REEVESHALL SNOW BUNTING

The snow bunting was still along the Reeveshall seawall on Saturday 31st, making a couple of short flights while it was being watched.

Also at Reeveshall ten stock doves, 500 starlings and 42 curlew in the fields, 100 lapwing on Pewit Island, while in the Pyefleet were five red-breasted mergansers, four little grebes, 100 avocets, 80 shelduck, great crested grebe, bar-tailed godwit, four knot and also 30 golden plover flying over. Six marsh harriers had been seen during the two hours over Langenhoe, Reeveshall and Maydays. 

A stonechat was on a fenceline at Maydays, 500 brent geese in a wheat field and a sparrowhawk flew down Haycocks Lane.

A mistle thrush was seen feeding on the mistletoe berries high up in the poplar trees at the top-end of the Firs Caravan park on Friday 30th. A redwing flew over the caravan park in the afternoon, while at the end of the day thirty goldfinches were flying over Firs Chase gardens.

A flock of 1000 golden plover was roosting in one of the Strood fields on Friday.

When a grey heron flew off from the edge of the field on Friday, all the golden plovers took to the air, circled round a few times before dropping back down again. Twenty ringed plovers were also feeding near the large pools of water in the field, 30 skylarks, 300 starlings, ten linnets, corn bunting and buzzard were also seen on or over the various fields.

In the Strood channel were 50 avocets, 100 teal, 50 shelduck and four knot.

A brief look at the Strood near the Dabchicks on Wednesday 28th saw a marsh harrier along the Feldy seawall, four little grebes, while a sparrowhawk was near Feldy View and there was a goldcrest in the Firs Chase garden.

On Tuesday 27th twelve avocets were feeding near the West Mersea Hard, a marsh harrier flew over Ray Island, a Cetti's warbler was beside the Firs Caravan park while in the Strood fields were 50 skylarks, 20 lapwing and five golden plover.

On Reeveshall on Tuesday the snow bunting was seen on the seawall by Martin Cock and also four marsh harriers seen too.