A snow bunting was seen feeding along the Strood seawall on Saturday by Mark Thompson.
At East Mersea Point the purple sandpiper was photographed by Shaun Bater on Saturday morning, although no sign of the shorelark or snow bunting there. Other birds noted there were 100 turnstones and sanderling, avocet, 11 shoveler, 37 curlew, lots of redshank and wigeon, 200 brent geese, also 11 pied wagtails and a song thrush by the Golfhouse.
One of two little owls in Bromans Lane photographed by Mollie Kirk at dusk on Saturday.
A kestrel photographed by Michael Thorley in his East Mersea garden near Meeting Lane on Saturday.
On a sunny walk along the Strood seawall on Friday 3rd , this black-tailed godwit was feeding on the mud. Eight bar-tailed godwits were feeding in their usual spot behind the Dabchicks sailing club.
A redshank was also feeding along the Strood channel on Friday. A snipe was seen flying over the fields calling, a pair of stonechat was in the paddock behind the Dabchicks, two rock pipits, six fieldfares flying west also noted.
Three buzzards were seen on Saturday along the Strood seawall, also two marsh harriers and a sparrowhawk.
Along the Strood seawall on Thursday was a male snow bunting feeding on the mud below the seawall.
The snow bunting plumage showed up nicely in the morning sunshine.
The Strood snow bunting is a different bird to the one on the East Mersea Point. It's probably been about ten years since the last one was seen along the Strood seawall, one feeding by the sluice.
A female kingfisher perched briefly over the Strood dyke on Thursday before flying away. Other birds noted were pair of red-breasted mergansers in the Ray channel, 50 avocets, three snipe, 50 knot, two marsh harriers, four buzzards, 100 rooks feeding with 100 jackdaws, two pairs of stonechats, 20 meadow pipits, four rock pipits, 25 corn buntings, Cetti's warbler by Feldy View and a blackcap in the Firs Chase garden.
A pair of stonechat was feeding in the small paddock just along the seawall from the Dabchicks sailing club on Tuesday 31st. Along the Strood seawall a great white egret flew over Ray Island, three marsh harriers, buzzard, 100 rooks and 100 jackdaws were feeding in the fields.
At East Mersea on Friday 3rd, the shorelark, snow bunting and an eider were seen at the Point by Jon Ward.
From the West Mersea Esplanade on Friday, a great northern diver, three red-breasted mergansers and eight great crested grebes were seen by Steve Entwistle.
A female blackcap was seen in the Firs Chase garden.
On Thursday 2nd the shorelark, snow bunting and purple sandpiper were seen by Jim Hume and others at the East Mersea Point. Steve Entwistle also saw there seven red-breasted mergansers, two rock pipits, two meadow pipits, linnet, 52 sanderling, 60 turnstones, three bar-tailed godwits, 20 grey plovers and a marsh harrier.
Jack Hoy reported a pair of blackcaps, two pairs of greenfinches and two song thrushes in his Mersea Avenue garden on Thursday.
On New Year's Day, the snow bunting was seen at the East Mersea Point by Jonathan Norgate, also 30 knot, three red-breasted mergansers but the shorelark reported earlier in the morning had disappeared for him.
Five hundred brent geese were seen feeding in the wheat field south of Meeting Lane by Michael Thorley on Wednesday.
The weather on New Year's Day was wet and windy and the only birds noted during a short walk by the Firs Chase caravan park were a pair of stonechats, song thrush, three bar-tailed godwits, also a blackcap at the Firs Chase garden feeders.
The shorelark was reported present again on the East Mersea Point on Tuesday.
On Monday 30th a male hen harrier was seen by Rob Lee flying over the Bower Hall Marsh late afternoon.
Along the Strood on Monday were 100 teal, 30 avocets, 25 golden plovers, bar-tailed godwit, two marsh harriers, three buzzards and two rock pipits.
