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  1. Essex Tern

    Essex Birding

    Could it have been Little Owl? - http://www.xeno-canto.org/75862
  2. Essex Tern

    Essex Birding

    When the road was in it's previous state I know one bloke said he had got a puncture driving down it, which made me think at the time that he must have been going some! So I can quite believe there are a few that maybe drive faster than they should - kind of a shame the new road didn't come with...
  3. Essex Tern

    Essex Birding

    Hi JamesA, sorry it wasn't me, your original post fitted in with a conversation I had with a bloke who spoke to the same man by the gates - I however arrived in the morning, so that rules us out as having spoken. The attached is a copy of a flyer that was put under windscreen wipers on May 26...
  4. Essex Tern

    Essex Birding

    Nice to meet you today, I am hopeful the situation on parking may improve, if not the site certainly won't be what it was!!
  5. Essex Tern

    Essex Birding

    Took just over three hours to drive to work today - normally 40 minutes or so. I was cheered up a bit passing through Chatham Green however as found my first Waxwing of the year - a lone bird, but was very nice to see :t:
  6. Essex Tern

    Essex Birding

    Finally saw my first Shrike, have failed on many occasions to see one, and even dipped last weekend at Hardy's Green, but perseverance paid off and found it on my own in the rain today - well worth it.
  7. Essex Tern

    Essex Birding

    Details can be found http://www.ebws.org.uk/ebs/generic.asp?pageid=5
  8. Essex Tern

    Essex Birding

    Cool, sounds like plenty of summer migrants about now, I really must get out again and see some :t: Did you manage a picture of the Lesser Whitethroat BirdPics? A very nice bird!
  9. Essex Tern

    Essex Birding

    Nice find, I saw presumably the same bird at Fingringhoe, at the end of last year - it was a distant dot however!!
  10. Essex Tern

    Essex Birding

    No harm whatsoever in posting queries!! You didn't say it was a Hen Harrier so you certainly aren't making the mistake of just naming a bird that closest fits what you saw, which is a really good thing :t: In posting a query someone else could have made a suggestion you hadn't considered, so...
  11. Essex Tern

    Essex Birding

    Afraid it will be a bit of a guess, but it was definitely well into the afternoon, and I would estimate at about 2.00 when it flew in with a Brent flock. Hope that helps. Sorry I can't be more accurate, but think maybe next time I may make more notes for rarer species.
  12. Essex Tern

    Essex Birding

    Have had a good couple of days birding, yesterday morning and today, my first real outings of the year! Yesterday at Layer Breton Causeway Abberton Resevoir managed to add 20 species to my pitiful year list, the highlights being Goosander, as many Shoveler as I have ever seen, 5 Smew, possibly...
  13. Essex Tern

    Essex Birding

    Most jealous of the Puffin! Great find - don't suppose you got a picture, as I don't hold out much hope of me seeing one there, so may be as close as I get - really good bird for Essex! I think I would feel a bit of a reedling calling a Bearded Tit anything else!
  14. Essex Tern

    Essex Birding

    Had to be very patient but eventually had not bad (but distant) views of the Fingringhoe Glossy Ibis. Also Red-breasted Merganser, Goldeneye, Bullfinch, Marsh Harrier, Bar-Tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Grey Plover, Golden Plover, Shelduck, Brent, Gulls and probably more that I can't remember. Haven't...
  15. Essex Tern

    Essex Birding

    Have had the week off work and finally starting to make my yearlist reasonably respectable, adding 13 species over the week. Monday I spent the morning at Bradwell, the highlight was my first Purple Sandpiper for Essex, but other birds seen were Grey Plover, Turnstone, Sanderling, Dunlin...
  16. Essex Tern

    Essex Birding

    They are quite a tame bird a lot of the time I find, as are Firecrest - trouble is neither species sits still for long. My very first Firecrest sat within a metre of me too which kinda blew me away. As an additional proof of Goldcrest tameness - I know someone who was sat on a Norfolk beach and...
  17. Essex Tern

    Essex Birding

    Had a nice morning out today, with a lifer which is always an added bonus. Stopped by Abberton causeways to pick up some Smew, and saw 3 males and 5 females - such smart birds. After spending a bit of time at both causeways I decided to give the information on Braxted Park per...
  18. Essex Tern

    Essex Birding

    A couple of hours at Abberton reservoir produced a new Essex tick for me in Pink-footed Goose. As well as the 6 Pink-feet there were 6 Bean Geese, plenty of White-fronted and a nice flock of Barnacle. A Whooper Swan was swimming on his lonesome and there were the usual birds you would expect...
  19. Essex Tern

    Essex Birding

    Cheers Steve, and Paul. Wasn't a bad morning despite the gloomy weather and I think I was quite lucky to get so close to Rossi, and with the light behind me. It's at times like that I wish I had a camera with a bigger sensor, but then I remember there would be so much more to carry than my...
  20. Essex Tern

    Essex Birding

    Just like to say thanks to Steve Arlow for his post at http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=1669338 I decided I would go and see if I could see Rossi this morning, and happy to say the instructions worked a treat, and produced a lifer for me. We arrived just before the tide started...
  21. Essex Tern

    Essex Birding

    Waxwings still showing nicely in Braintree.
  22. Essex Tern

    Essex Birding

    An early Christmas present was given to me today, a flock of over 75 Waxwings not far from home. Was considering driving out somewhere over Christmas to find a flock - but no need now |:D|
  23. Essex Tern

    Essex Birding

    That's how I read it, but wanted to be totally sure!! - thanks for clearing that up! Cheers.
  24. Essex Tern

    Essex Birding

    Rather hoping that dead opposite meant "absolutely in line with" rather than deceased! Had hoped to see Rossi for the first time soon!
  25. Essex Tern

    Essex Birding

    The Little Ringed Plover was still at Abberton today, along with a fair few Goldeneye still, a nice male Red Crested Pochard, a single female Goosander, and the usual residents. Work is progressing on the enlargement with the diggers and trucks working near the Layer-de-la-haye causeway.
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