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2024
June
2024
Jun 4th
Moth
Trap, Purfleet-on-Thames, Essex
Bee
Moth, Blackthorn Argent (Argyresthia spinosella),
Broad-barred Straw (Aethes beatricella), Brown
House-moth, Common Marbled Straw (Aethes smeathmanniana),
Cypress Carpet, Dark-bordered Pearl (Evergestis
limbata), Diamond-back Moth, Eudonia/Scoparia
sp., Freyer's Pug, Garden Carpet, Garden Grass-veneer,
Green Oak Tortrix, Hawthorn Moth (Scythropia crataegella),
Heart and Dart, Large Yellow Underwing, Light Brown
Apple Moth, Light Emerald, Maiden's Blush, Marbled Minor
agg, Pale Mottled Willow, Ruddy Streak, Sallow Kitten,
Satin Wave, Shuttle-shaped Dart, Small Magpie, Treble
Brown Spot, Treble-bar, Triple-blotched Bell (Notocelia
trimaculana), Turnip Moth, Vine's Rustic, White
Ermine, White-bodied Conch (Neocochylis hybridella),
Yellow Shell.
Broad-barred
Straw (Aethes beatricella) & Common
Marbled Straw (Aethes smeathmanniana), Purfleet-on-Thames, 4
June 2024
Dark-bordered
Pearl (Evergestis limbata) & Light
Emerald (Campaea margaritaria), Purfleet-on-Thames, 4
June 2024
Sallow
Kitten (Furcula furcula) & Freyer's
Pug (Eupithecia intricata), Purfleet-on-Thames, 4
June 2024
•
River Thames, Purfleet, Essex (observations from my
window)
Jun
6th
Shelduck
(2 prs + 1), Swift (44), Oystercatcher (1),
Lapwing (1), Common Tern (1), Little Egret
(3), Buzzard (1), Kestrel (m), Hobby (1),
Peregrine (1), Ring-necked Parakeet (2),
Starling (41).
Jun
5th
Egyptian
Goose (pr), Shelduck (3 prs), Gadwall (pr),
Stock Dove (pr), Swift (65), Moorhen (1),
Oystercatcher (1), Redshank (1), Common
Tern (3), Sparrowhawk (f), House Martin
(2).
Jun
4th
Shelduck
(3 prs + 1), Mallard (2 prs), Swift (64),
Oystercatcher (1), Redshank (2), Common
Tern (1).
Jun
3rd
Shelduck
(pr +2), Cuckoo (singing m), Swift (8),
Avocet (2), Oystercatcher (1), Lapwing (5),
Redshank (1), Common Tern (1 FY), Little
Egret (4), Marsh Harrier (ad m), Buzzard
(pr), Ring-necked Parakeet (9), Skylark
(singing m).
Jun
2nd
Shelduck
(pr), Shoveler (m), Swift (13), Lapwing
(6), Redshank (6), Common Tern (2), Little
Egret (1), Kestrel (pr), Hobby (1).
Jun
1st
Shelduck
(pr + 1), Swift (4), Avocet (4), Redshank
(3), Greenshank (1), Swallow (2),
House Martin (3).
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May
2024
May
1st-31st
River
Thames, Purfleet (obs from my balcony): 85
species (70 eBird checklists) inc Brent
Goose, Bar-tailed Godwit, Turnstone, Hobby, Greenshank,
Grey Plover, Caspian Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Kittiwake, Guillemot,
Short-eared Owl, Lesser Whitethroat.
May
11-12th
RSPB
Rainham Marshes
Avocet
(chicks), Redshank (chicks), Lapwing (chicks), Little
Ringed Plover, Ruff, Greenshank, Hobby, Marsh Harrier,
Bearded Reedling, Corn Bunting, Grasshopper Warbler,
Lesser
Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Sedge
Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Cetti's
Warbler, Little Egret, Cuckoo, Great
Crested Grebe,
Little Grebe, Pochard, Reed Bunting, Wall, Green
Hairstreak, Brimstone, Speckled Wood, Holly Blue, Orange-tip,
Peacock, Red Admiral, Green-veined White, Small White,
Large White, Broad-bodied Chaser, Hairy Dragonfly,
Blue-tailed Damselfly, Azure Damsely, Common Blue Damselfly,
10-spot Ladybird, 14-spot Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird,
Water Vole.
Hairy
Dragonfly (Brachytron pratense), Broad-bodied
Chaser (Libellula depressa)
Speckled
Wood (Pararge aegeria), Green Hairstreak
(Callophrys rubi), Rainham Marshes, 12 May 2024
May
7th-10th
Cycle
to work highlights (Purfleet > London)
Black
Redstart (5 singing mm), Hobby, Cuckoo, Corn Bunting,
Whimbrel, Arctic Tern, Common
Tern, Avocet, Little Egret, Marsh Harrier,
Little Grebe, Grasshopper
Warbler, Lesser
Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Sedge
Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Cetti's
Warbler, Swift.
May
4th
RSPB
Rainham Marshes
Woodchat
Shrike, Bearded Reedling, Hobby (10+, inc one over
Purfleet-on-Thames, mobbed by Swallows), Lesser
Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Sedge
Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Cetti's
Warbler, Avocet, Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, Cuckoo, Great
Crested Grebe,
Little Grebe, Pochard, Reed Bunting, Redshank, Lapwing,
Hairy Dragonfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Brimstone, Holly
Blue, Speckled Wood, Orange-tip.
Woodchat
Shrike (Lanius senator), Rainham Marshes,
Essex, England, 4 May 2024
Woodchat
Shrike (Lanius senator), Rainham Marshes,
Essex, England, 4 May 2024
Little
Egret (Egretta garzetta), Rainham Marshes,
Essex, England, 5 May 2024
•
River Thames, Purfleet, Essex (observations from my
window) 85
species + 70 eBird checklists this month.
Highlights: Brent Goose, Bar-tailed Godwit,
Turnstone, Hobby, Greenshank, Grey Plover,
Caspian Gull, Kittiwake, Guillemot,
Short-eared Owl, Lesser Whitethroat.
May
31st
Shelduck
(pr), Shoveler (m), Lapwing (1), Common
Tern (2), Little Egret (1), Swift (2).
May
30th
Shelduck
(4 prs), Shoveler (pr), Gadwall (m), Mallard
(5 prs), Cuckoo (singing m), Swift (15),
Avocet (4), Oystercatcher (2), Lapwing (8),
Redshank (5), Common Tern (3), Yellow-legged
Gull (ad), Little Egret (2), Grey Heron
(2), Sparrowhawk (f), Buzzard (1), Kestrel
(m), Blackcap (singing m), House Martin
(7), Starling (55).
May
29th
Shelduck
(2 prs + 1), Gadwall (2 prs), Shoveler (pr),
Mallard (pr), Swift (32), Oystercatcher
(1), Lapwing (1), Yellow-legged Gull (3rd-s),
Little Egret (1), Sparrowhawk (f), Raven
(1), House Martin (10), Starling (36).
May
28th
Shelduck
(2 prs + 4), Shoveler (pr + m), Gadwall
(m), Mallard (pr), Tufted Duck (pr), Stock
Dove (1), Cuckoo (singing m), Swift (8),
Avocet (2), Oystercatcher (2), Lapwing (2),
Ringed Plover (1), Redshank (2), Common
Tern (2), Little Egret (2), Starling (105
inc fledglings).
May
27th
Shelduck
(3 prs), Shoveler (pr + m), Gadwall (pr),
Mallard (pr + m), Cuckoo (singing m), Stock
Dove (pr + 1), Swift (116),
Avocet (2), Redshank (5), Caspian Gull
(3rd-s), Yellow-legged Gull (ad), Common
Tern (1), Little Egret (3), Grey Heron (3),
Ring-necked Parakeet (8), Skylark (singing
m), Swallow (2), House Martin (5), Starling
(55 inc fledglings).
May
26th
Egyptian
Goose (1), Shelduck (3 prs), Shoveler (2
mm), Gadwall (pr + 3 mm), Mallard (7), Cuckoo
(singing m), Swift (12), Oystercatcher
(3), Grey Plover (1), Lapwing (2),
Ringed Plover (6), Whimbrel
(1), Curlew (1), Redshank (6), Common Tern
(1), Grey Heron (3), Hobby (1), Buzzard
(1), Skylark (singing m), Cetti's Warbler
(singing m), Whitethroat (singing m), Sand
Martin (2), House Martin (3), Starling (25
inc fledglings).
May
25th
Egyptian
Goose (3), Canada Goose (9), Shelduck (3
prs + 1), Shoveler (pr), Gadwall (pr + 3
mm), Mallard (pr + m), Tufted Duck (pr),
Pheasant (singing m), Stock Dove (pr), Cuckoo
(singing m), Avocet (2), Oystercatcher (2),
Lapwing (1), Redshank (13), Kittiwake
(1), Mediterranean Gull (ad), Yellow-legged
Gull (ad + 3rd-s), Common Tern (3),
Little Egret (1), Grey Heron (2), Buzzard
(1), Kestrel (1), Short-eared Owl
(1), Skylark (singing m), Cetti's Warbler
(singing m), Lesser Whitethroat (singing
m in garden hedge), Starling (11 inc fledglings),
Linnet (pr).
May
24th
Shelduck
(2 prs + 1), Shoveler (m), Mallard (pr),
Great Crested Grebe (2), Cuckoo (singing
m), Swift (21), Avocet (1), Oystercatcher
(1), Ringed Plover (1), Redshank (2), Common
Tern (1), Little Egret (3), Buzzard (1),
Short-eared Owl (1), Swallow (1),
House Martin (8), Cetti's Warbler (singing
m), Blackcap (singing m), Whitethroat (singing
m), Starling (22 inc fledglings).
May
23rd
Egyptian
Goose (1), Shelduck (pr), Shoveler (pr),
Gadwall (pr + 4 mm), Mallard (pr + 2 mm),
Stock Dove (pr), Swift (27), Oystercatcher
(2), Redshank (3), Yellow-legged Gull (3rd-s), Little
Egret (1), Sparrowhawk (f), Grey Heron (2),
Short-eared Owl (1), Swallow (2).
May
22nd
Shelduck
(2 prs), Gadwall (pr), Mallard (2 prs +
m), Swift (4), Oystercatcher (1), Grey
Plover (2), Redshank (10), Mediterranean
Gull (1st-s), Common Tern (2), Little Egret
(2), Short-eared Owl (1), Cetti's
Warbler (singing m).
May
21st
Shelduck
(pr + 1), Shoveler (m), Gadwall (pr), Mallard
(pr), Cuckoo (singing m), Swift (3), Oystercatcher
(1), Redshank (2), Common Tern (1).
May
20th
Shelduck
(pr), Shoveler (m), Gadwall (pr), Mallard
(pr + m), Cuckoo (mobbed by Reed Warbler),
Swift (2), Lapwing (7), Redshank (2), Common
Tern (1), Short-eared Owl (1), Skylark
(singing m).
May
19th
Shelduck
(2 prs), Shoveler (3 mm), Gadwall
(m), Mallard (3 mm), Cuckoo (singing m),
Avocet (1), Oystercatcher (3), Lapwing (3),
Redshank (5), Greenshank (4), Common
Tern (2), Little Egret (1), Jay (1), House
Martin (2), Skylark
(singing m).
May
18th
Egyptian
Goose (pr), Shelduck (pr + 1), Shoveler
(pr), Gadwall (pr + m), Mallard (12), Swift
(31), Cuckoo (singing m), Avocet (3), Oystercatcher
(1), Ringed Plover (5), Lapwing (3),
Redshank (2), Common Sandpiper (1), Common
Tern (5), Little Egret (2), Marsh Harrier
(ad m), Buzzard (1), Swallow (2), Cetti's
Warbler (singing m), Blackcap (singing m),
Grey Seal (1), Small Dusty Wave (Idaea
seriata).
May
17th
Egyptian
Goose (1), Shelduck (pr + 1), Shoveler (2
prs + m), Gadwall (2 prs), Mallard (pr +
4 mm), Pochard (m upriver in morning, f
downriver in evening), Tufted Duck (pr up,
then downriver), Cuckoo (singing m), Moorhen
(heard), Stock Dove (1), Swift (2), Avocet
(1), Grey Plover (1), Lapwing (1),
Whimbrel (1), Common Sandpiper (1),
Redshank (pr copulating + 1), Oystercatcher
(1), Ringed Plover (2), Yellow-legged Gull
(3rd-s), Common Tern (3), Grey Heron (3),
Ring-necked Parakeet (32), Cetti's Warbler
(singing m), Whitethroat (singing m), Mistle
Thrush (1).
May
16th
Shelduck
(4), Shoveler (pr + 2 mm), Gadwall (pr +
m), Mallard (4), Great Crested Grebe (3),
Cuckoo (singing m), Swift (1), Avocet (4),
Oystercatcher (1), Ringed Plover (2), Lapwing
(1), Redshankk (3), Dunlin (2), Common Tern
(4), Cetti's Warbler (singing m), Blackcap
(singing m), Whitethroat (singing m).
May
15th
Shelduck
(3 prs), Shoveler (pr + 2 mm), Gadwall (4
mm/1 f), Mallard (pr), Great Crested Grebe
(2), Swift (10), Avocet (4), Oystercatcher
(pr + 1), Common Sandpiper (1), Redshank
(3), Marsh Harrier (ad m), Little Egret
(1), Swallow (2), Cetti's Warbler (singing
m), Whitethroat (singing m).
May
14th
Shelduck
(2 prs + 1), Shoveler (2 mm), Gadwall (m),
Mallard (pr + m), Swift (5), Lapwing (1),
Redshank (3), Little Egret (1), Sparrowhawk
(f), Kestrel (m).
May
13th
Shoveler
(pr), Gadwall (pr + m), Mallard (2 prs),
Oystercatcher (1), Little Egret (1), Ring-necked
Parakeet (9).
May
12th
Shelduck
(pr + 1), Gadwall (pr + m), Mallard (pr
+ m), Swift (2), Cuckoo (singing m), Oystercatcher
(1), Redshank (5), Common Sandpiper (1),
Common Tern (1), Little Egret (1), Buzzard
(1), Kestrel (1), Skylark (singing m), Cetti's
Warbler (singing m), Linnet (pr).
May
11th
Shelduck
(2 prs), Shoveler (m), Gadwall (pr + m),
Tufted Duck (pr), Great Crested Grebe (1),
Oystercatcher (2 prs), Whimbrel (1), Redshank
(1), Guillemot (1), Kittiwake
(4), Mediterranean Gull (1), Arctic Tern
(2), Whitethroat (singing m), Grey Seal
(1).
May
9th
Shelduck
(2 prs + 5), Shoveler (3 mm/1 f), Gadwall
(8), Cuckoo (singing m), Oystercatcher (2),
Common Sandpiper (1), Redshank (2), Common
Tern (6), Arctic Tern (2), Little
Egret (5), Ring-necked Parakeet (10), Skylark
(2 singing mm), Sand Martin (1), Swallow
(5), Cetti's Warbler (singing m), Whitethroat
(singing m).
May
8th
Egyptian
Goose (1), Shelduck (4), Shoveler (2 mm),
Gadwall (3), Great Crested Grebe (1), Swift (6), Cuckoo
(singing m), Grey Plover (1), Black-tailed
Godwit (1), Redshank (3), Oystercatcher (3),
Mediterranean Gull (ad), Common Tern (2),
Little Egret (1), Marsh Harrier (ad m),
Cetti's Warbler (singing m), Whitethroat
(singing m).
May
7th
Egyptian
Goose (1), Shelduck (2 prs), Gadwall (pr),
Mallard (7), Oystercatcher (3), Grey Plover
(1), Lapwing (2 displaying), Black-tailed
Godwit (2), Common Sandpiper (1), Redshank
(2), Dunlin (2), Common Tern (3), Little
Egret (1), Buzzard (1), Sand Martin (1),
Swallow (1), Cetti's Warbler (singing m),
Blackcap (singing m), Whitethroat (singing
m).
May
6th
Egyptian
Goose (1), Shelduck (3 prs), Shoveler (pr),
Gadwall (6), Mallard (7), Tufted Duck (pr),
Stock Dove (pr), Great Crested Grebe (1),
Cuckoo (singing m), Swift (23), Oystercatcher
(1), Grey Plover (1), Black-tailed Godwit
(1), Lapwing (1 displaying), Whimbrel (1),
Redshank (6), Turnstone (1), Kittiwake
(ad), Common Tern (2), Little Egret (3+),
Marsh Harrier (ad m), Sparrowhawk (f), Buzzard
(1), Kestrel (1), Hobby (1), Ring-necked
Parakeet (14), Skylark (2 singing mm), Swallow
(5), Cetti's Warbler (singing m), Blackcap
(singing m), Whitethroat (singing m).
May
5th
Mute
Swan (1), Shelduck (3 prs), Shoveler (m), Gadwall
(pr + m), Cuckoo (singing m), Swift (9),
Avocet (2),
Oystercatcher (1), Lapwing (1), Redshank
(3), Ringed Plover (1), Arctic Tern (1),
Common Tern
(7), Marsh Harrier (ad m), Buzzard (1),
Skylark (2 singing m), Cetti's Warbler
(singing m), Harbour Porpoise (1).
May
4th
Shelduck
(pr), Shoveler (m), Gadwall (pr + m), Cuckoo
(singing m), Swift (3), Avocet (2), Ringed
Plover (1), Bar-tailed Godwit (2), Common
Sandpiper (2), Redshank (2), Dunlin (6),
Common Tern (8), Little Egret (2), Marsh
Harrier (ad m), Skylark (singing m).
May
2nd
Dark-bellied
Brent Goose (1), Shelduck (3), Shoveler
(pr), Gadwall (7), Tufted Duck (3), Cuckoo
(singing m), Avocet (1), Oystercatcher (1),
Oystercatcher (1), Grey Plover (1), Lapwing
(1), Bar-tailed Godwit (3), Black-tailed
Godwit (3), Redskank (1), Common Tern (2),
Cetti's Warbler (singing m), Whitethroat
(singing m).
May
1st
Dark-bellied
Brent Goose (1), Shelduck (2 prs), Gadwall
(5), Mallard (7), Avocet (5), Lapwing (1),
Black-tailed Godwit (1), Common Sandpiper
(1), Redshank (2), Common Tern (2).
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April
2024
Apr 22nd-26th
Cycle
to work highlights (Purfleet > London)
Grasshopper
Warbler, Lesser
Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Sedge
Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Cetti's
Warbler, Corn Bunting, Whimbrel, Arctic Tern, Common
Tern, Bar-tailed Godwit, Avocet, Little Egret, Marsh Harrier,
Little Grebe, Reed Bunting.
Apr 21st
Purfleet-on-Thames
brownfield site
Cetti's
Warbler (3 singing mm), Lesser Whitethroat (singing
m), Chiffchaff (4 singing mm), Goldenrod Crab Spider
(Misumena vatia), Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas
postvittana).
Apr 17th-19th
Cycle
to work highlights (Purfleet > London)
Lesser
Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Sedge
Warbler, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Cetti's
Warbler, Corn Bunting, Avocet, Little Egret, Marsh Harrier,
Orange-tip, Green-veined White, Small White.
Apr 4th-5th,
15th-16th
Return
Interrail trip Purfleet > London >
Paris > Perpignan > Barcelona
> Madrid > Malaga
Blackbird,
Cetti's Warbler, Carrion Crow, Coot, Little Egret, Marsh
Harrier, Black-headed Gull, Shelduck, Magpie, Wood Pigeon,
Herring Gull, Feral Pigeon, Robin, Great Tit, Wren,
Rook, Collared Dove, Blackcap, Chaffinch, Dunnock, Ring-necked
Parakeet, Moorhen, Mallard, Starling, Long-tailed Tit,
Black Kite, Kestrel, Buzzard, Jackdaw, Montagu's
Harrier, House Sparrow, Greater Flamingo,
Mute Swan, Red-legged Partridge, Great Egret, Yellow-legged
Gull, Sandwich Tern, Spoonbill, Avocet, Cattle Egret,
Black-winged Stilt, Greenfinch, Crested Lark,
Spotless Starling, Goldfinch, Turtle Dove, White Stork,
Raven, Woodchat Shrike, Griffon Vulture,
Hoopoe, Cormorant, Azure-winged Magpie,
House Martin, Barn Swallow, Short-toed Eagle,
Red-rumped Swallow, Booted Eagle, Calandra
Lark, Pallid Swift, Monk Parakeet, Sardinian
Warbler, Serin, Black-crowned Night Heron, White
Wagtail, Alpine Swift, Grey Heron, Common Swift,
Whiskered Tern, Sand Martin, Slender-billed
Gull, Red Kite, Mediterranean Gull.
Apr 5th-15th
Costa
de la Luz, Cádiz, Andalucía,
Spain
[Trip Report]: Great Egret, Spoonbill, Northern Bald Ibis, Glossy
Ibis, Red-rumped
Swallow, Montagu's Harrier, Bee-eater, Western Bonelli's Warbler, Iberian Chiffchaff, Short-toed
Treecreeper, Spanish Festoon, Provence Orange-tip, Three-toed
Skink, Iberian Mantis, Large Psammodromas, Woodchat
Shrike, Black Kite, Iberian Water Frog, Orobanche
densiflora, Clouded Yellow,
Melodious Warbler, Green-striped White, Alpine Swift, Pallid Swift, Iberian
Wall Lizard, Monarch, Calandra Lark, Chlorophorus trifasciatus
(wasp beetle), Barbary Nut, Tawny Pipit, Thekla Lark,
Cirl Bunting, Southern Scarce Swallowtail, Cleopatra,
Queen of Spain Fritillary, Audouin's Gull, Blue Rock
Thrush, Spiny-footed Lizard,
Greater Flamingo, Collared Pratincole, Black-winged
Stilt, Greater Short-toed Lark,
Griffon Vulture, Little Tern, Hoopoe, Lesser
Kestrel, Vagrant
Emperor, Caspian Tern, Slender-billed Gull, Subalpine Warbler,
Short-toed Eagle, Booted Eagle,
Tabanus barbarus (horse fly), Common
Digging Grasshopper (Acrotylus insubricus), Slender
Burrowing Grasshopper (Acrotylus patruelis),
Desert Sand Grasshopper (Sphingonotus rubescens),
Shady Grasshopper (Morphacris fasciata), Broad Green-winged Grasshopper (Aiolopus strepens),
Puissant's Green-winged Grasshopper (Aiolopus
puissanti), Egyptian Grasshopper (Anacridium
aegyptium), White-banded Grasshopper (Eyprepocnemis
plorans), Earthling Stone Grasshopper (Euryparyphes
terrulentus), Garden Locust (Acanthacris ruficornis),
Orange-butted Grasshopper (Chorthippus apicalis),
Common Maquis Grasshopper (Pezotettix giornae),
Iberian Wingless Groundhoppper (Tetrix nodulosa),
European Field Cricket (Gryllus campestris),
Mediterranean Field Cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus),
White-faced Bush-cricket (Decticus albifrons),
Smooth Striped Bush-cricket (Odontura glabricauda),
Spade-cricket sp. (Sciobia sp.), Mediterranean
Banded Centipede (Scolopendra cingulata), Red-striped
Oil Beetle (Berberomeloe payoyo), Spanish Dung
Beetle (Copris hispanus).
Spurge
Hawkmoth (Hyles euphorbiae) larva, Zahara
de los Atunes
& Large
Psammodromus (Psammodromus algirus), Barbate,
Spain
Mediterranean
Chamaeleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon), Barbate
&
Checkered Beetle (Trichodes octopunctatus), Zahara,
Spain
Mar
30th-Apr 1st
Rainham
Marshes
Short-eared
Owl, Marsh Harrier, Corn Bunting, Little Ringed Plover, Wheatear,
Sand Martin, Chiffchaff, Avocet, Cetti's Warbler, Little
Egret, Lapwing (displaying), Redshank (displaying),
Brimstone, Peaccock, Small Tortoiseshell, Small White.
•
River Thames, Purfleet, Essex (observations from my
window)
Apr
30th
Egyptian
Goose (5), Shoveler (m), Gadwall (5), Avocet
(4), Oystercatcher (1), Buzzard (1), Kestrel
(1), Skylark (3 singing mm), Whitethroat
(2), Blackcap (singing m).
Apr
29th
Shelduck
(pr + 1), Gadwall (pr), Great Crested Grebe
(1), Lapwing (2), Redshank (1), Buzzard
(1), Kestrel (m), Skylark (singing m).
Apr
28th
Great
Crested Grebe (pr), Shelduck (2 prs), Shoveler
(3), Gadwall (2 prs), Teal (2), Tufted Duck
(4), Cuckoo (singing m), Avocet (8),
Oystercatcher (pr + 1), Black-tailed Godwit
(2), Common Sandpiper (2), Dunlin (6), Redshank
(11), Little Tern (2), Common Tern
(3), Sparrowhawk (m), Buzzard (1), Hobby
(1), Marsh Harrier (ad m).
Apr
27th
Black-necked
Grebe (ad in breeding plumage), Shelduck
(3 prs), Shoveler (f), Gadwall (2 pr), Avocet
(5), Oystercatcher (pr), Grey Plover
(3), Ringed Plover (1), Lapwing (2), Whimbrel
(1), Bar-tailed Godwit (8), Common
Sandpiper (1), Greenshank (1), Redhank
(9), Dunlin (16), Kittiwake (ad),
Mediterranean Gull (3), Arctic Tern (9+),
Common Tern (1), Sandwich Tern (2),
Little Egret (1), Marsh Harrier (ad m),
Jay (1), Skylark (singing m), Swallow (2),
Yellow Wagtail (1), Ring-necked Parakeet
(34), Sand Martin (4).
Black-necked
Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) &
Spring wader passage, Purfleet-on-Thames,
Essex
Apr
26th
Egyptian
Goose (2), Shelduck (pr), Shoveler (2mm/1f),
Gadwall (pr), Wood Pigeon (90), Whimbrel
(2), Common Sandpiper (1), Redshank (1),
Skylark (singing m), House Martin (1).
Apr
25th
Egyptian
Gooose (5), Shelduck (pr), Gadwall (f),
Whimbrel (2), Arctic Tern
(1), Common Tern (1), Whitethroat (singing
m in garden), House Sparrow (10).
Apr
21st
Shelduck
(pr), Shoveler (m), Teal (1), Swift
(4), Avocet (7), Oystercatcher (pr), Redshank
(2), Swallow (2), Grey Seal (1).
Apr
20th
Egyptian
Goose (4), Shelduck
(3 prs), Gadwall (pr), Shoveler (m), Teal (4), Avocet
(1), Oystercatcher (pr), Common Sandpiper
(1), Lapwing (1), Redshank (1), Little Egret
(3), Kestrel (1), Buzzard (1), Skylark (singing
m), Swallow (4), Meadow Pipit (singing m),
Harbour Porpoise (1).
Apr
3rd
Shelduck
(pr), Teal (2), Avocet (3), Lapwing (displaying),
Oystercatcher (pr), Curlew (1), Redshank
(3), Buzzard (1), Peregrine (imm), Water
Pipit (1).
Apr
2nd
Shelduck
(19), Gadwall (5), Teal (8), Tufted Duck
(4), Avocet
(8), Oystercatcher (pr), Green Sandpiper
(1), Redshank (8), Dunlin (1), Lapwing (displaying),
Curlew (1), Little Egret (1), Marsh Harrier
(ad m), Sparrowhawk (m), Skylark (2 singing
mm).
Apr
1st
Shelduck
(32), Shoveler (3), Wigeon (2), Teal (20),
Great Crested Grebe (1), Avocet (3), Oystercatcher
(pr + 1), Curlew (4), Redshank (5), Greenshank
(1), Mediterranean Gull (ad upriver
calling), Little Egret (1), Marsh Harrier
(ad m), Buzzard (3), Ring-necked Parakeet
(36), Cetti's Warbler (singing m), Starling
(55), Linnet (12).
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March
2024
Mar 18th-22nd
Cycle
to work highlights (Purfleet > London)
Wheatear,
Chiffchaff
(14 singing mm), Marsh Harrier,
Avocet, Lapwing (displaying), Redshank (displaying), Skylark
(displaying), Cetti's Warbler, Buzzard (3 displaying),
Water Vole.
Mar 11th-15th
Cycle
to work highlights (Purfleet > London)
Chiffchaff
(6 singing mm), Meadow Pipit (displaying), Red Kite, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel,
Lapwing (displaying), Redshank (displaying), Skylark
(displaying), Cetti's Warbler, Avocet.
Mar 9th
Rainham
Marshes, Essex
Chiffchaff
singing, Kingfisher (pr on Mardyke).
Mar 8th
Dean
Castle Country Park,
Ayrshire
Nuthatch
(5 singing mm), Great Spotted Woodpecker (drumming male),
Bullfinch (3 prs), Raven, Dipper, Grey Wagtail, Stock
Dove (pr). Also singing Treecreeper, Goldcrest, Coal
Tit and Chaffinch.
Mar 7th
Kilwinning,
Ayrshire
Myrtle
(Yellow-rumped) Warbler - first Nearctic passerine for
Ayrshire.
Myrtle
Warbler (Setophaga coronata), Kilwinning,
Ayrshire, Scotland, 7 March 2024
Myrtle
Warbler (Setophaga coronata), Kilwinning,
Ayrshire, Scotland, 7 March 2024
Myrtle
Warbler (Setophaga coronata), Kilwinning,
Ayrshire, Scotland, 7 March 2024
Mar 6th
Train
journey Essex to Ayrshire 44 species
recorded: Collared
Dove, Wren, Great Tit, Robin, Blue Tit, Dunnock, Wood
Pigeon, Magpie, Fieldfare, Lesser Black-backed Gull,
Tufted Duck, Greylag Goose, Carrion Crow, Marsh Harrier,
Shoveler, Coot, Feral Pigeon, Herring Gull, Black-headed
Gull, Red Kite, Jackdaw, Rook, Lapwing, Stock
Dove, Grey Heron, Pheasant, Little Egret, Mute
Swan, Canada Goose, Mallard, Teal, Great Egret,
Moorhen, Buzzard, Blackbird, Common Gull, House Sparrow,
Goldfinch, Cattle Egret, Mistle Thrush, Kestrel,
Pied Wagtail, Raven, Oystercatcher.
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River Thames, Purfleet, Essex (observations from my
window)
Mar
24th
Shelduck
(4 prs), Gadwall (pr), Wigeon (2), Teal
(12), Stock Dove (6), Great Crested Grebe
(1), Avocet (26), Oystercatcher (pr), Lapwing
(2 prs displaying), Curlew (7), Redshank
(27), Buzzard (2), Short-eared Owl (1),
Kestrel (1).
Mar
17th
Shelduck
(4 prs), Wigeon (59), Mallard (9), Teal
(30), Avocet (28), Lapwing (pr displaying),
Oystercatcher (pr), Curlew (3), Redshank
(5), Black-headed Gull (762 downriver/60mins),
Common Gull (179 downriver/60mins).
Mar
10th
Shelduck
(3 prs), Wigeon (63), Teal (29), Avocet
(4 prs), Oystercatcher (pr), Grey Plover
(1), Common Sandpiper (1), Redshank (17),
Dunlin (4), Little Gull (1), Caspian
Gull (3rd-w).
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February
2024
Feb
26th - Mar 1st
Cycle
to work highlights (Purfleet > London)
Barn Owl, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel,
Lapwing (displaying), Redshank (displaying), Skylark
(displaying), Cetti's Warbler, Avocet, Oystercatcher,
Grey Wagtail, Stonechat, Pintail, Gadwall, Shoveler,
Teal, Wigeon, Shelduck, Tufted Duck.
Feb
20
Moth
Trap, Purfleet-on-Thames, Essex
Narrow-winged
Grey (Eudonia angustea).
Feb
16th-17th
Moth
Trap, Purfleet-on-Thames, Essex
Common
Quaker, Beautiful Plume, Brown-spot
Flat-body (Agonopterix alstromeriana).
Feb
5th-9th
Cycle
to work highlights (Purfleet > London)
Short-eared
Owl, Barn Owl, Marsh Harrier,
Water Pipit, Cetti's Warbler, Grey Wagtail, Stonechat, Pintail, Shoveler, Gadwall,
Teal, Wigeon, Shelduck,
Avocet, Black-tailed
Godwit, Grey Plover, Dunlin, Redshank, Lapwing.
•
River Thames, Purfleet, Essex (observations from my
window)
Feb
25th
Shelduck
(14), Gadwall (11), Wigeon (54), Teal (11),
Avocet (17), Oystercatcher (2), Curlew (7),
Common Sandpiper (2), Redshank (27), Dunlin
(86), Yellow-legged Gull (2nd-w), Long-tailed
Tit (7), Redwing (9).
Feb
24th
Egyptian
Goose (pr), Shelduck (12), Gadwall (2),
Wigeon (48), Teal (9), Stock Dove (18),
Avocet (6), Lapwing (4), Curlew (8), Oystercatcher
(3), Common Sandpiper (1), Redshank (36),
Dunlin (78), Black-headed Gull (800+), Common
Gull (110), Caspian Gull (3rd-w),
Yellow-legged Gull (ad), Stonechat (3).
Feb
18th
Shelduck
(8), Gadwall (7), Wigeon (17), Teal (11),
Avocet (3), Oystercatcher (1), Grey Plover
(1), Curlew (15), Redshank (26), Dunlin
(323), Caspian Gull (2nd-w),
Yellow-legged Gull (3rd-w), Rock Pipit
(1), Short-eared Owl (1).
Feb
17th
Shelduck
(3), Wigeon (24), Teal (10), Avocet (1),
Oystercatcher (2), Grey Plover (2), Curlew
(8), Redshank (24), Dunlin (327), Little
Egret (1), Skylark (2 singing mm).
Feb
11th
Gadwall
(6), Wigeon (77), Teal (41), Great Crested
Grebe (1), Stock Dove (39), Avocet (16),
Oystercatcher (1), Grey Plover (1), Curlew
(4), Snipe (3), Common Sandpiper (1), Redshank
(48), Dunlin (12), Kittiwake (ad),
Marsh Harrier (ad m), Sparrowhawk (f), Skylark
(singing m).
Feb
10th
Egyptian
Goose (2), Shelduck (1), Shoveler (pr),
Gadwall (20), Wigeon (200), Teal (44), Avocet
(10), Oystercatcher (1), Grey Plover (1),
Curlew (3), Redshank (42), Dunlin (171),
Short-eared Owl (1).
Feb
4th
Egyptian
Goose (4), Teal (15), Avocet (10), Grey
Plover (1), Lapwing (98), Curlew (5), Caspian
Gull (2nd-w), Yellow-legged Gull
(1), Little Egret (2), Marsh Harrier (imm
m).
Feb
3rd
Gadwall
(7), Wigeon (18), Teal (14), Stock Dove
(56), Avocet (9), Grey Plover (1), Lapwing
(27), Curlew (13), Redshank (21), Dunlin
(154), Little Egret (2), Marsh Harrier (imm
m), Peregrine (1), Jackdaw (5).
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January
2024
Jan
10th-17th
Rovaniemi,
Lapland, Finland: Great
Spotted Woodpecker, Crested Tit, Willow Tit, Siberian
Jay, Hooded Crow, Common Redpoll, Common Crossbill,
Common Bullfinch.
•
River Thames, Purfleet, Essex,
England (observations from my
window)
Jan
28th
Egyptian
Goose (3), Gadwall (17), Wigeon (46), Teal
(21), Avocet (27), Oystercatcher (1), Curlew
(10), Grey Plover (1), Common Sandpiper
(2), Redshank (46), Dunlin (112), Black-headed
Gull (900+), Stonechat (ad m), Fieldfare
(58), Pied Wagtail (14 downriver to roost).
Jan
27th
Gadwall
(9), Wigeon (33), Teal (17), Avocet
(53), Oystercatcher (1 - first returning),
Grey Plover (1), Lapwing (15), Redshank
(27).
Jan
21st
Gadwall
(4), Teal (4), Great Crested Grebe (1),
Grey Plover (3), Curlew (8), Black-tailed
Godwit (10), Dunlin (524), Yellow-legged
Gull (1), Redwing (20).
Jan
7th
Shelduck
(2), Gadwall (4), Wigeon (44), Teal (14),
Stock Dove (37), Grey Plover (3), Curlew
(11), Dunlin (300), Little Gull (ad
+ 1st-w), Caspian Gull (2nd-w), Yellow-legged
Gull (2), Little Egret (1), Marsh Harrier
(ad m + imm m), Fieldfare (29), Water
Pipit (1).
Jan
1st - NYD Count of 58 species 07:45-16:00
Greylag
Goose (17), Canada Goose (5), Shelduck (1),
Gadwall (10), Wigeon (33), Mallard (13),
Teal (34), Pheasant (m), Feral Pigeon (2),
Stock Dove (40), Wood Pigeon (18), Collared
Dove (4), Avocet (27), Grey Plover
(2), Lapwing (6), Curlew (3), Black-tailed
Godwit (1), Redshank (27), Dunlin
(800), Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Herring
Gull, Yellow-legged Gull (3), Great
Black-backed Gull (33), Lesser Black-backed
Gull, Cormorant (12), Little Egret
(2), Grey Heron (2), Marsh Harrier
(ad m), Sparrowhawk (m), Red Kite
(1), Short-eared Owl (1), Kestel
(2), Ring-necked Parakeet (2), Jay (1),
Magpie (12), Jackdaw (1), Carrion Crow (7),
Raven (1), Blue Tit (2), Great Tit (2),
Skylark (2), Long-tailed Tit (10), Goldcrest
(1), Wren (1), Starling (31), Song Thrush
(1), Redwing (55), Blackbird (singing from
03:08), Fieldfare (26), Robin (singing from
02:19), Stonechat (1), Dunnock (1), House
Sparrow (20), Pied Wagtail (1), Meadow Pipit
(1), Chaffinch (2), Goldfinch (2).
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