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Birds heard in 2026
A new type of list documenting the first songs and calls heard this year, and other notable sounds.

 

No

Species

Date

Location

Notes

43

Feral Pigeon

03/01/26

Two Tree Island

Singing under bridge to Two Tree Island

42

Green Sandpiper

03/01/26

Two Tree Island

Calling bird in flight over Two Tree Island

41

Greylag Goose

03/01/26

Benfleet Creek

Calling

40

Brent Goose

03/01/26

Benfleet Creek

Calls from c300 grazing in pasture

39

Wigeon

03/01/26

Benfleet Creek

Calls from several groups on the water

38

Jack Snipe

03/01/26

Benfleet Creek

Calls from a flushed bird

37

Fieldfare

03/01/26

Benfleet Creek

Calling

36

Wren

03/01/26

Benfleet Creek

Calling

35

Curlew

03/01/26

Benfleet Creek

Calling

34

Ring-necked Parakeet

01/01/26

East Tilbury

Calls from birds near the railway station

33

Long-tailed Tit

01/01/26

East Tilbury

Calls from foraging flock in hedgerow

32

Green Woodpecker

01/01/26

Coalhouse Fort

Calling from St. Catherine's Churchyard

31

Blue Tit

01/01/26

Coalhouse Fort

Calling from St. Catherine's Churchyard

30

Great Spotted Woodpecker

01/01/26

Coalhouse Fort

Calling from St. Catherine's Churchyard

29

Wood Pigeon

01/01/26

Coalhouse Fort

Singing

28

Lapwing

01/01/26

East Tilbury Marshes

Calling

27

Coot

01/01/26

Coalhouse Fort

Calling from moat

26

Reed Bunting

01/01/26

East Tilbury Marshes

Calling in low flight over wet grassland

25

Redshank

01/01/26

East Tilbury Marshes

Calling

24

Cetti's Warbler

01/01/26

East Tilbury Marshes

Singing from Bowaters Sluice

23

Stonechat

01/01/26

East Tilbury Marshes

Calling

22

Skylark

01/01/26

East Tilbury Marshes

Calls from group of eight flushed at pathside

21

Oystercatcher

01/01/26

East Tilbury Marshes

Calling in flight over the River Thames

20

Rock Pipit

01/01/26

East Tilbury Marshes

Several calling along the River Thames

19

Meadow Pipit

01/01/26

East Tilbury Marshes

Several calling along the River Thames

18

Teal

01/01/26

East Tilbury Marshes

Males calling along the River Thames

17

Mallard

01/01/26

East Tilbury Marshes

Males calling along the River Thames

16

Water Pipit

01/01/26

Tilbury Fort

Calling in flight as it rose from wet pasture/pools

15

Chaffinch

01/01/26

Tilbury Fort

Calling

14

Carrion Crow

01/01/26

Tilbury Fort

Calling

13

Black-headed Gull

01/01/26

Tilbury Fort

Calling at The World's End

12

Herring Gull

01/01/26

Tilbury Fort

Calling at The World's End

11

Greenfinch

01/01/26

Tilbury Docks

Calling in flight

10

Goldfinch

01/01/26

Tilbury Docks

Calling in flight

9

Magpie

01/01/26

Tilbury Docks

Calling

8

Dunnock

01/01/26

Tilbury

Calling

7

Song Thrush

01/01/26

Tilbury

Calling

6

Great Tit

01/01/26

Tilbury

Calling

5

Collared Dove

01/01/26

Tilbury

Singing

4

House Sparrow

01/01/26

Tilbury

Calls from a small group in suburban garden

3

Robin

01/01/26

Tilbury

Singing

2

Starling

01/01/26

Tilbury

Calls from a small group on rooftops

1

Pied Wagtail

01/01/26

Tilbury

Calls from two brds feeding in pavement

 

 

 

 Sound recording on Båtsfjordfjellet, Finland © Fraser Simpson


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