Thurs 3rd Apr 25
Reports from today.
Pete Loud
13:58 Haven this morning, lots of Chiffchaff singing all around the site and a pair of Blackcap in the car park bushes behind the orchard. From the hide on the flood, the Blue-headed Wagtail is still with us with a cracking male Yellow Wag and a White Wagtail, 2 Med Gull and an imm. female Marsh Harrier.(MR,SC& PL).
Wed 2nd April 25
Reports from today
Brian Combes
08:55 Blue-headed Wag still to north of hide though elusive in tall grass + 2 Grey Wag, 1 White Wag.
17:23
Walk from Frinton to Haven and back via the farm this morning included: 1 blue-headed wagtail (lovely though furtive), 1 white wag (also on flood to north of hide), 2 grey wag (Leon’s marsh), 9 pied wag, 39 Mediterranean gull (36 adults on golf course first thing, mainly paired up), 5 chiff (singing), 2 blackcap (singing), 28 linnet (15 north first thing in three groups may have been passage birds), 3 corn bunting (1 singing), 1 peregrine, 5 Cetti’s (singing), 5 reed bunting, 1 purple sandpiper, 26 curlew (on golf course first thing), 5 oystercatcher, 20 avocet, 9 black-tailed godwit, 2 green woodpecker, 1 greenfinch, 1 grey heron, 3 buzzard, 3 hare.
Mike O'Hanlon
12:43 3 Purple Sandpipers on rocks south of French Point.
Tues 1st April 25
A bit quieter around the site today, a few more Linnets but not much else.
From the hide: 4 Canada Geese, 2 Greylags (+2 Hybrids), c50 Teal, c40 Wigeon,16 Shelduck, 9 Shoveler, 8 Mallard, 10 Avocet, 7 Blk T Godwits, 5 Snipe, 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Med Gulls, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Red Kites, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Grey Wagtails, 3 Pied Wags (2 alba), 1 Yellow Wag (flava), 1 Cetti's Warbler, plus 1 Water Vole, 1 Muntjac. PL/MR/MO’H/TR.
Reports from today
Pete Loud
13:16 From the Hide this morning,1 Blue-headed Wagtail, 2 White Wagtails and a pair of Grey Wagtails, plus 2 Red Kites over. MR/MO’H/PL
Mon 31st Mar 25
There were a few more birds around first thing over the road incl. Linnet, Chaffinch, Meadow Pipit, Cetti's warbler, Chiffchaff along the brook and c30 Blk H Gulls, 20 Herring Gulls, 6 Med Gulls, 2 LBB Gulls, 2 Shelduck, 2 Shoveler, 4 Wigeon on the flood.
On the main site 6+ Chiffchaff, 2 more Cetti's Warblers a Blackcap and a Song Thrush were singing in the orchard area.
From the Hide: 4 Egyptian Geese, 2 Greylag, 2 Brent Geese, Wigeon & Teal, 12 Shoveler, 8 Shelduck, 8 Mallard, 38 Curlew, 20+ Lapwing, 17 Avocet, 6 Blk T Godwit, 3 Redshank, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Pied Wags, 2 Yellow Wagtails (DW), 1 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk. DW/MO'H/MR
4 Purple Sands were on the rocks north of the sluice on a walk to French Point MO'H/MR
A Common Seal was hauled out on the same rocks late afternoon.
Reports from today
Mike O'Hanlon
10:29 2 Yellow Wags on the flood, one of which possible grey headed.
12:07 4 Purple Sands on rocks north of the sluice.
Pete Loud
14:32 Pair of Grey Wagtails on path by Sewage Farm and male Yellow wagtail on flood from hide.
At the end of March the number of species recorded at the Haven this year stands at 112.
Sun 30th Mar 25
Richard and I picked up our first Blackcap of the year this morning in the approach road wood and a Little Ringed Plover on the flood to the right of the hide was a site year tick.
From the Hide: 4 Egyptian Geese, 4 Canada Geese, Wigeon & Teal, 16 Shelduck, 14 Shoveler, 12 Mallard, 23 Avocet, c20 Lapwing, 6 Blk T Godwit, 3 Redshank, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Lt R Plover, 1 Snipe, 2 Grey Heron, c50 Herring Gulls, c20 Blk H Gulls, 3 GBB's, 2 Pied Wags, 2 White Wags, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, Linnet & Reed Bunting. PL/RJ/MR.
Reports from today
Richard Jeffree
10:36 4 Egyptian Geese from layby or hide.
10:57 LRP on flood now with the Egyptian Geese.
Sat 29th Mar 25
Much the same around the site this morning, all the same stuff on the scrape but numbers down a bit, the Grey Wagtails were nice and the Water Vole put in a brief appearance. RJ/MR/TR/ML et.al.
Reports from today
Matt Lonsdale
07:35 Blackcap singing dipping pond.
09:24 Haven this morning- 3 Blackcap singing (dipping pond, memorials, ringing compound). Pair of Grey Wags by sewage work gates, 4 Chiff and 4 Blackwit on scrape.
Fri 28th Mar 25
Today's highlight was the return of the Water Vole, not quite in the same league as yesterdays Eagle but something we have been working for all year.
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Richard Jeffree
08:49 7 Purps on rocks haven bay.
Matt Lonsdale
08:55 2 White Wags on flood right of hide
Simon Cox
11:37 10 Med Gulls on Frinton golf-c earlier this morning. 2 metal ringed, no darvic's seen.
