The first survey of the new season was quiet but there was a few bits of interest. The mudflats held 14 Bar-tailed Godwit, 72 Dunlin, 18 Ringed Plover, seven Redshank, 18 Curlew, 22 Grey Plover, 13 Shelduck and an Oystercatcher whilst seven Brent Geese flew upriver. A Marsh Harrier was quartering the saltings near the radar tower whilst overhead were two Crossbills (site tick), a Brambling, six redpolls, a Grey Wagtail and 46 Goldfinches. The bushes around the old pillbox produced six Corn Buntings whilst the SSSI area produced a Cetti's Warbler and a Water Rail and at the most northern part of my survey boundary were 33 Black-headed, 31 Herring, two Common and a Yellow-legged Gull.
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| Yellow-legged Gull, Coalhouse Fort, Essex |
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