23rd May Little Gull 1 Unimproved Fields 22nd May Hobby 1 Unimproved Fields Lapwing: 100% hatching success of nests inside the electric fence! Little Tern 5 Eastern Quarters Spit 21st May Brent Goose 30...

17th May Whimbrel 1 Bale Little Tern 1 Reedbed Common Tern 2 Reedbed Turtle Dove 1 Entrance Swifts, Swallows, House Martins >100 Joyce’s Head 16th May Little Ringed Plover 2 Bale 15th May Common Sandpiper...

Little terns are now returning from Africa to breed in Britain. They area already using the coast and estuaries around Essex to feed, and looking for nest sites. Up to 4 have already been seen scouting out possible nest sites on Eastern Quarters Spit...

10th May Common Sandpiper 1 Bale Common Tern 8 Whole Site Wheatear 1 Tollesbury Channel 9th May Hobby 1 Unimproved Fields Little Tern 2 Eastern Quarters Spit 7th May Garganey 2 Unimproved Fields Common Buzzard...

3rd May Cuckoo 1 Crescent 2nd May Hobby 1 Improved Fields Avocet 120 Grazing Marsh Whimbrel 75 Whole Site Spotted Redshank 4 Whole Site Bar-tailed Godwit 88 Tollesbury Channel Little Tern 5 Channels Turtle Dove 2 Copse...