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  • 25 May 2012

    Recent Sightings 25th May 2012

    25th May

    • Greenshank 1 Bale

    24th May

    • Yellow Wagtail 2 Grazing Marsh
    • Short-eared Owl 2 Grazing Marsh

    23rd May

    • Garganey 3 Bale
    • Black-tailed Godwit 17 Bale

    black-tailed godwit

    • Bar-tailed Godwit 57 Saltings
    • Grey Plover 63 Saltings
    • Knot 6 Saltings
    • Temminck’s Stint 1 Bale
    • Little Tern 8 Blackwater Estuary

    21st May

    • Hobby 3 Grazing Marsh
    • Avocet 94 Irongate and Grazing Marsh
    • Common Tern 12 Irongate
    • Mediterranean Gull 2 Salcott Channel
    • Swift 271 Whole Site

    19th May

    • Common Buzzard 1 Grazing Marsh

    18th May

    • Ruff 1 Bale
    • Nightjar 1 Office & Deliveries sign

    nightjar


     

    Posted by Suzanne

  • 18 May 2012

    Recent Sightings 18th May 2012

    18th May

    • Garganey 1 male (2 males on 14th).  Bale

    garganey

    • Black-tailed Godwit 41 Bale
    • Common Tern 7 Irongate
    • Little Tern 3 Eastern Quarters Spit
    • Cuckoo 2 Reedbed
    • Wheatear 1 Grazing Marsh

    17th May

    • Hobby 2 Reedbed
    • Greenshank 1 Grazing Marsh
    • Short-eared Owl 1 Grazing Marsh
    • Garden Warbler 1 Crescent
    • Corn Bunting 2 Crescent

    16th May

    • Avocet 49 Irongate
    • Turtle Dove 2 Crescent

    15th May

    • Eider 5 Eastern Quarters Spit

    14th May

    • Great White Egret 1 Grazing Marsh
    • Common Buzzard 1 Western End
    • Bar-tailed Godwit 26 Great Cobb

    11th May

    • Spotted Flycatcher 1 Copse

    Posted by Suzanne

  • 11 May 2012

    Recent Sightings 11th May 2012

    11th May

    • Great White Egret 1 Grazing Marsh

    great white egret

    • Garganey 2 Bale
    • Hobby 1 Grazing Marsh
    • Avocet 58 Irongate
    • Black-tailed Godwit 54 Bale & Irongate
    • Common Tern 7 Irongate
    • Short-eared Owl 1 Grazing Marsh
    • Cuckoo 5 Reedbed
    • Wheatear 7 Whole Site

    10th May

    • Little Tern 10 Eastern Quarters Spit

    9th May

    • Common Sandpiper 1 Grazing Marsh
    • Sanderling 10 Eastern Quarters Spit

    8th May

    • Whimbrel 77 Whole Site

     

    Posted by Suzanne

  • 4 May 2012

    Recent Sightings 4th May 2012

    May has got off to a flying start thanks to local volunteer and birder Colin's super find of 4 Temminck's stints yesterday evening:

    3rd May

    • Temminck’s Stint 4 Grazing Marsh
    • Greenshank 4 Improved Fields
    • Spotted Redshank 1 Joyce’s Head
    • Mediterranean Gull 1 Improved Fields
    • Common Tern 5 Irongate
    • Swallow 19 Whole Site

    Swallow

    2nd May

    • Whimbrel 11 Improved Fields
    • Short-eared Owl 2 Whole Site
    • Wheatear 4 Whole Site
    • Lesser Whitethroat 4 Reedbed, also nr Car Park
    • House Martin 1 Joyce’s Head
    • Yellow Wagtail 13 Grazing Marsh

    30th April

    • Hobby 2 Reedbed 30
    • Common Buzzard 2 Western end
    • Avocet 119 Whole Site
    • Black Tern 5 Irongate

    Black Terns

    • Yellowhammer 2 Saltings

    27th April

    • Common Sandpiper 1 Bale
    • Swift 40 Grazing Marsh

    Posted by Suzanne

  • 27 April 2012

    Recent Sightings 27th April 2012

    27th April

    • Merlin 1 Reedbed
    • Common Sandpiper 1 Bale
    • Whimbrel 10 Whole Site

    Whimbrel

    • Ringed Plover 2 Eastern Quarters Spit - nesting there
    • Common Tern 2 Pennyhole Bottom
    • Swift 40 Grazing Marsh

    24th April

    • Brent Goose 50 Eastern Quarters Spit
    • Pintail 1 Irongate
    • Common Buzzard 1 Western end
    • Stone Curlew 1 Grazing Marsh - a super find by site manager Paul Charlton. The second record for the reserve, the first being an anecdotal report from the 1930s by John Wentworth-Day.
    • Spotted Redshank 6 Whole Site
    • Short-eared Owl 4-7 Whole Site

    Local photographer and regular at Old Hall, Peter Hewitt has been snapping away again: "one shows a Stoat looking through the fence by the stock pens at a Short eared owl - it was quite amusing. Also on the same evening I watched a Stoat chasing/following a young rabbit. It didn't seem bothered about actually catching it. When the rabbit saw me it stopped, turned round, ran and bumped into the Stoat !! They had what looked like a friendly tumble and carried on the chase / game ??"

    Short Eared Owl and Stoat

    Short Eared Owl

    23rd April

    • Eider 3 Channels
    • Reed Warbler 3 Reed Fringes
    • Yellow Wagtail 1 Salcott Channel

    22nd April

    • Avocet 81 Irongate
    • Ruff 1 Bale

    21st April

    • Black-tailed Godwit 231 Irongate

    Black-tailed Godwit

    Posted by Suzanne

  • 20 April 2012

    Recent Sightings 20th April 2012

    20th April

    • Avocet 72 Irongate
    • Common Tern 3 Pennyhole Bottom
    • Short-eared Owl 2 Whole Site
    • Cuckoo 1 Copse

    18th April

    • Ruff 7 Bale 
    • Whimbrel 8 Whole Site
    • Spotted Redshank 3 Whole Site

    17th April

    • Hen Harrier 1 Improved Fields

    14th April

    • Greenshank 1 Grazing Marsh

    Posted by Suzanne

  • 13 April 2012

    Recent Sightings 13th April 2012

    12th April

    • Merlin 1 Grazing Marsh
    • Common Buzzard 1 Reedbed
    • Whimbrel 30 Improved Fields
    • Black-tailed Godwit 58 Joyce’s Head Saltings; 203 on Irongate on 10th
    • Spotted Redshank 7 Whole Site
    • Short-eared Owl 4 Whole Site

    11th April

    • Avocet 49 Irongate - starting to hang around the island where they like to nest
    • Sand Martin 1 Bale
    • Willow Warbler 2 Copse/Crescent
    • Sedge Warbler 20+ Reedbed

    10th April

    • Knot 2 Irongate 
    • Ruff 10 Bale
    • Long-tailed Tits being very cute in the Crescent

    Long-tailed tit

    8th April

    • Little Ringed Plover 1 Irongate
    • Wheatear 1 Corral
    • Yellow Wagtail 1 Grazing Marsh

     3rd April

    • Swallow 1 Irongate
    • Blackcap 1 Copse

    Posted by Suzanne

  • 5 April 2012

    Recent Sightings 5th April 2012

    5th April

    • Spoonbill 1 Irongate
    • Dark-bellied Brent Goose 167 Improved Fields
    • Ruff 3 Bale
    • Little Ringed Plover 1 Bale

    spoonbill, brents

    4th April

    • Great White Egret 1 Reedbed
    • Common Buzzard 1 Reedbed
    • Whimbrel 35 Tollesbury Saltings
    • Mediterranean Gull 2 Whole Site
    • Short-eared Owl 2 Whole Site

    2nd April

    • Black-tailed Godwit 166 Irongate/Salcott Channel
    • Spotted Redshank 6 Whole Site
    • Chiffchaff 2 Copse
    • Cute baby rabbits hopping about on the viewing screen path

    rabbit

    Intensive moth trapping to look for Sloe Carpet has continued. 7 individuals have been trapped and released so far. Fingers crossed this cold windy weather won't go on for too long!

    Posted by Suzanne

  • 30 March 2012

    Recent Sightings 30th March 2012

    30th March

    • Dark-bellied Brent Goose 530 Improved Fields
    • Sloe Carpet moth 2 in light traps

    29th March

    • Red Kite 4 Past Eastern Quarters Spit
    • Snipe 25 Grazing Marsh
    • Ruff 2 Bale
    • Short-eared Owl 1 Whole Site

    28th March

    • Common Buzzard 8 Whole Site
    • Marsh Harrier 22 Reedbed
    • Spotted Redshank 3 Whole Site
    • Chiffchaff 2 Copse/Crescent

    27th March

    • Spoonbill 1 Irongate
    • Red-breasted Goose 1 Improved Fields
    • Velvet Scoter 2 Estuary
    • Hen Harrier 1 Reedbed
    • Bar-tailed Godwit 136 Joyce’s Head Saltings
    • Green Sandpiper 1 Grazing Marsh
    • Mediterranean Gull 1 Pennyhole Bottom 
    • Water Pipit 3 Pennyhole Bottom
    • Common Crossbill 3 Over Copse

    26th March

    • Black Redstart 1 Entrance
    • Yellow Wagtail 1 Over Car Park

    Posted by Suzanne

Your sightings

Grid reference: TL9512 (+2km)

Spotted Redshank (4)
7 May 2012
Arctic Tern (4)
30 Apr 2012
Cuckoo (1)
30 Apr 2012
Yellow Wagtail
26 Mar 2012
Marsh Harrier (4)
22 Feb 2012
Black-tailed Godwit (50)
22 Feb 2012
Spotted Flycatcher
7 May 2012
Common Tern
3 May 2012
Shelduck (12)
30 Apr 2012
Marsh Tit (2)
30 Apr 2012
Brent Goose (Dark-bellied)
27 Mar 2012

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  • Lat/lng: 51.774610,0.838851
  • Grid reference: TL959122
  • Nearest town: Tiptree, Essex
  • County: Essex
  • Country: England

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