Sunday 26 September 2021
1 Bar-headed Goose (on Jubilee with hundreds of Canadas and Greylags), 15 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (west along Allfleets - my first of the winter actually on the island), 2 Marsh Harrier (Ad male and juv), 6 Kestrel (well scattered feeding across grassland areas), 1 Merlin (in chase with Kestrels and bombing M.Harrier), 200 Ringed Plover (+), 4 Little Stint (in with Ringed Plover roost from path to School House), 50 Dunlin (+, mix of adults in winter plumage and juveniles), 3 Greenshank, 5 Sandwich Tern (Fishing over Allfleets west ),
 1 Butterflies and Moths (Death's Head Hawkmoth caterpillar - galumphing along towards School House - weird as no foodplant nearby), 1 Small Heath [Jeff Delve]
550 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (c550 on the mud out from the old town.) [John Wright]
1 Great White Egret (Great Pound.), 2 Pintail, 3 Kestrel, 4 Little Stint (still from benches), 4 Snipe, 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Weasel, 4 Willow Emerald Damselfly [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
Saturday 25 September 2021
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Mistle Thrush (east) [Paul Griggs]
2 Buzzard (circling over the woods), 1 Grey Wagtail (on rooftops and around ponds in adjacent gardens), 1 Song Thrush, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Coal Tit (on the feeders and calling), 2 Nuthatch (pair on the feeders) [Jeff Saward]
Friday 24 September 2021
2 Sparrowhawk (+), 1 Green Woodpecker (h), 1 Common Darter, 1 Small Copper (Scrub Lane), 1 Comma, 4 Speckled Wood [Paul Griggs, Vince Kinsler]
1 Badger (dead, in central reservation) [Paul Griggs]
5 Little Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 1200 Wigeon (+), 1 Pintail, 2 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 4 Little Stint, 1 Ruff, 1 Snipe, 2 Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher, 18 Swallow, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Whinchat, 2 Stonechat, 8 Bearded Tit, 1 Common Mole (croaked.), 4 Weasel [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
Thursday 23 September 2021
1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Swallow [Paul Griggs]
1 Willow Warbler, 2 Clouded Yellow, 1 Painted Lady [Vince Kinsler]
3 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier (Ad&juv males), 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 4 Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 1 Peregrine Falcon (Church Road ), 1 Little Stint (flew up with Lapwings), 3 Ruff, 4 Snipe, 6 Swallow (Church Road ), 2 House Martin, 6 Meadow Pipit, 4 Stonechat, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Peacock Butterfly, 1 Small Heath [Jeff Kinnerman]
Wednesday 22 September 2021
1 Tawny Owl (distant calling), 5 Common Pipistrelle (over garden) [Graham Mee, John Wright]
150 Canada Goose (Circa), 2 Marsh Harrier (Male and female), 1 Buzzard, 5 Kestrel [Andrew Armstrong]
1 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 2 Hobby, 1 Meadow Pipit, 1 Chiffchaff (singing) [Paul Griggs]
32 Little Egret, 2 Ruddy Shelduck, 2 Marsh Harrier, 4 Kestrel, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 3 Clouded Yellow (probably more), 1 Common Blue, 1 Gatekeeper, 1 Small Heath [Vince Kinsler]
1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Little Stint, 3 Snipe, 14 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Swallow, 1 Whinchat, 1 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear, 1 Blackcap, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Bearded Tit [Graham Oakes]
1 Sparrowhawk (female), 1 Willow Warbler, 6 Jay (all carrying acorns) [Graham Mee]
Tuesday 21 September 2021
1 Sparrowhawk [Paul Griggs]
2 Ruddy Shelduck (2 females still with Canadas on triangle then flew to Jubilee), 2 Marsh Harrier (both juvs), 3 Buzzard (Foulness side of river), 1 Osprey (one landed on support cables of leaning tower on Foulness - flew around to change position a few times), 2 Peregrine Falcon (perched on top of tower on Foulness), 115 Avocet (Flock on Fitzroy), 245 Golden Plover (Flock on field north of entrance road), 1 Wheatear, 1 Clouded Yellow [Jeff Delve]
2 Buzzard (One very high bird gave impression of HB with long tail, narrow hipped, smaller head but examination of photos shows Buzzard on plumage!!), 1 Hobby (High towards Canewdon catching insects), 4 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Mediterranean Gull (Ad and 2ndsummer), 2 Sandwich Tern (Ad and juv heading east along Crouch) [Jeff Delve]
1 Redstart (NE corner of SSSI), 5 Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, 15 Greenfinch [Bob Young]
1 Coal Tit (heard singing from Hockley Station platform in the sunshine ) [Paul Baker]
Monday 20 September 2021
1 Bar-headed Goose (Jubilee), 2 Ruddy Shelduck (Both females present still on Jubilee), 132 Teal (Pool Marsh, many more on Lytag and Jubilee), 13 Pintail (Pool Marsh), 82 Shoveler (Numbers building up on Pool Marsh), 4 Marsh Harrier (Moulting ad male and 3 juvs.), 1 Osprey (On post Foulness side of Roach viewed due east from Half Moon viewpoint), 200 Ringed Plover (Approx, flock over heading S), 1 Greenshank (Pool Marsh), 1 Green Sandpiper (Triangle), 20 Meadow Pipit (+, Several small groups moving through), 3 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Wheatear (Nr Triangle) [Jeff Delve]
25 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 1 Arctic Skua (imm, headed downriver just before 1pm), 1 Mediterranean Gull (adult in the tern flock), 15 Sandwich Tern, 30 Common Tern, 3 Black Tern (lingering throughout & showing quite well at times), 50 Swallow (flying north across Thames) [Paul Baker]
2 Gannet (Both 1st Year birds), 18 Little Egret, 400 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 300 Wigeon, 38 Teal, 12 Common Scoter, 1 Red-breasted Merganser (female heading up river), 1 Avocet (flew up river), 1 Arctic Skua, 1 Great Skua, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Little Gull, 22 Sandwich Tern, 40 Common Tern, 3 Black Tern, 30 Swallow [Terry Blackwell]
1 Shag, 130 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 1 Arctic Skua, 1 Redstart [Andrew Armstrong]
Sunday 19 September 2021
15 Meadow Pipit, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Common Lizard, 1 Willow Emerald Damselfly (+) [Paul Baker]
9 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 4 Teal, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 4 Mediterranean Gull (2 ad,1 2-w, 1 1-w ), 1 Sandwich Tern, 1 Green Woodpecker, 8 Swallow, 50 House Martin (c.), 4 Meadow Pipit, 1 Wheatear, 3 Cetti's Warbler (h), 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Chiffchaff, 3 Greenfinch, 4 Migrant Hawker, 1 Clouded Yellow [Paul Griggs, Steve Arlow]
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat [Mike Clarke]
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 15 Goldfinch (+), 1 Butterflies and Moths (Hummingbird Hawkmoth present in garden on and off) [Neil Chambers]
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Pied Wagtail (over) [Paul Griggs]
Saturday 18 September 2021
2 Ruddy Shelduck (on Jubilee), 1 Osprey (perched on tall post distantly on Foulness), 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Whinchat (colour ringed bird along seawall), 1 Wheatear (along seawall) [Paul Baker]
4 Willow Emerald Damselfly (along Ironwell Lan) [Steve Arlow]
1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Stint, 2 Ruff, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Yellow Wagtail [Lee Ebbs]
3 Buzzard (appeared to be actively migrating birds way up high), 1 Mediterranean Gull (adult winter, low through garden), 2 Willow Emerald Damselfly [Paul Baker]
1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Small White, 1 Red Admiral [Neil Chambers]
1 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 2 Hobby, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 100 Black-tailed Godwit (+), 8 Greenshank, 2 Wheatear, 8 Bearded Tit [Lee Ebbs]
Friday 17 September 2021
3 Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan, 5 Marsh Harrier, 5 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine Falcon [Graham Mee]
22 Little Egret (Jubilee and Pool Marsh only ), 2 Ruddy Shelduck (females still on Jubilee), 3 Marsh Harrier (male and 2 juvs), 3 Kestrel, 30 Avocet (+, distantly over Stokes), 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Yellow Wagtail [Jeff Delve]
2 Grey Heron (just the 2 Grey Herons for me where Jeffers saw the Purple and a Grey disappear to - which was disappointing!), 1 Pintail, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Hobby, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Wheatear, 4 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Bearded Tit (+ heard around Great Pound), 1 Clouded Yellow (East Havens) [Paul Baker]
1 Buzzard (low over Fambridge Road) [Paul Baker]
6 Willow Emerald Damselfly (including mating pair in Hawthorn along path from wooden gate north that runs parallel with Doggetts Lande), 3 Migrant Hawker, 1 Brown Hawker, 1 Emperor Dragonfly [Steve Arlow]
10 Cormorant (flock,west), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Meadow Pipit (over) [Paul Griggs]
6 Little Egret, 1 Purple Heron (juv,saline lagoon), 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 2 Hobby, 4 Avocet, 1 Snipe, 3 Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 13 Meadow Pipit, 1 Wheatear, 8 Cetti's Warbler (heard only), 1 Blackcap (m), 5 Chiffchaff, 6 Bearded Tit (Great Pound ), 3 Common Lizard, 1 Clouded Yellow, 2 Small Copper, 1 Common Blue, 3 Red Admiral, 1 Comma, 3 Meadow Brown [Jeff Kinnerman]
2 Wheatear (Between Benfleet and Leigh on seawall), 3 Cetti's Warbler (heard in dyke by seawall) [Simon Watson]
Thursday 16 September 2021
4 Cattle Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 2 Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Bearded Tit (+, calling) [Tim Bourne]
1 Willow Emerald Damselfly (site tick: 1 southern along hedge from the wooden gate at Doggetts Lane), 1 Brown Hawker (still around the reedbed on the southern side of main lake) [Steve Arlow]
1 Buzzard (north), 5 Greenfinch [Graham Mee]
1 Kestrel (male) [Paul Griggs]
1 Sparrowhawk (took a Starling in SSSI), 1 Buzzard (at head height buzzing around), 1 Mediterranean Gull (adult winter), 15 Meadow Pipit (ones and twos heading south), 1 Grey Wagtail (flew high north), 4 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Chiffchaff (singing occasionally!), 6 Greenfinch, 1 Rabbit [Paul Baker]
17 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 17 Avocet (lagoon), 2 Dunlin (lagoon), 2000 Black-tailed Godwit (+), 6 Greenshank, 3 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Greenfinch [Paul Griggs]
15 Little Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 1 Green Woodpecker, 36 Swallow (Passing through in mixed flocks in small groups on out going tide), 160 House Martin, 1 Blackcap, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Greenfinch, 15 Goldfinch, 1 Linnet, 3 Small Copper, 1 Meadow Brown [Angela Baldock]
2 Buzzard (overhead several times), 1 Chiffchaff (in song), 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Nuthatch (on the garden feeders) [Jeff Saward]
2 Kestrel, 1 Snipe, 22 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Greenshank, 2 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Bearded Tit, 15 Jay (All in one group) [Graham Oakes]
Wednesday 15 September 2021
1 Great White Egret (flew SSW), 6 Marsh Harrier, 2 Osprey ((?) one watched at extreme range alight on large double timber structure (similar to a huge pergola on Foulness) at 19:15 to roost with another bird already present on same structure which also looked to be an Osprey.), 1 Merlin (seen once in NE corner when had a go at a Marsh Harrier), 1 Peregrine Falcon (sat on post in NE corner), 2 Snipe, 1 Greenshank, 1 Short-eared Owl (came up from south Foulness to see off the Marsh Harriers in SE corner of Wallasea then returned to Foulness), 1 Yellow Wagtail [Paul Baker]
1 Buzzard [Paul Griggs]
1 Shag, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Tree Sparrow (Sssi) [Andrew Armstrong]
5 Greenfinch (all juvenile) [Graham Mee]
Tuesday 14 September 2021
2 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Little Egret, 670 Oystercatcher (c. ), 54 Ringed Plover, 1 Grey Plover, 38 Sanderling, 2 Little Stint (Initially on the main beach with other small waders until flushed. ), 2 Dunlin, 187 Redshank, 94 Turnstone, 7 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Sandwich Tern [Marc Outten]
1 Red-throated Diver (Summer plumaged bird drifted east past point on falling tide), 1 Gannet (3rd year bird heading east), 19 Common Scoter (11 headed east then 10 back west and later 8 with a teal west then back east), 3 Arctic Skua (Ad pale phase west, 2 different juvs later), 7 Great Skua (single 10am then flock of 6 out to east 14:55), 1 Little Gull (juv close in 10:50), 16 Sandwich Tern (+), 60 Common Tern (approx. fishing offshore much of the day), 2 Black Tern (seen on and off through afternoon) [Jeff Delve]
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