Wed 26th Mar 25

Reports from today

Brian Combes

06:14 Black Redstart just south of Frinton beach huts on path.

07:03 Black Redstart council compound (different bird).

07:24 Ring Ouzel still in Dell though elusive.

08:31 Blackcap singing by raised platform.

10:01 Black Redstart on seawall south of raised tee.

10:15 Little Owl. Back of golf course by footpath.

17:23 Walk from Frinton to Haven and back via the farm this morning included: 1 ring ouzel, 2 black redstart (1 first summer male mobile between Frinton beach huts and northern pillbox, 1 female type council enclosure), 1 wheatear, 1 blackcap (in subsong, first bird of the year), 1 redwing (north), 2 goldcrest, 2 purple sandpiper, 12 starling (north), 7 Cetti’s (singing), 8 med gull (3 pairs golf course, 1 pair scrape; 1 bird colour ringed - lower right yellow), 7 linnet, 9 reed bunting (1 singing), 12 mipit (2 singing), 5 oystercatcher, 4 chiff (singing), 28 avocet, 3 hare, 3 redshank, 4 black-tailed godwit, 2 goldfinch (north), 1 greenfinch, 12 buzzard (including 2 north and 8 kettling, drifting high to the west over arable), 4 red-throated diver (2 north, 2 on the sea), 1 snipe, 2 gadwall, 2 Chinese muntjac, 2 song thrush (1 singing), 2 corn bunting (1 singing, halfway along bridleway), 1 little owl, 2 sparrowhawk (2 drifting very high north). 19 species in song.

Mike O'Hanlon

08:01 Ring Ouzel still present at Dell.

08:19 Male Wheatear on Boating club rocks.

11:34 Male Wheatear on bramble by moth enclosure

Richard Jeffree

09:43 Merlin flew over hide.

12:22 1st summer male Black Redstart below raised tee.

16:10 Out on my bike now there's no one here Ring Ouzel showing well usual corner.

Also of note some Bearded Tits were heard today between the Moth Sanctuary and the Boardwalk (Kattie) and a Red Kite drifted through the site mid-morning