My first nightingale sighting! Danbury Common, Monday 5th May. After 4 weeks of just hearing them, I finally got to see one - ecstatic! 🥰 #essexbirding @EssexBirdNews #Nightingale

This month's online talk on Friday evening is a fascinating one about Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers. Full details at https://t.co/SSNtrrSqhr @EssexBirdNews

A very Happy Christmas and a bird-filled 2026 to all our clients, followers and birding friends! 2025 has been another great year with lots of bird and other wildlife highlights on our tours, day trips and barge trips and we are looking forward to 2026 & beyond… #birds #birding

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If you're an Essex birder with a morning or two spare in February to help do some farmland bird surveys, please drop me a line. Retweets appreciated.

It's voting time in the @EssexBirdNews Autumn 2025 Bird Photography Competition quarter-finals! Here are the entries in the 1st - please choose your favourite photo from these four and vote here: https://t.co/Uu9A1bYFbW #ebwsphotos

About to set sail on the Topsail Charters birdwatching barge trip, co-leading for @SwallowBirding

The Royal Oak in Ockbrook today 🤶🏻🎄

Come along if you are local 😊

Catherine has a stall at the Christmas Fayre tomorrow. She has jam,chutney,mustard,various sauces,fudge and much more. It was all made at home and most items contain things from our own garden. Pop along if you are in the area. The Royal Oak,Ockbrook. 12 to 3. 🤶🏻🎄

Really looking forward to leading a TopSail London Barge trip from Maldon on November 22nd. If you want to come you can book your place at

I shall be at @mallgalleries on 22nd Oct 11-4 with my sketchbooks and doing watercolour demos, @swlanaturaleye exhibition continues until 25th @BirdGuides @CurlewAction @EssexBirdNews @EssexWildlife

Great day's birding on the Blackwater leading @SwallowBirding & Top Sail Charters barge trip with @richardallenart. Highlights inc. Ruff, Avocet, 21 Greenshank, Brent Geese, Wigeon, Pintail, Ringed Plover, Marsh Harrier, Sparrowhawk, Red Kite, B-t Godwits, Harbour Seal & more!

After the sail, a few of us went for a walk & had close views of some of the species we'd seen from the barge. Superb day all round, thanks again to @richardallenart @SwallowBirding & Top Sail Charters, and special thanks to @VeryLocalPotato for travelling down the night before👍

Looking forward to leading a @SwallowBirding Topsail Charter Thames Barge trip with @richardallenart on Saturday. A 2-hour sail from Maldon, followed by a walk along the prom to look for waders, waterbirds & more! Click the pic to book your place

Congratulations to Roger Hance for winning the Summer photographic competition with this superb photo of a Blue Tit and Goldfinch. Many thanks to all those who took part and details of the autumn competition will be on our website soon @EssexBirdNews #ebwsphotos

Congratulations to Roger Hance for winning the Summer photographic competition! Many thanks to all those who took part and details of the autumn competition are on our website. #essexbirding #photography #essexbirdwatchingsociety

It's time to vote in the FINAL of the @EssexBirdNews Summer 2025 Bird Photography Competition. Choose your winner from the four photos below then vote here: https://t.co/uQtsWL8Hn5 #ebwsphotos #birdphotography

The second semi-final of the @EssexBirdNews Summer Bird Photography Competition is going to be as close as the first, so every vote counts! Choose your favourite from the four below then vote here: https://t.co/rfYe8al2Y5

The semi-finals of the @EssexBirdNews Summer Bird Photography Competition are going to be tighter than a really tight thing! Here are the entries in the first semi - pick your favourite then vote here: https://t.co/gonIwE3ArL

It's voting time in the @EssexBirdNews Summer 2025 Bird Photography Competition quarter-finals! Here are the entries in the 2nd - please choose your favourite photo from these four and vote here: https://t.co/zx5B9VPqwK