News

Thursday, 24 May 2007

Bird seen at

Bad weather for our annual "Migrants on the Move" event at the Heybridge Basin in May resulted in fewer people coming along to see the birds than in previous years. For those who attended and requested that the list of birds seen at the event be posted on the website please see below.

Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Cormorant, Little Egret, Grey Heron, Mute Swan, Canada Goose, Brent Goose, Shelduck, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Coot, Moorhen, Oystercatcher, Grey Plover, Lapwing, Dunlin, Curlew, Redshank, Turnstone, Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Common Tern, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Turtle Dove, Cuckoo, Swift, Swallow, House Martin, Meadow Pipit, Dunnock, Wren, Robin, Blackbird, Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, Blue tit, Great tit, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Starling, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Linnet and Reed bunting.