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  1. andygolfer

    Essex Birding

    no idea re Ardleigh I'm afraid, you're not far from Abberton reservoir and Fingringhoe NR both of which have an excellent reputation so why not try one of them. Essex Wildlife Trust have several reserves nearby which might be of interest, here'a a link: Nature Reserves | Essex Wildlife Trust...
  2. andygolfer

    Essex Birding

    I don't know of any county wide whatsapp groups, I think there are a few more localised ones but not sure how you find them. There's an Essex Birdwatching facebook group with 6k members so that gives reasonable coverage: Log in to Facebook I've been to Highwoods a couple of times but didn't see...
  3. andygolfer

    Essex Birding

    East Mersea snow buntings and some widgeon taken last Saturday (6th January)
  4. andygolfer

    Essex Birding

    recent waxwings at Colchester (Severalls Lane business park)
  5. andygolfer

    Essex Birding

    juvenile great northern diver at Great Notley Parktoday, it's been there a few days now
  6. andygolfer

    Essex Birding

    lesser spotted woodpeckers - shut heath wood finally caught up with a couple on Friday, seems they have been very elusive this year so I think I was rather lucky, some record pics attached. For anybody looking for them they were in the area between the bench and the holly tree when we found...
  7. andygolfer

    Essex Birding

    waxwings at Witham I was told of reports of waxwings at Witham yesterday (4th January) - also present on 3rd so went along yesterday afternoon to Eastways business park (that's what were previously called industrial estates but business park sounds more eco friendly I suppose) and there they...
  8. andygolfer

    Essex Birding

    osprey seen at 15.35 over museum of power at Langford this afternoon. flew at tree top height over the old cricket pitch tracking south west to north east. went behind the museum building and across the road on same heading but then lost amongst trees due to height.
  9. andygolfer

    Essex Birding

    saw another yesterday c.15.30 quite low on the A120 between Stansted and Dunmow (approx 1 mile west of 1st Dunmow turn off). they seem to be getting more and more common in Essex now, I've seen 2 in last week and that was the 2nd in Stansted area in last month. How long before that part of the...
  10. andygolfer

    Essex Birding

    red kite near Cock Clarks today , 11.30 red kite seen about 1/2 mile south of Cock Clarks (Hackmans Lane) on my way to Stow Maries about 11.30 this morning. drifting north eastish towards Maldon. By the time I stopped car got camera out and got a pic it was a bit distant (and cr*p quality) but...
  11. andygolfer

    Essex Birding

    thanks Stewart, relieved to know that my bird identification is no worse than I thought!
  12. andygolfer

    Essex Birding

    heybridge basin gravel pit 20-4-2015 paid an evening visit to the above on Monday evening with weatherloach, mainly hoping to see cuckoos and found at least 3 and probably 4. Plenty of black tailed godwits in summer plumage, large flock of brent geese landed and then went off again almost...
  13. andygolfer

    Essex Birding

    Steve - firstly sorry I haven't called you back this week. Re the above locations i'm a bit confused as to what is being referred to as what so will you enlighten me please? The only church in any of those locations is Little Leighs church with the Essex way running on the south side of it...
  14. andygolfer

    Essex Birding

    I don't think I mentioned the eagle, bit of a sod really as I was in Suffolk (Minsmere) on Friday 13th - unlucky for me, so my eyes would have needed to be exceptional to see it over Rayne, just a shame I was in the wrong place at the time rather than at home. Even then there's no guarantee...
  15. andygolfer

    Essex Birding

    red kite over Rayne 11.32, 16-3-15 right over my head at about 100ft in shalford road, rayne (north end of village green), at 11.32 heading south east,came along line of shalford rd from north west. Would have skirted notley rd area of braintree (I lost it before it got that far) and line...
  16. andygolfer

    Essex Birding

    shut heath wood, tiptree 10-3-15 pm I spent a couple of hours at Shut Heath wood, Tiptree this afternoon with 'weatherloach'. We noted nuthatch, tree creepers, Great spotted woodpecker, green woodpecker, Andy saw a woodcock but I was too slow, buzzard overhead, 4 varieties of tits - blue...
  17. andygolfer

    Essex Birding

    Tollesbury wick NR 8-3-2015 (pm) Blimey , the first post in this thread for nearly a month! where is everybody? I'll break the silence but it's not very interesting I'm afraid. Just a brief visit to Tollesbury Wick yesterday afternoon, I was intending to photograph my brother in law's boat but...
  18. andygolfer

    Essex Birding

    thanks Steve. Relieved to know that i got it right!
  19. andygolfer

    Essex Birding

    yesterday at heybridge basin - i.d. required please I saw this at a bit of a distance and photo wasn't clear as camera focussed on branches in front and light was going a bit, I'm fairly sure it's a female reed bunting, it was the size of a largish finch can anyone confirm that please (or...
  20. andygolfer

    Essex Birding

    bearded tits at Heybridge basin 30-1-2015 Weatherloach and I found at least 4 (and possibly 5) bearded tits at Heybridge Basin this afternoon, we watched them very closely at times for about a hour, happily going about their business. 5 pics attached, one with 4 of them in it.
  21. andygolfer

    Essex Birding

    red kite at Braintree today (28-1-15) my (lucky) brother just informed me that he saw a red kite in Braintree this morning by the rugby club.
  22. andygolfer

    Essex Birding

    full english breakfast, kestrel style It's amazing. i go out for 1/2 a day to photograph wildlife and get nothing worthwhile, then 400 yards from home I manage to see this! A kestrel waiting and watching it's potential breakfast , make a successful catch and then pose nicely on an electricity...
  23. andygolfer

    Essex Birding

    female blackcap one from my garden in Rayne earlier this morning, female blackcap. first one noted in my garden.
  24. andygolfer

    Essex Birding

    I found it after seeing this post, it's a closed group BTW: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Birdinginessex/?fref=ts
  25. andygolfer

    Essex Birding

    wallasea island today (4-1-15) a cold dull and misty afternoon at Wallasea Island today produced the following: About 20 corn buntings and 15 lapwings on the meadowy bit by the car park 3 little egrets (ditch and field just after the entrance to the island)) 2 hen harriers 2 marsh harriers 1...
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