Southend Ornithological Group

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The Southend Ornithological Group (SOG) is an informal group of birders who watch and record birds from sites in the Southend area of Essex, England. Some areas of this website, such as record submission and the chat forum, are restricted to known SOG birders.

For news of recent observations, click Bird News.

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Bird Headlines

Interesting birds seen in the last 5 days, most recent first. Amber indicates scarce, red indicates rare (Essex requires notes or a description).

SpeciesMax. CountLocationLast Reported
Black-throated Diver1Southend Pier04/02/2012
Slavonian Grebe1Southend Pier04/02/2012
Mandarin Duck3Friars Park04/02/2012
Grey Partridge5Private site with no public access04/02/2012
Jack Snipe1Southchurch Park East04/02/2012
Ring-billed Gull1Private site with no public access04/02/2012
Caspian Gull4Private site with no public access04/02/2012
Iceland Gull1Private site with no public access04/02/2012
Iceland Gull1Private site with no public access04/02/2012
Kingfisher1Private site with no public access04/02/2012
Kingfisher1Shoebury East Beach04/02/2012
Water Pipit1Private site with no public access04/02/2012
Snow Bunting10Shoebury East Beach04/02/2012
Great White Egret1Wallasea Island03/02/2012
Black Swan1Paglesham Lagoon03/02/2012
Peregrine Falcon1Baxter Avenue Southend03/02/2012
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker2Hockley Woods03/02/2012
Red-necked Grebe1Southend Pier02/02/2012
Hen Harrier1Wallasea Island02/02/2012
Merlin1Wallasea Island02/02/2012
Peregrine Falcon1Wallasea Island02/02/2012
Woodcock1Wat Tyler Country Park02/02/2012
Little Gull6Southend Pier02/02/2012
Razorbill5Southend Pier02/02/2012

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Recently added features:-

  • 25/05/2011 Paul Baker has added the summary of SOG birds for May to October to the 2011 account. Read it here.
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