Wednesday 21 August 2019
1 Hobby, 4 Purple Hairstreak, 1 Painted Lady [Andrew Woodhouse]
1 Marsh Harrier (very tatty female), 25 Golden Plover (to the west of the slipway), 250 Knot (at least to the west of the slipway), 10 Mediterranean Gull (mostly moulting adults but one juvenile present), 17 Little Tern (on mud west of slipway), 2 Blackcap (along road), 1 Lesser Whitethroat (along road), 4 Willow Warbler (along road) [Steve Arlow]
1000 Oystercatcher (+ towards Wakering Stairs), 35 Ringed Plover, 1 Spotted Redshank (WP bird feeding in amongst the RK’s as the tide retreated. ), 135 Redshank, 38 Little Tern (The final count. As the tide went out the flock stretched out when they sat on the mud. ), 3 Swift (High over the coastguard building. ) [Marc Outten]
9 Swift [Jeff Kinnerman]
2 Hobby, 11 Swift (west), 1 Migrant Hawker, 5 Small White, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Painted Lady, 1 Comma, 1 Gatekeeper [Paul Griggs]
38 Little Egret (flew south across Thames) [Graham Mee]
1 Sparrowhawk (female), 2 Painted Lady [Paul Griggs]
1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Kestrel, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Tree Pipit, 1 Cetti's Warbler [John Wright]
Tuesday 20 August 2019
1 Little Owl (calling) [Steve Sanford]
1 Osprey (on distant post off Haven Point), 1 Red-legged Partridge, 10 Whimbrel (+), 1 Greenshank (+), 10 Mediterranean Gull (+), 1 Wheatear (along seawall), 1 Painted Lady [Paul Baker]
1 Marsh Harrier (NE across estuary and on to Havengore), 1 Osprey (on very distant post SE of Haven Point), 1 Red-legged Partridge (heard), 200 Knot (+), 2 Whimbrel, 4 Common Tern, 2 Painted Lady [Neil Chambers]
1 Mediterranean Gull (adult), 100 Sand Martin (+, steady passage over SW), 2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 15 Migrant Hawker, 1 Southern Hawker, 1 Southern Migrant Hawker (male patrolling south end of ditch on east side of reserve), 10 Ruddy Darter, 1 Large White, 7 Small White, 1 Green-veined White, 5 Common Blue, 1 Holly Blue, 3 Red Admiral, 2 Painted Lady, 1 Comma, 1 Speckled Wood, 2 Gatekeeper [Neil Chambers]
14 Willow Emerald Damselfly (11- 4 pairs and 3 males at back of pond TQ789857 and 1 pair and 1 male pond at TQ792858), 1 Painted Lady [Andrew Woodhouse]
12 Little Egret, 14 Shelduck (pair with ducklings), 1 Buzzard (on Wallasea), 80 Redshank, 49 Common Seal [Graham Mee]
3 Willow Warbler, 1 Painted Lady [Paul Griggs]
Monday 19 August 2019
1 Barn Owl (in entrance of nestbox on BHF), 3 Rabbit [Paul Baker]
1 Osprey (Heading east over main road, great view. ), 1 Hobby, 4 Mediterranean Gull [Lee Ebbs]
1 Ringed Plover, 1 Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Swift, 1 Cetti's Warbler (singing) [Neil Chambers]
2 Willow Warbler (From the viewing window.) [Dudley Shayler]
2 Red Fox, 2 Badger [John Wright]
Sunday 18 August 2019
1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Whinchat (SE corner of lake) [Lee Ebbs]
1 Whinchat (SE side of lake) [Paul Baker]
2 Mediterranean Gull, 5 Common Tern, 16 Little Tern (inc several juvs) [Paul Baker]
2 Whimbrel, 2 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Common Lizard, 1 Scarce Emerald Damselfly, 1 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 24 Southern Migrant Hawker (all males), 8 Ruddy Darter, 1 Small Copper, 2 Brown Argus, 9 Common Blue, 6 Gatekeeper, 3 Meadow Brown, 2 Small Heath [Andrew Woodhouse]
10 Eider (1 female close in, 9 others mid estuary), 90 Grey Plover, 20 Knot, 80 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Tern [Paul Baker]
1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Migrant Hawker, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Painted Lady [Paul Griggs]
4 Slow-worm, 1 Common Pipistrelle, 1 Ruddy Darter [John Wright]
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Willow Warbler, 8 Reed Bunting, 1 Corn Bunting, 5 Common Lizard (immatures in 2 seperate areas), 2 Painted Lady [Paul Baker]
1 Ruff, 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Northern Water Vole [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
4 Egyptian Goose (on foreshore by barge pier before flying off north, presumably to Shoebury Park), 2 Little Tern (juvs feeding offshore), 1 Tree Pipit (flew SW calling), 12 Yellow Wagtail (flew SW calling in small groups), 1 Whinchat (mobile around eastern end of lake), 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat [Neil Chambers]
Saturday 17 August 2019
3 Buzzard, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Whitethroat, 4 Painted Lady, 1 Small Tortoiseshell [Paul Baker]
1 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Large White, 5 Speckled Wood [Paul Griggs]
1 Swift, 2 Large White, 3 Small White, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Painted Lady [Jeff Kinnerman]
Friday 16 August 2019
1 Green Sandpiper (flying around on BHF) [Paul Baker]
3 Common Sandpiper [Neil Chambers]
110 Little Egret (+, roosting on Kent side), 3 Teal (flew upriver), 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 4 Sandwich Tern, 150 Common Tern (+, most upriver behind two ships) [Neil Chambers]
12 Little Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper (on potton), 8 Common Tern, 100 Swallow (+ constant passage south during the duration of the trip), 35 Common Seal [Graham Mee]
3 Egyptian Goose (on foreshore by barge pier before flying off north, presumably to Shoebury Park), 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Whimbrel, 2 Swift, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Sand Martin, 30 House Martin (+), 3 Yellow Wagtail (flew SW), 1 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 5 Blackcap, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Whitethroat (+), 4 Willow Warbler, 5 Small White, 1 Small Copper, 1 Painted Lady, 2 Gatekeeper [Neil Chambers]
Thursday 15 August 2019
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Phylloscopus sp., 3 Common Lizard (inc 2 immatures), 1 Migrant Hawker (+), 1 Southern Migrant Hawker, 1 Ruddy Darter (male), 2 Painted Lady [Paul Baker]
2 Great Crested Grebe, 11 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk, 6 Whimbrel, 1 Common Sandpiper, 110 Sterna sp. (+ on Canvey Point), 3 Little Tern (on Canvey Point), 1 Swift, 5 Swallow, 2 Yellow Wagtail [Paul Griggs]
10 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Shelduck (pair with 11 young), 1 Kestrel (on Foulness), 100 Redshank (+), 14 Common Tern, 47 Common Seal (in Shelford Creek) [Graham Mee]
2 Sparrowhawk, 6 Swift, 2 House Martin, 2 Large White, 3 Small White, 2 Red Admiral, 2 Painted Lady, 1 Gatekeeper [Jeff Kinnerman]
Wednesday 14 August 2019
4 Buzzard (looked to be two pairs), 1 Kestrel [Paul Baker]
1 Sparrowhawk [John Wright]
1 Buzzard, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Reed Bunting (females) [Paul Baker]
2 Egyptian Goose, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Sand Martin, 1 Wheatear, 2 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Willow Warbler [Bob Young]
2 Red Fox, 3 Badger [John Wright]
Tuesday 13 August 2019
1 Buzzard, 1 Barn Owl (sitting in nestbox entrance on BHF), 2 Whitethroat, 1 Willow Warbler [Paul Baker]
1 Sparrowhawk (Male from the viewing window) [Dudley Shayler]
1 Hobby, 2 Dunlin,
2 Wood Sandpiper (well done Neil), 3 Common Sandpiper [Paul Baker, Neil Chambers]
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard (distantly to NW), 1 Kestrel, 1 Hobby (flew north), 3 Dunlin, 2 Black-tailed Godwit,
2 Wood Sandpiper (juvs showing well from roadside hide), 3 Common Sandpiper [Neil Chambers, Paul Baker]
2 Whitethroat, 1 Reed Bunting, 4 Scarce Emerald Damselfly (2 male, 2 fem), 1 Small Red-eyed Damselfly, 40 Southern Migrant Hawker (+, pair in tandem and 2 other females, rest males), 40 Ruddy Darter (+), 4 Small White, 5 Common Blue, 4 Gatekeeper, 5 Meadow Brown, 2 Small Heath [Neil Chambers]
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 4 Little Tern (fishing about a third of the way out), 1 Wheatear, 2 Blackcap, 5 Whitethroat, 4 Chiffchaff [Vince Kinsler]
1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Common Sandpiper [John Wright]
2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Swift [Jeff Kinnerman]
1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Water Rail, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 10 Sand Martin (+), 10 House Martin (+), 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Willow Warbler, 1 Bearded Tit, 6 Migrant Hawker (+), 4 Southern Migrant Hawker (+) [Graham Ryland, Graham Oakes]
1 Reed Bunting (female) [Paul Baker]
1 Peregrine Falcon (Harassing the pigeons on the Heavy Quick Firing Battery ), 10 Little Tern (Near the Experimental Casemate at high tide), 2 Wheatear (Sssi ), 8 Whitethroat, 10 Chiffchaff, 4 Willow Warbler (Mostly up in the scrub by the Wagon & Cart Shed ) [Andrew Armstrong]
Monday 12 August 2019
3 Blackcap, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroat, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler [Neil Chambers]
1 Little Egret (south) [Paul Griggs]
5 Avocet, 7 Golden Plover, 4 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Common Tern, 1 Cuckoo (immature crashing around for quite some time), 5 Whitethroat (pr with 3 young have been here all summer after nesting successfully in the bramble hedge), 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Migrant Hawker [Paul Baker]
Sunday 11 August 2019
3 Swift [Jeff Kinnerman]
1 Buzzard, 8 Ringed Plover, 2 Golden Plover, 6 Dunlin, 1 Whimbrel,
1 Painted Lady [Paul Baker]
1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 House Martin, 1 Chiffchaff, 15 Banded Demoiselle (+), 1 Blue-tailed Damselfly, 6 Ruddy Darter, 6 Small White, 1 Common Blue, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Meadow Brown, 2 Small Heath [Neil Chambers]
Saturday 10 August 2019
3 Common Lizard (immatures), 1 Painted Lady [Paul Baker]
10 Dunlin, 94 Black-tailed Godwit [John Wright]
Friday 09 August 2019
2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Buzzard, 12 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, 1 Whimbrel,
1 Willow Emerald Damselfly (trapped in downstairs cloakroom!), 1 Southern Migrant Hawker (briefly at 17:50), 2 Painted Lady [Paul Baker]
2 Gannet, 1 Eider (the 'regular' scruffy bird), 7 Common Scoter, 1 Pomarine Skua (summer plumage adult with spoons) [Jeff Saward]
5 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Tufted Duck, 3 Common Scoter (drake and two ducks), 28 Golden Plover, 2 Great Skua, 3 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Sabine's Gull (juv. at 0810, flew W, in with a tern flock, then flew back E), 1 Kittiwake (juv.), 9 Sandwich Tern, 405 Common Tern (inc. 325 migrants passing through), 23 Arctic Tern (inc. a flock of 17), 13 Little Tern (inc. a flock of 9), 12 Black Tern, 350 Swift (at least, two large flocks heading over around 0800) [Jeff Saward]
Thursday 08 August 2019
1 Buzzard (on post on BHF), 1 Great Black-backed Gull (adult), 1 Wheatear (still present on BHF) [Paul Baker]
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Whimbrel, 50 Mediterranean Gull (c. in anting flock with BHGulls), 1 Wheatear (BHF), 4 Lesser Whitethroat (in same tree as WWs), 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting (female), 1 Corn Bunting (flew over),
1 Southern Migrant Hawker (male around most of the time) [Paul Baker]
2 Sparrowhawk (adult and recently fledged juv.), 5 Brown Argus, 3 Wall [Jeff Saward]
3 Swift, 1 Swallow [Jeff Kinnerman]
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