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Recent content by Frinton BO

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    Essex Birding

    Hi. Apologies for the delayed response but just seen this. There are various local WhatsApp groups across Essex but I’d suggest a good starting point to make contact is the Essex Birdwatching Society (ebws.org.uk). There are regular field trips, indoor meetings, YouTube talks etc that provide...
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    Hello

    Fantastic. There is an active birding community in the area so please reach out directly if of interest. Cheers
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    Hello

    Hi Whilst razorbills and great northern diver are both typically quite scarce in Essex they can be found at certain key sites throughout the winter. Great northern diver is fairly regular on the area - birds winter off mersea island and in the other river estuaries, occasionally seen offshore...
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    Essex Birding

    Tirchmarsh marina is accessible from Walton road b1034 along cokes lane co14 8sl. The bird has been both in and around the outside of the marina. You can drive in and park by the harbour lights restaurant - if going into the marina please check with the harbour masters office for permission...
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    Essex Birding

    Bit more activity in the NE with a Wryneck at Holland Haven yesterday in the usual area between the car park and public toilets/dell. Swallows apart it still feels like hard work on the vis mig front past Frinton - 5 Siskins today were my first of the autumn, with a Tree pipit a couple of days...
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    Essex Birding

    Yes, a very pleasant surprise to get a flock 10 Curlew Sands close south yesterday, followed shortly after by another 3 with a mixed small wader flock - very unusual for me to get them on a seawatch (but I do miss a lot of small waders that pass very close due to the "shadow" effect of the cliff...
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    Essex Birding

    Gone very quiet on here of late but increasing signs of autumn now on the NE coast with a few warblers, Yellow Wags and Wheatears appearing with the easterly element in the wind, and some passage finally occurring offshore. Small numbers of hirundines are also on the move most days (although...
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    Essex Birding

    Siskin passage has already started with small numbers moving along the coast at Frinton. I suspect today's total might hit 100+ as there has been steady movement into the wind and lots of unseen high flying birds calling from the clear blue skies. Thrushes, starling, woodpigeon etc also on the...
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    Essex Birding

    Glad you connected with some of the diver today Stewart. It looked like there were good numbers feeding offshore for most of the day but not much movement - the actual numbers sitting offshore seem to be vastly under-predicted when viewing from land as my counts of <50 were eclipsed by over 200...
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    Essex Birding

    Huge numbers of red throated divers off the NE coast with >1000 noted moving south on each of the last two days. With passage rates at up to 600 per hour, and yesterday birds v close in it made a superb spectacle. I suspect the total today could have been much more as I was working or sneaking...
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    Essex Birding

    Surprisingly good seawtaching today, with glances to sea juggled in around work commitments. I can't think of many February days when I've seen double figures of Gannets (10 - all adults)! Whilst Kittiwakes (22) and numbers of Red-Throats are perhaps expected - the presence of large numbers of...
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    Essex Birding

    I suspect there are good numbers of siskin around this winter following the long and heavy autumn passage along the coast. I haven't looked at combined monthly totals past Frinton but suspect well over 5000 which is exceptional. Still good numbers of red throated divers offshore and great...
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    Essex Birding

    Belated Happy New Year all! Certainly been a bit more lively offshore than usual - no doubt due to the combination of strong onshore winds and colder weather moving westwards across the continent, Bonxies have been seen offshore Frinton every day for the last two weeks with exceptional numbers...
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    Ring-necked Parakeets in Essex

    One of the best sites in Essex is at Rainham as birds fly over the site to and from established roost sites in Kent (typical peak counts now well into three figures I believe). Most other reliable sites (based on records submitted for the Essex Bird Report) are in Metropolitan Essex where...
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    Essex Birding

    Glad you managed to connect and get a few extras into the bargain - was quite a busy weekend locally with some good stuff passing through.
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