Sun 31st July 22

From the hide: 18 Blk. T Godwits, 10 Lapwing, 6 Avocet, 1 Green Sand, 1 Common Sand, 1 Wood Sand, 1 Oystercatcher, 4 Grey Heron, 180 Blk. H Gulls, 1 Common Gull, 1 LBB, 6 Mallard, 4 Teal, 2 Shelduck, 1 Shoveler. PRD/PL/RJ/MR et.al. 

Reports from today:

Pete Loud

08:01 Wood Sandpiper still present on the Scrape.

Matt Lonsdale

13:59 Wood Sand just shown for couple of minutes, from pillbox. Gone back and landed on front edge out of view again.

Steve Entwhistle

18:00 Scrape.  10.30am to 2.30pm.

Wood Sandpiper I saw twice 11.39am & 1.59pm, when spooked came out from nearside bank, right of raft. Green Sandpiper showed well on arrival 1.08pm soon became elusive. 2 Shelduck  6 Avocet,7 Mallards,5 Teal,2 Stock Doves,13 Lapwings, 2 juv Med Gulls, Common Gull, 2 Lesser Black Backed Gulls,5 Black-tailed Godwits.

Mike O'Hanlon

19:43 Wood Sandpiper at Holland Haven on the pool to the right of the scrape with a Green Sandpiper at 3.30pm.

Photo's Mike O'Hanlon©

At the end of July the number of species recorded at the Haven this year stands at 145.

 

Sat 30th July 22

Reports from today:

Richard Jeffree

10:08 Scrape: 2 Dunlin, 6 Avocet, 1 Blackwit, 1 Green Sand, 13 Lapwing, 1 Snipe, 1 Curlew, 3 Shoveler and a juv Shelduck.

19:40 Wood Sandpiper this evening on scrape.

 

Fri 29th July 22

From the hide: 12 Lapwing, 4 Dunlin, 2 LRP's, 1 Common Sand, 1 Green Sand, 1 Redshank, c150 Blk. H Gulls, 2 Grey Heron, 6 Mallard, 1 Shelduck, 1 Kestrel, 1 Buzzard. DC/RJ/MR.

 

Thurs 28th July 22

From the hide: 11 Lapwing, 2+ Common Sands, 2 LRP's, 2 Redshank, 2 Avocet, 1 Dunlin, 1 Sanderling, 1 Oystercatcher, c150 Blk H Gulls, 2 LBB, 3 Herring Gulls, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Kestrel, 1 Buzzard. PRD/RJ/MR

 

Wed 27th July 22

Reports from today:

Richard Jeffree

12:21 Scrape this morning 3 Dunlin (1 juv), 2 LRP, 2 Blackwit, Common Sand, Oystercatcher and Redshank + juv, Med Gull, along seawall 7 Whimbrel and usual female Stonechat + 2 juvs also Clouded Yellow.

 

Tues 26th July 22

From the hide: 7 Lapwing, 6 Curlew, 4 Blk. T Godwits, 2 LRP's, 1 Redshank, 1 Dunlin, 1 Oystercatcher, 6 Mallard, c170 Blk. H Gulls, 5 Herring Gulls, 1 LBB, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel several Swallows and a few Sand Martin. PRD/PL/DW/BH/MR.

 

Mon 25th July 22

From the hide this morning: 2 LRP's, 1 Redshank, 1 Green Sand, c100 Blk. H Gulls, 2 LBB, 1  Med Gull (juv.), 1 Greylag Goose, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Lt. Egret, 1 Sedge Warbler and lots of Pied Wags. A large number of Swift were moving high through the site for most of the morning. PRD/PL/DC/MR

A short seawatch from the sluice added nothing of note.

Reports From today:

Simon Cox

15:36 Red Kite perched behind scrape, 2 Buzzards, LRP, 2 Green Sands, 6 Blackwits.

17:03 Increase later to 2 LRPs, 1 Redshank, juv Med Gull.

 

Sun 24th July 22

A short seawatch for Pete Loud turned up very little this morning apart from a Gannet, one of very few seen so far this year

From the hide: 10 Lapwing, 2 Lt. R Plover, 2 Redshank, 1 Green Sand, 1 Dunlin, 1 Oystercatcher, c150 Blk. H Gulls, 1 LBB, 2 Herring Gulls, 3 Grey Heron, lots of Pied Wags and a few Swallows. PL/RJ/MR

Reports from today:

Richard Jeffree

08:40 Greenshank, 2 LRP's on scrape.

19:24 Barwit on the scrape this evening.

 

Sat 23rd July 22

Reports from today:

Liz Huxley

10:08 Clouded Yellow - 1 along track just S of golf course dump.

 

Fri 22nd July 22

From the hide: 2 LRP's, 2 Green Sands, 1 Common Sand, 1 Dunlin, 1 Redshank, c90 Blk. H Gulls, 5 Herring Gulls, 2 LBB Gulls, 4 Grey Heron, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, lots of Pied Wags and a few Swallows. PRD/RJ/DW/MR. A Common Tern headed north on my way past the sluice.

Reports from today:

Brian Combes

14:52 Frinton/Haven/farm circuit this morning included: 21 Pied Wagtail (mainly golf course, seawall and scrape), 250+ Starling (golf course first thing), 10 Curlew (golf course first thing), 1 Yellow Wagtail (juv golf course), 4 Green Woodpecker (2 juv in the paddocks), 2 Whimbrel (golf course first thing), 2 Cetti’s Warbler (singing, only warbler singing this morning), 3 Stonechat (golf course dump - female and at least 2 juv), 11 Linnet, 2 Common Tern, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Corn Bunting (2 over the unharvested barley fields calling, and 1 briefly singing); scrape - 3 Heron, 1 Green Sandpiper, 81 Black headed Gull, 2 Lesser Black Backed Gull, 5 Lapwing, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Herring Gull, 1 Little Ringed Plover (briefly), 2 Ringed Plover. [Caspian tern sneaked past me while I was on the seawall!].

 

Thurs 21st July 22

Another good morning on the scrape, nothing rare yet but a nice turnover of birds over the last few days.

From the hide: 10 Lapwing, 3 Green Sands, 1 LRP, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 1 Avocet, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Redshank, c120 B H Gulls, 3 Herring Gulls, 1 LBB, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Lt. Egret, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel. Offshore c18 Common Scoter headed north. PRD/RJ/DW/MR.

Reports from today:

Steve Piotrowski

08:54 Highlights from this morning’s walk Haven to Frinton: 3 Com Sands on rocks nr outfall; 2 Green Sands + 3 (4 yest eve) Redshanks on Scape; 4 Whimbrel on hay meadow inland from wooden hide; Curlew flying ova; 3 Yell Wags with Pied Wags on GC; Stonechat with fledglings. Colour-ringed 2nd cal Herring Gull (Red ZUT) on rocks.

09:21 ZUT was ringed as a chick in Felixstowe Docks last July. Only other sighting was near Felixstowe Pier last August.

 

Wed 20th July 22

From the hide: 13 Lapwing, 4 Redshank, 1 LRP, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Avocet, c250 Blk. H Gulls, 6 Herring Gull, 2 LBB, 1 Common Gull and up to 8 Med Gulls, 1 Common Tern, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel. PRD/RJ/DP/MR.

 

Reports from today:

Pete Davis

09:30 Juv. LRP on scrape

Richard Jeffree

12:00 Whimbrel calling south.

12:17 Common Sand seawall, GC dump female Stonechat with 2/3 juvs.

 

Tues 19th July 22

Thankfully the sea breeze was keeping the temperature bearable this morning but it was still very warm. A quick walk to the hide showed that both Green and Common Sandpipers were still with us along with a Dunlin (PRD first thing), 1 Avocet, 2 Oystercatchers, 2 Redshank, 7 Lapwing, 1 Grey Heron, lots of Blk H Gulls, 2 LBB's, 1 Common Gull. PRD/MR.

 

Mon 18th July 22

Just a short visit this morning before it warmed up too much, with a amber warning for high temperatures for our region and hotter to come tomorrow.

The new bird for today was a Green Sandpiper on the scrape this morning with 8 Lapwing, 2 Oystercatchers, 1 Redshank, 1 Avocet, 13 Mallard (6 adults - 7 ducklings), 2 Grey Heron, c130 Blk H Gulls, 5 Herring Gulls, 2 Med Gulls, 2 LBB, 1 Common Gull, 1 Buzzard. PRD/DC/MR.

 

 

Sun 17th July 22

It's great to see a steady increase in the water level on the scrape and Leon's Marsh.

Today the first autumn Common Sandpiper was seen along with 10 Lapwing, 4 Avocet, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Dunlin, c150 Blk. H Gulls, 10 Herring Gulls, 3 Med Gulls (+ 7 over), 2 LBB, 5 Grey Heron, 1 Buzzard. PL/RJ/MR.

The two juv Kestrels from the pylon box were hunting along the front near the boating club when I walked to the hide, not bothered with the number of people around.

  

 

Sat 16th July 22

Reports from today:

Pete Loud

13:14 Fairly quiet on the bird front  this morning as you would expect at this time of year. Both Leon’s marsh and the Scrape have water and should be good in time for the autumn passage waders. On the Scrape were 2 Adult Dunlin and a juv. Ringed Plover plus 10 Lapwing ,1 Shoveler and 2 Adult Med Gulls. 3 Juvenile Stonechat were in the reeds at the back of the Scrape and the Adult female Stonechat was feeding a very recently fledged youngster down by the golf course dump.1 Ad with a juv Med Gull flew along the front and a couple of Sand Martins flew through.(RJ,PL).

 

Fri 15th July 22

From the hide: 2 Dunlin, 2 Redshank, 2 Oystercatcher, 8 Lapwing, 220 Blk H Gulls, 10 Herring Gulls, 3 LBB, 3 Med Gulls, 1 Common Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Mallard (with 7 ducklings), 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Stonechat, 1 Reed Bunting. PRD/DC/RJ/MR 

 

Thurs 14th July 22

On the scrape this morning: 250 Blk. H Gulls, 10 Herring Gulls, 4 Med Gulls, 3 LBB, 2 Common Gulls, 10 Lapwing, 1 Dunlin, 4 Teal. PRD/RJ/MR 

Reports from today:

Richard Jeffree

17:53 Scrape this afternoon 3 Dunlin, Marsh Harrier and juvenile Cuckoo approach rd.

 

Wed 13th July 22

Reports from today:

Paul Brayshaw

08:05 Early Frinton-farm-gc (footpath)-seawall loop highlights 0530-0700.  Hobby and 2 singing Corn Bunting on way up to farm, the Green Woodpecker family around the farm plus 2 Hares in the northern paddocks.  11 Curlew and 3 Yellow Wags on gc plus a lovely group of c80 feeding Swallow which included a few House and Sand Martin and Swift.  28 and 36 respectively south of the latter two species (haven area only) plus a high flying G S Woodpecker over the seawall. Single Whimbrel south offshore.

 

Tues 12th July 22

A quick visit this morning showed 6 Lapwing, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Avocet, 1 Grey Heron on the scrape with 17 Blk Headed, 8 Herring, 2 LBB and 1 Common Gull. A group of young Swallows were on the wire at the back of the sluice. 

Reports from today:

Brian Combes

18:35 Frinton/Haven/Farm circuit this morning included: 4 Curlew, 6 Green Woodpecker (including family of three juveniles at the farm), 10 Pied Wagtail, 1 Chiffchaff (singing), 40+ Swallow, 1 Yellow Wagtail (juv on golf course), 8 Linnet, 6 Reed Warbler (singing), 50+ Starling (golf course), 3 Reed Bunting (singing), 1 Stonechat (female carrying food), 2 Buzzard, 1 Sedge Warbler (singing), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (calling at Haven), 6 Sand Martin (south), 2 Corn Bunting (singing - unharvested barley fields), 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Mistle Thrush (west edge of golf course). On scrape: 4 Lapwing, 1 Common Gull, 1 Heron, 2 Lesser BB Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 2 Avocet, 126 Black headed Gull, 2 Mediterranean Gull.

 

Mon 11th July 22

Very warm out today, but even with this heat and the lite wind we seem to be keeping up with evaporation.

A Greenshank was on the scrape this morning along with c100 Blk Headed Gulls,12 Herring, 5 Meds, 4 LBB, 2 Commons, and a Grey heron was still thinning out the eel's PRD/DW/DC/MR

Reports from today:

Paul Brayshaw

07:18 Seawall run  (rather hot!) - 3 Sandwich Terns, 2 Oyc, 2 Yellow Wag, 4 Sand Martin and a Heron south plus a few Swallow and Swift that may or may not have been moving.

 

Sun 10th July 22

The 1st sum Little Gull was on the scrape again this morning along with c70 Blk Headed, 14 Herring, 4 Med Gulls, 3 LBB, 2 Common Gulls and 7 Lapwing. The two Grey Herons were still pulling eels out of the pond, watched by the first pair of Teal seen for a while. All looking much more interesting for the weeks ahead. PRD/PL/RJ/ML/MR

 

 

Sat 9th July 22

Reports from today:

Richard Jeffree

09:36 Little Gull on the scrape.

18:24 Very quick look at the scrape this evening 10 Redshank and 6 adult Med Gulls, the scrape is back.

 

Fri 8th July 22

Reports from today:

Pete Davis

First wader back in the slowly expanding puddle (scrape) is a Greenshank which stayed for about 5 seconds! Still, it’s a start....

 Thurs 7th July 22

Thankfully there was some water on the scrape this morning, so with a fair wind things should start to improve over the next few weeks.

Two Grey Herons were feasting on eels from the pond to the right of the hide, one juv flying to the scrape each time to eat his meal before returning for the next catch.

A short seawatch from the sluice added 5 Med Gulls heading north plus 2 Curlew and a Sandwich Tern heading south. PRD/RJ/MR.

 

Wed 6th July 22

No reports received so far:

Tues 5th July 22

 Nothing of note bird wise this morning but lots of butterflies around. MR

 

 

Mon 4th July 22

A cloudy but warm morning at the Haven today, unfortunately not enough wind to turn the wind-pump 50+ Blk Headed Gulls on the scrape with a single adult Med Gull, a couple of Buzzards and a Kestrel over the arable with a few Swallows. PRD/MR

Pete Davis had two unseasonal R B Mergansers heading south offshore around mid-day.

Lots of Small Skippers and Ringlets around today (see Haven Wildlife page).

 

Sun 3rd July 22

The good news is that some repairs have been carried out on the windpump, so hopefully with a steady breeze we may see some water return to the scrape in the near future. Just the gull flock on the scrape this morning inc. 1 Med Gull, 6 Herring and 2 LBB's with lots of Blk Headed Gulls, 2 Buzzard and a Kestrel were over the marsh and a few Swallows, the 2 juv. Kestrels were around the pylon and lots of butterflies around the site. RJ/MR

Reports from today:

Matt Lonsdale

09:14 Distant Red Kite from farm towards marshes/Holland-on-sea.

 

Sat 2nd July 22

Reports from today:

Pete Loud

13:46 1st visit to the Haven in a month, sad to see the Scrape dried out, hopefully problems will get sorted sooner rather than later. Very quiet, undoubted highlight was lunch in the café. Was nice to see the female Stonechat bringing food to the nest, now on her second brood. 2 Curlew headed south as did a couple of Swifts and a trickle of Sand Martin. (ML,RJ,DC,PL).

 

Fri 1st July 22

Had a quick walk down to the hide this morning and managed to see an Otter on the brook, the first for a long time, and what a great few moments it was.

From the hide: A good group of gulls again today with 50+ Blk Headed, 28 Herring, 13 LBB, and a Med Gull also 3 Grey Heron, 1 Lt Egret, 1 Oystercatcher, 30+ Swallows and a few Sand Martins, 1 Buzzard. MR.