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2013
First Summer Migration Reports in the Southend Area
for 2013 |
| Species |
| Date | Observer(s) |
|
Hobby |
Leigh on Sea, Over Garden |
06/04/13 |
Graham Mee | |
Whimbrel |
Two Tree Island |
15/04/13 |
David Hope |
|
Sandwich Tern |
Canvey Point |
10/03/13 |
Martin Cracknell |
|
Common Tern |
Off Gunners Park |
11/04/13 |
Gordon Appleton / G. Dixon |
|
Turtle Dove |
Doggets Pits Rochford |
27/04/13 |
Steve Arlow |
|
Cuckoo |
Hockley Woods |
15/04/13 |
Pete Jackson |
|
Swift |
Southend, Cuckoo Corner |
16/04/13 |
John Goodman |
|
Sand Martin |
RSPB Vange Marsh |
10/04/13 |
Jerry Stock |
|
Swallow |
RSPB Vange Marsh |
11/04/13 |
Terry Jeffreys |
|
House Martin |
RSPB Vange Marsh / Wat Tyler CP |
12/04/13 |
Marc Outten, Dave Cornwell |
|
Yellow Wagtail |
Paglesham Eastend |
10/04/13 |
Ray Fuller |
|
Nightingale |
Two Tree Island East |
14/04/13 |
Gordon Appleton, Stuart Bailey |
|
Redstart |
RSPB Vange Marsh |
15/04/13 |
Mike Poole |
| Black Redstart |
Hinguar School, Shoeburyness |
15/03/13 |
Steve Wood |
| Whinchat |
|
|
|
| Wheatear |
Lubards Farm, Hullbridge |
08/04/13 |
Colin Knight |
| Ring
Ouzel |
Southchurch Park East |
21/04/13 |
Robert Dobinson. |
| Garden Warbler |
RSPB Vange Marsh |
18/04/13 |
Terry Jeffreys |
|
Grasshopper Warbler |
Benfleet Creek / Two Tree Island |
19/04/13 |
Simon Watson / Peter Studholme |
| Sedge Warbler |
RSPB Vange Marsh |
15/04/13 |
Marc Outten |
| Reed
Warbler |
RSPB Vange Marsh |
15/04/13 |
Marc Outten |
| Lesser
Whitethroat |
Barling Pits |
20/04/13 |
Lee Ebbs, Ian Douch |
| Common Whitethroat |
RSPB West Canvey Marsh |
15/04/13 |
Hilary & Colin Knight |
| Willow Warbler |
Ashingdon / Gunners Park / Friars Park |
14/04/13 |
David Selley / Marc Outten / Neil Chambers, Don
Petrie |
| Spotted Flycatcher
| Wakering, Star Lane Pits |
27/04/13 |
Lee Ebbs |
2012/13
| Selected Winter Migration Reports in the Southend
Area for 2012/13 |
| Species |
Location | Date | Observer(s) |
| First Recorded Winter Arrivals |
| Red-throated
Diver |
Canvey Point |
16/09/12 |
Jeff Saward | | Black-throated
Diver | Canvey Point |
23/09/12 |
Jeff Saward Et Al. | | Great Northern
Diver |
Canvey Point |
29/12/12 |
Neil Chambers | | Brent
Goose |
Canvey Point/Wakering Stairs |
16/09/12 |
Graham Ryland/David Selley (n.b. Steve Arlow
observed a single bird at Shoebury on the 8th) |
|
Goldeneye |
Canvey Point |
26/11/12 |
Jeff Saward, Tim Bourne, Don Petrie |
| Great
Skua | Canvey Point |
15/08/12 |
Jeff Saward |
|
Pomarine Skua |
Canvey Point |
15/08/12 |
Jeff Saward |
| Arctic
Skua | Canvey Point |
11/08/12 |
Jeff Saward | | Guillemot |
Canvey Point |
27/08/12 |
Jeff Saward |
| Short-eared Owl |
Bowers Marsh |
27/09/12 |
Marc Outten |
| Waxwing |
Rochford Golf Course |
11/11/12 |
Neil Chambers |
| Redwing |
Stonehill Road, Leigh on Sea |
06/10/12 |
Vince Kinsler |
| Fieldfare |
Barling Church |
12/11/12 |
Gary Dunn | | Snow Bunting |
Gunners Park |
11/11/12 |
Stephen Harris |
| Last Recorded Sightings |
| Hobby |
Hadleigh Country Park |
17/09/12 |
Mike Sagrott. |
| Sandwich
Tern | Canvey Point |
25/10/12 |
Jeff Saward, Tim Bourne, Don Petrie | | Common
Tern | Canvey Point |
26/10/12 |
Jeff Saward, Tim Bourne, Don Petrie | | Cuckoo |
Priory Crescent |
27/09/12 |
L J Purkiss. | | Sand Martin |
Ashingdon, St. Andrew's Church |
20/09/12 |
David Selley. |
| House
Martin |
Wat Tyler Country Park |
29/10/12 |
Dave Cornwell. | | Swallow |
Canvey Seafront |
27/11/12 (!) |
Dave Blackwell. |
| Swift |
Barling |
27/09/12 |
Gary Dunn |
| Wheatear |
RSPB West Canvey Marsh |
02/10/12 |
Hilary Knight. |
2012
First Summer Migration Reports in the Southend Area
for 2012 |
| Species |
| Date | Observer(s) |
|
Hobby |
RSPB Vange Marsh |
25/04/12 |
Mike Poole | |
Whimbrel |
Wakering Stairs |
08/04/12 |
David Selley |
|
Sandwich Tern |
Mouth of Paglesham Creek |
08/04/12 |
Jeff Delve |
|
Common Tern |
Two Tree Island West |
16/04/12 |
David Davies |
|
Turtle Dove |
Wat Tyler Country Park |
01/05/12 |
Alan Shearman |
|
Cuckoo |
Wakering, Fleet Head |
10/04/12 |
Ray Fuller |
|
Swift |
Eastwood |
24/04/12 |
Tony Howells |
|
Sand Martin |
Paglesham Lagoon |
03/04/12 |
Vince Kinsler |
|
Swallow |
Lubards Farm Hullbridge |
31/03/12 |
Hilary Knight |
|
House Martin |
Canewdon |
27/03/12 |
Jeff Delve |
|
Yellow Wagtail |
Paglesham Lagoon |
08/04/12 |
Steve Sanford |
|
Nightingale |
Two Tree Island East |
19/04/12 |
Vince Kinsler |
|
Redstart |
Rayleigh, Hilltop Close |
13/04/12 |
Ernie Hillier |
| Black Redstart |
Shoebury East Beach |
04/03/12 |
Steve Arlow |
| Whinchat |
Gunners Park |
02/05/12 |
Marc Outten |
| Wheatear |
Gunners Park |
16/03/12 |
Lee Ebbs |
| Ring
Ouzel |
Gunners Park |
12/04/12 |
Lee Ebbs, Neil Chambers |
| Garden Warbler |
Two Tree Island East |
07/05/12 |
Andrew Gouldstone |
|
Grasshopper Warbler |
Two Tree Island West |
14/04/12 |
John Wright |
| Sedge Warbler |
Wat Tyler Country Park (heard) |
08/04/12 |
Richard Fahey |
| Reed
Warbler |
Wat Tyler Country Park (heard) |
10/04/12 |
David & Brenda Hale |
| Lesser
Whitethroat |
Wakering Stairs (heard) |
21/04/12 |
Lee Ebbs |
| Common Whitethroat |
Gunners Park |
12/04/12 |
Lee Ebbs, Neil Chambers |
| Willow Warbler |
South Benfleet, St Mary's Churchyard |
11/04/12 |
Martin Cracknell |
| Spotted Flycatcher
| Westcliff Cliffs |
03/05/12 |
Paul Griggs |
2011
| Selected Winter Migration Reports in the Southend
Area for 2011 |
| Species |
Location | Date | Observer(s) |
| First Recorded Winter Arrivals |
| Red-throated
Diver |
Canvey Point |
18/09/11 |
Jeff Saward | | Black-throated
Diver | Canvey Point |
08/11/11 |
Jeff Saward, Paul Baker, Tim Bourne,
Neil Chambers, Don Petrie | | Great Northern
Diver |
From Gunners Park |
13/10/11 |
Don Petrie | | Brent
Goose |
Canvey Point |
16/09/11 |
Don Petrie, Jeff Saward, Tim Bourne |
|
Goldeneye |
Paglesham Lagoon |
23/10/11 |
Neil Chambers |
| Great
Skua | Canvey Point |
23/08/11 |
Jeff Saward |
|
Pomarine Skua |
Canvey Point |
23/08/11 |
Jeff Saward |
| Arctic
Skua | Wakering Stairs |
14/08/11 |
Steve Arlow | | Guillemot |
Canvey Point |
15/09/11 |
Don Petrie |
| Short-eared Owl |
RSPB Wallasea Island |
22/09/11 |
Don Petrie |
| Waxwing |
Southchurch Park East |
16/11/11 |
Robert Dobinson |
| Redwing |
Leigh on Sea |
08/10/11 |
Graham Mee |
| Fieldfare |
Gunners Park/Wat Tyler CP |
13/10/11 |
Don Petrie/David Lee | | Snow Bunting |
Benfleet Creek |
11/11/11 |
Simon Watson |
| Last Recorded Sighting
(note that this was an exceptionally warm autumn) |
| Hobby |
RSPB West Canvey Marsh |
30/09/11 |
Ian White |
| Sandwich
Tern | Canvey Point |
16/11/11 |
Don Petrie | | Common
Tern | Canvey Point |
20/11/11 |
Johannes Kamp, Hanna Karthauser,
Steffen Oppel | | Cuckoo |
Paglesham Churchend |
11/07/11 |
Paul Baker, Mike Bailey | | Sand Martin |
Paglesham Eastend |
25/09/11 |
David Selley |
| House
Martin |
Gunners Park |
13/10/11 |
Don Petrie | | Swallow |
Gunners Park |
13/10/11 |
Don Petrie |
| Swift |
Two Tree Island |
18/09/11 |
Graham Ryland |
| Wheatear |
Benfleet Creek |
14/11/11 |
Peter Walker |
2011
First Summer Migration Reports in the Southend Area
for 2011 |
| Species |
| Date | Observer(s) |
|
Hobby |
Coombes Corner |
03/04/11 |
Dudley Shaylor | |
Whimbrel |
Wallasea Island |
06/04/11 |
Ray Fuller |
|
Sandwich Tern |
Off Gunners Park |
27/03/11 |
Neil Chambers |
|
Common Tern |
Two Tree Island |
09/04/11 |
Neil Chambers |
|
Turtle Dove |
Wat Tyler Country Park |
21/04/11 |
Terry Jeffreys |
|
Cuckoo |
Eastern Avenue, Behind Waitrose |
11/04/11 |
Mick Holland |
|
Swift |
Two Tree Island |
22/04/11 |
Jerry Stock |
|
Sand Martin |
Barling Old Pits |
06/04/11 |
T. Thorneycroft |
|
Swallow |
Canvey, Northwick Stables |
27/03/11 |
Dave Blackwell |
|
House Martin |
Paglesham |
02/04/11 |
Gary Dunn, Tim Vickers |
|
Yellow Wagtail |
Wallasea Island |
06/04/11 |
Ray Fuller |
|
Nightingale |
Two Tree Island |
04/04/11 |
Pete Jackson |
|
Redstart |
Two Tree Island |
06/04/11 |
Emily Broad |
| Black Redstart |
Gunners Park |
06/04/11 |
Brian Baldock |
| Whinchat |
RSPB West Canvey Marshes |
17/08/11 |
Alan Shearman |
| Wheatear |
RSPB West Canvey Marshes |
11/03/11 |
Johanna Karthauser, Dave Launder |
| Ring
Ouzel |
Gunners Park |
07/04/11 |
Dave Cornwell, Steve Wood, |
| Garden Warbler |
Ferndale Road, Rayleigh |
08/04/11 |
Robin Peppiatt |
|
Grasshopper Warbler |
Canvey Wick |
08/04/11 |
Tim Bourne |
| Sedge Warbler |
Two Tree Island |
08/04/11 |
John Wright |
| Reed
Warbler |
Wat Tyler Country Park |
04/04/11 |
Marc Outten |
| Lesser
Whitethroat |
Two Tree Island |
16/04/11 |
Steve Arlow |
| Common Whitethroat |
Canvey, Northwick Road Area 12:30 to 14:40 |
07/04/11 |
Les Costin |
| Willow Warbler |
Westcliff, Richmond Drive |
04/04/11 |
Melvyn Cox |
| Spotted Flycatcher
| South Benfleet |
20/08/11 |
Pete Jackson |
2010
| Selected Winter Migration Reports in the Southend
Area for 2010 |
| Species |
Location | Date | Observer(s) |
| First Recorded Winter Arrivals |
| Red-throated
Diver |
Off Gunners Park |
15/10/10 |
Don Petrie | | Black-throated
Diver | Southend Pier |
25/09/10 |
John Wright | | Great Northern
Diver |
- |
- |
- | | Brent
Goose |
Wakering Stairs |
12/09/10 |
Don Petrie |
|
Goldeneye |
Paglesham Lagoon |
07/11/10 |
Paul Griggs |
| Great
Skua | Wakering Stairs |
14/08/10 |
Steve Arlow et al |
| Arctic
Skua | Canvey Seafront |
14/08/10 |
Paul Baker | | Guillemot |
Canvey Point |
09/10/10 |
John Wright |
| Short-eared Owl |
Wakering Stairs |
27/09/10 |
Don Petrie |
| Waxwing |
Sutton Road Cemetery |
27/11/10 |
Don Petrie |
| Redwing |
Rochford Station |
27/09/10 |
Steve Arlow |
| Fieldfare |
River Crouch, RSPB Vange Marsh,
Ashingdon |
20/10/10 |
Gary Dunn, John Wright, David Selley | | Snow Bunting |
Wallasea Island |
24/10/10 |
Jeff Delve |
| Last Recorded Sighting |
| Hobby |
Canvey Point |
09/10/10 |
Jeff Saward |
| Sandwich
Tern | Wakering Stairs |
30/09/10 |
Don Petrie | | Common
Tern | Canvey Point |
09/10/10 |
Martin Cracknell | | Cuckoo |
Benfleet Creek |
18/07/10 |
Andrew Cox | | Sand Martin |
Gunners Park |
08/10/10 |
John Wilson |
| House
Martin |
Wakering Stairs |
23/10/10 |
Paul Griggs | | Swallow |
Canvey Wick |
23/11/10 (!) |
Hanna Karthauser. |
| Swift |
Gunners Park |
08/10/10 |
John Wilson |
| Wheatear |
Wallasea Island |
24/10/10 |
Jeff Delve |
2010
First Summer Migration Reports in the Southend Area
for 2010 |
| Species |
| Date | Observer(s) |
|
Hobby |
Coombe Wood |
20/04/10 |
Jeff Saward | |
Whimbrel |
Two Tree Island |
27/03/10 |
John Wright |
|
Sandwich Tern |
Off Gunners Park |
24/03/10 |
Don Petrie |
|
Common Tern |
Off Gunners Park |
16/04/10 |
Martin Cracknell, Don Petrie |
|
Turtle Dove |
Hampton Barns |
30/04/10 |
Ray Fuller |
|
Cuckoo |
Barling Pits, Benfleet Creek/Hadleigh Marshes, Wakering Stairs |
17/04/10 |
Ellen Hume, Lee Ebbs, John
Wright, Andrew Woodhouse |
|
Swift |
Wat Tyler Country Park |
20/04/10 |
David Lee |
|
Sand Martin |
North Shoebury |
22/03/10 |
Terry Strong |
|
Swallow |
RSPB Vange Marsh /
Barling Hall Farm |
23/03/10 |
Terry Jeffreys,
T Thorneycroft |
|
House Martin |
Wakering Old Tip |
08/04/10 |
T. Thorneycroft |
|
Yellow Wagtail |
Daws Heath Road |
09/04/10 |
John and Kate Knott. |
|
Nightingale |
Two Tree Island |
08/04/10 |
Vince Kinsler |
|
Redstart |
Gunners Park |
26/08/10 |
Don Petrie |
| Black Redstart |
Gunners Park |
01/04/10 |
Paul Baker, Don Petrie |
| Whinchat |
RSPB West Canvey Marsh |
25/04/10 |
Stuart Bailey, Gordon Appleton |
| Wheatear |
Hadleigh Downs |
18/03/10 |
Chris Seaton |
| Ring
Ouzel |
Benfleet, Barling Pits |
29/09/10 |
Pete Jackson, John Wright |
| Garden Warbler |
Rayleigh, Ferndale Road |
21/04/10 |
Robin Peppiatt |
|
Grasshopper Warbler |
Wakering Stairs |
05/04/10 |
Paul Baker |
| Sedge Warbler |
RSPB Vange Marsh |
07/04/10 |
Don Petrie |
| Reed
Warbler |
RSPB Vange Marsh |
08/04/10 |
David Shepherd |
| Lesser
Whitethroat |
Gunners Park |
16/04/10 |
Lee Ebbs |
| Common Whitethroat |
Gunners Park |
06/04/10 |
Dave Corderoy |
| Willow Warbler |
Hockley Woods |
27/03/10 |
Tony Mead |
| Spotted Flycatcher
| RSPB West Canvey Marsh |
10/05/10 |
Marc Outten |
2009/10
| Selected Winter Migration Reports in the Southend
Area for 2009/10 |
| Species |
Location | Date | Observer(s) |
| First Recorded Winter Arrivals |
| Red-throated
Diver |
Canvey Point |
05/09/09 |
Martin Cracknell | | Black-throated
Diver | Canvey Seafront |
21/10/09 |
Jeff Saward | | Great Northern
Diver |
Canvey Seafront |
29/11/09 |
Mike Bailey, Don Petrie | | Brent
Goose |
Canvey Point |
15/09/09 |
Jeff Saward, Paul Baker, Ian White |
| Great
Skua | Canvey Point |
06/08/09 |
Martin Cracknell, Jeff Saward |
| Arctic
Skua | Canvey Point |
07/08/09 |
Paul Griggs, Jeff Saward | | Guillemot |
Canvey Point |
12/09/09 |
Jeff Saward, Marc Outten |
| Short-eared Owl |
|
|
|
| Waxwing |
Leigh on Sea, Thames Drive |
16/02/10 |
Marc Outten |
| Redwing |
Gunners Park |
10/10/09 |
Dave Knight |
| Fieldfare |
Canewdon |
12/10/09 |
David Selley | | Snow Bunting |
South Fambridge, River Crouch
Sea Wall |
14/02/10 |
John Wright |
| Last Recorded Sighting |
| Hobby |
Leigh, Highlands Boulevard |
25/09/09 |
Paul Griggs |
| Sandwich
Tern | Canvey
Coastguard |
07/10/09 |
Alan Shearman | | Common
Tern | Canvey
Seafront |
21/10/09 |
Jeff Saward | | Cuckoo |
Wakering Stairs |
15/08/09 |
David Selley | | Sand Martin |
Two Tree Island |
20/09/09 |
Graham Ryland |
| House
Martin |
Coombe Wood |
26/10/09 |
Jeff Saward | | Swallow |
Southchurch Park West |
25/10/09 |
Marc Outten |
| Swift |
Highlands Boulevard |
06/09/09 |
Paul Griggs |
| Wheatear |
Wallasea Island |
02/11/09 |
Mike Sagrott |
2009
First Summer Migration Reports in the Southend Area
for 2009 |
| Species |
Location | Date | Observer(s) |
|
Hobby |
Rawreth Lane |
10/04/09 |
Geoff Clark | |
Whimbrel |
Two Tree Island |
09/04/09 |
John Wright |
|
Sandwich Tern |
Off Gunners Park |
18/04/09 |
Steve Arlow |
|
Common Tern |
South Fambridge |
11/04/09 |
Jeff Delve |
|
Turtle Dove |
Wakering Stairs |
26/04/09 |
David Selley |
|
Cuckoo |
Wakering Stairs |
10/04/09 |
John Wright |
|
Swift |
Highlands Boulevard |
25/04/09 |
Paul Griggs |
|
Sand Martin |
Barling Hall Farm |
07/04/08 |
T.Thorneycroft |
|
Swallow |
Wat Tyler Country Park |
25/03/09 |
Marc Outten |
|
House Martin |
Cherry Orchard Lane |
28/03/09 |
John Goodman |
|
Yellow Wagtail |
Wakering. Fleet Head |
05/04/09 |
Stuart Bailey, Gordon Appleton |
|
Nightingale |
Two Tree Island East |
18/04/09 |
Matt Bruty |
|
Redstart |
Two Tree Island |
19/05/09 |
Jill and John Warner |
| Black Redstart |
RSPB Vange Marsh |
02/04/09 |
Marc Outten |
| Whinchat |
Canvey Point |
11/08/09 |
Jeff Saward |
| Wheatear |
Gunners Park |
15/03/09 |
Dave Knight, Brian Baldock |
| Ring
Ouzel |
Hadleigh Country Park |
05/04/09 |
K Malcolm |
| Garden Warbler |
|
|
|
|
Grasshopper Warbler |
Two Tree Island |
10/04/09 |
Andrew Johnston |
| Sedge Warbler |
Wat Tyler Country Park |
08/04/09 |
Marc Outten |
| Reed
Warbler |
Wat Tyler Country Park |
12/04/09 |
David Lee |
| Lesser
Whitethroat |
Gunners Park |
13/04/09 |
Steve Arlow, Pete Livermore |
| Common Whitethroat |
Two Tree Island |
10/04/09 |
John Wright |
| Willow Warbler |
Gunners Park |
05/04/09 |
Don Petrie |
| Spotted Flycatcher
| Wakering, Fleet Head |
22/05/09 |
Lee Ebbs |
2008
| Selected Winter Migration Reports in the Southend
Area for 2008/9 |
| Species |
Location | Date | Observer(s) |
| First Recorded Winter Arrivals |
| Red-throated
Diver |
Canvey Seafront |
05/10/09 |
Jeff Saward | | Black-throated
Diver | |
|
| | Great Northern
Diver |
Southend Pier |
29/11/08 |
John Wright | | Brent
Goose |
Two Tree Island |
12/09/08 |
Jeff Saward |
| Great
Skua |
River Crouch |
18/08/08 |
Gary Dunn |
| Arctic
Skua |
Wakering Stairs |
02/08/08 |
Don Petrie | | Guillemot |
Canvey Point |
14/09/08 |
Jeff Saward |
| Short-eared Owl |
Canvey Point |
24/09/08 |
Jeff Saward |
| Waxwing |
Sutton Road
Cemetery |
16/12/08 |
Ray Fuller |
| Redwing |
Canvey
island |
07/10/08 |
Marc Outten |
| Fieldfare |
Rochford Golf Course |
17/10/08 |
Neil Chambers | | Snow Bunting |
Wallasea Wetlands |
27/11/08 | Jeff
Delve |
| Last Recorded Sighting |
| Hobby |
A127 between Rayleigh and A130 |
03/10/08 |
Dan Butcher |
| Sandwich
Tern |
Canvey Point |
03/10/08 |
Vince
Kinsler | | Common
Tern |
Canvey Seafront |
05/10/08 |
Jeff Saward | | Cuckoo |
Wallasea
Island |
22/08/08 |
Ray Fuller | | Sand Martin |
Gunners Park |
28/09/08 |
Dudley Shayler |
| House
Martin |
Priory Park |
22/10/08 |
Peter Walker | | Swallow |
Paglesham
Lagoon |
09/11/08 |
Steve Sanford, John Goodman |
| Swift |
Gunners Park |
20/09/08 |
Dave Knight |
| Wheatear |
Benfleet
Creek |
09/10/08 |
Terry Priest |
First Summer Migration Reports in the Southend Area
for 2008 |
| Species |
Location | Date | Observer(s) |
|
Hobby |
Hadleigh
Downs/Gusted Hall |
26/04/08 |
John Wright,
Jeff Delve | |
Whimbrel |
River Roach |
04/04/08 |
Gary Dunn |
|
Sandwich Tern |
Gunners Park |
20/04/08 |
Dudley
Shayler |
|
Common Tern |
Shoebury Coastguards |
17/04/08 |
Don Petrie |
|
Turtle Dove |
Wakering Stairs |
27/04/08 |
Neil
Chambers |
|
Cuckoo |
Barling Pits |
13/04/08 |
Ian Douch, T
Thorneycroft |
|
Swift |
Two Tree
Island |
25/04/08 |
John Wright |
|
Sand Martin |
Cherry Orchard Jubilee Park |
21/03/08 |
Hilary
Knight |
|
Swallow |
Gunners Park |
27/03/08 |
Dave Knight |
| House
Martin |
Barling Pits |
05/04/08 |
John Wright |
| Yellow
Wagtail |
Paglesham |
10/04/08 |
Don Petrie |
| Nightingale |
Benfleet
Downs |
20/04/08 |
Andrew
Woodhouse |
|
Redstart |
Gunners Park |
13/08/04 |
Stuart Bailey, Gordon Appleton |
| Black Redstart |
Barling Pits |
13/04/08 |
Ian Douch |
| Whinchat |
South Fambridge |
270708 |
David Selley |
| Wheatear |
Canvey, Hole Haven Creek |
15/03/08 |
Martin Cracknell |
| Ring
Ouzel |
Havengore Island |
23/05/08 |
S Sargent |
| Garden Warbler |
Belfairs
Nature Reserve |
28/04/08 |
Neil
Chambers |
|
Grasshopper Warbler |
Wakering Stairs |
20/04/08 |
Jeff Delve, Nick Green, Don Petrie |
| Sedge Warbler |
Paglesham Lagoon |
15/04/08 |
Dave Knight |
| Reed
Warbler | Wat Tyler
Country Park | 12/04/08 |
Jerry Stock |
| Lesser
Whitethroat |
Hadleigh Downs, Wakering Stairs, Gunners Park |
20/04/08 |
RSPB Group,
Paul Griggs, Andrew Bridge, Ray Fuller, Don Petrie |
| Common Whitethroat |
Two Tree
Island |
10/04/08 |
R Shepherd |
| Willow Warbler |
Friars Park |
05/04/08 |
Steve Arlow,
Mike Bailey |
| Firecrest |
Canvey,
Northwick Road |
14/04/08 |
Stuart
Bailey |
| Spotted Flycatcher
| Hawkwell,
Rawalpindi Nursery |
23/08/08 |
David Selley |
2007
| Selected Winter Migration Reports in the Southend
Area for 2007/8 |
| Species |
Location | Date | Observer(s) |
| First Recorded Winter Arrivals |
| Red-throated
Diver |
Canvey Point |
27/09/07 |
Jeff Saward,
Mike Sagrott | | Black-throated
Diver | Canvey Seafront |
25/10/08 |
Jeff Saward | | Great Northern
Diver | Southend Pier |
15/12/07 |
Pat Dandridge | | Brent
Goose |
Old Leigh |
13/09/07 |
Gareth
Powell |
| Great
Skua | Canvey Point |
19/08/07 |
Jeff Saward |
| Arctic
Skua | Canvey Point |
20/08/07 |
Jeff Saward | | Guillemot |
Canvey Point |
13/09/07 |
Jeff Saward |
| Short-eared Owl |
Two Tree
Island |
04/10/07 |
John Leeming |
| Waxwing |
|
|
|
| Redwing |
Butts Hill
Pond, Canewdon |
29/09/07 |
Jeff Delve |
| Fieldfare |
South Fambridge |
11/10/07 |
Ray Fuller | | Snow Bunting |
| | |
| Last Recorded Sighting |
| Hobby |
Southend (RBS Building) |
25/09/07 | Steve
Arlow |
| Sandwich
Tern | Canvey Point |
05/10/07 |
David Morrison | | Common
Tern | Canvey Point |
24/10/07 |
Jeff Saward | | Cuckoo |
Hadleigh Downs |
30/08/07 |
Terry Priest | | Sand Martin |
Gunners Park |
03/10/07 | Paul
Griggs, Don Petrie |
| House
Martin | Gunners Park |
03/10/07 |
Paul Griggs, Don Petrie | | Swallow |
Baxter Avenue |
29/10/07 | Paul
Griggs |
| Swift |
Hadleigh
Marsh |
02/09/07 |
David Selley |
| Wheatear |
Benfleet Creek |
29/10/07 | Simon Watson |
First Summer Migration Reports in the Southend Area
for 2007 |
| Species |
Location | Date | Observer(s) |
| Hobby |
RSPB Vange Marsh |
20/04/07 |
Vince Kinsler | | Little Ringed
Plover |
Shell Haven Marshes | 27/03/07 |
Nick Argent |
| Whimbrel |
Benfleet Creek |
11/04/07 |
Andrew Bridge |
| Sandwich
Tern | River Thames |
06/04/07 |
Mike Bailey |
| Common Tern |
East of Shoeburyness |
28/03/07 |
Gary Dunn |
| Turtle
Dove | Hadleigh Marshes |
28/04/07 |
Steve Bunn |
| Cuckoo |
Rawreth Cricket Ground & Writtle |
14/04/07 |
John Atfield, Andrew Allen |
| Swift |
Belton Way, Leigh |
22/04/07 |
Daniel Baker |
| Sand
Martin | Canvey, West
End | 13/04/07 |
Steve Arlow |
| Swallow |
Rettendon Church |
09/03/07 |
Russ Payne |
| House
Martin | Canewdon High
Street | 11/04/07 |
David Selley |
| Yellow
Wagtail | Wakering,
Fleet Head |
09/04/07 |
Marc Outen |
| Nightingale |
Gunners Park |
16/04/07 |
Chris Lewis |
| Black Redstart |
- |
- |
- |
| Whinchat |
Hadleigh Downs |
19/08/07 |
Jeff Saward |
| Wheatear |
Shell Haven Marshes |
03/03/07 |
Roger Davies |
| Ring
Ouzel | Canvey West End |
18/04/07 |
Steve Arlow |
| Garden Warbler |
Rayleigh, Ferndale Road |
29/04/07 |
Robin Peppiatt |
|
Grasshopper Warbler |
Gunners Park |
20/05/07 |
Brian Baldock |
| Sedge Warbler |
Paglesham Lagoon |
10/04/07 |
Steve Arlow |
| Reed
Warbler | Wat Tyler
Country Park |
14/04/07 |
Alan Shearman |
| Lesser
Whitethroat | RSPB
Vange Marsh & Hampton Barns |
14/04/07 |
Martin Cracknell, Steve Arlow |
| Common Whitethroat |
Canvey, West End |
13/04/07 |
Steve Arlow |
| Willow Warbler |
Wat Tyler Country Park |
07/04/07 |
Vince Kinsler |
| Firecrest |
- |
- |
- |
| Spotted Flycatcher
| Priory Park |
02/06/07 |
Neil Chambers |
2006
| Selected Winter Migration Reports in the Southend
Area for 2006 |
| Species |
Location | Date | Observer(s) |
| First Recorded Winter Arrivals |
| Red-throated
Diver | Canvey Point |
24/10/06 |
Martin
Cracknell | | Black-throated
Diver | Canvey Point |
09/09/06 |
Jeff
Saward | | Great Northern
Diver | Southend Pier |
01/01/07 |
Alan
Shearman | | Brent
Goose |
Shoebury East Beach | 13/09/06 |
Clive Jolly |
| Great
Skua | Wakering Stairs | 09/09/05 |
Steve
Arlow | | Arctic
Skua | Canvey Point |
04/08/06 |
Martin
Cracknell | | Guillemot |
River
Crouch | 11/09/06 | Gary Dunn |
| Short-eared Owl |
Gunners
Park | 08/09/06 | Harry Carmichael |
| Waxwing |
None reported from the area this year |
|
|
| Redwing |
Coombe
Wood | 12/10/06 | Jeff Saward |
| Fieldfare |
Woodside
Park, Thundersley | 07/09/06 |
Graham
Ryland | | Snow Bunting |
South
Fambridge Sea Wall | 04/11/06 | Ray Fuller |
| Last Recorded Sighting |
| Hobby |
Over
River Crouch | 15/10/06 | Gary Dunn, Web Author |
| Sandwich
Tern | Leigh on Sea | 19/10/06 |
Alan
Shearman, Web Author | | Common
Tern | Canvey Point | 15/10/06 |
Jeff
Saward | | Cuckoo |
Southend |
26/09/06 |
Paul
Baker | | Sand Martin |
Wakering,
Fleet Head | 14/10/06 | Don Petrie, Paul Griggs |
| House
Martin | Southend | 15/10/06 |
Don
Wildish | | Swallow |
Two
Tree Island | 24/10/06 | Martin Cracknell |
| Swift |
Southchurch
Park | 21/09/06 | Steve Wood (report also from
Steve of Swift in Margate on the 3/12/06!) |
| Wheatear |
Chalkwell
Seafront | 24/10/06 | David Lee |
| First Summer Migration Reports in the Southend Area
for 2006 |
| Species |
Location | Date | Observer(s) |
| Hobby |
Wakering,
Fleet Head | 22/04/06 | John
Pitts | | Little Ringed
Plover | RSPB West Canvey
& VangeMarsh | 21/04/06 |
Vince
Kinsler | | Whimbrel |
Off
Gunners Park | 12/04/06 |
Paul
Griggs. Steve Arlow | | Sandwich
Tern | Off Gunners Park |
08/04/06 |
Graham
Mee, Steve Arlow | | Common Tern |
Off
Gunners Park | 15/04/06 |
Steve
Arlow | | Turtle
Dove | Gunners Park |
23/04/06 |
Jeff
Delve | | Cuckoo |
Wat
Tyler CP | 15/04/06 | Graham
Mee | | Swift |
Wat
Tyler CP / RSPB West Canvey & VangeMarsh | 17/04/06 |
Jeff
Mendham, John Wright | | Sand
Martin | Sutton Road |
03/04/06 |
Brian
Baldock | | Swallow |
Shell
Haven Marshes | 27/03/06 |
Martin
Lawson | | House
Martin | Wat Tyler CP |
07/04/06 |
Alan
Shearman | | Yellow
Wagtail | Gunners Park |
08/04/06 |
Graham
Mee, Steve Arlow | | Nightingale |
Gunners
Park | 06/04/06 | Steve
Wood | | Black Redstart |
|
|
|
| Whinchat |
Benfleet
Creek | 16/08/06 | Andrew
Bridge | | Wheatear |
Two
Tree Island | 27/03/06 | Martin
Cracknell | | Ring
Ouzel | Gunners Park |
15/04/06 |
Brian
Baldock | | Garden Warbler |
Hockley
Woods | 28/04/06 | David
Chivers | | Grasshopper Warbler |
Canvey
(West End) / Wat Tyler CP | 23/04/06 |
Steve
Arlow / Martin Cracknell | | Sedge Warbler |
Vange
Marsh | 09/04/06 | Martin
Cracknell | | Reed
Warbler | Wat Tyler Country
Park | 10/04/06 | Alan
Shearman | | Lesser
Whitethroat | Gunners Park /
Hadleigh Downs | 22/04/06 |
Brian
Baldock / Andrew Woodhouse |
| Common Whitethroat |
Two
Tree Island | 09/04/06 | Damien
Harding | | Willow Warbler |
Benfleet
Creek | 01/04/06 | John
Wright | | Firecrest |
|
|
|
| Spotted Flycatcher
| Priory Park | 13/05/06 |
John
Wright / Don Petrie |
2005
| Selected Winter Migration Reports in the Southend
Area for 2005 |
| Species |
Location | Date | Observer(s) |
| First Recorded Winter Arrivals |
| Red-throated
Diver | River Roach |
20/11/05 |
Jeff Delve and Glyn Evans |
| Black-throated
Diver | River Crouch |
04/12/05 |
Neil
Chambers, Paul Baker | | Great Northern
Diver | Canvey Seafront |
17/09/05 |
Harry
Carmichael | | Brent
Goose | Two Tree Island |
24/09/05 |
John
Wright | | Hen Harrier |
Wat
Tyler Country Park | 16/10/05 |
Steve
Hiscock | | Great
Skua | Canvey Point |
05/09/05 |
Jeff
Saward | | Arctic
Skua | Canvey Point |
19/08/05 |
Jeff
Saward | | Guillemot |
Canvey
Point | 23/09/05 | David
Morrison | | Short-eared Owl |
Vange
Marsh | 25/08/05 | Steve
Arlow | | Waxwing |
Benfleet,
Stadium Way | 07/12/05 | N
R Latham | | Redwing |
Southend/Fambridge |
15/10/05 |
Paul
Baker, Steve Arlow | | Fieldfare |
Rochford
Golf Course | 23/10/05 | Neil
Chambers | | Snow Bunting |
South
Fambridge | 27/11/05 | Ray
Fuller | | Last
Recorded Sighting |
| Hobby |
Wat
Tyler Country Park | 25/09/05 |
Web
Author | | Sandwich
Tern | Two Tree Island |
15/10/05 |
Web
Author | | Common
Tern | Leigh on Sea |
02/10/05 |
Alan
Shearman | | Cuckoo |
Paglesham |
28/08/05 |
Ray
Fuller | | Sand Martin |
Two
Tree Island | 18/09/05 | Graham
Ryland | | House
Martin | Gunners Park |
09/10/05 |
Dave
Knight | | Swallow |
Hullbridge |
21/10/05 |
David
Chivers | | Swift |
Hadleigh
CP | 25/10/05 | Steve
Bunn (a very late sighting!) |
| Wheatear |
South
Fambridge | 16/10/05 | Ray
Fuller |
| First Summer Migration Reports in the Southend Area
for 2005 |
| Species |
Location | Date | Observer(s) |
| Hobby |
Chalkwell
Sation | 09/04/05 | Simon
Buckell | | Little Ringed
Plover | Vange Marsh |
01/05/05 |
Steve
Arlow | | Whimbrel |
Belton
Hills | 05/04/05 | Tony
Mead | | Sandwich
Tern | Southend Pier |
17/03/05 |
R.Cannon |
| Common Tern |
Off
Gunners Park | 16/04/05 |
Steve
Arlow | | Turtle
Dove | Barling Lakes |
16/04/05 |
Barry
Chambers | | Cuckoo |
Pitsea,
Sandon Road | 15/04/05 | Gary
Clinton | | Swift |
Paglesham,
East End | 06/04/05 | George
Potter | | Sand
Martin | Pitsea Cemetery |
06/04/05 |
Gary
Clinton | | Swallow |
Boyce
Hill Golf Club, Benfleet | 27/03/05 |
Tim
Murphy | | House
Martin | The Fleet, Wakering |
23/04/05 |
Barry
Chambers | | Yellow
Wagtail | Upper Raypits Farm |
25/03/05 |
Jeff
Delve | | Nightingale |
Gunners
Park | 10/04/05 | Brian
Baldock | | Black Redstart |
Shoebury,
Waterford Road | 22/03/05 |
Sheila
Hodgson | | Whinchat |
Gunners
Park | 27/04/05 | Robin
Peppiatt | | Wheatear |
Gunners
Park | 16/03/05 | Steve
Arlow | | Ring
Ouzel | Gunners Park |
20/04/05 |
Tony
Mead | | Garden Warbler |
Belfairs
Woods | 25/04/05 | R.
Cannon | | Grasshopper Warbler |
Two
Tree Island | 12/04/05 | David
Lee | | Sedge Warbler |
Two
Tree Island | 12/04/05 | David
Lee | | Reed
Warbler | Wat Tyler Country
Park | 28/03/05 | Martin
Itter | | Lesser
Whitethroat | Gunners Park |
20/04/05 |
Tony
Mead | | Common Whitethroat |
Hadleigh
Downs | 10/04/05 | Andrew
Woodhouse | | Willow Warbler |
Belfairs
N.R. | 05/04/05 | Tony
Mead | | Firecrest |
Westcliff,
Opposite Casino | 04/05/05 |
Marc
Outten | | Spotted Flycatcher
| Gunners Park | 11/04/05 |
Jenifer
Akib | 2004
| Selected
Winter Migration Reports in the Southend Area for 2004 |
| Species |
Location | Date | Observer(s) |
| Brent
Goose | Two Tree Island |
10/09/04 |
Web
Author | | Waxwing |
Belfairs
NR | 19/12/04 | Tony
Mead |
| First Summer Migration Reports in the Southend Area
for 2004 |
| Species |
Location | Date | Observer(s) |
| Hobby |
Two
Tree Island | 09/04/04 | John
Wright | | Little Ringed
Plover | Wat Tyler CP |
24/03/04 |
Ian
White | | Whimbrel |
Benfleet
Creek | 08/04/04 | Andrew
Bridge | | Sandwich
Tern | Southend Pier |
26/03/04 |
Harry
Carmichael | | Common Tern |
Southend
Pier | 04/04/04 | Stephen
Harris | | Turtle Dove |
Wakering
Stairs | 25/04/04 | Ray
Fuller | | Cuckoo |
Wat
Tyler CP | 16/04/04 | Ian
White | | Swift |
Wat
Tyler CP | 18/04/04 | Stuart
Bailey | | Sand Martin |
Paglesham
Lagoon | 22/03/04 | Lee
Ebbs | | Swallow |
Hanningfield
Reservoir | 14/03/04 | Graham
Ryland | | House
Martin | Hanningfield
Reservoir | 04/04/04 | Nick
Green | | Yellow
Wagtail | Paglesham Lagoon |
09/04/04 |
Steve
Arlow | | Nightingale |
Canvey
(west end) | 24/04/04 | Steve
Arlow | | Black Redstart |
Gunners
Park | 19/03/04 | Ray
Fuller | | Whinchat |
Wakering
Old Tip | 30/04/04 | Lee
Ebbs | | Wheatear |
Wakering
Stairs, Haven Point | 14/03/04 |
Ray
Fuller | | Ring
Ouzel | Gunners Park |
15/04/04 |
Harry
Carmichael | | Grasshopper Warbler |
Two
Tree Island | 16/04/04 | Terry
Strong | | Sedge Warbler |
Two
Tree Island | 16/04/04 | Terry
Strong | | Reed
Warbler | Two Tree Island |
05/04/04 |
Terry
Strong | | Lesser
Whitethroat | Gunners Park |
17/04/04 |
Neil
Chambers | | Common Whitethroat |
Gunners
Park | 03/04/04 | Richard
Mander | | Willow Warbler |
Two
Tree Island | 12/04/04 | Steve
Arlow | | Firecrest |
Gunners
Park | 04/04/04 | Brian
Baldock | | Spotted Flycatcher
| Priory Park | 12/08/04 |
Steve
Arlow |
2003
| Selected
Winter Migration Reports in the Southend Area for 2003 |
| Species |
Location | Date | Observer(s) |
| Brent
Goose | Two Tree Island |
27/09/03 |
John
Bronze | | Waxwing |
Belfairs
NR | 09/12/03 | Tony
Mead |
| First Summer Migration Reports in the Southend Area
for 2003 |
| Species |
Location | Date | Observer(s) |
| Hobby |
Wakering
Old Tip | 24/04/03 | Don
Petrie | | Little Ringed
Plover | Barling Pits |
12/04/03 |
Steve
Arlow, John Wright | | Curlew
Sandpiper | Two Tree
Island | 28/04/03 |
Michael
Bunker | | Whimbrel |
Barling |
01/03/03 |
Steve
Arlow | | Spotted Redshank |
Hadleigh
Downs | 05/04/03 | Steve
Bunn | | Sandwich
Tern | Westcliff Seafront |
09/04/03 |
Steve
Arlow | | Common Tern |
Canvey
Point | 13/04/03 | Ron
Galliers | | Turtle Dove |
Hadleigh
Downs | 26/04/03 | Andrew
Woodhouse | | Cuckoo |
Hadleigh
Downs | 15/04/03 | Andrew
Woodhouse | | Swift |
Two
Tree Island | 21/04/03 |
Steve
Arlow, Paul Griggs | | Sand Martin |
Wakering
Old Tip | 15/03/03 | Neil
Chambers | | Swallow |
Wat
Tyler CP | 08/04/03 | Stuart
Bailey | | House
Martin | Wat Tyler CP |
13/04/03 |
Martin
Itter | | Yellow
Wagtail | Fleet Head |
31/03/03 |
Steve
Arlow, Paul Griggs | | White Wagtail |
Gunners
Park | 15/03/03 | Steve
Arlow, Paul Griggs | | Nightingale |
Benfleet |
16/04/03 |
Simon
Watson | | Black
Redstart | Gunners Park |
15/04/03 |
Steve
Arlow, Paul Griggs | | Whinchat |
Fleet
Head | 21/04/03 |
Jeff
Delve | | Wheatear |
Fleet
Head | 09/03/03 | Steve
Giles | | Ring
Ouzel | Gunners Park |
11/04/03 |
Steve
Arlow, Paul Griggs, Don Petrie |
| Garden Warbler |
Wat
Tyler CP | 17/04/03 | Neil
Chambers | | Grasshopper Warbler |
Wakering
Stairs (heard) | 18/04/03 |
Neil
Twyford | | Sedge Warbler |
Two
Tree Island | 13/04/03 | Andrew
Gouldstone | | Reed
Warbler | Hadleigh Marshes |
18/04/03 |
Andrew
Woodhouse | | Lesser
Whitethroat | Gunners Park |
22/04/03 |
Tony
Mead | | Common Whitethroat |
Two
Tree Island | 15/04/03 | Andrew
Woodhouse, Steve Bunn | | Willow Warbler |
Rochford
Golf Course | 29/03/03 | Neil
Chambers | | Firecrest |
Gunners
Park | 16/04/03 | Web
Author |
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