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
