Thursday 29 July 2010
1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Kestrel, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Green Sandpiper (on old sewage works.), 5 Common Sandpiper (4 on old sewage works, 1 flew along borrowdyke. 2 tree record count for me.), 32 Common Tern, 2 Skylark, 1 Meadow Pipit, 7 Pied Wagtail (4 juvs), 1 Stonechat (juv.), 9 Whitethroat, 12 Greenfinch, 9 Goldfinch, 30 Linnet, 1 Marbled White, 10 Gatekeeper, 18 Meadow Brown [Graham Ryland]
Wednesday 28 July 2010
1 Sparrowhawk (male), 2 Green Woodpecker (ad feeding juv), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Migrant Hawker, 1 Holly Blue, 1 Marbled White [Neil Chambers]
3 Little Egret, 23 Golden Plover, 32 Lapwing, 1 Dunlin, 15 Whimbrel, 1 Spotted Redshank, 6 Greenshank, 12 Green Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Little Owl [John Wright]
1 Hobby (drifted north east) [Paul Baker]
1 Peregrine Falcon (male on west & east side of Portcullis Hse most of day) [John Wright]
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (on feeders in my garden) [Brian Baldock]
1 Sparrowhawk (male), 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Sand Martin, 20 Swallow (+), 20 House Martin (+), 4 Blackcap, 4 Lesser Whitethroat (family party), 7 Whitethroat, 4 Willow Warbler (all yellowish young ones, presumably early migrants) [Don Petrie]
Tuesday 27 July 2010
76 Little Egret [Paul Griggs, Paul Baker, Don Petrie]
1 Sparrowhawk (DP), 1 Hobby (+), 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Skylark, 1 Reed Warbler (+), 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler (probable heard calling), 5 Marsh Frog (several in pond.), 2 Southern Migrant Hawker (1 male, also one female (according to other experts)), 3 Emperor Dragonfly (+), 15 Marbled White (c, inc 1 taken by an Emperor) [Paul Baker, Don Petrie]
4 Green Woodpecker (looked like a family party of 2 adults and 2 juvs.), 1 Skylark, 3 Yellowhammer (singing males) [Paul Baker]
1 Peregrine Falcon (west side of Portcullis House) [John Wright]
14 Little Egret, 2 Greylag Goose, 21 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper [Paul Griggs, Paul Baker, Don Petrie]
Monday 26 July 2010
54 Little Egret (+), 1 Snipe, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Bearded Tit [Paul Griggs, Paul Baker, Marc Outten, Don Petrie, Graham Ryland, Alan Shearman]
1 Snipe, 3 Spotted Redshank, 10 Green Sandpiper (+), 1 Wood Sandpiper (still present) [Don Petrie, Paul Baker]
1 Sparrowhawk [John Wright]
2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Kestrel, 3 Golden Plover (summer plumage), 3 Whimbrel, 41 Greenshank (at Haven Point) [Don Petrie]
1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Scarce Emerald Damselfly (2 male 1 female), 1 Small Red-eyed Damselfly, 1 Southern Migrant Hawker (male), 1 Emperor Dragonfly, 1 Marbled White [Paul Griggs]
1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Purple Hairstreak, 1 White Admiral [Vince Kinsler]
4 Scarce Emerald Damselfly (+), 2 Southern Migrant Hawker, 1 White-letter Hairstreak (very worn, on bramble at bottom of ride from St Marys Rd), 6 Brown Argus (very fresh), 1 Common Blue (male), 1 Wall (on buddleia east end of St Marys Rd was unexpected.), 20 Marbled White [Vince Kinsler]
1 Cattle Egret (flew off at c8am), 4 Little Egret, 40 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper [Neil Chambers]
 1 Cattle Egret (at times didn't look too well!), 14 Little Egret, 70 Black-tailed Godwit (at least), 3 Spotted Redshank, 4 Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Mediterranean Gull (juvenile) [Steve Arlow, Tim Bourne, Don Petrie, John Wright]
Sunday 25 July 2010
1 Cattle Egret (in little egret roost south of scrape. Went into deep cover at 21:00 and then not visible. Best chance to see may be to go to Vange Marsh early and hope the Cattle Egret follows the other egrets as it did this morning.), 45 Little Egret (+, on roost south of scrape, viewed from first hide) [Don Petrie, Vince Kinsler, Marc Outten]
2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff (1 singing), 10 Marsh Frog, 1 Grass Snake (swimming along one of the ditches), 15 Scarce Emerald Damselfly, 10 Small Red-eyed Damselfly, 3 Migrant Hawker, 4 Southern Migrant Hawker (at least, all males), 1 Brown Argus (on E-W track on marshes at bottom of slope from St Mary's Road), 1 Painted Lady (on buddleia at end of St Mary's Road), 3 Marbled White [Neil Chambers]
1 Sparrowhawk (Southern Migrant Hawker 4+) [Graham Ryland, Andrew Woodhouse]
1 Marbled White (A small one in the area of unmown grass) [Dudley Shayler]
6 Little Egret, 24 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Spotted Redshank, 3 Greenshank, 5 Green Sandpiper (+), 8 Common Sandpiper (+) [Don Petrie]
1 Sparrowhawk (Up to 7 male Southern Migrant Hawkers through the day and 50+ watching) [Andrew Woodhouse]
6 Spotted Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper [Don Petrie]
3 Little Egret, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper [Neil Chambers, Steve Arlow, John Wright]
0 Cattle Egret (no sign of bird found earlier by Paul Wood - flew off around the old tip), 8 Little Egret, 1 Mediterranean Gull (juv) [Neil Chambers]
Saturday 24 July 2010
1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 15 Green Sandpiper (+), 1 Wood Sandpiper, 4 Green Woodpecker (family party in fields just past fishing lakes), 1 Corn Bunting (singing) [Neil Chambers, Vince Kinsler]
3 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (over Havengore Island), 7 Kestrel (over Potton and Havengore), 4 Red-legged Partridge (on the tip), 1 Grey Partridge (calling and showing in the rough grass south of the first pool), 54 Lapwing, 51 Whimbrel (all in one large flock roosting in the middle fields), 3 Spotted Redshank (in the first pool viewed from between the farmhouse and the barn), 3 Greenshank, 11 Green Sandpiper (in the first pool), 1 Wood Sandpiper (in the first pool, nice comparison with Green Sand.), 2 Skylark, 4 Sand Martin (on wires with c.50 swallows), 1 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Corn Bunting (singing) [Don Petrie, Paul Griggs]
1 Marsh Harrier (juvenile), 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Sandpiper (3 Southern Migrant Hawkers (males)in the overgrown ditch that runs south from the pond to the railway about half a mile east of Benfleet station. ) [John Wright]
2 Swift, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Painted Lady [Neil Chambers]
1 Greenshank, 8 Yellow Wagtail (mostly juv's), 1 Corn Bunting, 1 Brown Argus (plus 5-6 possibles which I didn't get a good look at the underside of, so could have been female Common Blues), 3 Common Blue (male + 2 fem), 1 Painted Lady, 1 Small Tortoiseshell (fresh) [Neil Chambers]
1 Hobby, 15 Curlew, 6 Greenshank, 3 Green Sandpiper, 11 Stock Dove [Sally Brierley]
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel [Paul Griggs]
1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk (Male, riding the thermals), 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff (singing), 30 Green-veined White (plus), 50 Meadow Brown (at least) [Steve Sanford]
Friday 23 July 2010
1 Yellow-legged Gull (adult) [Jeff Saward]
18 Little Egret, 13 Sandwich Tern (inc. 4 juvs.), 27 Common Tern (inc. a number of juvs.) [Jeff Saward]
1 Peregrine Falcon (male, on west side of Portcullis House.) [John Wright]
1 Goldcrest (singing) [Paul Griggs]
Thursday 22 July 2010
59 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Spotted Redshank, 6 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Common Tern (pair), 1 Reed Warbler (singing), 2 Essex Skipper, 10 Large Skipper, 2 Small Heath [Neil Chambers]
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit (one of which was singing and displaying), 1 Blackcap (singing) [Paul Baker]
1 Painted Lady (on buddleia) [Paul Baker]
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Goldcrest (singing) [Paul Griggs, Don Petrie]
3 Little Egret, 14 Lapwing, 1 Dunlin (feeding along northern reservoir bank), 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Redshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Mediterranean Gull [Marc Outten]
2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Blackcap (singing), 8 Large Skipper [Neil Chambers]
1 Green Woodpecker (from my bed) [Paul Griggs]
Wednesday 21 July 2010
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel [Paul Baker]
1 Little Grebe (in the borrowdike, carrying food.), 9 Little Egret, 1 Tufted Duck (duckling in borrowdike, no doubt a parent was nearby, but not seen.), 1 Whimbrel, 4 Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull (adult), 8 Sand Martin, 1 Yellow Wagtail [Don Petrie]
Tuesday 20 July 2010
4 Little Egret, 1 Hobby, 2 Grey Partridge (calling where the central footpath meets the barling creek seawall), 19 Lapwing, 1 Whimbrel, 7 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Tern, 2 Corn Bunting (singing) [Don Petrie]
69 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Curlew, 8 Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 3 Common Tern [Marc Outten]
1 Little Egret, 2 Snipe, 54 Black-tailed Godwit, 10 Spotted Redshank (all in SW corner), 2 Greenshank, 3 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Mediterranean Gull (ad), 3 Common Tern (2 ad 1 juv) [Martin Cracknell]
2 Sparrowhawk (pair displaying over garden) [Graham Mee]
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Mediterranean Gull (adults), 100 Black-headed Gull (plus), 5 Common Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker [Vince Kinsler]
Monday 19 July 2010
1 Peregrine Falcon (showed well at eye level from the Windsor ward (floor 6) of Southend University Hospital, I put 4 other inmates onto the bird as well, have an op and do some birding.), 23 Black-headed Gull, 49 Herring Gull, 17 Swift, 1 Blackbird (heard), 1 Song Thrush (heard), 32 Starling [Graham Ryland]
3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Whitethroat (singing) [Neil Chambers]
1 Mediterranean Gull (adult), 1 Green Woodpecker [Paul Baker]
1 Brimstone, 5 Purple Hairstreak, 5 White Admiral (a couple very worn now), 2 Speckled Wood, 20 Gatekeeper, 50 Ringlet [Vince Kinsler]
71 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 7 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Yellow-legged Gull (adults on south side), 2 Common Tern, 2 Common Blue (on Birds foot trefoil 10m E of north end of abstraction ditch.), 20 Marbled White, 100 Gatekeeper (plus) [Vince Kinsler]
1 Peregrine Falcon (on west side of Portcullis Hse.) [John Wright]
8 Little Egret (on the roost) [Paul Griggs]
Sunday 18 July 2010
1 Accipitriformes sp. (a dark raptor with a white underside flying SE at a distance estimated at 6-8 miles was probably an Osprey, but too distant to be certain.), 2 Sanderling, 45 Dunlin (all with black bellies), 1 Bar-tailed Godwit (winter plumage already), 2 Whimbrel, 300 Redshank (circa), 4 Greenshank, 8 Sandwich Tern, 100 Common Tern (+), 3 Little Tern, 1 Turtle Dove (purring near Haven Point) [Don Petrie]
2 Mediterranean Gull [Sally Brierley]
1 Sparrowhawk (up very, very high, being mobbed by House Martins) [Paul Baker]
1 Blackcap (singing), 1 Chiffchaff, 15 Large Skipper, 1 Brimstone, 3 Purple Hairstreak (1 same spot as y'day; 1 c300m further along same path; 1 at the east end of the NR), 13 White Admiral (incl 5 in different parts of wood to y'day), 50 Gatekeeper, 30 Meadow Brown, 70 Ringlet [Neil Chambers]
Saturday 17 July 2010
1 Peregrine Falcon (heading southwest) [Simon Watson]
2 Great Crested Grebe, 51 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Yellow-legged Gull (adults), 2 Sand Martin [Don Petrie, Martin Cracknell]
1 Grey Wagtail (low over) [Vince Kinsler]
1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (1 juv), 2 Blackcap (singing), 15 Large Skipper, 2 Brimstone, 10 Large White, 2 Small White, 1 Purple Hairstreak (female on the main E-W track at on the north side of the NR), 14 White Admiral (at least, including 2 in Dodd's Grove), 2 Peacock Butterfly, 3 Comma, 1 Heath Fritillary, 1 Speckled Wood, 10 Gatekeeper, 30 Meadow Brown, 50 Ringlet [Neil Chambers, Paul Baker]
2 Sparrowhawk (pair - female carrying prey, looked like a Moorhen), 3 Kestrel (pair + male), 1 Lapwing (flew west over marshes), 1 Mediterranean Gull (adult flew west over marshes), 1 Blackcap (singing), 2 Chiffchaff (singing), 1 Willow Warbler (calling persistently by crossroads south of end of St. Mary's Road), 30 Small Skipper (only ones positively ID'd were Small), 10 Large Skipper, 20 Large White, 10 Small White, 2 Purple Hairstreak, 3 White-letter Hairstreak, 5 Red Admiral, 2 Peacock Butterfly, 6 Comma, 6 Marbled White, 30 Gatekeeper, 60 Meadow Brown, 20 Ringlet [Neil Chambers, Paul Baker]
104 Mediterranean Gull [Steve Arlow]
Friday 16 July 2010
30 Little Grebe (circa, including 3 sitting birds, one brooding 2 tiny chicks), 4 Great Crested Grebe (pair with well grown juvenile on lagoon plus adult on the river), 6 Cormorant (including a colour ringed immature, orange with black CJJ, ringed at Abberton as a chick on 26/04/2009), 51 Mute Swan (including 2 cygnets), 4 Greylag Goose, 84 Canada Goose, 30 Pochard (circa, including 2 broods), 60 Tufted Duck (circa, including 2 broods of ducklings), 1 Mediterranean Gull (ad S), 300 Black-headed Gull (circa, about 30% juveniles), 6 Common Tern (3 or perhaps 4 pairs on the rafts), 10 Swift, 3 Sand Martin, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting [Don Petrie]
1 Peregrine Falcon (over town centre) [Paul Griggs]
1 Small Copper, 1 Red Admiral [Paul Baker]
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