In the recently sown Strood hill field, 20 stock doves and 80 carrion crows were feeding. In the other fields were a pair of gadwall, ten shelduck and a grey heron.
Two great crested grebes were in the Strood channel on Tuesday, five whimbrel, common tern while thirty brent geese were in the Mersea Quarters near the entrance to Salcott channel.
Two brown hares were seen jogging through the grass fields by the Strood seawall on Tuesday.
A pair of avocets was at the Rewsalls side-lake on Monday 1st, one of the birds trying to scrape out a shallow nest with its legs on one of the islands. The only other birds noted here were ten turnstones, two redshank, four shelduck, little egret, while nearby were a singing Cetti's warbler, two lesser whitethroats, two whitethroats and three swallows.
A moorhen was on its nest on one of the Waldegraves fishing lakes on Monday morning. A sparrowhawk was seen nearby while in Cross Lane were a singing willow warbler, Cetti's warbler, three lesser whitethroat and three house martins.
On Sunday 30th a greylag goose was sitting in the grass by the Reeveshall seawall.
A pair of Canada geese was feeding at Reeveshall on Sunday, other birds noted from the seawall were ten whimbrel, two gadwall, three marsh harriers, two buzzards, and two hobbies catching insects over the Langenhoe ranges.
A male yellow wagtail perched on a bush along the Bower Hall seawall on Sunday, a cuckoo was heard calling, red-legged partridge, two corn buntings and a yellowhammer also noted.
At the top end of the Pyefleet channel opposite Bower Hall on Sunday were ten whimbrel on the mud and two greenshank.
A buzzard carrying some prey circled over the Bower Hall seawall and later joined by a second bird on Sunday.
A brimstone butterfly rested on a dandelion flower in Shop Lane on Sunday.
A speckled wood butterfly rested beside the track near Fishponds Wood on Sunday.
A male wheatear perched on railings on the Maydays seawall sluice on Saturday 29th.
A male marsh harrier flew over Maydays farm on Saturday, one of the five noted during a walk along the seawall. Also fifteen buzzards were seen, some passing over, others on the mainland and some on the island, also two kestrels seen.
An orange-tip butterfly photographed in Shop Lane on Saturday by Caroline White.
An anxious calling lapwing betrayed the presence on the Cudmore grazing fields of two very tiny chicks on Friday 28th. Two swifts flew west over the bus turning circle and a sparrowhawk flew over the horse paddocks. A sand martin, four reed warblers, two lesser whitethroats, four whitethroats were noted during the walk.
A pair of mute swans was resting in the park fields on Friday, other wildfowl were two greylag geese, eight shelduck, four shoveler, four teal, four pochard, six tufted duck and a water rail calling at the park pond.
Two ringed plover eggs were well camouflaged in the shingle and shells at East Mersea Point on Friday.
On the mud near East Mersea Point were ten ringed plovers, 24 dunlin, 12 whimbrel, one black-tailed godwit in the fields and a pair of avocets on the Golfhouse pools.
One of the regular red squirrels seen at the nut feeder in the Firs Chase garden on Sunday.
A red squirrel in the Firs Chase garden crossing a roof on its way to a peanut bird feeder on Monday.
In East Mersea Andy Field walked the Cudmore Grove circuit on Tuesday and noted lots of whitethroats and blackcaps, three lesser whitethroats, three chiffchaffs, Cetti's warbler, two reed warblers, sedge warbler, whimbrel, greenshank on the fields, lapwing pair with two chicks, two ringed plovers at the Point, common tern in the Colne, six swallows, two sand martins and three pochard.
On Monday morning a cuckoo flew past Steve Entwistle's Empress Drive house calling while Jack Hoy heard one calling at Maydays farm for the second day running, also one on Langenhoe calling too. A pair of grey partridge was seen at Maydays too.
In nearby Shop Lane the nightingale was singing from a scrubby overgrown field while a siskin called several times but not seen from the tops of the pine trees in Fishponds Wood.
At Maydays five more whimbrel, red-legged partridge, two shoveler, lesser whitethroat, whitethroat and also a hairy dragonfly.
Along the Strood seawall on Sunday afternoon were ten avocets, ten whimbrel, 120 carrion crows, 52 stock doves, two shoveler, two gadwall common tern, swift over the houses, 13 corn buntings and a yellow wagtail.
Caroline White walked the Cudmore circuit on Sunday morning and noted two whitethroats, two house martins, pair of lapwings, shelduck, greylag goose, grey heron, two reed warblers, reed bunting pair, three pochard, mute swan pair, three blackcaps, two chiffchaffs, greenfinch, two little grebes and a song thrush.
Across on Langenhoe two ravens were being mobbed by some smaller sized carrion crows, a red kite and two Egyptian geese were also seen over the ranges by Martin Cock and I.
Along the Pyefleet were three great crested grebes, 20 whimbrel, 60 dunlin, grey plover, two common terns, also a sand martin, two Cetti's warblers, two sedge warblers, two lesser whitethroats, four whitethroats, yellow wagtail, displaying meadow pipit and a yellowhammer.
In East Mersea the sound of a nightingale was heard in Shop Lane on Saturday morning by Andy Field as it sang from the same scrubby field as last year's nightingale. Nicola and Charlie Pollard enjoyed listening to the nightingale singing opposite their house for several hours the previous evening.
Andy also walked Shop Lane, Reeveshall and to the East Mersea Oyster Fishery on Saturday morning and noted 6 swallows, two buzzards, marsh harrier, great white egret, four whimbrel, ten whitethroats, four lesser whitethroats, Cetti's warbler, two blackcaps and a sparrowhawk. Mammals seen were a red squirrel and a grey squirrel in Shop Lane and a common seal in the Pyefleet.
Caroline White walked between Coopers Beach and Rewsalls Lane on Saturday and reported two swallows, two blackcaps, three chiffchaffs, four whitethroats, one lesser whitethroat and a buzzard. At Coopers Beach eight whitethroats, Cetti's warbler and two shelduck were also seen. As well as hearing the nightingale in Shop Lane, a kestrel was in Chapmans Lane and swifts over Stable Close in West Mersea.
Five swifts were seen over Steve Entwistle's house in Empress Drive on Saturday morning and another swift was seen over Andy Field's house in High Street North.
Martin Cock saw two buzzard over his West Mersea house in The Coverts also two blackcaps in the garden including one with a metal ring on the leg.
Also seen in East Mersea on Saturday were four blackcaps, two chiffchaffs, six goldfinches, two swallows and a whitethroat in Meeting Lane by Steve Entwistle.
Michael Thorley reported whitethroat, greenfinch pair, goldfinch, chaffinch, robin and a tame pheasant visiting his garden near Meeting Lane. Late morning at Coopers Beach were eleven turnstone, four little egrets, four redshank, five mallard, four whitethroats, two blackbirds, lots of wood pigeons and two jackdaws on East Mersea church.
A grey partridge was seen at Maydays on Saturday by Jack Hoy.
A hummingbird hawk-moth was seen by David Nicholls on Saturday morning feeding on the wall-flowers in his Queen Ann Road garden.
Rob Smith visited the Island on Saturday and walking along the Strood seawall saw two sedge warblers, two wheatears, four skylarks, a kestrel, also a small copper, two brimstones and 12 peacock butterflies. Later at Cudmore Grove five adders seen courting with males scenting and clashing with each other. Two peacocks and a male and female brimstone nectaring on bluebells.
At West Mersea a marsh harrier and two swifts flew over the Firs Chase garden on Friday afternoon.
Steve Entwistle reported a pair of red-legged partridge near the north end of Dawes Lane on Friday.
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