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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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    Essex Birding

    Plenty of free parking at the southern end of The Esplanade in Frinton just before the golf course. If the bird is in the air you could see it within metres. That said possibly a busier golf course at the weekend although the wind forecasted might put some off! Worth checking on the ground or...
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    Essex Birding

    Rlb is still around and generally showing well. Had a report of it drifting to the south/west side of the b1032 on Monday but certainly back around the grazing marsh and golf course on Tuesday. I'm often finding it hunting over the southern end if the gc around lunchtime or perched on the...
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    Essex Birding

    A quick lunchtime look over Frinton Golf CLub confirmed the RLB was showing very well - in the air 75% of the hour from c1.15pm over the southern/western end of the golf course - at one time <5m directly above me from the footpath running across the gold course. it then returned to sit on its...
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    Essex Birding

    RLB is still present this morning - I will pop out at lunchtime and see where and how it is performing and give an update.
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    Essex Birding

    RLB was showing very well today perched and hunting one the golf course - my lunchtime bike ride didn't get me very far!
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    Essex Birding

    I could barely find the sea yesterday, even when on the beach! No fog here today and rlb seen c08.10 at least
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    Essex Birding

    RLB showing at good range today - photographers getting good shots from the northern/eastern end of the grazing marsh by walking up from the boardwalk (on the north of Kirkby Brook) to view on the boundary of the GC and grazing marsh - I expect some good pictures to be posted later. Bonus for...
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    Essex Birding

    No restrictions on access to Holland Haven - options are either via the council car park from the southern end or parking at the southern end of Frinton-on-Sea by the golf course. Depending on where the bird is you would have maximum 1.5 mile walk from either end.
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    Essex Birding

    Holland Haven RLB is still present - sitting at the back of the marsh first thing this morning (so not very close!)
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    Essex Birding

    Fantastic day sea watching - six short eared and one long eared either in off or south. Second only to the 13 a few years back when 50+ in off at north Norfolk sites. Reasonable duck movement too - unusual in that the scoter were all at good range, a whooper swan and a bonxie - incredibly...
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