, but flew off too quickly), 1 Iceland Gull (juv / 1st winter for 10 mins on nearest flood, then flew off towards Holehaven with other gulls) [Neil Chambers]

North Crescent, Prittlewell, 14:25 to 14:25
1 Red Admiral (flew through garden) [Mike Bailey]

Daws Heath, 12:30 to 14:30, sunny and warm 10C! - Little Havens EWT, great habitat, no birds!
26 Mallard (flew west), 1 Buzzard (came in low at treetop height from Pound Wood at 13:55 then thermalled slowly upwards between A127 and Hockley ridge until lost as a dot in the blue sky at 14:05 - nice!), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Redwing [Paul Baker]

Hadleigh Downs, 11:30 to 13:00
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 1 Woodcock, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Adder [Andrew Woodhouse]

Canvey West End, 10:30 to 12:00, RSPB West Canvey Marshes
17 Pochard (on the fleet reservoir by the road), 400 Black-tailed Godwit ((c.) large flock high over heading east), 37 Curlew, 49 Stock Dove, 2 Corn Bunting [Marc Outten]

Hockley Woods, 08:40 to 09:40, Sunny, quite cold, light W wind
2 Stock Dove (singing), 2 Green Woodpecker, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker (3 drumming), 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (drumming c200m NE of crossroads of central track and southern perimeter path), 10 Redwing (feeding in play area), 1 Nuthatch (car park), 2 Treecreeper [Neil Chambers]

Sunday 28 February 2010

Wallasea Island, 17:00 to 17:30, Bitter NW wind. Very short dog walk!
1 Peregrine Falcon (ad male at eastern end disturbed from fields) [Jeff Delve]

Two Tree Island (West), 15:30 to 16:00
1 Stonechat (male) [John Wright]

Vange Marsh, 13:00 to 13:50
2 Little Grebe, 50 Wigeon, 28 Teal, 35 Shoveler, 8 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Cetti's Warbler (heard) [Marc Outten]

Highlands Boulevard, Leigh, 12:00 to 14:40
1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk [Paul Griggs]

Canvey Seafront, 10:25 to 12:10
2 Red-throated Diver, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Sanderling, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Kittiwake [Paul Baker]

Canvey Seafront, 08:15 to 11:40, Moderate N to NW wind, rain
2 Red-throated Diver, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 40 Gannet (+) (1 2nd year, the rest adults), 2 Mediterranean Gull (adults), 5 Kittiwake (2 ads, 3 1'w) [Neil Chambers, Marc Outten, Don Petrie, Jeff Saward]

Canvey Seafront, 07:15 to 12:00, Heavy rain, NE then NW wind
2 Red-throated Diver, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 49 Gannet (mostly adults), 3 Sanderling, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 5 Kittiwake [Jeff Saward]

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