Friday 31st March 2006
Priory Park 09.30
Mallard with 9 ducklings, Chiffchaff. Peter Walker.
Two Tree Island 12.00 -- 14.00
1 Skylark, 5 Pied Wagtail, lone Kestrel hunting (on island), many Oystercatchers and 10 Brent Geese (on sandbank), 3 Curlew, 2 pair Teal, many Redshank, 23 Avocet, 8 Shelduck, 1 pair Shoveler, 1 Little Egret, 32 Ringed Plover, 1 Snipe (on lagoon). Chris Henry.
Hanningfield Reservoir 13:00 - 14:00
4 Green Woodpecker, 2 Chaffinch, 7 Greenfinch, 13 Grey Wagtail, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Chiffchaff (heard singing), 3 Great Tit, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker. David Griffiths.
Wat Tyler Country Park 13:00 - 14:20
c.30 Avocet, 1 Snipe, 1 Swallow, 1 Cetti's Warbler (another 2 heard). Web Author.
Thundersley, My Garden, 14.00 - 14.15
6 Siskin on Niger and peanut feeders. John Bennett.
Benfleet Downs, 15:40
1 Blackcap (singing), 1 Chiffchaff (singing), 1 Redwing. Simon Watson (SOG).
Benfleet Station, 18:30
1 Blackcap (female at the bottom of my garden). Simon Watson (SOG).
Thursday 30th March 2006
Wat Tyler Country Park, 08:10 to 08:25
3 Cetti's Warbler (singing), 1 Chiffchaff (singing). Neil Chambers (SOG).
Boyce Hill Golf Club 09.30-13.00
3 Chiffchaff - all singing well in the sunshine, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch. Martin Cracknell.
Canvey West End, 13:30 to 14:30
1 Chiffchaff, 1 Swallow. Andrew Woodhouse (SOG).
Two-Tree Island (East) 16.30 - 17.00
1 Water Rail on edge of borrowdyke on Thames side of island, 2 Green Woodpecker. Martin Cracknell.
Southend Airport, 19:00
1 Redwing (several heard flying over). Paul Baker (SOG).
Wednesday 29th March 2006
Thundersley, Shipwrights Wood 10:00 - 12:00
1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Goldcrest, Pair Nuthatch, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Stock Dove, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Woodcock, 2 Chiffchaff. male Sparrowhawk. Richard Gray.
Hanningfield Reservoir 11:00 - 13:00
50+ Widgeon (from causeway), 6 pair Goldeneye (Lister hide), Pochard, Red Crested Pochard, Tufted Duck, 1 Black Swan, 1 Barnacle Goose, Lots of Greylag and Canada Geese. Chris Henry.
Shell Haven 12:10
1 Common Buzzard at Shell Haven Marshes. Nick Argent.
Tuesday 28th March 2006 First Report of House Martin
Two Tree Island 15:30
2 male Wheatear in EWT reserve. Steve Wood.
Hanningfield Reservoir 18:00 - 18:20
2 House Martin, 100+ Sand Martin, 3 Swallow (all from causeway). Neil Chambers. (SOG).
Monday 27th March 2006 First Summer Migrant Reports! Wheatear, Sand Martin and Swallow.
Leigh Station 08:00
2 Sparrowhawk circling over the Station. Tim Shaw.
Benfleet, Vicarage Hill 08.10
2 Siskin (a pair) on feeders in garden. Martin Cracknell.
Shell Haven Marshes 09:00
Swallow on local to no1 gate entrance. Martin Lawson (BNHS).
Highwood/Writtle Area 13:00
1 Red Kite. Justin Bufton.
Two Tree Island 13.30 - 14.30
1 Wheatear (male on model aircraft field, trying not to take off in very strong wind!). Martin Cracknell.
Wat Tyler Country Park, 14:00 to 15:00
1 Peregrine Falcon (hunting & sitting in field north of hide), 1 Bearded Tit (heard). Vince Kinsler (SOG).
Westcliff Seafront 17:00
Ring-billed Gull still in residence opposite ice-cream parlour. Martin Cracknell.
Hanningfield Reservoir 17:00
Many Sand Martins and one Swallow. Two pairs Red Crested Pochard. All from the causeway. Kevin Rees.
Hanningfield Reservoir 18:10 - 18:20
3 Swallow and 10 Sand Martin. Neil Chambers (SOG).
Sunday 26th March 2006
East Tilbury 08.30, 11.45 & 12.00
1 Common Buzzard circling over (tramac Site). Cleve Bull.
Gunners Park 09.00 - 09.45
1 Little Egret, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Moorhen. John Pitts.
Abberton Reservoir 09.00 - 12.00
14 White-fronted Geese on reservoir between the 2 causeways, 1 Female Scaup from Wainwright Hide, 1 Red-necked Grebe in full summer plumage from Roy King Hide. Tim & Viv Connett.
East Tilbury 09.00 - 12.00
1 Little Stint with Dunlin on foreshore, two Turnstone, c.120 Avocet, 1 Sparrowhawk, 6 Pochard, 4 Shoveler. David Jobbins.
Benfleet Creek Seawall 10.00
Peregrine Falcon sitting on fence post on the other side of Borrow Dyke. Flew off low looping around the water meadows. Tim Shaw.
Canvey, Near Morrisons Roundabout 10.15
1 Curlew. Bob Sheridan.
Navestock Gardens, Thorpe Bay 12.10
2 Siskin on nyger feeder in my garden. John Pitts.
RSPB Old Hall Marshes 13.00 - 15.00
Note that access to the site is by permit only, although visual access can be obtained from the sea wall.
Female Hen Harrier, male Marsh Harrier, North American Green Winged Teal - on Irongate, about a third of the way along, Golden Plover, Grey Plover. Tim & Viv Connett.
Hockley Woods, 13:30 - 14:20
1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in open area, calling, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker (2 drumming), 3 Nuthatch (2 singing), 6 Green Woodpecker (at least). Neil Chambers (SOG).
Mayflower Close, Eastwood, 20:00
1 Redwing (several heard flying overhead). Paul Baker (SOG).
Saturday 25th March 2006
South Fambridge / Brandy Hole 09.45 11.30
2 Little Egret, 6 Shelduck, 7 Reed Bunting, Red-breasted Merganser (male), 3 Curlew, Great Crested Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, c.700 Brent Goose, 4 Skylark. Ray Fuller.
Benfleet Downs, 10:15 to 11:45
1 Chiffchaff, 3 Bullfinch, 3 Adder, 3 Peacock Butterfly. Andrew Woodhouse (SOG).
East Tilbury ( Tarmac Site 0) 11:00 and 12:30
Common Buzzard circling over wooded area South west of site. Cleve Bull.
Rayleigh Mount, 11:45 to 12:00
2 Sparrowhawk circling high above, 20 Common Frog (approx.). Paul Baker (SOG).
Prittle Brook (Leigh on Sea), 14:00 to 14:30
2 Little Egret on the playing field in bonchurch park. Brian Baldock (SOG).
Hole Haven Creek, 14:15 to 15:30
2 Caspian Gull (1st winter same as 'bird 1' on 18/3 & 2nd winter same as 16/3), 2 Yellow-legged Gull (1st & 3rd winters), 20 Fieldfare, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Red Fox. Neil Chambers (SOG).
Hadleigh Downs, 15:45 to 16:45
2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Bullfinch (1 male and another heard calling). Neil Chambers (SOG).
Langdon Hills
Pair of Red Kite flying low over Westerly Heights Langdon Hills. Martin Lawson (BNHS).
Friday 24th March 2006
Dagenham, Goresbrook Park 09:30
1 Little Egret. Valerie Drury.
Gunners Park, 13:30 to 15:00
1 Little Egret in what remains of end brook, 1 Kestrel, 2 Green Woodpecker (1 male, 1 female), 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Jay and, almost incredibly and unexpected amongst all the machinery, 1 Kingfisher on usual perch by end pond. Web Author. (Note that nearly all areas are now accessible with the only difference being that you have to park at the entrance and walk down to the EWT reserve. The new bund/trackway gives quite a good vantage point o the best areas - Ed.)
Thursday 23rd March 2006
Thundersley 08:00
Male Blackcap, same as 22nd. John Nunn.
Wat Tyler Country Park, 08:15 to 08:30
3 Cetti's Warbler (all singing), 1 Barnacle Goose (feral bird still with Greylags & Canada's on field behind scrape). Neil Chambers (SOG).
Hanningfield Reservoir 10.00-12.00
5 Red-crested Pochard (3 males, 2 females); 5 Greater Scaup (1 male, 4 females); 1 Dunlin. David Jobbins.
West Wood, Hadleigh 10:00 - 12:00
40 Redwing, Siskin (heard), 4 Goldcrest, 3Nuthatch, 3 Treecreeper, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker. Richard Gray.
Tollesbury Wick, River Blackwater 10:00 - 13:00
200 Avocet, 15 Knot, 1 Red-throated Diver, 500 Wigeon, Brent Geese, 3 Marsh Harriers (2 over Old Hall Marsh). Trevor Bufton.
Benfleet 11.00
2 Blackcap, male and female in my garden. Male ever present since November but first sighting of female. Jerry Stock.
Bowers Marshes, 17:30
1 Marsh Harrier (viewed from train). John Wright (SOG).
Wednesday 22nd March 2006
Thundersley 08:15
1 male Blackcap in my Garden. John Nunn.
Shenfield 15:00
2 male Siskin in garden on nuts. Trevor Bufton.
Tuesday 21st March 2006
Hockley Woods, 07:00 to 07:05
1 Hawfinch in the play area before heading off into gardens. Dudley Shayler (SOG).
Hanningfield Reservoir 16:00
5 Scaup,1 male and 4 females. Martin Jameson.
Monday 20th March 2006
Coombe Wood, 08:00 to 08:30
2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in trees at the bottom of my garden, 10 Siskin; small flock in garden for some weeks. Jeff Saward (SOG).
Wat Tyler Country Park 14.15 - 14.30
1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Mediterranean Gull (Adult on main scrape), 1 Cetti's Warbler (heard). Martin Cracknell.
Two Tree Island 16:30
Short-eared Owl - 1 along Benfleet Creek and then over the west side of the island. John Pilgrim.
Westcliff Seafront 16.30 - 16.50
1 Ring-billed Gull (Rossi showing very well), 1 Mediterranean Gull (1st Winter). Martin Cracknell.
A127 and A130 Junction 17:30
Peregrine - one low over the road. John Pilgrim.
Sunday 19th March 2006
Prittle Brook (Leigh on Sea), 08:00 to 08:15
1 Siskin on nyjer seed in garden, 2 Goldfinch. Brian Baldock (SOG).
South Fambridge / Brandy Hole 09.40 11.00
13 Bar-tailed Godwit, Little Egret, 70 Brent Goose, 47 Shelduck, 4 Red-breasted Merganser (2 female 2 male), 5 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Reed Bunting, Curlew, 60 Teal, 2 Wigeon, Grey Plover, Skylark. Ray Fuller.
Wakering Stairs, 14:00 to 15:00
1 Barn Owl, 5 Common Scoter 
. Dudley Shayler (SOG).
Two Tree Island (West), 15:25 to 16:20
1 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Shoveler. Dudley Shayler (SOG).
Benfleet Creek, 17:30
1 Short-eared Owl on the sea wall adjacent to Two Tree Island lagoon. John Wright (SOG).
Wallsea Island
Late afternoon on eastern end of Wallasea turned up a Jack Snipe so confident of his camouflage that we stood watching from 12ft as he hid amongst grass stems in the easternmost borrowdyke. Also adult Mediterranean Gull flew past Wallasea Ness. Single Avocet on shore pools. Later Barn Owl by Breade House near Ballard's Gore and Little Owl along Scotts Hall lane.
Saturday 18th March 2006
Pitsea, Behind Aldi 09.20
Waxwings still feeding on what is left of berries. Adrian Mann.
Canvey, Hole Haven Creek, 10:50 to 13:40
50 Redwing, 70 Fieldfare, 1 Green Woodpecker, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Little Egret, 2 Yellow-legged Gull (3rd-winter, 1st-winter), 5 Caspian Gull (2 2nd-winter, 3 1st-winter), 6 Knot. Paul Griggs, Don Petrie (SOG).
Westcliff Seafront, 11:50 to 12:00, approx 2hrs before high tide
1 Ring-billed Gull (adult, on sea and showing well), 3 Mediterranean Gull (adult summers). Paul Baker (SOG).
Hockley Woods
1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch. David Flack.
Friday 17th March 2006
Pitsea, 08:30 to 08:35
46 Waxwing in Aldi car park. Neil Chambers (SOG).
Westcliff Seafront 11:00 - 12:00
1 male Red-breasted Merganser very close to shore, 14 Brent Goose. Web Author.
Abberton Reservoir, Layer Breton Causeway 15:00 - 16:00
1 Redshank, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 15+Turnstone, 2 Goosander, pair Goldeneye, Widgeon, Teal, Shoveler, Tufted Duck, Pochard in good numbers, 4 Black Swan. R Shepherd.
Thursday 16th March 2006
Hockley Woods, 07:20 to 08:10
1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (male drumming and calling occasionally in open area), 65 Redwing, 3 Nuthatch (2 singing), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (drumming), 1 Green Woodpecker. Neil Chambers (SOG).
Pitsea, 08:30 to 08:35
23 Waxwing in Aldi car park. Neil Chambers (SOG).
River Thames, Rotherhithe 09.15
1 Black Swan seen with 3 Mute Swans. Tessa Lewis.
Pitsea, 17:40 to 17:45
120 House Sparrow in roost in hedge between Rectory Park Drive and Aldi car park. Neil Chambers (SOG).
Wednesday 15th March 2006
Southend, Playing Field between Hospital and Prittle Brook, 10.25
3 Little Egrets. Godfrey Davies.
Two Tree Island (East Lagoon) 17:00-17:30
c50 Teal, 3 Mallard, 4 Shoveler, 4 Snipe, 1 Curlew, 11 Redshank, 1 Short-eared Owl (hunting along creek). Ross Gardner.
Southend, Eastern Avenue, Boots & Laces, 17:40 to 18:10
112 Fieldfare, 1 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk all in field behind Boots & Laces. Web Author.
Tuesday 14th March 2006
Hockley Woods, 07:00 to 07:10
1 Hawfinch briefly in the kid's play area. Dudley Shayler (SOG).
Southend, Royston Avenue 09.45 - 10.20
8 Redwing in back garden. Anne Irving.
Two Tree Island (West), 13:00 to 14:30
2 Short-eared Owl. Peter Collins (SOG).
Monday 13th March 2006
Hockley Wood, 07:00 to 07:05
1 Hawfinch briefly in the kids play area. Dudley Shayler (SOG).
Gunners Park 13.30
Little Egret on creek, 2 Red-legged Partridge in reserve, 2 Black-tailed Godwit on island on new lake. Steve Wood.
Thorpe Bay, 16:30
1 Sparrowhawk (a particularly large, dark male hunting the gardens). Paul Baker (SOG).
Southend, 16:45 to 17:00
100 Fieldfare (large flock, all feeding on ground at Boots & Laces football pitch). Paul Baker (SOG).
Sunday 12th March 2006
Nevendon Bushes (Broadleaf Woodland Reserve), off Burnt Mills Road, Basildon 06.45 - 08.30
Various numbers of Blue Tit, Great Tit and Long Tailed Tit, 1 Male Sparrowhawk, 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, Jay, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Blackbird, Robin all in abundance. Darren Chaplin.
Hockley Woods, 07:30 to 10:00
1 Woodcock flew below tree line directly overhead being chased by crow, 7 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Nuthatch, 14 Redwing. Brian Baldock (SOG).
South Fambridge / Brandy Hole 09.25 11.05
c.1300 Brent Goose, 2 Little Grebe, 10 Shelduck, 30 Bar-tailed Godwit (one individual was red and white colour ringed), 3 Reed Bunting, 4 Red-breasted Merganser (2 female, 2 male), 2 Curlew, 4 Teal, Little Egret, 4 Wigeon, 2 Grey Plover, Yellowhammer, Skylark. Ray Fuller.
Pitsea 10:00 - 14:00
56 Waxwing in two groups, largest feeding on Pyracantha berries, 4 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, pair of Blackbirds. David Flack.
Pitsea, 12:30 to 12:35
38 Waxwing in Pitsea market car park near Aldi. Mike Bailey (SOG).
Benfleet Creek, 16:15 to 17:15
2 Little Egret, 50 Wigeon, 3 Pochard in Borrow Dyke, 60 Black-tailed Godwit, 30 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Kestrel. John Wright (SOG).
Saturday 11th March 2006
Hockley Woods 06:40 to 10:20
2 Bullfinch (1 male 1 female) in the play area. Matt Bruty.
Pitsea, 11:00 to 11:20
44 Waxwing (getting braver as the berry stock diminishes!), 1 Grey Wagtail. Vince Kinsler (SOG).
Wakering Stairs 13:00 - 13:30
1 Barn Owl flying parallel to sea wall, 1 female Hen Harrier quartering field startling lapwings. John Meredith.
Chalkwell Park Drive, Leigh, 17:00
1 Little Egret flew S.W. over the house in the snow. John Wright (SOG).
Friday 10th March 2006
Thorpe Bay, Willingale Way 09:25
1 Kingfisher flying along stream. John Pitts.
Shenfield 10:00
1 Little Egret feeding in field opposite officers meadows by side of A1023. Trevor Bufton.
Thursday 09th March 2006
Little Haven Nature Reserve 12:30
1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. Ross Gardner.
Leigh Marsh, 16:20 to 16:25
2 Short-eared Owl. Simon Watson (SOG).
Daws Heath, 16:15 to 16:20
1 Sparrowhawk flying towards Rayleigh Wier along the A127. Dudley Shayler (SOG).
Southend, Eastern Avenue, Boots and Laces 17:30 - 17:45
2 Little Owl in large willow tree and good views of a Barn owl hunting over waste ground at the bottom of Boots & Laces field. Don Wildish.
Wednesday 08th March 2006
Stanford, Broadhope Ave (garden) 07.30
1 Female Blackcap. Jim Cockram.
Leigh on Sea, 11:30 to 11:35
1 Blackcap (heather drive). Brian Baldock (SOG).
Hullbridge, 17:30
1 Sparrowhawk harrowing the starling flock. Paul Baker (SOG).
Tuesday 07th March 2006
Hockley Woods, 06:55 to 07:10
1 Hawfinch (female again in the playground). Dudley Shayler (SOG).
Pitsea, 08:10 - 0815
15 Waxwing in Aldi car park, 5 Fieldfare, 15 Redwing. Neil Chambers (SOG).
Monday 06th March 2006
Hockley Woods, 07:00 to 07:05
1 Hawfinch (female in the usual place). Dudley Shayler (SOG).
Prittle Brook (Leigh on Sea), 07:15 to 07:20
1 Blackcap in my garden. Brian Baldock (SOG).
Hockley Woods, 07:50 to 10:00
2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker; male drumming briefly-seen for c.2mins and female watched for c.20mins in trees over main track c.200m south of compound by wooden fence/gate on the left as the main track heads slightly uphill, 7 Great Spotted Woodpecker (3 male, 4 female), 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Siskin flew over calling, 2 Bullfinch south edge of main wood, 2 Sparrowhawk male and female over, 1 Hawfinch female in playarea in open on grass! 07.55-08.05 then moved into nearby gardens, 87 Redwing (total counted throughout the woods), 1 Treecreeper along stream immediately south of compound, 7 Nuthatch. Mike Bailey (SOG).
Pitsea, 08:10 to 08:15
20 Waxwing in Aldi car park. Neil Chambers (SOG).
Pitsea, Aldi Car Park 08.15
About 15 Waxwing feeding on berries.
Hadleigh, Church Road, 08.30
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker seen in neighbours garden pecking old wooden clothes post. Pat Coe.
River Crouch/South Fambridge (walking east) 11:00 - 12:00
c.1,000 Brent Geese, 6 Red-breasted Merganser, 1 Merlin, 15 Avocet. Ross Gardner.
Benfleet Downs, 11:45 to 12:45
1 Woodcock, 2 Adder. Andrew Woodhouse (SOG).
Leigh on Sea 14:00
2 Siskin. Peter Raysmith.
Mayflower Close, Eastwood, 14:00 to 15:30
2 Siskin (stunning adult males on nyjer seed feeder). Paul Baker (SOG).
Southend, 17:25
1 Sparrowhawk flew high west over Manners Way. Paul Baker (SOG).
Sunday 05th March 2006
Hockley Woods 07:00 - 07:20
Hawfinch in tree tops by play area, found with 20 Redwings. Adrian Mann.
Two Tree Island 08:00 to 09:00
45 Avocet in Benfleet Creek. David Lee.
Benfleet, Vicarage Hill 09.00
1 Blackcap (overwintering female again). Martin Cracknell.
Langdon Hills 09:00 - 12:00
1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Coombe Wood) seen drumming & calling, 1 Green Woodpecker calling, 1 Nuthatch calling, many Redwing + 1 Fieldfare with a few Song Thrush and Mistle Thrush, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel. Andrew Cox.
Benfleet Creek by Canvey Road Bridge 10.10 - 10.20
1 Little Egret (must be resident here!), 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Lapwing. (one Lapwing was happy to walk around in the grass close by me). Bob Sheridan.
Paglesham Lagoon, 10:30 to 11:30
32 Pintail (19 Drakes), 1000 Wood Pigeon, 1 Goldcrest. Steve Sanford (SOG).
Hadleigh Downs, 13:30 to 16:30
3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (female), 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Woodcock, 6 Bullfinch (2 males, 4 females), 1 Sparrowhawk (male). Don Petrie, Paul Griggs (SOG).
Southend, Royal Artillery Way, 15:20
2 Little Egret 200 metres east of Garons roundabout. Eamonn Shelley.
Canvey Seafront 16.30 - 17.30
1 Red-necked Grebe (Close in, fishing in and around flock of Gulls on very calm water), 2 Red-throated Diver, 28 Great Crested Grebe. Martin Cracknell.
Wallasea Island 17:30
Barn Owl hunting along side of road by roadworks coming off island towards Canewdon. Gary Dunn.
Saturday 04th February 2006
East Mayne, Basildon 08:00 - 08:05
2 Siskin on garden feeder. Adrian Mann.
Priory Park 09:15
1 Little Egret. Gary Baker.
Two Tree Island 11:00 - 16:30
1 Mediterranean Gull (adult), 1 Peregrine, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 20+ Avocet, Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, Grey Plover, Golden Plover, Lapwing, Dunlin, Turnstone, Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, Redshank, Brent Geese, Wigeon, Teal, Shoveler. Andrew Cox.
Prittle Brook, Pavilion Drive 13:00
1 Little Egret Anthony Whitworth.
Wakering Stairs, 13:30 to 13:00
1 Snipe, 1 Water Rail, 1 Kingfisher all in brook half way down MOD road. Web Author.
Wick Meadows Country Park, Wickford 14:00 - 16:00
2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Little Grebe (on lake), 20+ Black-headed Gull, 2 female Reed Bunting, 1 Red Fox (Vixen), various Blue Tit / Great Tit and 6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Tawny Owl in Oak Tree to right of footpath over bridge on left hand side of lake, just before Kestrel Nest box on post. 6 Magpie, 12 Crow.11 Woodpigeon, 6 Collared Dove. Darren Chaplin.
Two Tree Island (West), 16:00 to 16:30
1 Little Egret, 1 Greenshank. John Wright (SOG).
Prittle Brook between Pavilion Drive & Darlinghurst Grove 1600 to 1645
1 Little Egret (flew off towards Fairfax Drive). Pete.
Southend Seafront 16:15
2 Snow Bunting opposite Gold Coast restaurant, 20 Sanderling. Ken Borley.
Eastwood Sewage Works, 16:30 to 17:20
1 Snipe, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 166 Carrion Crow, 600 Wood Pigeon (in a single flock heading for Hockley Woods), 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Goldcrest. Don Petrie (SOG).
Southend, Eastern Avenue, Boots and Laces Car Park 16:50 - 17:15
36 Golden Plover, 1 male Sparrowhawk, 8 Fieldfare. 6 Pied wagtail. Web Author.
Chalkwell Park Drive, Leigh, 17:00
1 Sparrowhawk. John Wright (SOG).
Friday 03rd March 2006
Belton Hills, 07:00
1 male Sparrowhawk. John Wright (SOG).
Benfleet Creek, 07:05
1 Little Egret (as usual, a bird by the road bridge to Canvey. John Wright (SOG).
Prittlewell, North Crescent 07:25
2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Blue Tit on feeders plus 2 Dunnock and a Heron flying over garden. David Griffiths.
Eastern Avenue, Boots and Laces 07:30 and again at 17:00
Barn Owl hunting over field at the bottom of Boots & Laces. Little Owl on dead tree. Don Wildish.
Prittle Brook, Gainsborough Drive 09:40
2 Grey Wagtail. Tim Davis.
South Fambridge / Brandy Hole 09.50 11.40
20 Shelduck, c.1000 Brent Goose, 5 Grey Plover, 32 Wigeon, 4 Teal, 6 Little Grebe, 6 Red-breasted Merganser (2 female,4 male), Little Egret, 8 Reed Bunting, 2 Curlew, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Snipe, 3 Skylark. Ray Fuller.
Hockley Woods 12:00
Female Hawfinch feeding at back of play area with 20 Redwings, 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker and a male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker by streamside path below the enclosure, 5 Nuthatch, male Sparrowhawk. Jeff Delve (EBS).
Two Tree Island 16:30
1 Short-eared Owl flying near model aeroplane place, Sparrowhawk. Teri Miller.
Sutton Road Cemetery, 16:50 to 17:20
2 Siskin, 3 Green Woodpecker. Don Petrie (SOG).
Prittle Brook (Leigh on Sea), 17:00
1 Little Egret (fly over ). Brian Baldock (SOG).
Thursday 02nd February 2006
Prittle Brook, Near Hospital 10.40
1 Little Egret. Godfrey Davies.
Wednesday 01st March 2006
Southend, Willingale Way, 09:00
2 Little Egret by the brook. Jennifer Shelley.
Thundersley, Pound Wood, 13.20
1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. Marc Outten.
Prittle Brook (Leigh on Sea), 17:00
1 Blackcap in garden, 1 Goldfinch in garden on nyjer seed. Brian Baldock (SOG).
Canvey, Superstore Roundabout 19:45
Barn Owl flying over road towards marshes. Gary Clinton.