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Essex Birding
Purple Heron still at Wat Tyler, seen briefly 15 mins ago. -
Essex Birding
The Purple Heron has been seen twice in the last hour, from the hide. -
Essex Birding
Hide is on the left c300 yds into the park, car park is opposite the hide. You need a key for the hide, but should be someone there to let you in. Park opens officially at 8, but often earlier. Gates shut at 7 and there's a real chance of being locked in if no keyholders are in the hide... -
Essex Birding
So do I, as I had to leave 15 mins before its last showing today..:-C It showed for 2 seconds at 17:15 (for those looking in the right driection!), then a more extended flight at 19:10 -
Essex Birding
A Purple Heron was seen & photographed from the main hide at Wat Tyler at 12.30 this afternoon. As far as I know it was only seen by the finder, but he does have a series of very good photo's! Edit: It's apparently just been seen again very briefly - time to leave work I think! -
Essex Birding
Note that people are being asked to park on Rectory Avenue, the road Hogarth Way is off of, as this is a wide residential street whereas HW is a close, and birders have apparently been blocking in residents this afternoon. According to the finder, the bird hasn't appeared before 11 on any day... -
Essex Birding
Siskins in the SE of the county have been oddly scarce this year, given the exceptional autumn passage in 2015. They'll start to move around over the next couple of weeks, so hopefully a few more might appear soon. Small numbers of Firecrests have been a regular feature of Hockley Woods in... -
Essex Birding
The county's good run of Dartford Warblers continues. I found one this afternoon just south of the car park on Wallasea Island. It only showed a few times, twice quite fleetingly, but as is often their wont it was associating with a small group of Stonechats which will hopefully make it a bit... -
Essex Birding
Thanks for the word of advice Stewart, I hadn't realised that you could still park at that end! With a window of around 30 minutes I arrived in the car park about 12.40 today in the light rain. After 10 mins or so the rain eased off and I went for a wander only to find the shrike perched up in... -
Essex Birding
Hi Stewart, The two Mealies we were happy with were 'normal' looking first winter-types. The '+' was a male as you describe, but we only saw it more or less front on, so couldn't be sure. As for the Wrabness reports, they do indeed sound somewhat unlikely, and they come from someone calling... -
Essex Birding
2+ Mealy Redpolls were still with the Lesser Redpoll flock in the game strip along Chigborough Road in Heybridge this morning. Also present were one Yellowhammer and several Linnets, Chaffinches, etc. At Abberton a cracking drake Smew was close in off the Layer Breton causeway, while both the... -
Essex Birding
The Black-throated Diver was still at Abberton earlier, viewed from the church. Standing on the church porch with my back to the door, the diver was straight out in the middle of the res, viewed towards the small green hide opposite. Also at Abberton were a Slav Grebe tucked in close to the dam... -
Essex Birding
Had a look over there at lunchtime and couldn't see any swans at all on the roadside pits. -
Essex Birding
Based on the OS square reference on the report they could only have been on one of the gravel pits at Russell Green. Reported as 3 'immatures' which sounds a bit odd, though I might try and drag myself up there tomorrow at some point if it's not raining / I can be bothered! :smoke: -
Essex Birding
Was still present this morning at the Holland Haven end, per pager report. -
Essex Birding
The ibis has only been seen a couple of times at Vange Marsh, so probably not worth bothering to look from there. When it was seen a couple of months back it was often seen feeding from the two viewings screens which are a few hundred yards north of the one which is now blocked off... -
Essex Birding
Was driving up the B1026 just after 7.30 this morning and was approaching Goldhanger village when the characteristic gangly frame of a Glossy Ibis came flapping into view and past the car! It looked like it may have not long taken off, and looked like it was going to land, but I couldn't refind... -
Essex Birding
Hi Stewart, Good to meet you earlier. Just to add that I did see a 'pale brown' starling with the flock, albeit briefly and in flight, but it appeared to have pale whitish wings which lead me to think it was a leucistic Common Starling. I make no comment on the original report (other than the... -
Essex Birding
Without any low cloud / rain the forecasted winds probably aren't strong enough to push anything in to the Thames, and if it's sunny watching off Canvey can be horrendous. Never watched from the Naze personally, although I know people have watched / do watch from Walton pier. I would imagine... -
Essex Birding
I saw it on Monday. In the rain. Not overly close, but far from being a dot. Anyway, it's still there this morning and the Glossy Ibis roosted at Wat Tyler again last night behind the Green Centre. The roost is viewed from the large car park opposite the scrape hide, but I've never actually... -
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Essex Birding
If you walk over the railway backwards, then left, yes.;) I suspect where they've gotten themselves into a muddle is that most people park up off of the A13 on the verge of the slip road at the entrance to Vange Wharf. Doing this you would indeed then cross the railway and turn left. After the... -
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Some background in case anyone's wondering: The Wilson's Phal was reported as a possible on Twitter (via Nick Croft @njcroft) at 12.45 today as being present yesterday. One of the locals got down there within 30 mins and was confronted by a phalarope sp., too distant to confirm with bins. He... -
Essex Birding
A Glossy Ibis was seen and photographed at Wat Tyler yesterday lunchtime, from one of the viewing points / hides on the west side. Apparently it also visited the scrape at some point too, but no sign so far today despite people looking since 7.30am. Other than an adult Roseate Tern which flew... -
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The Wryneck in Gunners hasn't been seen since Friday evening.. |:S|