Alan Shearman: South Essex Marshes Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 81 of 81 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 04/01/2024 Bower Marsh 4 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 16/02/2024 West Canvey Marsh 18 counted but quite distant 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 6 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 7 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 8 Gadwall Mareca strepera 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 9 Wigeon Mareca penelope 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 10 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 11 Pintail Anas acuta 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 12 Teal Anas crecca 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 13 Pochard Aythya ferina 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 14 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 15 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 05/02/2024 B 16 Stock Dove Columba oenas 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 17 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 18 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 16/02/2024 West Canvey Marsh 19 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 20 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 21 Coot Fulica atra 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 22 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 05/02/2024 Bowers Marsh 23 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 05/02/2024 Bowers Marsh 24 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 05/02/2024 Bowers Marsh 25 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 05/02/2024 Bowers Marsh 26 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 27 Curlew Numenius arquata 16/02/2024 West Canvey Marsh 28 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 16/02/2024 West Canvey Marsh 29 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 05/02/2024 Bowers Marsh 30 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 31/03/2024 Bowers Marsh on Don's Marsh 31 Redshank Tringa totanus 05/02/2024 Bowers Marsh 32 Dunlin Calidris alpina 31/03/2024 Bowers Marsh 33 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 34 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 31/03/2024 Bowers Marsh 35 Common Gull Larus canus 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 36 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 37 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 31/03/2024 Bowers Marsh 2 on fresh marsh 38 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 39 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 05/02/2024 Bowers Marsh 40 Great White Egret Ardea alba 16/02/2024 West Canvey Marsh Seen from the seawall over Bowers at least 2 birds prsent 41 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 42 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 43 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 44 Red Kite Milvus milvus 16/02/2024 West Canvey Marsh Flying over fairly high just beyond middle hide towards Bowers Marsh at 11:40 45 Buzzard Buteo buteo 16/02/2024 West Canvey Marsh 46 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 47 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 48 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 49 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 50 Magpie Pica pica 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 51 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 05/02/2024 Bowers Marsh 52 Rook Corvus frugilegus 16/02/2024 West Canvey Marsh 53 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 54 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 55 Great Tit Parus major 05/02/2024 Bowers Marsh 56 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 57 Skylark Alauda arvensis 05/02/2024 Bowers Marsh 58 Swallow Hirundo rustica 19/04/2024 Canvey Wick 59 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 60 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 61 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 31/03/2024 Bowers Marsh 62 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 19/04/2024 Canvey Wick 63 Whitethroat Curruca communis 19/04/2024 Canvey Wick 64 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 05/02/2024 Bowers Marsh 65 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 66 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 31/03/2024 Bowers Marsh 67 Redwing Turdus iliacus 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 68 Blackbird Turdus merula 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 69 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 70 Robin Erithacus rubecula 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 71 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 19/04/2024 Canvey Wick 72 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 73 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 05/02/2024 Bowers Marsh 74 Dunnock Prunella modularis 05/02/2024 Bowers Marsh 75 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 05/02/2024 Bowers Marsh 76 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 77 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 16/02/2024 West Canvey Marsh 78 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 19/04/2024 Canvey Wick 79 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 80 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh 81 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 04/01/2024 Bowers Marsh