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The Dengie peninsula of Eastern Essex is a twitchers paradise providing a home to many species of birds.
This area 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 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.
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