Wed 16th Sept 26

Reports from today

Brian Combes

08:07 Haven: Red-backed Shrike 100m south of board walk.

19:17 The Red-backed Shrike this morning. First for me at The Haven.

Photo Brian Combes©

12:45 Haven: Redstart in hedge going north from farm heap on bridleway, typically furtive.

13:03 Now Two.

19:12 Haven this morning: 

1 red-backed shrike (1st autumn bird - lovely surprise and very glad it stuck around for people), 2 redstart (1 very nice adult male and 1 female type - together in hedge by farm manure heap though very elusive), 4 whinchat, 2 stonechat, 5 wheatear, 1 goldcrest, 1 sedge warbler, 205+ swallow (south), 62+ house martin (south), 266+ mipit (216+ south, 50+ feeding on arable), 1 grey wag (south), 2 skylark (south), 2 chaffinch (south), 6 reed bunting, 12 pied wag, 7 chiff (2 singing), 2 willow warbler, 1 whitethroat, 2 blackcap, 5 Cetti’s (singing), 1 green woodpecker, 79+ linnet (60+ on arable), 2 sparrowhawk, 5 buzzard (4 drifting very high SW), 2 great spotted woodpecker. 

Scrape/marsh:12 avocet, 2 black-tailed godwit, 1 snipe, 34 curlew, 1 ruff, 1 grey heron, 4 shelduck.

Pete Loud

08:34 Juv Shrike still showing on brambles just north of Simons net rides, viewable from seawall.

09:31 Red-backed Shrike still showing well from seawall.

Richard Jeffree

09:43 3 male Stonechat, blue throat trail.

Photo Richard Jeffree©

Photo Richard Jeffree©

Photo Richard Jeffree©

19:01 Went back for seconds this afternoon had it all to myself for a while.

Photo Richard Jeffree©

Photo Richard Jeffree©

Steve Entwistle

12:16 Shrike still showing, flighty & mobile, 1 Whinchat.

Mike O'Hanlon

Photo Mike O'Hanlon©

13:27 Guillemot swimming close past Haven cafe now.

Photo Mike O'Hanlon©

Matt Lonsdale

19:12 R B Shrike still present 18:55-19:10 in reedbed brambles opp. French point.

 

Tues 15th Sept 26

As I arrived Pete, Mike & Richard were just giving up on a very poor seawatch, and the carpark bushes were not much better, the only thing of note was the continual passage of Swallows heading south.

On the way to the hide a Wheatear was on the boating club rocks and a single Bar T Godwit passed close offshore plus a large flock of Meadow Pipits were along the front. The small wooded area just inside the kissing gate and to the right of the path held a nice Spotted Flycatcher and a large tit flock that included, 2 Willow Warblers & a Chiffchaff.

From the hide: 92 Greylag, 140+ Teal, 10 Shoveler, 6 Shelduck, c90 Lapwing, 4 Curlew, 3 Blk T Godwits, 2 Snipe, 1 Ruff, 70 Blk H Gulls, 2 Spotted Flycatchers (back hedge), 1 Cetti's Warbler. PL/RJ/MO'H/BH/MR et.al.

 

 

Mon 14th Sept 26

Another Quick visit for me today, I spent a few minutes with Pete, Rich & Mike seawatching before heading to the hide, on route 2 Wheatear were on the boating club rocks as were 6 Turnstones.

From the hide: 64 Greylag, 100+ Teal, 11 Shoveler, 7 Shelduck, 3 Mallard, 1 Pintail,  20+ Lapwing, 11 Avocet, 4 Snipe, 3 Blk T Godwits, 40+ Blk H Gulls, 4 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron. 

Pete Loud

08:25 Quite lively around the dell this morning with a male Redstart, Spotted Flycatcher and all the common Warblers with several Blackcaps.

15:46 Offshore from Haven this morning was the first real Duck movement of the Autumn with over 100 Wigeon & 50+ Teal, 12 Sanderling, 4 Avocet, 2 Common Scoter, 14 Shelduck, 1 juv Kittiwake, 1 Hobby & hundreds of Swallows & House Martins, all movement to the south, walk up to Sandy point and back, 6+ Wheatear, 1 Whinchat and 4 or 5 Sandwich Terns, around the bushes, Spot Fly, Redstart, a few Willow Warblers & Chiffchaff, Reed Warbler, several Blackcap & Lesser Whitethroat, evidence of a bit of movement after yesterday’s rain.

 

Sun 13th Sept 26

Reports from today

Simon Cox

17:23 Scrape early pm: G Heron 1, Cormorant 3, Greylag 76, Shelduck 7, Mallard 2, Teal 70, Shoveler 8, Moorhen 5, Lapwing 33, Avocet 9, Curlew 3, Blackwit 2 (cr bird still present, probably a Wash bird, photo sent to Jenny Gill), Buzzard 2, B-h Gull 350 (big flock dropped on to scrape), H Gull 39, LBBG 3, Cetti’s W 1 singing.

Sat 12th Sept 26

Just a short visit for me this morning, all much the same on the scrape, Snipe up to 6 and a Pintail was about it. PL/RJ/MO'H/BH/MR 

Reports from today 

09:53 Yellow Wagtail on the Haven car park.

Photo Mike O'Hanlon©

John Sawyer

10:20 Hobby over car park.

 

Fri 11th Sept 26

On the way to the hide 2 Hobby were high over the sewage works and 3+ Wheatear were along the front. RJ/MO'H/MR

From the hide: 60+ Greylag, c140 Teal, 8 Shoveler, 7 Shelduck, 5 Mallard, 8 Cormorant, 80+ Lapwings, c30 Curlew, 8 Avocet, 3 Blk T Godwit, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Ruff, 1 Snipe, 2 Wheatear, 1 Cetti's Warbler, lots of Swallows plus a few House Martins & Sand Martins, 4 Buzzard, 1 Red Kite, 1 Peregrine, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel. RJ/MO'H/BH/MR et.al.

 

Thurs 10th Sept 26

From the Hide: 35 Greylags, 30 Canada Geese (+ the hybrid family), c130 Teal, 10+ Shoveler, 7 Shelduck, 7 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, Lapwing (spread over the marsh and arable, no count), 14 Curlew, 8 Avocet, 4 Blk T Godwit, 3 Ruff, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Snipe, 1 Redshank, 3+ Yellow Wags, Pied Wags, Cetti's Warbler, 1000+ Swallows, House & Sand Martins, 1 Swift, 2 Buzzard, 1 Marsh Harrier. PL/RJ/MO'H/MR et.al.

Reports from today

Brian Combes

16:42 Haven this morning included: 2 whinchat, 1 stonechat, 2 wheatear, 314+ swallow (214 south, 100+ feeding over the marshes), 61+ house martin (41 south, 20+ feeding over marshes), 5 sand martin (south), 48 mipit (south, mainly first thing), 1 coal tit (still with the tit flock), 2 willow warbler, 3 chiff (1 singing), 3 blackcap, 2 lesser whitethroat, 3 whitethroat, 25++ blue tit (appeared to be a bit of movement; including a group of 6 that launched themselves and headed towards Frinton at height (mirrored in Simon’s ringing data)), 20 linnet, 4 greenfinch, 2 buzzard, 1 great spotted woodpecker, 5 Cetti’s (singing), 1 little egret (north), 1 green woodpecker, 1 common sandpiper, 2 turnstone, 3 reed bunting. 

Scrape: 2 ruff, 5 black-tailed godwit, 1 grey heron, 22 curlew, 1 redshank, 8 avocet, 2 snipe.

One of the wheatears this morning.
Photo Brian Combes©