Sun 5th July 26

Great to see the water returning to the scrape this morning, Leon's marsh is now full and steady progress is being made across the scrape. Sadly I didn't see the Green Sand.

From the hide: 24 Lapwing, 2 Oystercatcher (+2 Chicks), 40 Blk H Gulls, 3 Herring Gulls, 1 LBB Gull, 6 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 17 Pied Wags, Linnets,  and loads of Juv. Starlings.

Reports from today

Pete Loud

13:34 Quick visit over the road up to the cattle pen this morning, but not much doing just 2 Red Kites drifting slowly west. Another Red kite viewed from the Sewage farm cottages later could have been one of the earlier birds. From the hide, the water has filled Leon’s marsh and was now flowing onto the Scrape, it certainly didn’t take long for the water to turn up a decent wader in the Green Sandpiper found by Richard earlier it showed very well enjoying the newly created habitat. The pair of Oystercatcher on the marsh were looking after 2 newly hatched chicks.18 Curlew were the Golf Course end of the marsh. Male Southern migrant Hawker seen by the track opposite the Sewage Farm on the way back.

 

Sat 4th July 26

Reports from today

Richard Jeffree

11:37 SP Cattle Egret with cows right of hide.

11:44 Flew north towards Frinton.

Photo Mike O'Hanlon©

Photo Richard Jeffree©

Photo Richard Jeffree©

 

Fri 3rd July 26

Reports from today

Pete Loud

13:07 Very quiet over the Haven this morning, good news is Leon, has managed to get the solar pump up and running and the new channel and small pond in front of the hide has already filled with water and should flow onto the marsh and then eventually onto the scrape. 23 Lapwing including a couple of fully grown juveniles, 2 Oystercatchers. several Swift and a Sand Martin feeding high over the sewage farm, a few Painted Lady’s about and a Marbled White on the grassy slope behind the Sluice.

 

Thurs 2nd July 26

No reports received so far.

 

Wed 1st July 26

Another warm morning and all much the same, the Curlew flock using the marsh each side of the scrape seems to be building in numbers, a few Lapwing and gulls and a Lesser whitethroat was singing from behind the ringing compound. 

4+ Marbled Whites were seen today along with Meadow Brown, Small & Essex Skippers, 6+ Painted Ladies, Small Heath, Small & Green-veined White plus 5 spot Burnet, Cinnabar, Latticed Heath & Shaded Broad-bar moths. PL/RJ/MO'H/MR

 

Tues 30th June 26

Another nice morning with some cloud cover but at least 3 possibly 5 Marbled White butterflies were seen over the meadow this morning also noted were Gatekeeper, Meadow Browns, Small & Essex Skippers, Small White, Green-veined White, Small Heath, Painted Lady.

From the hide: 31 Blk H Gulls, 1 Med Gull, 1 Common Gull, 2 Cormorants, 1 Grey Heron, 11 Lapwing, 1 Oystercatcher, 2 Mallard (with 6 ducklings). 2 Pied Wags, 1 Cetti's Warbler. RJ/MR

Reports from today

Brian Combes

16:15 Walk from Frinton to Haven and back via the farm this morning included: 1 house martin (feeding over Frinton Greensward with swallows; no birds at the colony on Esplanade, which was still being used last year - as with the colony on Old Hall Lane at The Naze (sadly this reflects the state of the UK population which has halved since the turn of the millennium, with even more severe declines in the S and SE), 9 swift (1 south, 8 over farm drifting south), 1 corn bunting (singing, bridleway), 1 cuckoo (singing), 40 swallow, 21 pied wag (mainly juvs), 70+ starling, 10 linnet, 3 oystercatcher (south), 5 reed warbler (singing), 2 reed bunting (singing), 2 sedge warbler (singing), 9 whitethroat (singing), 5 chiff (singing), 3 blackcap (singing), 1 Cetti’s (singing), 1 song thrush (singing), 2 med gull (1 south, 1 north), 1 curlew, 1 buzzard.

At the end of June the number of species recorded at the Haven this year stands at 142.

 

Mon 29th June 26

No water on the scrape again today, and just the few birds in Pete's report below. 

Most of the morning was spent trying to re-find Mike's Marbled White (without success for me) but as the well known law dictates Mike & Richard had a second on the way back from the Frinton end later in the morning. 

Reports from today

Mike O'Hanlon

10:02 Marbled White on path to the hide from sluice

Photo Mike O'Hanlon©

Pete Loud

11:20 From the hide this morning 1 Curlew, 17 Lapwing plus large chick, lots of of Butterflies about, my first Gatekeeper couple of Painted Lady’s and all the other common species.

Photo Pete Loud©