There is currently no public access to Rainham Marshes RSPB Reserve. However, after the annual open day on 18th September 2004 there will be limited but unescorted weekend access to the site. Check out our our Rainham Page or www.rainhammarshes.org.uk for more details.
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Please e-mail your other wildlife sightings to Howard Vaughan at howardebs@blueyonder.co.uk
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| 31st December |
- Ilford: Still several White-tailed Bumblebees feeding on Solanum (PV)
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| 22nd November |
- Rainham Marshes: Common Darter, Fox (HV)
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| 21st November |
- Grange Waters Complex: Brown Hare (DMo)
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| 14th November |
- Rainham Marshes: 10 Common Darter------ and lots of ice! Fox (RSPB)
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| 13th November |
- West Thurrock: Red Admiral (David Jobbins)
- Rainham Marshes: 5 Common Darter, Weasel and Stoat (HV)
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| 11th November |
- Ingrebourne Valley: Common Darter (KB)
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| 8th November |
- Rainham Marshes: Stoat, Brown Rat (RSPB)
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| 3rd November |
- Rainham Marshes: 5 Ruddy Darter, Small Tortoiseshell, 4 Red Admiral (HV)
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| 1st November |
- Rainham Marshes: 2 Migrant Hawker and 12 Ruddy Darter still on wing (HV)
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| 30th October |
- Purfleet, High House Farm: Peakcock, 4 Red Admiral (HV)
- Rainham Marshes: Pip Bat (HV)
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| 18th October |
- Rainham Marshes: Weasel (RSPB)
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| 17th October |
- Rainham Marshes: Stoat (RSPB)
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| 14th October |
- Rainham Marshes: Wall Brown, Small White, 10 Ruddy Darters, 2 Migrent Hawkers, Weasel (RSPB)
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| 26th August |
- Rainham Marshes: 11 adult female Wasp Spiders, Long-winged and Short-winged Coneheads and Roesel's Bush-crickets, 5 Painted Lady, Common Lizard (HV)
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| 25th August |
- Rainham Marshes: Long-winged and Short-winged Coneheads and Roesel's Bush-crickets, 2 species of Groundhopper, 3 Wasp Spiders, 6 Southern Hawker, 4 Migrant Hawker, several Ruddy and Common Darter, Clouded Yellow (HV) 2 Common Lizard (JN, PW)
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| 22nd August |
- West Thurrock Marshes: Painted Lady, Clouded Yellow (DJ)
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| 18th August |
- Rainham Marshes: Long-winged and Short-winged Coneheads and Roesel's Bush-crickets (HV)
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| 12th August |
- Rainham Marshes: 12 Wall Brown, 5 Common Blue (HV)
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| 11th August |
- Rainham Marshes: Wasp Spider, 1st of year (Gareth Moss & James Brown) Stoat, Weasel, Brown Hare (DS, DJ, JN)
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| 10th August |
- Rainham Marshes: Clouded Yellow (HV)
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| 8th August |
- Dagenham Chase: Clouded Yellow (Tom Clarke)
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| 5th August |
- Rainham Marshes: dead baby porpoise still on forshore, 6 Common Blue, 19 Wall Brown, Southern Hawker, Emperor, 20 Migrant Hawkers, Black-tailed Skimmers, Ruddy & Common Darters (HV)
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| 4th August |
- Rainham Marshes: dead baby porpoise on forshore, 5 Common Blue, 6 Wall Brown, Painted Lady, Emperor, Black-tailed Skimmers, Ruddy & Common Darters, Sea Slater (HV)
- Gunpowder Park, Waltham Abbey: 2 Clouded Yellow, 2 Painted lady, 2 Small Copper (MS)
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| 3rd August |
- Rainham Marshes: female Clouded Yellow, Emperor, Black-tailed Skimmers (HV)
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| 29th July |
- Rainham Marshes: 14 species of butterfly (HV)
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| 27th July |
- Rainham Marshes: 20 Black-tailed Skimmer, Small & Essex Skippers, 25 Wall Brown. (HV)
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| 26th July |
- Dagenham Chase: Small and Essex Skippers, Migrant Hawkers, mass hatching of flying ants. (HV)
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| 23rd July |
- Bedfords Park: 17 species of butterfly and 13 of odonata including Brown, Southen and Migrant Hawkers. Also 8 Wasp Spiders (CRJ)
- Hornchurch CP: Emperor and Southern Hawker, Oak Eggar moths (HV)
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| 22nd July |
- Weald Park: many Roesel's Bush Crickets also White-letter and Purple Hairstreaks, 2 Small Red-eyed Damsels (CRJ)
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| 21st July |
- Thorndon CP: 8 Scarce Emerald and 6 Emerald Damsels. The location of the pond is on the board in the visitors centre (CRJ)
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| 20th July |
- Rainham Marshes: Small and Essex Skippers, 6 Black-tailed Skimmer many Gatekeeper (HV) Soprano Pipistrelle bats have been seen recently on site and a male Stag Beetle flew into a car window on the A13 from the direction of the marsh.
- Thorndon CP: 7 Scarce Emerald and 6 Emerald Damsels. The location of the pond is on the board in the visitors centre (CRJ)
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| 19th July |
- Thorndon CP: 8 Scarce Emerald and 8 Emerald Damsels (CRJ)
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| 18th July |
- Tylers Common: 3 Emerald Damsels (CRJ)
- Tyelrs / Jermains Wood, Thames Chase: 12 imm Wasp Spiders
- Jackson's Wood: 80 Gatekeeper, 9 Ringlet, Southern Hawker (CRJ)
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| 17th July |
- Bedfords Park: 70 pr Small Red-eyed Damsels, 8 Ruddy Darter, 60 Gatekeeper, Small Copper, Peacock, 20 Roesel's Bush Crickets, 5 Wasp Spiders, Six Spot Burnet, Latticed Heath, 4 White-letter Hairstreak (CRJ)
- Thorndon CP: 3 Scarce Emerald Damsels (CRJ, Martin Wright)
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| 16th July |
- Rainham Marshes: Small and Essex Skippers, 4 Black-tailed Skimmer (HV)
- Bedfords Park: Black-tailed Skimmer, Lattice Heath Moth, Gatekeepers (CRJ, HV)
- Weald Park: Small Red-eyed Damsels (CRJ)
- Dagenham Chase: 14 species of butterfly this evening.....nothing special though! 3 Brown Hawker, 3m Banded Dems (HV)
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| 15th July |
- Rainham Marshes: Marsh Frog (JN) Comma, Red Admiral (HV)
- Dagenham Chase: 2 Comma (LH)
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| 13th July |
- Curtis Mill Green: Hummingbird Hawkmoth (KT)
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| 6th July |
- Hall Marsh Scrape: Four Spotted Chaser, Black-tailed Skimmers, Brown Hawker (RW)
- Cornmill Meadows: Ruddy and Common Darters, Brown Hawkers, Emperors, Black-tailed Skimmers, Blue-tailed, Common Blue, Azure, White-legged and Red-eyed Damsels and Banded Dems (RW)
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| 3rd July |
- Rainham Marshes: Ringlet, Painted Lady, Comma, Ruddy Darter, Black-tailed Skimmer (HV)
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JUNE
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| 26th June |
- Rainham Marshes: Stoat, Water Vole, Narrow Bordered Five-spot and Six Spot Burnets, Black-tailed Skimmer (RSPB)
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| 25th June |
- Rainham Marshes: (river wall) 3 singing Marsh Frogs (unfortunate 1st site record) 3 Black-tailed Skimmer, 10 Common Darter plus many Meadow Brown, Painted Lady, Small Heath and Small Tortoiseshell (HV)
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| 23rd June |
- Warley CP: 14 Ringlet (CRJ)
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| 22nd June |
- Bedfords Park: 10 White-letter Hairstreaks, 2 Comma, 2 Brown China Mark Moths, 12 Small Red-eyed Damsels on lake, Emerald Damsel (CRJ)
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| 21st June |
- Honey Pot Lane, Brentwood: 5 White-letter Hairstreaks, 10 Small Tortoiseshell (CRJ)
- Warley CP: 15 Ringlet, 2 Small Heath, 10 Common Blue, 10 Large Skipper, 8 Small Skipper (CRJ)
- Harold Hill: 4 Purple Hairstreak (CRJ)
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| 19th June |
- White-letter Hairstreaks at the following sites today: Harold Court, Tylers Common, Nags Head Lane Brentwood, Weald Park Way (CRJ)
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| 18th June |
- Bedfords Park: Purple Hairstreak, Cinnabar, Narrow Bordered Five-Spot Burnets, Comma (form hutchinsoni), Brown Hare (CRJ, J Grourk)
- Pages Farm: 4 Small Skipper, Meadow Brown, Painted Lady (CRJ)
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| 17th June |
- Bedfords Park: Emerald Damselfly (RW)
- Shonk's Mill, Navestock: 100 Banded Demoiselle, 12 White-legged, 10 Large Red, Broad Bodied Chaser, Large Skipper (CRJ, SP)
- Navestock Park: Black-tailed Skimmer, White-legged Damsels and Ruddy Darter (CRJ)
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| 14th June |
- Bedfords Park: 4 White-letter Hairstreaks, 13 species of ordonata on site including male Red-veined Darter, Small Red-eyed Damselflies, 2 Hairy, 11 Emperor, 60 Black-tailed Skimmer( (CRJ)
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| 13th June |
- Bedfords Park: Small Red-eyed Damselflies, 2 Hairy Dragons (20th species of ordonata for site) (CRJ)
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| 12th June |
- Bedfords Park: White-letter Hairstreak, Painted Lady, Red Admiral, Large SKipper, Meadow Brown (CRJ)
- Risebridge GC: 30 Burnet Companion, 6 Lattice Heath, 5 Cinnabar, Meadow Brown, Common Blue (CRJ)
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| 8th June |
- Fairlop: 2 Painted Lady, Small Heath (AAB)
- Walthamstow Reservoir: Hairy Dragonfly, 1st site record, Painted Lady (SRH)
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| 7th June |
- Weald Park: Large Skipper, Red Admiral, 2 Holly Blue, Silver-Y Moth, 14 Black-tailed Skimmers, 2 Broad Bodied Chaser, 2 Four-Spot Chasers, 150 Red-eyed Damsels. (CRJ)
- Noak Hill: m Orange Tip (CRJ)
- Warley CP: Emperor, 8 Red-eyed Damsels, 1 Cinniber, 20 Burnet Companion and Mother Shipton moths. 9 Common Blue butterflies (CRJ)
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| 6th June |
- Ingrebourne Valley: Grass Snake (DMo)
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| 5th June |
- Rainham Marshes:5 Cinniber, 5 Black-tailed Skimmers, Blue-tails and Azure Damsels, Broad Bodied Chaser, Wall Brown (HV) also Slender and Sepiro's Groundhoppers on site last week (Steve Hall)
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| 4th June |
- Hornchurch: Stag Beetle (DMo)
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| 3rd June |
- Bedfords Park: 2 Emperor, 18 Black-tailed Skimmers, 5 Broad Bodied Chasers, 3 Four-Spot Chaser, 100's Red-eyed, 4 common Blue, 100 Azure and 20 Blue-tailed Damsels (CRJ)
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MAY
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| 31st May |
- Passingford Bridge : 3 Hairy Dragons, Broad Bodied Chaser, Four-Spot Chaser, Red-eyed, Azure, Large Red, 20 White-legged and many Blue-tailed Damsels, 200 Banded Demoiselles, 2 Red Admiral, Comma, Peacock, Orange Tip, Common Blue, Holly Blue and Speckled Wood (CRJ, AAB)
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| 30th May |
- Bedfords Park: 7 Broad Bodied Chaser, 4 Four-Spot Chaser, 10 Black-tailed Skimmer, 200 Red-eyed, 6 Common Blue, 200 Azure, 20 Large Red and many Blue-tailed Damsels (CRJ)
- Wake Valley Pond: Downy Emeralds (RW)
- Sunshine Plain: Downy Emeralds, 12 Emperor Dragons (RW)
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| 29th May |
- Harold Hill: Red Admiral (CRJ)
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| 28th May |
- Thames Chase: Broadfields Farm: Brown Argus, Common Blue (HV)
- Wake Valley Pond: Downy Emeralds, Grass Snake (RW)
- Weald Park: Broad Bodied Chaser, Four-Spot Chaser, Black-tailed Skimmer, 13 Red-eyed Damsels, 62 Common Blue, 18 Mother Shipton, 2 Burnet Companion, 3 Silver Ground Carpet (CRJ)
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| 27th May |
- Fairlop: Painted Lady (AAB)
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| 26th May |
- Weald Park: Four pot Chaser, Black-tailed Skimmer, 17 Common Blue, 11 Small Copper, 15 Mother Shipton, Burnet Companion, Silver Ground Carpet (CRJ)
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| 25th May |
- Passingford Bridge: 2 Hairy Dragonfly, Four Spot Chaser, 300 Banded Demoiselle, 3 White-legged, many Large Red, Azure & Blue-tailed Damselflies, 2 Broad Bodied Chaser (CRJ)
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| 24th May |
- Warlies Park, Upshire: 4 Mother Shipton Moths, Small Coppers, Orange Tip, Hairy Dragon (HV)
- Risebridge GC: Broad Bodied Chaser, 5 Mother Shipton, 9 Burnet Companion, Lattice Heath(CRJ)
- Bedfords Park: 6 Broad Bodied Chaser, 8 Four-Spot Chaser, 8 Black-tailed Skimmer, 250 Red-eyed, 2 Common Blue, 83 Azure, 7 Large Red and 12 Blue-tailed Damsels, 17 Small Copper, 6 Common Blue, 7 Mother Shipton, Burnet Companion, Silver Ground Carpet (CRJ)
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| 20th May |
- Weald Park: 85 Red-eyed Damsels (CRJ)
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| 19th May |
- Cornmill Meadows: 25 Hairy Dragons, 20 Broad Bodied Chaser, Southern Hawker plus many Large Red, Azure & Blue-tailed Damselflies, Banded Demoiselle, several Common Blue Damsels, Large Whites (RW)
- Weald Park: 10 Small Copper, 10 Mother Shipton, Burnet Companion, m Broad Bodied Chaser, 20 Red-eyed, 30 Large Red, Blue-tailed, 160 Azure Damsels (CRJ)
- Bedfords Park: 7 Four-spot Chasers, Broad Bodied Chaser, 4 Black-tailed Skimmer (CRJ)
- Harold Park: 10 Banded Demoiselle (CRJ)
- Harold Court: f Broad Bodied Chaser (CRJ)
- Rainham Marshes: 4 Large Red, 4 Blue-tailed, 3 Azure, 2 Four-spot Chasers, Small Heath, 26 Wall Brown, Cinnabar, Water Vole, Fox (RSPB)
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| 18th May |
- Bedfords Park: 4 Four-spot Chasers, Broad Bodied Chaser, 30 Red-eyed, 50 Large Red, 6 Blue-tailed, 50 Azure Damsels, 25 Small Copper, Lattice Heath & 3 Mother Shipton Moths (CRJ)
- Fairlop: Common Blue, Azure, 2 Red-eyed Damsel, Blue-tails & many Red-eyed Damsels, Broad Bodied Chaser (AAB)
- Risebridge GC: 25 Large Red, 15 Azure Damsels, Brimstone (CRJ)
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| 17th May |
- Tylers Common: 13 Azure, 12 Large Red Damsels (CRJ)
- Nags Head Lane Fishery: 150 Blue-tailed, Common Blue, Mother Shipton & Burnet Companion Moths (CRJ)
- Fairlop: pr Red-eyed Damsel (AAB)
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| 16th May |
- Bedfords Park: 10 Small Copper, 10 Orange tip, 3 Holly Blue, 6 Red-eyed, 6 Large Red, 6 Blue-tailed, Azure Damsels, 3 Brown Hare (CRJ)
- Fairlop: Blue-tailed Damselfly (AAB)
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| 15th May |
- Bedfords Park: 7 Small Copper, Large Red, Blue-tailed & 3 Azure Damselflies (CRJ)
- Wake Valley Pond: 40 Downy Emerald, 6 Hairy Dragons plus Large Red, Red-eyed & Azure Damselflies (RW)
- Passingford Bridge: 40 Large Red Damselfly, 2 Banded Demoiselle (CRJ)
- Fairlop: Large Red Damselfly, Banded Demoiselle (AAB)
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| 14th May |
- Weald Park: 2 Large Red, Blue-tailed & Azure Damsels (CRJ)
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| 13th May |
- Cornmill Meadows: 20 Large Red, 20 Blue-tailed, 30 Azure, 24 Banded Demoiselle (RW)
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| 11th May |
- Paternoster Row: 7 Brown Hare (CRJ)
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| 10th May |
- Harold Hill: 3 Holly Blue (CRJ)
- Harold Court: Silver Y Moth, 8 Orange Tip, 3 Green-veined White, Holly Blue, 2 Comma, 2 Peacock (CRJ)
- Nags Head Fishery, Brentwood: 5 Blue-tailed Damselfly (CRJ)
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| 9th May |
- Bedfords Park: 4 Orange Tip, 2 Green-veined White (CRJ)
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| 7th May |
- Bedfords Park: Small Copper, Orange Tip, Green-veined White, Speckled Wood, 10 Lattice Heath Moths (CRJ)
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| 6th May |
- Fishers Green Goose-field: Hairy Dragonfly, Common Blue Damselfly (HV)
- River Lee by Hooks Marsh car-park: Water Vole (HV)
- Rainham Marshes: 2 Water Vole (RSPB)
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| 5th May |
- Bedfords Park: 2 Orange Tip (CRJ)
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| 4th May |
- Cranham GC: 2 Water Vole (DMo)
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| 2nd May |
- Bedfords Park: Brimstone, 10 Holly Blue, 15 Orange Tip, 2 Large Red Damselfly (CRJ)
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| 1st May |
- Rainham Marshes: Water Vole (Liz Hull)
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APRIL
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| 29th April |
- Fairlop: 2 Brown Hare (HV)
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| 27th April |
- Ongar Park Wood: 29 Fallow Deer, Brown Hare (HV, PG)
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| 26th April |
- Bedfords Park: 12 Large Red Damselfly, swarms of St Marks Flies (Bibio marci), 3 Longhorn Moths (CRJ)
- Risebridge Golf Course: 7 Large Red Damselfly (CRJ)
- Weald Park: 7 Large Red Damselfly (CRJ)
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| 25th April |
- Fairlop: Orange Tip, Small Tort, Peacock, Comma, Brimstone (HV) 3 Brown Hare (AAB, Fionna O'Connor)
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| 23rd April |
- Romford: Holly Blue (HV, KB)
- Fairlop: Orange Tip (AAB)
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| 22nd April |
- Seventy Acres Lake area: Orange Tip, Large White, Small Tort, Peacock, Comma, Brimstone, Speckled Wood (HV, RW)
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| 20th April |
- Harold Park: 2 Water Vole (CRJ)
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| 19th April |
- Paynes Brook, Harold Hill: 24 Small Torts (CRJ)
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| 17th April |
- Rainham Marshes: 3 Peacock, 2 Comma, 4 Small Tortoiseshell (HV)
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| 16th April |
- Risebridge GC: Speckled Wood (CRJ)
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| 15th April |
- Rainham Marshes: 2 Water Vole (RSPB)
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| 14th April |
- Ingrebourne Valley: Brown Hare (RM)
- Harold Park, River Ingrebourne: Water Vole (CRJ)
- Pyrgo Park, Havering: Brown Hare, 12 Peacock, 4 Comma, 2 Small Tortoiseshell (CRJ)
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| 13th April |
- Bedfords Park: Speckled Wood, Brimstone, Comma, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell (CRJ)
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| 12th Apri |
- Weald Park: daylight hunting Noctule Bat, Peacock, Smal Tortoiseshell (CRJ)
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| 6th April |
- Connaught Water: Red-eared Terrapin (HV)
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| 4th April |
- Copped Hall: 9 Fallow Deer (MS)
- Long Running: 2 Adders (MS)
- Bedfords Park: Small Tortoiseshell (CRJ)
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MARCH
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| 30th March |
- Cornmill Meadows: 2 Fallow Deer (C&PL)
- Romford (private garden): Comma, Peacock (KB)
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| 28th March |
- Harold Hill (Romford Golf Course): 20 Fallow Deer in verge almost on A12 (HV)
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| 26th March |
- Fishers Green Goose-field: Small Tortoiseshell (HV)
- Opposite end of Fishers Green Lane: freshly dead adult Badger (HV)
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| 23rd March |
- Bedfords Park: Brown Hare, 2 Comma (CRJ)
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| 21st March |
- St Clements Church, West Thurrock: Small Tortoiseshell (David Jobbins)
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| 18th March |
- Bedfords Park: 4 Comma, Small Tortoiseshell (CRJ)
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| 17th March |
- Roding Valley Meadows: Comma, Brimstone, many bees (PV)
- Rainham Marshes: 2 Peacock, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, Water Vole (HV)
- Hawkesmere Springs, Stapleford Tawney: Peacock (PV)
- Dagenham Chase: Green-veined White (KB)
- Weald Park, Larch Wood: large active colony of Mining Bees (Andrena haemorrhoa) (CRJ)
- Tylers Common: Pipistrelle Bat (CRJ)
- Harold Hill: m Brimstone, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock, Comma (CRJ)
- Weald Park: 9 Comma, 5 Peacock (CRJ)
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| 16th March |
- Dagenham Chase: Grass Snake (KB)
- Bedfords Park: Brown Hare, Comma, Small Tortoiseshell (CRJ)
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| 9th March |
- Bulphan Fen: Stoat, 3 Brown Hare (KB)
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FEBRUARY
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27th February |
- Bedfords Park : Brown Hare (R&DB)
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22nd February |
- Stubbers OPC: Stoat (DMo)
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20th February |
- Rainham Marshes: Brown Hare by Stone Barges carpark (RB)
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14th February |
- Rainham Marshes: Weasel moving 8 young to new den on foreshore! (Ray Kilminster, Andy Simpson)
- Holyfield Hall Farm: Brown Hare
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13th February |
- Galley Hill Wood: 42 Fallow Deer (MDD, JM, HV)
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7th February |
- Harold Hill: Painted Lady (CRJ)
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