30/06/01
Wakering Stairs 1730-2030: 5 Little Egret, 5 Bar-tailed
Godwit, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Greenshank, 2 Yellowhammer,
Green Woodpecker, Stonechat, Reed Bunting, Kestrel, Grey Seal.
Grasshopper Warbler still calling alongside sea wall. Steve Giles.
29/06/01
Two Tree Island: 33 Avocets on Lagoon, 6 Little Egrets flew East over Island. Terry Strong.
28/06/01
Wat Tyler Country Park 2000-2100: 3 Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plover,
2 Bearded Tits (male and female), 1 Turtle Dove, 1 Cuckoo. Steve Hiscock.
Newport (north-west Essex): 1,410 Swifts South in 2 hours also 1 Green Sandpiper
and 1 Yellow Wagtail south, 2
Sparrowhawks and 3 Kestrels. Stephen Patmore.
Great Amwell: 2 Hobby being seen off by 1 Common Tern and at
Fishers Green lvp. a Common Tern dive bombed a Heron till he
flew off. Also Reed Bunting Reed and Sedge Warblers, Chiffchaff,
Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Green Woodpeckers, and a Kingfisher. Dave Messenger.
26/06/01
Canvey Island: 1 Grey Heron on roof top, 4 Greenfinch and 2
Great Tits on my bird table. Ray Barton.
Wat Tyler Country Park 12.45: 1 Little Egret, 2 Avocets, 15
Grey Heron, 4-6 baby Little Grebes being fed by
parents. Valerie Vine.
24/06/01
Wakering Stairs 08:30 - 11:05: 3 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 2
Mute Swan, Shelduck, 1 Kestrel, Oystercatcher,
Little Ringed Plover, Lapwing, Curlew, 1 Stock Dove, 1
Cuckoo, many Skylark, pair of Meadow Pipit, 1 Yellow
Wagtail,
pair of Stonechat, Mistle Thrush, female Blackcap, Common
Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, Grasshopper
Warbler heard calling along sea wall by square concrete block, Long-tailed
Tit, Linnet, Yellowhammer, 3 (1 pair) Reed Bunting. Web Author.
Wakering Stairs 17:30 - 19:25: 3 Little Egret,
17 Curlew, 7 Common Tern, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Yellowhammer.
Grasshopper Warbler still calling half way along sea wall. Web Author,
Steve Giles.
Two Tree Island - lagoon at western end - 16.00hrs - 17.20hrs: 24 Avocets, 87
Black Headed gulls, 33 Redshank, 3 Ringed Plover, 2 Shelduck, 2
Oystercatcher, 1 Mallard, 1 Carrion Crow chased away by Avocets. On saltings outside lagoon to
south 2 Lesser Black Backed Gulls. Martin Johnson.
Around Essex: Old Hall Marshes (now open as of Friday) 0845-1130: 5
Spotted Redshank, 6 Green Sandpiper, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 2
Marsh Harrier, lots of Avocet!, 50 Curlew, 8 Bar-tailed
Godwit, 1 adult Ruff, Grey Partridge, Adult
Mediterranean Gull, Barn Owl, 45 Teal, female Pintail.
Abberton Reservoir: 0745-0830: 220 Pochard, 140
Tufted Duck, 3 Goldeneye
(adult male and two young males), 4 Wigeon, 70 Gadwall, 8 Shoveler.
Coleman's Reservoir (Witham) 1700: female Mandarin. Sightings provided by Daryl Rhymes.
Minsmere: 1 Roseate Tern reported.
23/06/01
The Fleet, Wakering 14:30: 1 Little Egret, 1 female Sparrowhawk, 1
Turtle Dove, 1 Cuckoo, Pied Wagtail, Sedge Warbler,
Common Whitethroat, Goldfinch, Linnet. Web Author.
Wakering Stairs, in bushes by entrance 15:25: Linnet, 2 Yellowhammer,
Reed Bunting. Web Author. Also from 17:00 - 19:00: Pair
Kestrels, 8 Common Terns,
3 Little Egret, many Curlew, Redshank, Lapwing. 2 Turtle
Doves, Cuckoo, group of
approx. 12 Long Tailed Tits in bushes before car park. Steve Giles.
Vange Marshes 17:20: Ruddy Shelduck (this bird has some strange features suggesting it might not be a pure bird - most notably
its white head and dark streaking on the centre of the crown and nape), 3 Ruddy
Ducks, Also 1 Little Egret, 4 Little Ringed Plover,
and 2 Ruddy Ducks at Wat Tyler. Mike Bailey (SOG).
21/06/01
Minsmere: Roseate Tern reported still present at 12:05 from South hide.
For Information: At Needham Market, Suffolk, an escaped Ruppell's Griffon
Vulture was reported to the BTO by an observer who had seen the Happisburgh bird on television on evening of June 20.
20/06/01
Leigh area 18.52:
Pair of Sparrowhawks appeared from north soaring and flying high above
Tattersall Gardens, Leigh-on-Sea, one bird calling to the other. Martin Johnson.
17/06/01
Leigh area 15.30: Hobby seen flying north just below rooftop height over
Tattersall Gardens, Leigh-on-Sea, apparently using lee of rooftops on west side
of road from stiffish NW wind. Martin Johnson
16/06/01
Wakering Stairs 18.00-20.30: Barn Owl, 3 Little Egret, 2 Avocet,
Grey Heron, pair Stonechat, Turtle Dove, Cuckoo. Steve Giles.
Abberton Reservoir: There are fabulous point-blank views of Common Terns (31 pairs) nesting on the raft at
Abberton. The raft is grounded right outside the Scott Hide. This Has to be one of the best bird spectacles at a
quiet time of year. Geoff Gibbs.
15/06/01
Hadleigh Castle Country Park: 1 pair of Pheasants-(male-white neck collar) seen crossing car park of Hadleigh Country Park.
Phil.
14/06/01
Leigh area: Hobby overflying Highcliff drive Leigh on 14th at 7pm. Steve Wood
11/06/01
Minsmere: Red Kite reported over western end of reserve
10/06/01
Wat Tyler Country Park: pair of Avocet, 2 Cuckoo, 1 Turtle
Dove, 4 Ruddy Duck, 2 Gadwall, Little Grebe, 4 (1 juvenile)
Grey Heron,
3 Little Ringed Plover, 1 drake Red-crested Pochard, Reed Warbler,
Shoveler, pair of Mute Swan with seven cygnets, Teal,
2 Bearded Tit. Web Author.
09/06/01
Wakering Stairs, near Haven Point: 5 Little Egret, 2 Brent
Geese, 1 female Sparrowhawk. Web
Author.
Two Tree Island: Avocets, 3 pairs Shelduck, 2 Ringed
Plover, 1 Grey Heron, Oystercatcher, 2 Redshanks, 3 Mallard (2 male,
1 (female), 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Magpie. Martin Johnson.
Birchanger area: Crane reported West of M11 jct 8 just South of A120 being mobbed by crows.
08/06/01
Corringham Recreation Ground: 1 Hobby at 2.15pm. Jim Cockram.
07/06/01
Abberton Reservoir 17:39: Summer plumage Red-necked Grebe reported to be showing well in front of the Scott
hide.
05/06/01
Great Amwell area: A look around the area produced a total of 50 species including
Common Tern, Redshank, Ringed Plover, Blackcap, Common
Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Reed Bunting and
Cuckoo. Also a strange duck which
looking in the ref. book looked like a Wood Duck. Dave Messenger.
03/06/01
Wakering Stairs 11:00 - 14:00: Osprey 11.15, heading along the coast out of the estuary being mobbed by
Oystercatchers, 2 Fulmar
together, 2 Guillemots + 9 Auks sp. (but probably Guillemots), 22 Gannets,
12 Common Scoter, distant
raptor probably Marsh Harrier, Common & Little Terns,
Cuckoos, 2 Little Egrets, Mixed flock of c150 Sanderling
and Dunlin most in summer plumage. Grey Seal. John Wright (SOG). Yellowhammer
at 10:10. Web Author
Star Lane, Wakering: 1 Cuckoo, juvenile Great
Crested Grebe, Reed Warbler, 3 Turtle Dove. Web Author.
Benfleet Creek: Male Wheatear on set aside, male Ruddy Duck on borrowdyke and 20
Avocet. - 7
on lagoon and 13 in creek. Andrew Woodhouse, Essex Ranger Service.
Hanningfield Reservoir 13:00 - 14:00: Cormorants, Common Terns (at least 2),
Black Swan, Pochard, Great Crested Grebe,
Little Grebe, Swifts (x 100,), numerous Blackcaps in the wooded area. Nick Bustin.
02/06/01
Abberton Reservoir 08:30: Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe,
Cormorant, Ruddy Duck, Mute Swan, 3 Black Swan, Greylag
Goose,
Canada Goose, Barnacle Goose, Shoveler, Common Pochard,
Tufted Duck, Common Tern, Swift, Green Woodpecker,
Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin, Pied Wagtail,
Nightingale (outside of visitor centre. This has been a good year for Nightingale at
Abberton with 12 + reported), Chaffinch, Greenfinch. Web Author.
Hanningfield Reservoir: 2 Hobby. Web Author.
01/06/01
Abberton Reservoir: Summer plumage Red-necked Grebe reported, viewable from the Scott and Wainwright hides this
afternoon.
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Mediterranean Gull Update: On 11/03/01 we reported a
Mediterranean Gull with
a leg ring reading IA0001553 at the end of Southend Pier. We have just had the following report from Germany:
Hiddensee Bird Ringing Center
LUNG Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
An der Mhle 4
D-17493
Greifswald/Germany
We are grateful to you for your report of a ringed bird of our
scheme. You will find the details below.
Ringing data: Reference: 004-2000/0190
Recovery data: Reference: 009589-2001
Ringnumber: HIDDENSEE IA0001553
Species:
Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
Sex:
Male
Age:
Adult
Date:
03.06.2000, 19 h
Place: WALFISCH, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,
Hansestadt Wismar,
5356'N 01126'E
Fed. Rep. of Germany
Status:
breeding
Ring read from distance
11.03.2001 DG:0
ESSEX SOUTHEND.PIER,
ESSEX,
5150'N 00040'E
Great Britain
Recovery after 281 days 758 km direction WSW (25626') from place of
ringing.
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