Blackbird 1
Black Headed Gull 4
Black Tailed Godwit 2
Canada Goose 3
Carrion Crow 3
Chaffinch 1
Collard Dove 4
Common Tern 1
Coot 4
Cormorant 1
Curlew Sandpiper 1
Dunnok 1
Feral Pigeon 1
Gadwall 3
Great Crested Grebe 1
Grey Heron 1
Kestral 2
Lapwing 1
Lesser Black backed Gull 2
Little Egret 1
Little Grebe 3
Magpie 2
Mallard 4
Moorhen 4
Mute Swan 4
Oystercatcher 3
Pochard 2
Redshank 1
Reed Bunting 1
Rook 1
Ruddy Duck 1
Shelduck 3
Shoveler 1
Skylark 1
Starling 4
Swallow 3
Tufted Duck 4
Whitethroat 1
Wood Pigeon 4

Most Common Birds of the Survey
Black Headed Gull, Collard Dove, Coot, Mallard, Moorhen, Mute Swan, Starling, Tufted Duck, Wood Pigeon

New Additions to the Survey
Common Tern, Cormorant, Dunnok, Great Crested Grebe, Little Egret, Reed Bunting, Ruddy Duck, Whitethroat

Blackbird 1
Black Headed Gull 3
Black Tailed Godwit 1
Canada Goose 2
Carrion Crow 2
Chaffinch 1
Collard Dove 3
Coot 3
Curlew Sandpiper 1
Feral Pigeon 1
Gadwall 2
Grey Heron 1
Kestral 2
Lapwing 1
Lesser Black backed Gull 2
Little Grebe 2
Magpie 1
Mallard 3
Moorhen 3
Mute Swan 3
Oystercatcher 2
Pochard 1
Redshank 1
Rook 1
Shelduck 2
Shoveler 1
Skylark 1
Starling 3
Swallow 2
Tufted Duck 3
Wood Pigeon 3

Most Common Birds of the Survey
Black Headed Gull, Collard Dove, Coot, Mallard, Moorhen, Mute Swan, , Starling, Tufted Duck, Wood Pigeon

New Additions to the Survey
Grey Heron, Pochard, Skylark

Spent a day out with the Twitchers at Hannigfield Resevoir in Essex today, and here are the species of bird I saw which aren’t new to me:

Great Crested Grebe
Greylag Goose
Long Tailed Tit
Dunnok
Black Headed Gull
Coot
Cormorant
Canada Goose
Grey Heron
Mallard
Robin
Gadwall
Shoveler
Chaffinch
Mistle Thrush
Song Thrush
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Wren
Lesser Black Backed Gull

And the new species:
Chiffchaff
Brambling
Red Crested Pochard
Blackcap
Common Tern

All in all, a very good day of twitching!

Black Headed Gull 2
Canada Goose 1
Carrion Crow 1
Chaffinch 1
Collard Dove 2
Coot 2
Curlew Sandpiper 1
Gadwall 1
Kestral 1
Lapwing 1
Lesser Black backed Gull 1
Little Grebe 1
Mallard 2
Moorhen 2
Mute Swan 2
Oystercatcher 2
Redshank 1
Rook 1
Shelduck 1
Shoveler 1
Starling 2
Swallow 2
Tufted Duck 2
Wood Pigeon 2

Most Common Birds of the Survey
Black Headed Gull, Collard Dove, Coot, Mallard, Moorhen, Mute Swan, Oystercatcher, Starling, Swallow, Tufted Duck, Wood Pigeon

This is the first post of the new blog layout. I hope you find it very interesting, as I am very interested in finding out what the common and rare bird species of the River Crouch area are.

Black Headed Gull     1

Canada Goose     1

Collard Dove     1

Coot     1

Kestral     1

Lapwing     1

Mallard     1

Moorhen     1

Mute Swan     1

Oystercatcher     1

Redshank     1

Starling     1

Swallow     1

Tufted Duck     1

Wood Pigeon     1

Most Common Birds of the Survey

Black Headed Gull, Canada Goose, Collard Dove, Coot, Kestral, Lapwing, Mallard, Moorhen, Mute Swan, Oystercatcher, Redshank, Starling, Swallow, Tufted Duck, Wood Pigeon.