Mon 7th Feb 22

A much better day today with a light breeze and sunshine during the morning, on the sluice rocks were 5 Turnstone and 1 Purple Sand. From the hide: Lots of ducks on the marsh below the raised platform along with the Whitefronts and a lot of gulls, around the marsh were c40 Curlew, 100 Lapwing, 1 Buzzard and a Marsh Harrier. On the scrape a few Wigeon, Teal, Shoveler and Shelduck, 11 BlkWits, 2 Avocet, 1 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper and 1 Cetti's Warbler.

The little Grey/brown dot in the middle is the best I could do with
 the Cetti's Warbler

 

Sun 6th Feb 22

I managed a walk to the hide between the showers this morning and on route 6 Purple Sands and a Turnstone were on the seawall beside the sluice. From the hide: all the ducks were again spread around the marsh, on the scrape itself were 9 BlkWits and 2 Avocet and 11 Cormorant was a big increase, c40 Whitefronts, c200 Lapwing, lots of Starling and a Peregrine were up on the arable, 14 Curlew on the marsh to the right and 2 Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk and a Kestrel were also noted a were 4 Brown Hare and a Red Fox. The walk back to the car in bright sunshine was unexpected.

 

Sat 5th Feb 22

All the same again this morning, cold and windy, but dry, everything in more or less the same places apart from the Whitefronts that had decided to use the marsh to the right of the hide today. PRD/PL/RJ/MR

Reports from today:

Richard Jeffree

17:00 12 Turnstone + 7 Purple Sands on sluice this afternoon, 5+ Stonechat between sluice and raised tee and one Red-t-Diver on sea.

 

Fri 4th Feb 22

Not nice at the Haven today, with heavy rain and the temperature dropping from 7 to 3 degs. during the morning it was quite a short visit. 

All much the same, the Whitefronts still moving between the arable and the pools, 9 Canada Geese, BlkWits up to 12 with the 2 Avocet, 1 Snipe and a brief view of a Water Rail for Dave Cummings was about it. DC/RJ/MR.

Reports from today:

Richard Jeffree

16:42 8 Turnstone & 4 Purple Sand sluice on falling tide.

 

Thurs 3rd Feb 22

A large flock of Greylags with a few Canada Geese were on the marsh west of the B1032 this morning along with 2 Buzzards and 2 Grey Herons + lots of Gulls and Corvids.

From the hide: Much the same, c40 Whitefronts moving between the arable and the pool below the raised platform, and the usual Teal, Wigeon, Shelduck, Shoveler etc. On the scrape Teal, Wigeon, Shelduck, Shoveler & Mallard, 14 BlkWits, 2 Avocet. Around the marsh 1 Buzzard, c30 Curlew, c200 Lapwing, 1 Peregrine (on arable),  A large number of Gulls were following the plough on the field toward Gt. Holland lots of which were dropping into the scrape for a wash, incl 2 Common Gulls.

Along the front were 5 Purple Sandpipers RJ/MR

Reports from today:

Brian Combes

10:46 Dartford Warbler - Frinton end behind southernmost beach huts in reeds with Stonechat pair.

Photo Brian Combes©

18:11 In addition to Dartford Warbler (seawall then footpath to Holland Hall and bridleway back): 1 Cetti’s singing, 3 Reed Bunting (1 singing), 2 Pied Wag, 32 Curlew, 120+ Linnet (flock of 100+ farm), 20+ Chaffinch - farm, 2 Goldfinch, Song Thrush (singing in trees near Hall), 2 Corn Bunting (1 singing - first song for me this year), 3+ Stonechat (very mobile), 1 Rock Pipit

Pete Davis

13:51 Male type Dartford just showed well golf course dump.

15:04 No sign any Dartfords between farm and golf course either on way down or back from sea wall. (Water Rail in ditch behind golf course).

 

Wed 2nd Feb 22

From the hide: c150 Greylag, c40 Whitefronts, 19 Canada Geese, c60 Teal, c10 Wigeon, 9 Shelduck, 8 Shoveler, c300 Lapwing, c30 Curlew, 13 BlkWits, 2 Avocet, 1 Lt. Egret, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel + on the front were 4 Purple Sands, 1 Rock Pipit & 2 Stonechat RJ/MR.  

Reports from today:

Richard Jeffree

16:24 Still 2 Dartford Warbler same area as previously.

 

Tues 1st Feb 22

40 White-fronts on the arable viewed from the layby on the way in this morning. 

From the hide: c50 Teal, 20 Wigeon, 8 Mallard, 4 Shoveler, 11 BlkWits, 2 Avocet were on the scrape, 18 Curlew on the marsh to the right, c80 Lapwing & 14 Golden Plover were on the ploughed field behind the first owl box and on the pools below the raised platform were lots more Wigeon & Teal, a few Shoveler & Shelduck, c30 Greylag & the Whitefronts that moved between there and the arable several times.

Reports from today:

Brian Combes

09:15 At least 27 White-fronts in fields, 4 Purple Sandpipers by sluice.

14:10 Also this morning: 31 Curlew on the golf course first thing, 5 Stonechat (pair Haven end, pair by most northern pillbox, and single male at Frinton end), 1 Reed Bunting, 2 Avocet, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 22 Starlings north, 1 Turnstone.

Photo Brian Combes©

Photo Brian Combes©