Wild Birds
Burnham and the Dengie 100 is a twitchers paradise providing a
home to many species of birds and has often been the first point
of call for unusual visitors blown of normal migration routes.
Although urban , parkland, inland water and woodland birds are
found in the district the main attraction are birds drawn to the
coastal estuaries and the broad expanses of agricultural land.
The coastal marshes and protected areas provide a superb habitat
for many birds and especially in winter large flocks of birds
are evident.
As an example the Dengie roost of gulls is one of the largest in
the country with over 200,000 gulls resident.
Some birds commonly seen in the area are listed below.
Wildfowl
Brent Geese ,
Canada Geese,
Common Scoter,
Eider,
Golden Eye,
Mallard, Pintail, Shelduck, Teal and Wigeon
Waders
Black Tailed Godwit, Curlew, Curley Sandpiper, Dunlin, Golden
Plover, Grey Plover, Knot, Lapwing, Oyster Catcher, Redshank,
Ringed Plover, Sanderling and Turnstone
Gulls
Black Headed Gull, Common Gull, Little Tern
Waterfowl
Black Throated Diver, Coot, Cormorant, Golden Eye, Great
Crested Grebe, Grey Heron,Little Grebe, Mallard, Moorhen, Mute
Swan, Pochard, Red Crested Grebe, Red Throated Diver, Ruddy
Duck, Shoveler, Slavonian Grebe, Teal, Tufted Duck and Wigeon
Birds of Prey
Hen Harrier, HobbyuKestrel, Mrash Harrier, Merlin, Peregrine
Falcon and Sparrowhawk
Owls
Barn Owl, Little Owl, Long Eared Owl, Short Eared Owl and Tawny
Owl
Game birds
Pheasant,
Red Legged Partridge, Wood Pigeon
Other
birds
Bearded Tit, Blackbird, Blue Tit, Bullfinch, Carrion Crow,
Chaffinch, Coal Tit, Collared Dove, Corn Bunting, Cuckoo,
Dunnock, Fieldfare, Firecrest, Goldcrest, Goldfinch, Great Tit,
Greenfinch, Hooded Crow, House Martin, House Sparrow, Jackdaw,
Jay, Lesser Whitethroat, Linnet, Long Tailed Tit, Magpie, Meadow
Pipit, Mistle Thrush, Pied Wagtail, Redwing, Reed Bunting, Reed
Warbler, Robin, Rook, Skylark, Starling, Swallow, Tree Sparrow,
Turtle Dove, Twite, Willow Warbler, Woodpecker ( 3 varieties),
Wren and Yellow Wagtail
