Friday 12 June 2026
1 Cattle Egret (ad), 2 Little Egret, 1 Mediterranean Gull (ad), 2 Cuckoo, 2 Cetti's Warbler (h), 8 Small Skipper (+), 2 Essex Skipper (+), 10 Meadow Brown (+) [Paul Griggs, Bob Young]
4 Little Egret, 1 Hobby, 1 Mediterranean Gull (ad), 7 Kittiwake (ads), 4 Sandwich Tern [Paul Griggs, Bob Young]
1 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Cattle Egret, 3 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Spoonbill, 2 Wigeon, 1 Kestrel, 1 Knot, 73 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Cuckoo, 20 Swift, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 7 Sand Martin, 6 House Martin, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Bearded Tit, 1 Corn Bunting [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
Wednesday 10 June 2026
1 Tawny Owl (female calling) [Neil Chambers]
1 Spoonbill, 2 Wigeon, 1 Ruff (m. In breeding plumage), 20 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Cuckoo, 20 Swift (plus), 4 Yellow Wagtail, 7 Bearded Tit (5 juveniles), 1 Marbled White [Graham Oakes]
Tuesday 09 June 2026
1 Buzzard, 1 Hobby [John Wright]
Sunday 07 June 2026
16 Cattle Egret (6 initially with cattle, flew to roost. A further 10 flew to roost from the west.), 1 Sparrowhawk (fem), 2 Buzzard, 2 Cuckoo, 1 Barn Owl [Tim Bourne]
2 Gannet (adults), 5 Mediterranean Gull, 6 Little Tern, 2 House Martin [Bob Young]
1 Marsh Harrier (f, crossing to Kent), 4 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Kittiwake (adult), 2 Sandwich Tern, 5 Common Tern (+), 5 Little Tern, 3 House Martin [Paul Griggs, Mike Clarke]
1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker (ad with 2 juvs), 1 House Martin, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Blackcap (singing), 1 Whitethroat (singing), 1 Chiffchaff (singing), 1 Meadow Brown [Neil Chambers]
3 Cattle Egret (quite mobile, eventually flew over to Hadleigh marsh), 1 Buzzard, 3 Cuckoo, 1 Corn Bunting (singing male) [John Wright]
1 House Martin, 1 Greenfinch (display flight), 1 Marbled White [Paul Baker]
1 Ruff (m. In full breeding plumage), 50 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Tern, 20 Swift (plus), 6 House Martin, 6 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Corn Bunting [Graham Oakes]
Saturday 06 June 2026
2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Mediterranean Gull (adult), 1 Sandwich Tern, 6 Common Tern, 7 Little Tern (fantastic sight watching these zipping up and down throughout), 1 Cetti's Warbler (singing) [Neil Chambers]
1 Cuckoo (Male sitting in tree by feeders, close to the house, getting soaked) [Paul Baker]
Friday 05 June 2026
1 Little Egret (flew over west), 2 Common Pipistrelle, 1 Wood Mouse [John Wright]
1 Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Chiffchaff, 22 White-legged Damselfly, 2 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 1 Red Admiral, 10 Meadow Brown, 4 Small Heath [Neil Chambers]
5 Great Crested Grebe (pair with 3 juvs), 6 Pochard (pr + fem with 3 ducklings), 5 Tufted Duck (2 prs + a drake), 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 15 Red-eyed Damselfly, 10 Azure Damselfly, 5 Common Blue Damselfly, 3 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 9 Norfolk Hawker (8 holding territory, another in woodland just north of parking area), 3 Emperor Dragonfly, 30 Four-spotted Chaser, 3 Scarce Chaser (males), 2 Black-tailed Skimmer, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Painted Lady, 2 Speckled Wood, 2 Meadow Brown [Neil Chambers]
1 Cattle Egret (on BHF with cows and sheep) [Paul Baker]
6 Cattle Egret, 10 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Painted Lady, 8 Meadow Brown [John Wright]
1 Cattle Egret, 51 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Cuckoo (Male & female.), 20 Swift, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 6 Bearded Tit, 2 Corn Bunting [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
6 Red Fox (3 ads, 3 cubs) [John Wright]
Thursday 04 June 2026
1 Little Egret (the putative Western Reef Heron hybrid flew across BHF heading towards egret colony), 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, 1 Cuckoo (male) [Paul Baker]
2 Nuthatch (2+ vocal family party), 2 Slow-worm (one dead), 1 Red Fox (cub), 1 Wood Mouse, 1 Painted Lady, 8 Heath Fritillary, 1 Meadow Brown [John Wright]
Tuesday 02 June 2026
1 Cattle Egret (From Train) [Mike Clarke]
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Banded Demoiselle (female), 1 Hummingbird Hawkmoth (in nearby garden) [Paul Baker]
2 Great Crested Grebe (both juveniles), 2 Egyptian Goose (pair), 11 Pochard (including female with 3 ducklings), 2 Tufted Duck (pair ), 1 Red-eyed Damselfly (present), 1 Azure Damselfly (present), 1 Common Blue Damselfly (present), 1 Blue-tailed Damselfly (present), 4 Norfolk Hawker, 1 Emperor Dragonfly, 2 Hairy Dragonfly, 1 Downy Emerald (first SOG record), 4 Four-spotted Chaser, 1 Scarce Chaser (male), 1 Black-tailed Skimmer (male) [Steve Arlow]
Monday 01 June 2026
14 Little Egret, 1 Glossy Ibis (Seen to fly in from the north and descend, but lost behind vegetation and not seen to land but looked like around the west end of Grass Farm Lagoon. Spent the next four hours looking for it without success. ), 2 Marsh Harrier (pair), 3 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 200 Mediterranean Gull (++, many breeding), 4 Yellow Wagtail, 8 Corn Bunting, 1 Essex Skipper (+) [Paul Griggs, Bob Young]
Sunday 31 May 2026
5 Greylag Goose, 26 Canada Goose (flock flew NE), 1 Hobby, 3 Swift, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Blackcap (singing), 1 Whitethroat (singing), 1 Chiffchaff (singing), 1 Painted Lady [Neil Chambers]
3 Cattle Egret (With cattle south of gate to Pantiles), 2 Buzzard (Circling distantly over Hadleigh downs), 3 Cuckoo (+), 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Corn Bunting (Singing males) [Tim Bourne]
1 Red Kite (over North Fambridge. Appeared to be a resident bird rather than on passage), 1 Marsh Harrier (male, high over North Fambridge), 1 Sparrowhawk, 7 Buzzard, 2 Cuckoo, 1 Cetti's Warbler [Paul Baker]
1 Red Kite (Drifted west over my garden.) [Graham Ryland]
1 Red Kite [Mike Clarke]
3 Red Kite (drifted high NE together), 1 Buzzard, 1 Hobby (over south), 1 Stock Dove, 3 Swift, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Blackcap (singing), 1 Chiffchaff (singing) [Neil Chambers]
7 Canada Goose (flew west), 3 Red Kite (flew west at 09:35), 1 Buzzard [Paul Griggs]
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