Ron Colson: Essex Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 18 of 18 total. Seq.,Species,Scientific Name,Rare?,Date,Location,Comments 1,Mallard,Anas platyrhynchos,,,"Pair appeared from garden shrubs, quite tame.", 2,Collared Dove,Streptopelia decaocto,,15/08/2018,Garden,very common daily 3,Black-headed Gull,Chroicocephalus ridibundus,,31/01/2019,Garden,"common overhead, however one on bird table. First covering of snow -3" 4,Sparrowhawk,Accipiter nisus,,06/01/2019,sitting on T.V ariel, 5,Buzzard,Buteo buteo,,06/09/2018,Garden,circling over garden fairly low calling 6,Jackdaw,Coloeus monedula,,17/08/2018,Garden,common on roof tops 7,Carrion Crow,Corvus corone,,17/08/2018,Garden,common on rooftops 8,Blue Tit,Cyanistes caeruleus,,01/01/2019,Garden,common...nest box in neighbours garden used yearly. Enter garden to feed on feeders. 9,Long-tailed Tit,Aegithalos caudatus,,05/09/2018,Garden,rare in the garden.... 7 feeding and searching through tree 10,Wren,Troglodytes troglodytes,,20/01/2019,Garden,occasional visitor mainly autumn / winter 11,Starling,Sturnus vulgaris,,16/08/2018,Garden,"common, more in winter" 12,Blackbird,Turdus merula,,06/09/2018,Garden,common most days 13,Robin,Erithacus rubecula,,16/08/2018,Garden,common.....more in winter 14,House Sparrow,Passer domesticus,,15/08/2018,Garden,very common..... about 6 daily 15,Dunnock,Prunella modularis,,15/08/2018,Garden,very common...daily 16,Chaffinch,Fringilla coelebs,,01/01/2019,Garden,not common winter visitor mainly 17,Greenfinch,Chloris chloris,,15/08/2018,Garden,fairly common....occasionally 18,Goldfinch,Carduelis carduelis,,15/08/2018,Garden,common....near daily