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.
Some
birds commonly seen in the area are listed below.
Brent Goose
Canada Goose
Common Scoter
Eider
Golden eye
Mallard
Pintail
Shelduck
Teal
Wigeon
Waders
|
Black tailed godwit |
Curlew |
Curlew sandpiper |
|
Dunlin |
Golden plover |
Grey plover |
|
Knot |
Lapwing |
Oyster catcher |
|
Redshank |
Ringed plover |
Sanderling |
|
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
Wigeon
Birds of Prey
Hen harrier
Hobby
Kestrel
Marsh harrier
Merlin
Peregrine falcon
Sparrow hawk
Owls
|
Barn Owl |
Little Owl |
Long eared owl |
|
Short eared owl |
Tawny Owl |
Game birds
Pheasant
Red legged partridge
Wood pigeon
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
Yellow wagtail
The
coastal marshes 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.
