Debbie's 2014 Essex list (1 Viewer)

Debbie1905 · Jan 4, 2014

Not much of a real start due to family commitments, and the foul weather means I have started my birding mostly from the car. I had 100 county species last year (my first year - started off only knowing a couple of dozen species!), so I hope to see more this year.

Jan 1st
Garden:
1. House Sparrow
2. Starling
3. Blue Tit
4. Great Tit
5. Robin
6. Carrion Crow
Seafront: (20 yards from home)
7. Black-headed Gull
8. Herring Gull
9. Dunlin
10. Ringed Plover
11. Sanderling
12. Turnstone

2nd Jan:
(From the car en route to Chelmsford):
13. Cormorant (on top of lamp post on High Bridge Road Chelmsford!)
14. Wood Pigeon
15. Feral Pigeon

4th Jan:
'LOCAL PATCH' tour by car:
Southchurch Park West
16. Mallard
17. Coot
18. Mute Swan
19. Little Grebe
Gunners Park (car park only):
20. Blackbird
21. Magpie
22. Collared Dove
23. Curlew (flyover)
24. Goldfinch
Seafront:
25. Brent Goose
Old Leigh:
26. Oystercatcher
27. Redshank
28. Little Egret
29. Pied Wagtail
Two Tree Island (bridge over the creek):
30. Moorhen
31. Teal
32. Heron
Seafront (again - on way home):
33. Mediterranean Gull

Not many compared to some listers here, but that's already a third of my last year's total. Just waiting for some better weather. It was very relaxing to get a few hours to myself though!

Debbie

Debbie1905 · Jan 7, 2014

Not too well today so stayed in car again, drove to Wallasea Island and saw the following on the road in and in the car park:

34. Lapwing
35. Corn Bunting
36. Great Black-backed Gull (it was huge!)
37. Hen Harrier (ringtail) - Lifer!
38. Kestrel (two)
(Also saw Little Egret, a Heron next to the road which I managed to flush on way in and again on way out.)

Already have over a third of my last year's total, but I know a bit better what I'm actually seeing now - got the Corn Bunting straight away - last year it took me months to realize that my photo of a 'Skylark' was actually a Corn Bunting.

Debbie1905 · Jan 15, 2014

11th Jan Wat Tyler Country Park
39. Canada Goose
40. Chaffinch
(And a Weasel ran across the road in front of me)

15th Jan Southchurch Park
41. Tufted Duck

Southend Seafront
42. Common Gull

Gunners Park, Shoebury
43. Pied Wagtail
44. Greenfinch
45. Dunnock
(Also, Brown Rat and rabbits)

Debbie1905 · Jan 20, 2014

20th Jan 2014 Two Tree Island
46. Knot (Thousands of them)
(Also, House Mouse :eek!

Debbie1905 · Jan 21, 2014

21st Jan Hanningfield Reservoir
47. Greylag Goose
48. Long-tailed Tit
49. Stock Dove
50. Great Crested Grebe
51. Gadwall
52. Shoveler
(Also, Muntjac Deer and loads of squirrels)

Debbie1905 · Jan 27, 2014

25th Jan Wallasea Island
53. Stonechat (female)

27th Jan Southchurch Park East
54. Lesser Black-backed Gull

(Also, Red Fox in garden)

Debbie1905 · Jan 29, 2014

29th Jan Two Tree Island (car park only)
55. Shelduck
56. Grey Plover (already beginning to blacken on breast)

Debbie1905 · Feb 2, 2014

2nd Feb Southend Pier
57. Guillemot
58. Shag
(Also, Common Seal popped up while I was waiting for the train at the pier head).

Debbie1905 · Feb 10, 2014

10th Feb Wallasea Island
59. Short-eared Owl
(first wild owl I've ever seen!)

Debbie1905 · Feb 18, 2014

16th Feb Hanningfield Reservoir
60. Rook
61. Goldeneye

Debbie1905 · Feb 22, 2014

22nd Feb Two Tree Island
62. Avocet
63. Snipe
64. Skylark
(and another weasel, and a tortoiseshell butterfly)

Debbie1905 · Feb 22, 2014

22nd Feb Two Tree Island (continued..)
65. (after confirmation on Birdforum - many thanks!) Reed Bunting

Debbie1905 · Feb 23, 2014

Just saw I've put Pied Wagtail twice, so
64. Reed Bunting

Debbie1905 · Mar 4, 2014

4th March Belfairs Woods
65. Jay
66. Redwing
67. Great Spotted Woodpecker

Debbie1905 · Mar 8, 2014

8th March Barling Magna Wildlife Park
68. Fieldfare

Debbie1905 · Mar 21, 2014

21st March Two Tree Island
69. Wren

Debbie1905 · Mar 22, 2014

22nd March Gunners Park Shoeburyness
70. Green Woodpecker
(Also must have been a couple of feet away from a Chiffchaff but couldn't see it so not going to list it).

Debbie1905 · Mar 26, 2014

26th March Stambridge (fields)
71. Red-legged Partridge (two)
72. Song Thrush (singing too!)

Debbie1905 · Apr 5, 2014

5th April Gunner's Park Shoebury
73. Meadow Pipit

Debbie1905 · Apr 9, 2014

9th April Hanningfield Reservoir
74. Pochard
75. Chiffchaff
76. Coal Tit
(Also saw 3 Muntjac, fox, squirrel and rabbits and orange tip butterfly)

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