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Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) Lesvos Greece May 2014 (Library photograph)
Essex bird news highlights April 2026
A first winter Bonaparte's Gull was at Abberton Reservoir 10th-16th. Also there were the drake Ring-necked Duck 3rd and a Glossy Ibis 12th.
A Black-winged Stilt was at Blue House Farm EWT 19th and up to three Black-winged Stilts were at RSPB Rainham Marshes 26th-27th.
A Red-rumped Swallow was at King George V Reservoir 11th and another was at The Naze 30th. A Hoopoe was at Gunners Park 9th. A Wryneck was at The Naze at the John Weston NR 25th and a Wood Warbler was at Coombe Woods 19th.
A Black-crowned Night Heron flew west over Blue House Farm EWT 23rd and a Purple Heron flew south-east over Heybridge Basin 26th. A Black Kite flew over Liston 29th. A Glossy Ibis was at Old Hall Marshes RSPB 14th-15th and four flew south-west over Coombe Wood 27th.
The Tundra Bean Goose was at Fisher's Green until 11th. A drake Smew remained at King George V Reservoir 6th and up to two Slavonian Grebes stayed until 9th.
A Large Tortoiseshell was at Warley CP 8th and another at Davy Down 28th.
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