Sun 15th Oct 23

Reports from the last week

Fri 6th Oct 23

Paul Brayshaw

08:44 Seawall Frinton to gc dump. 3 wheatear, 2 rock pipit, 2 stonechat between raised tee and pillbox.  Light passage of (haven totals) 75 goldfinch, 100 linnet plus smaller numbers of mipit, swallow and skylark.

Sat 7th Oct 23

Pete Loud

Good passage along the front this morning. All totals are only estimated. Goldfinch dominated with 400+,then Linnet 150+, Siskin 30+, Greenfinch 20, Chaffinch 5, Meadow Pipit100+, Reed Bunting 20+, Pied Wagtail 12, Grey Wagtail 1, Swallow 40+, House Martin 30, Sand Martin 1. Scrape just 125 Lapwing, 1 Curlew & 12 Teal. Farm loop, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Corn Bunting. Around site, 1 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff, 9 Stonechat, 2 Wheatear & Mistle Thrush.

Sun 8th Oct 23

Pete Loud

Lovely warm calm morning at the haven. Very pleasurable hour or so spent with Pat & Simon who were ringing plenty of Redpoll, Swallow, Reed Bunting & Meadow Pipit. Nice to see a Cetti’s close up in the hand at last. Short-eared Owl came in over our heads onto the marsh. Scrape still quiet, 2 Snipe, 4 Curlew, 12 Teal, 11 Wigeon & Greenshank heard not seen. Marsh Harrier over, a few Chiffs in the bushes with 1 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest & 3 Redwing. Still groups of Goldfinch moving through and at least 25 Redpoll. Lots of Brent moving through offshore,(in the hundreds),and a few flocks of Wigeon with a few Pintail.

Tues 10th Oct 23

Matt Lonsdale

09:54 2 Raven south

14:34 Nice varied session haven this morning 07:50-12:30. Vis-mig totals 07:50-10:50. Highlight 2 Raven south, 2nd record possibly off fields. 1021 Goldfinch, 31 Redpoll, 35 Siskin, 5 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 100+ Linnet, 14 Reed Bunting, 38 Skylark, 200+ Mipit, 3 Rock Pipit, 5 Grey Wag, 9 Alba Wag, 4 Dunnock, 1 House Sparrow, 3+ Swallow, 3 Med Gull and a Golden Plover all south. A Marsh Harrier circled the farm + Corn Bunting. A wheatear and 2 Stonechat along seawall. Very little in bushes other than few Blackbirds odd Blackcap and Chiffs

Fri 13th Oct 23

Simon Cox

Afternoon visit in strong SW wind: Wigeon 26, Teal 36, Lapwing 125, Snipe 1, Peregrine 1, Kestrel 1, GBBG 4, H Gull 25, B-h Gull 250+ (mostly on back fields), Kingfisher 1 (scrape), Stonechat 2, Meadow Pipit 5, Green Woodpecker 1, Goldcrest 2, Jay 1.

Sat 14th Oct 23

Pete Loud

Lots of Goldfinches going through this morning easily 500+,with a few Redpoll and Linnet,1 Grey Wagtail, 14 Swallow, 3 House Martin. 2 Med Gull passed offshore. 6 Stonechat. Bushes were quiet, just 3 Chiffs and 2 Goldcrest.

Sun 15th Oct 23

Pete Loud

Highlights from this morning, a Merlin flew just offshore and landed on the rocks at French point and a Black-throated Diver flew north close to mid distance. From other looks out to sea, 4 Gannet, 4 Common Scoter, 2 Great C Grebe & 2 Sandwich Tern, plus a Short-eared Owl that eventually flew In harassed by Gulls. 21 Golden Plover over the arable fields. Elsewhere, 1 Curlew, 5 Swallow, 5 Stonechat, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Rock Pipit and a few groups of Goldfinch still going through.