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Spoonbill Essex Abberton Reservoir
Spotted Sandpiper Essex Abberton Reservoir
Black Brant Essex Reeveshall Marsh

Yesterday

Canvey Seafront, 08:30 to 13:00
1 Gannet (juv), 1 Great Northern Diver, 19 Red-throated Diver (inc. a flock of 12), 62 Kittiwake, 7 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Franklin's Gull (2nd winter, flying west at 11:30 hrs, in a mixed flock of gulls behind a ship), 1 Arctic Skua, 1 Pomarine Skua, 7 Great Skua, 2 Guillemot, 1 Long-tailed Duck (female), 38 Common Scoter, 1 Velvet Scoter, 4 Scaup (2 male, 2 female), 5 Eider (3 male, 2 female), 2 Sanderling, 2 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Sparrowhawk. Jeff Saward

Gloucester Park, Basildon 13.00 - 14.25
4 Cormorant, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 10 Blue Tit, 8 Great Tit, 12 Greenfinch, 1 Goldfinch, 12 Blackbird, 6 Fieldfare, 4 Redwing (1st this autumn in park), 10 Black-headed Gull, 18 Magpie, 4 Carrion Crow, 1 Jay, 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 Moorhen, 10 Coot, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Geylag Goose with large flock Canada Goose, many Mallard, 15 Wood Pigeon, 2 Collared Dove. No sign of Drake Mandarin. Jane Hale.

RSPB Vange Marsh, 13:45 to 14:30
1 Egyptian Goose of unknown origin, no rings and flew strongly west at 14.00, 100 Wigeon, 350 Teal, 32 Shoveler, 4 Snipe, 8 Reed Bunting, 4 Linnet, 120 Stock Dove. Marc Outten (RSPB, SOG).