A song thrush and singing greenfinch were of interest along the Lane.
At Waldegraves Holiday Park a redshank was standing in a pond behind Decoy Point. A reed bunting feeding on the reed-heads by the pond was of note for the site.
An oystercatcher was feeding on one of the camping fields at Waldegraves on Thursday. A buzzard and a green woodpecker were seen nearby, while offshore were 20 great crested grebes and also four sanderling on the offshore island with 20 oystercatchers.
Ten Firebugs were found at the back of the beach to the west of Waldegraves - the same location where a small number of them were seen last autumn. First Island records were just last year.
In front of Waldegraves around fifty Early Colletes Bees were buzzing low over the grassy-sandy area. This spring-flying solitary bee was first found in Essex only twelve years ago and is known from only six other localities in the county - especially alongside the Colne estuary /Colchester area.
The Early Colletes Bees were seen burrowing into bare sand patches such as shown here in front of Waldegraves.
One of the fishing lakes at Waldegraves in the spring sunshine on Thursday.
A male kestrel perched on some trees by the Youth Camp on Thursday.
A female siskin was feeding in the alders beside the East Mersea Vineyard on Thursday, along with ten goldfinches. Earlier in the morning a male and female siskin were seen feeding here by Steve Entwistle and Martin Cock. Steve also noted 2 long-tailed tits, six fieldfares, great spotted woodpecker and three wrens in this area below the Vineyard.
Four linnets were noted near the Boating Lake on Thursday. On the side lake at high tide were 130 turnstones, 80 redshank, grey plover and two oystercatchers, also three little grebes, with a pair of mute swans in a nearby arable field.
A clump of Lesser Celandine was in flower in front of the Youth Camp on Thursday.
On Wednesday 4th this Mediterranean gull with a metal ring on its leg was seen along the Strood Channel. Other birds of interest seen during the walk along the Strood seawall included 100 brent geese, 50 shelduck, 50 wigeon, 34 grey plover, ten dunlin and three knot.
Martin Cock in addition also reported 30 fieldfares, 12 meadow pipits, 3 peacock butterflies and a grey squirrel during his visit to the Youth Camp area.
A blackcap was singing in Martin's West Mersea garden on Thursday.
In the Strood fields on Wednesday were 30 golden plover, 11 corn buntings perched on wires, stonechat, 50 linnets and also four rock pipits along the seawall.
A song thrush was seen near Feldy View and there were four blackcaps in the Firs Chase garden
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