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2016
November
2016
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River Thames, Purfleet, Essex (observations from my
window)
Nov
8th: Lesser
Redpoll (1 W), Golden Plover (37), Black-tailed
Godwit (1), Dunlin (80),
Redshank (13), Lapwing (176), Curlew (1),
Wigeon (27), Teal (5),
Mallard (9), Yellow-legged Gull (2), Great
Black-backed Gull (9).
Nov
6th: Grey
Plover (1), Snipe (1), Great Crested
Grebe (1), Black-tailed
Godwit (14), Curlew (8),
Wigeon (54), Yellow-legged Gull (10), Great
Black-backed Gull (31).
Nov
5th: Merlin
(ad m), Caspian Gull (2nd-w), Short-eared
Owl (1), Marsh Harrier (juv), Little
Egret (5), Grey Plover (1), Golden Plover (76), Black-tailed
Godwit (1), Dunlin (83),
Redshank (62), Lapwing (257), Curlew (10),
Shelduck (9), Wigeon (26), Teal (32),
Yellow-legged Gull (9), Great
Black-backed Gull (19).
Nov
4th: Curlew
Sandpiper (1), Golden Plover (60), Black-tailed
Godwit (1), Dunlin (121),
Redshank (51), Lapwing (133), Curlew (1),
Wigeon (12), Teal (28),
Mallard (16), Yellow-legged Gull (4), Great
Black-backed Gull (34).
Nov
3rd: Grey
Plover (1), Snipe (1), Golden Plover (39), Black-tailed
Godwit (2), Dunlin (69),
Redshank (28), Lapwing (152), Curlew (1),
Wigeon (1), Teal (14),
Mallard (30), Yellow-legged Gull (5), Great
Black-backed Gull (15).
Nov 2nd: Raven
(1), Golden Plover (55), Black-tailed
Godwit (1), Dunlin (54),
Redshank (42), Lapwing (168), Curlew (2),
Wigeon (32), Teal (2),
Mallard (30), Yellow-legged Gull (2), Great
Black-backed Gull (20).
Nov
1st: No
observations due to thick fog.
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October
2016
Siberian
Accentor (Prunella montanella), Easington, East
Yorkshire, 15-16 October 2016
October
30th
•
Rainham Marshes: Dusky
Warbler
at the Stone Barges/river path.
Sonogram
of Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus) calls,
Stone Barges, Rainham, London/Essex, 30 October 2016
October
24th
•
Rainham Marshes: Brambling
on Rainham North.
October
24th
•
Rainham Marshes: Cattle
Egret
on Wennington Marsh.
October
23rd
•
Rainham Marshes: Cattle
Egret
on Wennington Marsh, viewed from the Serin Mound;
Water Pipit (2) on seaweed in Aveley Bay.
October
17th
•
Rainham Marshes: Yellowhammer
(2) just east of the Serin Mound.
October
16th
•
Kilnsea-Spurn, East Yorkshire:
Pallas's
Warbler, Radde's Warbler,
Siberian
Accentor, Dusky Warbler, Yellow-browed
Warbler, Firecrest, White-fronted Goose, Knot, Brent
Goose.
•
Easington, East Yorkshire:
Siberian
Accentor.
October
15th
•
Easington, East Yorkshire:
Siberian
Accentor,
Hedge Accentor, Robin, Chiffchaff, Redwing, Long-tailed
Tit, Goldcrest.
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River Thames, Purfleet, Essex (observations from my
window)
Oct
31st: No
observations due to thick fog.
Oct
30th: Rock
Pipit (1), Avocet (2), Golden Plover (153),
Black-tailed Godwit (2), Dunlin (107), Redshank
(145), Lapwing (212), Curlew (2), Shelduck
(10), Teal (27), Mallard (28), Wigeon (13).
Oct 29th: Curlew
Sandpiper (1), Avocet (2), Golden Plover
(129), Black-tailed Godwit (4), Dunlin (92),
Redshank (148), Lapwing (185), Curlew (2),
Shelduck (4), Great Black-backed Gull (6).
Oct
28th: Avocet
(1), Pintail (2), Golden Plover (93), Black-tailed
Godwit (4), Dunlin (38), Redshank (89),
Lapwing (301), Curlew (2), Shelduck (7),
Great Black-backed Gull (7).
Oct
27th: Golden
Plover (33), Dunlin (25), Redshank (117),
Lapwing (289), Mallard (32), Wigeon (3),
Shelduck (3), Teal (12), Curlew (2),
Yellow-legged Gull (2), Great Black-backed
Gull 15).
Oct
26th: Marsh
Harrier (2), Buzzard (1), Golden Plover
(53), Black-tailed Godwit (4), Dunlin (37),
Redshank (132), Lapwing (238), Wigeon (3), Curlew
(2), Yellow-legged Gull, Great Black-backed
Gull 10).
Oct
25th: Tufted
Duck (m), Marsh Harrier (imm m), Golden Plover (53), Black-tailed
Godwit (39), Dunlin (47),
Redshank (127), Lapwing (134), Curlew (6),
Common Sandpiper (1), Wigeon (27), Teal (43),
Mallard (34), Yellow-legged Gull (2), Great
Black-backed Gull (10), Magpie (43).
Oct
23rd: Rock
Pipit (1), Golden Plover (59), Dunlin (33,
Redshank (52), Lapwing (177), Curlew (4),
Ringed Plover (3), Wigeon (217), Teal (52),
Mallard (58), Yellow-legged Gull (4).
Oct
22th: Rock
Pipit (1), Golden Plover (39), Dunlin (29),
Redshank (107), Lapwing (181), Curlew (7),
Ringed Plover (2), Wigeon (42), Teal (47),
Mallard (61), Yellow-legged Gull (4), Little
Egret (2), Stonechat (1).
Oct
21st: Rock
Pipit (2), Golden Plover (101), Redshank
(56), Lapwing (81), Curlew (2), Ringed Plover
(2), Teal (19), Mallard (52), Yellow-legged
Gull (2), Great Black-backed Gull (13).
Oct
20th: Golden
Plover (34), Redshank (43), Lapwing (85),
Curlew (1), Ringed Plover (1), Teal (28), Yellow-legged
Gull (2), Great Black-backed Gull (7).
Oct
19th: Golden
Plover (31), Black-tailed Godwit (1), Redshank
(43), Lapwing (85), Curlew (1), Ringed Plover
(1), Dunlin (2), Teal (28), Yellow-legged
Gull (2), Great Black-backed Gull (7).
Oct
18th: Golden
Plover (65), Black-tailed Godwit (1), Redshank
(30), Lapwing (116), Curlew (1), Yellow-legged
Gull (3), Great Black-backed Gull (18).
Oct
14th: Bar-tailed
Godwit (1),
Dunlin (2), Ringed Plover (9), Redshank
(61), Lapwing (96), Curlew (1), Yellow-legged Gull (12), Great Black-backed
Gull (17).
Oct
13th: Marsh
Harrier (m), Golden Plover (29), Black-tailed Godwit (2),
Dunlin (2), Ringed Plover (9), Redshank
(91), Lapwing (184),
Curlew (1), Yellow-legged Gull (26), Great Black-backed
Gull (4), Chiffchaff (1).
Oct
12th: Greenshank
(1), Golden Plover (7), Black-tailed Godwit (10),
Dunlin (4), Ringed Plover (1), Redshank
(93), Lapwing (153),
Curlew (2), Yellow-legged Gull (4), Great Black-backed
Gull (17).
Oct
11th: Avocet
(1), Rock
Pipit (1), Golden Plover (29), Black-tailed Godwit (42),
Greenshank (2), Dunlin (4), Ringed Plover (3), Redshank
(121), Lapwing (32),
Curlew (2), Mallard (15), Teal (12), Wigeon (3), Gadwall
(7), Yellow-legged Gull (1).
Oct
10th: Rock
Pipit (1),
Great Crested Grebe (1), Greenshank (2),
Black-tailed Godwit (19),
Redshank
(69), Lapwing (48), Common Sandpiper (1),
Curlew (1), Chiffchaff (1).
Oct
9th:
White-fronted Goose (c25) N, Black-tailed Godwit (16),
Dunlin (2), Ringed Plover (4), Redshank
(134), Lapwing (64),
Curlew (3), Teal (33), Wigeon (9), Great Black-backed
Gull (23).
Oct
8th:
Arctic Skua (juv), Ring Ouzel
(m), Golden Plover (39), Black-tailed Godwit (12),
Dunlin (3), Ringed Plover (3), Redshank
(138), Lapwing (98), Common Sandpiper (2),
Curlew (3), Snipe (2), Teal (36), Wigeon (9),
Yellow-legged Gull (26), Great Black-backed
Gull (17), Little Egret (3), Cormorant (14),
Stonechat (m), Redwing (3).
Oct
7th:
Golden Plover (19), Black-tailed Godwit (16),
Dunlin (12), Ringed Plover (5), Redshank
(95), Lapwing (48), Common Sandpiper (1),
Curlew (1), Teal (25), Wigeon (7), Gadwall
(7), Yellow-legged Gull (4).
Oct
6th: White-fronted Goose (24)
downriver,
Kittiwake (ad), Grey Plover (1),
Golden Plover (6), Black-tailed Godwit (36),
Dunlin (15), Ringed Plover (7), Redshank
(71), Lapwing (98), Common Sandpiper (1),
Curlew (1), Teal (26), Wigeon (49), Gadwall
(7), Yellow-legged Gull (5), Great Black-backed
Gull (12).
Oct
5th:
Sandwich Tern (ad), Black-tailed Godwit
(5), Dunlin (9), Ringed Plover (6), Redshank
(91), Lapwing (113), Teal (37), Wigeon (9),
Gadwall (2), Yellow-legged Gull (5).
Oct
4th:
Golden Plover (3), Black-tailed Godwit (3),
Dunlin (21), Ringed Plover (9), Redshank
(43), Lapwing (29), Teal (40), Wigeon (12),
Yellow-legged Gull (7).
Oct
2nd:
Dunlin (39), Ringed Plover (14), Teal (32),
Yellow-legged Gull (7).
Oct
1st:
Redshank (89), Black-tailed Godwit (3),
Dunlin (31), Ringed Plover (14), Teal (38),
Yellow-legged Gull (3).
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Cattle
Egret (Bubulcus ibis), Wennington Marsh, RSPB
Rainham Marshes, 23 October 2016
September
2016
September
27th
•
Rainham Marshes RSPB:
Spoonbill
on Aveley Pools at dusk, viewable from the river
wall.
September
14th
•
Kilmarnock-Dreghorn disused railway line
(NCR 73):
1457
individuals of 50 species recorded including Swallow
(167), House Martin (18), Sand Martin (2), Chiffchaff
(9), Willow Warbler (1), Whitethroat (1), Blackcap (1),
Spotted Flycatcher (1), Teal (6), Mallard (64), Treecreeper
(2), Kingfisher, Tree Sparrow (6), Yellowhammer (18),
Bullfinch (10), Raven (3), Buzzard (4), Meadow Pipit
(23), Goldcrest (6), Great Spotted Woodpecker (3), Snipe
(3), Grey Wagtail (3), Sparrowhawk (3).
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•
River Thames, Purfleet, Essex (observations from my
window)
Sep 30th:
Rock Pipit (1), Arctic Tern
(1), Golden Plover (1), Black-tailed Godwit
(3), Dunlin (36), Ringed Plover (11), Teal
(40), Yellow-legged Gull (5), Great Black-backed
Gull (6).
Sep 29th:
Black-tailed Godwit (3), Dunlin (41), Ringed
Plover (10), Teal (36), Yellow-legged Gull
(7), Great Black-backed Gull (6).
Sep 28th:
Black-tailed Godwit (3), Dunlin (32), Ringed
Plover (17), Teal (37), Yellow-legged Gull
(6).
Sep 27th:
Greenshank (2), Black-tailed
Godwit (3), Dunlin (12), Ringed Plover (8),
Redshank (12), Teal (27), Yellow-legged
Gull (4).
Sep 26th:
Greenshank (6), Black-tailed
Godwit (6), Redshank (14), Teal (14), Yellow-legged
Gull (2).
Sep 25th:
Greenshank (4), Black-tailed
Godwit (10), Ringed Plover (14), Dunlin
(35), Curlew (1), Teal (43), Yellow-legged
Gull (4), Black-headed Gull (1479 upriver
19:00-19:40), Little Egret (3).
Sep 24th:
Grey Plover (1), Redshank (46), Greenshank
(6), Black-tailed
Godwit (3), Ringed Plover (16), Dunlin
(34), Teal (59), Yellow-legged
Gull (3), Common Sandpiper (4), Little Egret
(2).
Sep 23rd:
Curlew Sandpiper (1), Hobby
(juv), Black-tailed
Godwit (7), Ringed Plover (6), Dunlin
(25), Curlew (3), Teal (59), Yellow-legged
Gull (1), Common Sandpiper (4), Little Egret
(2), Chiffchaff (1).
Sep 22nd:
Curlew Sandpiper (2), Bar-tailed
Godwit (1), Greenshank (6), Black-tailed
Godwit (4), Ringed Plover (8), Dunlin
(26), Teal (67), Yellow-legged
Gull (6), Common Sandpiper (1), Lapwing
(29), Kingfisher (1), Chiffchaff (1).
Sep 21st:
Dunlin (4), Lapwing (14), Teal (83), Common
Sandpiper (1), Yellow-legged Gull (13),
Stock Dove (10 E), Mute Swan (9 W).
Sep 20th:
Curlew Sandpiper (2), Black-tailed
Godwit (16), Ringed Plover (19), Dunlin
(21), Curlew (1), Teal (81), Yellow-legged
Gull (14).
Sep 19th:
Curlew Sandpiper (1), Greenshank
(1), Black-tailed Godwit (5), Ringed Plover
(19), Dunlin (17), Teal (66), Yellow-legged
Gull (5), Swallow (14 E).
Sep 18th:
Black Tern (2 juvs), Curlew Sandpiper
(1), Knot (3), Arctic Tern
(12), Avocet (2), Sandwich Tern (1),
Greenshank (4), Black-tailed Godwit (5),
Ringed Plover (29), Dunlin (30), Common
Sandpiper (2), Redshank (19), Lapwing (17),
Teal (56), Mallard (20), Yellow-legged Gull
(8), Hobby (2), Peregrine (1), Buzzard (1),
Sparrowhawk (1).
Sep 17th:
Black Tern (juv),
Bar-tailed Godwit (1), Arctic Tern
(2), Black-tailed Godwit (6), Dunlin (29),
Ringed Plover (18), Redshank (9), Oystercatcher
(1), Curlew (1), Teal (56), Wigeon (3),
Sand Martin (6), Swallow (7), Common Gull
(6), Yellow-legged Gull (4).
Sep 16th:
Bar-tailed Godwit (1), 18 Black-tailed
Godwit, 33 Dunlin, 22 Ringed Plover, 7 Yellow-legged
Gull, 1 Great Crested Grebe.
Sep 10th:
Golden Plover (1), 4 Greenshank,
21 Black-tailed Godwit, 21 Ringed Plover,
9 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Curlew,
2 Redshank, 1 Lapwing, 13 Yellow-legged
Gull, 42 Teal, 37 Mallard, 2 Little Egret.
Sep
9th:
Spotted Redshank (juv), Greenshank (4), Black-tailed Godwit (6),
Ringed Plover (22), Common Sandpiper
(2), Yellow-legged Gull (3), Teal (29),
Little Egret (2).
Sep
8th:
Greenshank (7), Black-tailed Godwit (17),
Ringed Plover (12), Curlew (2), Common Sandpiper
(4), Yellow-legged Gull (10), Teal (82),
Little Grebe (1).
Sep
7th:
Arctic Tern (ad), Greenshank (4),
Black-tailed Godwit (6), Curlew (2), Common
Sandpiper (2), Wigeon (14), Teal (42), Yellow-legged
Gull (9).
Sep
6th:
Yellow-legged Gull (9), Great Black-backed
Gull (8), Common Sandpiper (3), Teal (39).
Sep
4th:
Turnstone (1), Sandwich Tern (1),
Arctic Tern (juv), Marsh Harrier
(juv), Greenshank (1), Black-tailed Godwit
(12), Ringed Plover (10), Common Sandpiper
(1), Teal (73), Yellow-legged Gull (18).
Sep
3rd:
Sandwich Tern (3), Black-tailed
Godwit (12), Dunlin (5), Teal (73), Yellow-legged
Gull (18), Reed Bunting (2).
Sep
2nd:
Tree Pipit (1), Arctic Tern (juv),
Greenshank (1), Peregrine (juv), Yellow-legged Gull (28), Teal (45), Common Sandpiper (1), Ring-necked Parakeet (12).
Sep
1st:
Yellow-legged Gull (19), Teal (52), Common
Sandpiper (2), Sand Martin (1), Grey Wagtail
(1).
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Gannet (Morus
bassanus), fledgling on the beach at Filey (possibly
ill/injured) 5 September 2016
August
2016
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River Thames, Purfleet, Essex (observations from my
window)
Aug
31st:
Yellow-legged Gull (22), Teal (55), Wigeon
(2), Common Sandpiper (2), Common Tern (1),
Ring-necked Parakeet (30).
Aug
30th:
Yellow-legged Gull (15), Teal (44), Common
Sandpiper (4), Great Crested Grebe (1),
Ring-necked Parakeet (12).
Aug
29th:
Sandwich Tern (2), Arctic Tern
(3), Common
Tern (14), Yellow-legged Gull (17), Greenshank
(1), Dunlin (16), Ringed Plover
(17), Common Sandpiper (4), Teal (25), Swift
(1), Kingfisher (1), Hobby (1).
Aug
28th:
Little Tern (3 ads), Little Gull
(juv/1st-w), Sandwich Tern (3), Arctic
Tern (12), Common
Tern (31), Avocet (1), Marsh Harrier
(ad m), Yellow-legged Gull (41), Greenshank
(1), Black-tailed Godwit (1), Ringed Plover
(6), Teal (29).
Aug
27th:
Turnstone (1), Yellow Wagtail
(1), Sandwich Tern (7), Greenshank
(2), Yellow-legged Gull (41), Buzzard (2),
Hobby (1), Marsh Harrier (ad m), Black-tailed
Godwit (1), Swift (4), Little Egret (4),
Long-tailed Tit (12).
Aug
26th:
Greenshank
(1), Ringed Plover (1), Common Sandpiper (8), Curlew (1), Swift
(1).
Aug
25th:
Greenshank
(1), Black-tailed Godwit (2), Ringed Plover (12), Dunlin (8), Oystercatcher
(2), Common Sandpiper (3), Curlew (1), Whimbrel
(1), Little Egret (1).
Aug
24th:
Sandwich Tern (2), Greenshank
(3), Ringed Plover (10), Dunlin (19), Oystercatcher
(2), Swift (3), Common Tern (1), Yellow-legged
Gull (6), Teal (10).
Aug
23rd:
Curlew Sandpiper (1), Turnstone
(3), Ringed Plover (14), Black-tailed Godwit
(1), Dunlin (2), Common
Sandpiper
(2), Swift (24), Common Tern (2), Yellow-legged
Gull (6), Teal (8).
Aug
22nd: Ringed
Plover (13), Dunlin (9), Common Sandpiper
(8), Common Tern (7), Yellow-legged Gull
(15), Teal
(5),
Wigeon (1).
Aug
21st:
Mediterranean Gull (juv), Marsh Harrier,
Greenshank (2), Ringed Plover (12), Common
Sandpiper (2),
Arctic
Tern (juv), Common Tern (12), Yellow-legged
Gull (19), Swift (21).
Aug
20th:
Spotted Redshank (1), Greenskank
(1), Whimbrel (1), Ringed Plover (8), Dunlin
(8), Common Sandpiper
(4),
Arctic Tern (juv), Common Tern (14), Yellow-legged
Gull (22).
Aug
19th:
Ringed Plover (7), Dunlin (5), Common Tern
(2), Yellow-legged Gull (27), Oystercatcher
(1)).
Aug
18th:
Sandwich Tern (16) upriver 08:31, Arctic
Tern (2), Common Tern (3), Dunlin (7), Yellow-legged
Gull (23),
Wigeon
(f) upriver, Common Sandpiper (2).
Aug
17th:
Arctic Tern (2), Common Tern (3),
Ringed Plover (1), Yellow-legged Gull (9),
Oystercatcher (1), Swift (22).
Aug
16th:
Ringed Plover (1), Yellow-legged Gull (16),
Little Egret (1), Oystercatcher (1), Redshank
(3).
Aug
15th:
Ringed Plover (2), Common Tern (6), Yellow-legged
Gull (10), Little Egret (5), Common Sandpiper
(1),
Aug
14th:
Ringed Plover (2), Greenshank (1), Hobby
(1), Common Sandpiper (7), Dunlin (1).
Aug
13th:
Ringed Plover (1), Common Sandpiper (5),
Hobby (1), Little Egret (1).
Aug
12th: Common
Sandpiper (8), Yellow-legged Gull (4), Curlew
(1), Little Egret (1), Great Spottted Woodpecker
(1).
Aug
11th:
Caspian Gull (2nd-cy), Yellow-legged
Gull (7), Little Egret (5), Curlew (1),
Oystercatcher (1), Swift (15),
Mallard
(36), Black-headed Gull (512), Great Black-backed
Gull (2).
Aug
10th:
Yellow-legged Gull (4), Common Sandpiper
(1), Kingfisher (1), Little Egret (1), Oystercatcher
(1).
Aug
9th: Dunlin
(8), Yellow-legged Gull (7), Oystercatcher
(2), Common Sandpiper (1), Green Woodpecker
(1),
Aug
8th:
Green Sandpiper (1), Yellow-legged Gull
(26), Oystercatcher (2), Common Sandpiper
(1).
Aug
7th:
Avocet (1), Yellow-legged Gull (34),
Marsh Harrier (f), Whimbrel (1), Oystercatcher
(2), Curlew (1), Dunlin
(1),
Little Egret (1).
Aug
6th:
Mediterranean Gull (juv), Yellow-legged
Gull (33), Curlew (1), Oystercatcher (2),
Common Sandpiper (2)
Aug
5th:
Yellow-legged Gull (23), Common Sandpiper
(1), Oystercatcher (2), Shelduck (13).
Aug
4th:
Common Tern (1), Yellow-legged Gull (32),
Common Sandpiper (1), Oystercatcher (2),
Shelduck (12).
Aug
3rd:
Common Tern (12), Yellow-legged Gull (26),
Common Sandpiper (3), Oystercatcher (1),
Shelduck (11).
Aug
2nd:
Arctic Tern (1), Common Tern (12),
Yellow-legged Gull (22), Oystercatcher (2),
Common Sandpiper (1),
Shelduck
(13)
Aug
1st: Whimbrel
(2), Curlew (1), Yellow-legged Gull (29),
Oystercatcher (3), Common Sandpiper (6),
Shelduck (11), Little
Egret (1).
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Grey
Heron (Ardea cinerea), Aveley Pools, Rainham
Marshes RSPB, 25 August 2016
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Observations at RSPB Rainham Marshes & environs
Aug
26th:
Tree Pipit over, Wood Sandpiper (1), Green Sandpiper
(2), Ruff (3), Greenshank (7), Black-tailed
Godwit (24), Common Sandpiper (1), Little
Egret (28), Bearded Reedling (4), Hobby (4),
Marsh Harrier (juv), Buzzard (2).
Aug
25th:
Wood Sandpiper (1), Green Sandpiper
(2), Ruff (2), Greenshank (7), Black-tailed
Godwit (23), Common Sandpiper (4), Little
Egret (20), Yellow Wagtail (5), Hobby (4),
Marsh Harrier (f + 2 juvs), Buzzard (7),
Kestrel (5).
Aug 22nd: Spotted
Flycatcher at Serin Mound.
Aug
12th:
Green Sandpiper (2), Dunlin (1) on Purfleet
Scrape.
Aug
11th:
Glossy Ibis (1), Green Sandpiper
(5), Dunlin (9), Whimbrel (1) on Purfleet
Scrape.
Glossy
Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus), Purfleet
Scrape, Rainham Marshes RSPB, 11 August
2016
Aug
10th:
Greenshank (1), Green Sandpiper (1), Little
Ringed Plover (1), Dunlin (10), Curlew (1),
Little Egret (27) all
on
Purfleet Scrape.
Aug
9th:
Greenshank (1), Green Sandpiper (1), Little
Ringed Plover (1), Dunlin (10), Curlew (1),
Little Egret (27) all
on
Purfleet Scrape.
Aug
8th:
Oystercatcher (7): 2 at Dartford Creek mouth,
3 in Aveley Bay, 2 at Stone Barges.
Aug
4th: Purfleet
Scrape: Little Ringed Plover (1), Black-tailed
Godwit (4), Snipe (4), Little Egret (16),
Wigeon (1),
Teal
(27).
Aug
3rd:
Purfleet Scrape: Little Ringed Plover (1),
Black-tailed Godwit (14), Snipe (6).
Aug
2nd: Water
Rail singing from channel along Coldharbour
Lane.
Aug
1st: Purfleet
Scrape: Little Ringed Plover (1), Green
Sandpiper (2), Black-tailed Godwit (9),
Dunlin (2 juvs), Little
Egret
(26), Wigeon (1), Teal (24).
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July
2016
|
•
River Thames, Purfleet, Essex (observations from my
window)
Jul 31st: Whimbrel (1), Common Sandpiper (6), Oystercatcher
(1), Curlew (1).
Jul 30th:
Mediterranean Gull (ad + juv), Whimbrel (3), Dunlin (9), Common Sandpiper (6), Oystercatcher
(2), Curlew (1), Yellow-legged Gull
(36), Black-headed Gull (617).
Jul 28th:
Greenshank (1), Dunlin (1), Common Sandpiper (4), Oystercatcher
(1).
Jul 24th:
Whimbrel (1), Curlew (1), Common Sandpiper (7), Oystercatcher
(1), Yellow-legged Gull 18), Shelduck (24),
Black-headed Gull (984), Common Gull (1),
Little Egret (2).
Jul 23rd:
Greenshank (1), Black-tailed Godwit (21),
Whimbrel (1), Curlew (1), Common Sandpiper (1), Oystercatcher
(1), Yellow-legged Gull (31), Lapwing (40),
Shelduck (5)
Jul 18th:
Mediterranean Gull (ad), Greenshank (1), Black-tailed Godwit (1),
Curlew (1), Common Sandpiper (1), Oystercatcher
(5), Yellow-legged Gull (8).
Jul 17th:
Whimbrel (1), Common Sandpiper (2), Oystercatcher
(2), Barn Owl.
Jul 16th:
Yellow-legged Gull (16), Hobby, Whimbrel (1), Lapwing (44).
Starling (310), Common Sandpiper (4), Oystercatcher
(3), Barn Owl.
Jul 15th:
Yellow-legged Gull (12), Whimbrel (1), Black-tailed Godwit (14), Common Sandpiper (1), Redshank
(3), Lapwing (32), Oystercatcher (2), Little
Egret (2), Barn Owl.
Jul 14th:
Whimbrel (1), Dunlin (4), Common Sandpiper (1), Redshank
(3), Lapwing (23), Oystercatcher (2), Little
Egret (1).
Jul 13th:
Sanderling, Whimbrel (1), Dunlin (1),
Black-tailed Godwit (1), Common Sandpiper (2), Redshank
(6), Lapwing (28), Oystercatcher (2), Little
Egret (2).
Jul 12th:
Whimbrel (2), Black-tailed Godwit (1), Dunlin
(4), Common Sandpiper (4), Curlew (1), Redshank
(3), Lapwing (18).
Jul 11th:
Black-tailed Godwit (1), Oystercatcher (2),
Common Sandpiper (1), Lapwing (20).
Jul 9th:
Curlew (2) - first of the autumn returning,
Lapwing (15), Swift (47+), Black-headed
Gull (589 inc 4 juvs), Shelduck (pr + b/2),
Barn Owl, Oystercatcher (pr).
Jul 6th:
Yellow-legged Gull (8), Common Tern (6),
Lapwing (3), Great Crested Grebe (1), Barn
Owl.
Jul 4th:
Yellow-legged Gull (14), Common Tern (12),
Lapwing (4), Oystercatcher (pr), Grey Heron
(ad + 3 juvs).
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June
2016
June
15th-29th
•
Czech Republic [TRIP
REPORT]:
Goldeneye,
Red-crested Pochard, Quail, Night Heron, Great Egret,
Purple Heron, Black Stork, Honey
Buzzard, Montagu's Harrier, Black Tern, Turtle Dove,
Black Woodpecker, Grey-headed Woodpecker, Middle Spotted
Woodpecker, Wryneck, Dipper, Black Redstart, Fieldfare,
Barred Warbler, River Warbler, Marsh Warbler, Icterine
Warbler, Greenish Warbler, Red-breasted Flycatcher,
Collared Flycatcher, Marsh Tit, Penduline Tit, Red-backed
Shrike, Golden Oriole, Serin, Hawfinch, Common Rosefinch.
Common
Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), Cesky Krumlov,
Czech Republic
June
3rd-10th
•
Kindrogan Field Centre & environs, Perthshire,
Scotland:
[TRIP
REPORT]
Goosander, Osprey, Woodcock, Cuckoo,
Green
Woodpecker, Tree Pipit, Grey Wagtail, Redstart, Whinchat,
Wheatear, Crossbill, Yellowhammer.
Pine
Marten (Martes martes), Kindrogan Field Centre,
Enochdhu, Perthshire
June
3rd
•
Train journey from London to Pitlochry - 48 species
recorded:
Feral Pigeon, Swift, Wood Pigeon, Starling, Carrion
Crow,
Magpie, Rook, Jackdaw, Stock Dove, Collared Dove, Blackbird,
Lesser Black-backed Gull, Kestrel, Swallow,
Common
Tern, Herring Gull, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Mute Swan,
Buzzard, Little Egret, Canada Goose, Tufted Duck,
Mallard,
Coot, Black-headed Gull, Greylag Goose, Lapwing, Bullfinch
(just outside York station), Pheasant, House
Martin,
Kittiwake, House Sparrow, Shelduck, Cormorant, Oystercatcher,
Pied Wagtail, Dunnock, Fulmar, Linnet,
Common
Gull, Grey Heron, Sand Martin, Great Tit, Goosander;
then on alighting at Pitlochry station, Robin, Wren,
Chiffchaff.
May
2016
May
16th
•
Kilmarnock-Irvine
disused railway line (NCR-73), Ayrshire:
A
survey by bike along the course of the old railway line
(now NCR-73) between Bonnyton, Kilmarnock and the
confluence
of the River Irvine and the Annick Water at Irvine (including
my old core patch section between
Knockentiber
and Springside) revealed the following counts of singing
males or pairs:
Wren
(67), Willow Warbler (62), Blackbird (38), Robin (34),
Dunnock (24), Chaffinch (23), Great Tit (23), Magpie
(22),
Blackcap
(21), Song Thrush (19), Whitethroat (19), Wood Pigeon
(19), Yellowhammer (17), Sedge Warbler (17), Blue
Tit
(16), Collared Dove (16), Goldfinch (14), Chiffchaff
(10), Carrion Crow (8), Bullfinch (6), Greenfinch (6),
Reed
Bunting
(5), Garden Warbler (4), Grasshopper Warbler (4), Lapwing
(4), Linnet (4), Long-tailed Tit (4), Skylark (4),
Buzzard
(3), Goldcrest (3), Tree Sparrow (3), Pied Wagtail (2),
Coal Tit (1), Cuckoo (1), Grey Partridge (1),
Oystercatcher
(1).
May
14th
•
Galloway:
Osprey, Red Kite, Willow Tit, Black Guillemot, Eider,
Red-breasted Merganser, Crossbill, Wood Warbler,
Pied
Flycatcher, Redstart, Tree Pipit, Cuckoo, Nuthatch,
Green Woodpecker.
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Black
Guillemot Cepphus grylle
Portpatrick, Dumfries &
Galloway, Scotland 54°
50' 32.62" N 5° 7' 9.75" W 14
May 2016
Piping
calls (like peeeeu and seeeeo) at
3.9 to 4.2 kHz uttered from birds in nest holes of harbour
wall, and high-pitched
'pipit-like' songs from displaying males
[File
name: blackguillemotLS113612ecut]
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|
•
Observations at RSPB Rainham Marshes & environs
May
11th: Purfleet
scrape 05:55-08:00: Wood Sandpiper
(1), Greenshank (4), Whimbrel (4) &
Dunlin (c25).
May
10th: Collared
Pratincole
(found by me) flying east along the
river wall at 20:07. Black Tern
(2) hawking over
Aveley
Pools till dusk.
May
4th: Whimbrel
(singles at Aveley Bay, Coldharbour
Point & concrete barges), Cuckoos
at concrete barges and
Rainham
North; noticeable arrival of Common
Whitethroats - abundant.
May
3rd:
Redstart in Aveley Bay buddleias,
Wheatear (3) Aveley Bay, Swift (70),
Whimbrel at Coldharbour
Point,
Lesser Whitethroat singing at Rainham
railway station.
May
2nd: Grasshopper
Warbler (4 singing mm), Bearded Reedling
(2 prs scoped in Wennington Marsh reedbed),
Whinchat
(2) on Wennington Marsh, Dunlin (9),
Ringed Plover (5).
May
1st: Beared
Reedling - pr carrying food to nest
at Shooting Butts hide, Little Ringed
Plover on Target Pools.
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•
River Thames, Purfleet, Essex (observations from my
window)
May 8th:
Sanderling (2), Short-eared Owl,
Grey Plover (2), Whimbrel (2), Ringed Plover
(12), Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher (2),
Arctic Tern (2), Hobby (2), Cuckoo, Marsh
Harrier (m), Whitethroat (pr), Shelduck
(19), Little Egret.
May 7th:
Turnstone (1), Whimbrel (1), Ringed
Plover (11), Dunlin (2), Mediterranean Gull
(1st-cy), Arctic Tern (1).
May 6th:
Harbour Porpoise (1), Ringed Plover
(11), Whimbrel (1).
May 4th:
Short-eared Owl, Whimbrel, Common
Sandpiper, Comme Tern (4).
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April
2016
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Observations at RSPB Rainham Marshes & environs
Apr
30th:
Wryneck at Rainham West, Garden Warbler near
Tilda Rice factory, Hobby (4), Cuckoo
(3), Whinchat (2), Wheatear
(10+), Whimbrel (3 upriver),
Oystercatcher (2 prs).
Apr
26th:
Raven (4) mobbed by Carrion Crows over Rainham
West.
Apr
25th:
Ring Ouzel (m) on Coldharbour Lane.
Apr
24th:
Arctic Tern (23) in Avelely Bay.
Apr
23rd:
Siskin (2) northwest over Avelely Bay, Sandwich
Tern upriver, Swift (6).
Apr
20th:
Great Egret over Aveley Pools at 20:10. landed
in front of Shooting Butts hide.
Apr
19th:
Cuckoo singing Aveley Bay, Lesser
Whitethroat singing Coldharbour Lane.
Apr
18th:
Avocet (3) on
Aveley Pools; Arctic
Tern (1); Common Tern (40) between
Aveley Bay and visitor centre; Short-eared
Owl hunting around Purfleet Scrape;
Willow Warbler singing at Rainham West.
Apr
17th:
Firecrest along Mar Dyke; Avocet (3) on
Aveley Pools - 2 later in Aveley Bay; Arctic
Tern (2); Common Tern (80) between
Coldharbour Point and visitor centre; Spotted
Redshank (summer-plumage) in Aveley
Bay; Lesser Whitethroat (2 singing
mm) along woodland/entrance drive; Jay (pr)
over woodland; Oystercatcher - pairs on
Purfleet Scrape and Coldharbour Point; Goldcrest
singing along Mar Dyke; Raven (pr).
Apr
16th:
Swift over Aveley Pools; Jack Snipe on
Purfleet Scrape; 1st-s Little Gull
on River Thames; Lesser Whitethroat
singing along woodland trail; Yellow
Wagtail 12 Swallow, 4 House Martin,
5 Sand Martin around Shooting Butts hides;
Beared Reedling (2 prs) in shooting
butts reedbed.
Apr
14th:
Whinchat at Purfleet Scrape 07:32; Arctic
Tern downriver 08:16; Common Tern (6)
off concrete barges; Grasshopper Warbler
singing near visitor centre; Whimbrel
on river; Short-eared Owl near MDZ;
Lesser Redpoll west; Oystercatcher (3 prs
- Darent mouth, Purfleet Scrape, Coldharbour
Point)
| Grasshopper
Warbler Locustella naevi
Rainham
Marshes, Essex,
England 51º
29' 15.35'' N 00º 13' 22.7'' E 14
Apr 2016, 23:15h
Territorial reeling song of a bird perched in a small
hawthorn next to reedy channel.
[File
name: grasshopperwarblerLS113471ecut]
|
Apr
13th:
Grasshopper Warblers singing near visitor centre
and Rainham West; Short-eared Owl
at Rainham West.
Apr
8th:
Common Tern downriver; Jack Snipe between
Purfleet Scrape and MDZ; Swallow
NW; Greenshank on Purfleet Scrape;
Black-tailed Godwit (3) in Aveley Bay; Water
Rail (2) in rifle butts reedbed; Short-eared
Owl (2); Oystercatcher (pr) at River Darent
mouth; singing Willow, Reed and Sedge Warblers.
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|
•
River Thames, Purfleet, Essex (observations from my
window)
Apr
24th:
Harbour Porpoise (2) 16:10-16:20, Turnstone
(2) arrived 18:55, Arctic Tern (15)
upriver, Common Tern (55+ upriver),
Knot (1), Whimbrel (4 + 1
upriver 13:59), Short-eared Owl (2),
Marsh Harrier (ad m + imm m), Ringed
Plover (5), Common Sandpiper
(4), Dunlin (2), Oystercatcher (3), Yellow-legged
Gull (2), Little Egret (2), Shelduck (6),
Teal (6), Gadwall (2 prs), Long-tailed Tit
(pr) nesting in garden.
Apr
23rd:
Bar-tailed Godwit (4), Whimbrel (1), Barn
Owl (1), Common Buzzard (1), Oystercatcher
(2).
Apr
16th:
Little Gull (1st-s), Arctic Tern, Short-eared
Owl, Shelduck (8), Curlew (4).
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Apr
11th
•
Knockentiber-Springside disused railway line:
Willow Warbler (13 singing mm), Chiffchaff (1 singing
m), Wheatear
(2),
Sand Martin (1), Bullfinch (pr).
Apr
9th & 12th
•
Return train journey from London to Glasgow -
50 species recorded:
Feral Pigeon, Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon,
Starling,
Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Grey Heron, Mallard, Pheasant,
Stock Dove, Magpie, Lapwing, Red-legged
Partridge,
Jackdaw, Kestrel, Canada Goose, Rook, Mute Swan, Shoveler,
Coot, Greylag Goose, Teal, Song Thrush,
Snipe,
Buzzard, Great Crested Grebe, Goldfinch, Lesser Black-backed
Gull, Moorhen, Little Ringed Plover, Greenfinch,
Blue
Tit, Great Tit, Raven, Oystercatcher, Goosander, Sand
Martin, Chaffinch, Crossbill, Common Gull, Black-headed
Gull,
Wheatear, Tufted Duck, Mistle Thrush, Curlew, Collared
Dove, Little Grebe, Cormorant, House Sparrow, Little
Egret.
Mar
28th - Apr 7th
•
Costa de la Luz, Spain: [TRIP
REPORT]
Balearic
Shearwater, Purple Heron, Northern Bald Ibis, Greater
Flamingo,
Egyptian
Vulture, Short-toed Eagle, Booted Eagle, Lesser Kestrel,
Black-winged Kite, Purple Swamphen, Collared
Pratincole,
Puffin, Razorbill, Pomarine Skua, Audouin's Gull, Caspian
Tern, Common Bulbul, Calandra Lark, Iberian
Chiffchaff,
Western Bonelli's Warbler, Ortolan Bunting.
March
2016
Mar
14th-15th
•
Hoogwoud, Netherlands:
Siberian Rubythroat (2-cy male).
| Siberian
Rubythroat Calliope calliope
Hoogwoud, Noord-Holland,
Netherlands 52°
42' 44.26" N 4° 56' 10.01" W 14
March 2016
Subsong
or plastic song uttered in low scrub.
[File
name: siberianrubythroatLS113411ecut2]
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| •
Observations at RSPB Rainham Marshes & environs
Mar
25th:
Great Egret dropped in to WW1 pill box pools;
9 Common Scoter (5mm/4ff) on river,
Spotted Redshank & Jack Snipe
on MDZ scrape, Avocet (4), Short-eared Owl
(2), Oystercatcher (2), Buzzard (2), Blackcap
singing.
Mar
24th:
Corn Bunting singing at Purfleet Scrape; Jack Snipe
at Purfleet Scrape.
Mar
18th:
Goldeneye (f) on Aveley Pools (LS), Common Scoter
on river (LS).
Mar
17th:
Purfleet Scrape: Jack Snipe & Water Pipit (2).
Mar
10th:
Marsh Harrier at Rainham North near railway station.
Mar
8th:
Merlin on Wennington Marsh.
Mar
7th:
Short-eared Owl at Serin Mound.
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|
•
River Thames, Purfleet, Essex (observations from my
window)
Mar
25th:
9 Common Scoter (5mm/4ff), Avocet (1), Oystercatcher
(2).
Mar
23rd:
Oystercatcher (3).
Mar
22nd:
Common Sandpiper (1), Avocet (1), Oystercatcher (2).
Mar 9th:
Avocet (1), Oystercatcher (downriver).
Mar 1st:
Iceland Gull (1st-w).
|
Phonescoped
with Samsung Galaxy S7 and Kowa 883
February
2016
|
•
River Thames, Purfleet, Essex (observations from my
window)
Feb
28th:
Kittiwake (ad) downriver at 15:12h, Oystercatcher
upriver 13:57, Great Crested Grebe (3) upriver
10:59, Gadwall (27), Teal (51), Wigeon (14).
Feb
27th:
Nine gull species inc Iceland Gull (1st-w), Caspian
Gull (1st-w + 2nd-w), Mediterranean
Gull (ad) upriver 12:41, Marsh Harrier
(imm m), Rock Pipit, Raven, Dunlin (79),
Oystercatcher (2).
Feb
21st:
Marsh Harrier (m), Rock Pipit (1), Little Egret (1),
Lapwing (317), Wood Pigeon (c600 pre-roost).
Feb
20th:
Oystercatcher (2), Golden Plover (146), Great Crested
Grebe (1).
Feb
17th:
Rock Pipit (1), Golden Plover (97), Shelduck
(13), Little Egret (1).
Feb
16th:
Grey
Plover (1), Golden Plover (72), Shelduck (13).
Feb
15th:
Grey
Plover (1), Great Crested Grebe (1 upriver), Pintail
(m upriver), Wigeon (46 upriver), Shelduck (12).
Feb
13th:
Fulmar drifting upriver on the rising tide at
15:20, later passing RSPB Rainham Marshes. Also: Grey
Plover (1), Dunlin (538), Golden Plover (92), Lapwing
(356),
Shelduck (14), Redshank (19), Curlew (2) & Buzzard.
Feb
11th:
Yellow-legged Gull (5), Golden Plover (65), Lapwing
(375), Shelduck (11).
Feb
10th:
Rock Pipit (1), Lapwing (166), Shelduck (7).
Feb
9th:
Oystercatcher downriver 08:28, Chiffchaff (1), Golden
Plover (51), Lapwing (376), Gadwall (3).
Feb
8th:
Lapwing (97), Shelduck (5), Teal (22 upriver),.
Feb
6th:
Caspian Gull (1st-w), Spotted Redshank,
Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Shelduck (19), Lapwing (456),
Dunlin (181), Golden Plover (124), Little Egret (2),
Wigeon (19 + 71 upriver), Black-tailed Godwit (7), Curlew
(2), Yellow-legged Gull (4-5), Common Gull (291), Black-headed
Gull (2000+), Great Black-backed Gull (23), Teal (15),
Gadwall (2), Stock Dove (6).
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| •
Observations at RSPB Rainham Marshes & environs
Feb
27th:
Coldharbour Point: Water Pipit (1), Black-tailed Godwit
(52) downriver. Aveley Bay: Great Crested
Grebe (1), Jackdaw (2).
Feb
19th:
Wennington Marsh from Serin Mound: Peregrine (juv),
Marsh Harrier (m/2ff), Buzzard (1), Kestrel (2).
Feb
16th:
Barn Owl hunting along cycle path through Rainham West
at 20:00h.
Feb
14th:
Brambling (f) at the visitor centre feeding station.
Purfleet Scrape: 36 Pintail, 34 Black-tailed Godwit,
5 Ringed Plover, 10 Curlew.
Feb
13th:
Mediterranean Gull (ad) at high tide on Thames
off visitor centre.
Feb
12th: Short-eared
Owl flushed from edge of the cyclepath west of Serin Mound
at 20:10h.
Feb
9th: Short-eared
Owl along edge of cyclepath east of Serin Mound.
Feb
7th: Target
Pools: Water Pipit, Pintail (12), Marsh Harrier
(2), Shelduck (42), Shoveler (22), Lapwing (1300+),
Golde Plover (44), Wigeon (381), Teal (195).
Feb
3rd: Short-eared
Owl flushed from edge of cyclepath west of Serin Mound.
Feb
2nd: Yellowhammers
(2) in scrub/landfill on south side of stone barges
bay. Common Gull (291), Black-headed
Gull (2000+), Great Black-backed Gull (23), Teal (15),
Gadwall (2), Stock Dove (6).
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January
2016
| •
Observations at RSPB Rainham Marshes & environs
Jan
30th: Wennington Marshes: Merlin (f), Short-eared Owl (2),
Marsh Harrier (4), Sparrowhawk (f).
Jan
28th: Green
Sandpiper (2) over Coldharbour Lane.
Jan
24th:
Bullfinch (2) & female Great Spotted Woodpecker
drumming in Cordite; Raven (2) mobbing Marsh Harrier
over Wennington Marshes; Water Pipit (2) on Target Pools;
Rock Pipit (4) in Aveley Bay area.
Jan
23rd:
Serin Mound: Lesser Redpoll over, Short-eared Owl (2),
Corn Bunting.
Jan
2nd: Little Gull (4) in Aveley Bay; Dark-bellied
Brent Goose (6).
Jan
1st: 76 species inc Dartford
Warbler, Water Pipit, Raven, Yellow-legged Gull, Rock
Pipit, Water Rail, Short-eared Owl, Barn Owl, Rook,
Marsh Harrier.
|
Jan
6th-18th
•
Florida Keys, US [TRIP
REPORT]:
Brown Pelican, Wood Stork, Magnificent Frigatebird,
Anhinga, Great White Heron,
Tricolored
Heron, Little Blue Heron, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron,
Roseate Spoonbill, Broad-winged Hawk,
Short-tailed
Hawk, Killdeer, Wilson's Plover, Semipalmated Plover,
Spotted Sandpiper, Willet, Least Sandpiper,
Western
Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, Short-billed Dowitcher,
Caspian Tern, Royal Tern, White-crowned Pigeon,
Bald
Eagle, Tree Swallow, Cedar Waxwing, Boat-tailed Grackle.
 1st-winter
and 2nd-winter Laughing Gulls (Larus atricilla),
Long Key, Florida, January 2016
| •
River Thames, Purfleet, Essex (observations from my
window)
Jan
3rd:
Peregrine (m), Marsh Harrier (f), Golden Plover (47),
Lapwing (1200), Dunlin (105), Redshank (22), Curlew
(14), Little Egret (3), Yellow-legged Gull (7), Great
Black-backed Gull (49), Shelduck (2), Fieldfare (2).
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