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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
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Some birds commonly seen in the area are listed below.
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Wildfowl
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Brent Goose
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Canada Goose
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Comon Scoter
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Eider
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Goldeneye
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Mallard
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Pintail
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Shelduck
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Teal
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Wigeon
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Waders
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Black tailed godwit
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Curlew
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Curlew sandpiper
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Dunlin
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Golden plover
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Grey plover
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Knot
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Lapwing
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Oyster catcher
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Redshank
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Ringed plover
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Sanderling
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Turnstone
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Gulls
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Blackheaded Gull
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Common Gull
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Little Tern
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Waterfowl
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Black throated diver
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Coot
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Cormorant
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Goldeneye
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Great Crested Grebe
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Grey heron
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Little grebe
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Mallard
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Moorhen
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Mute swan
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pochard
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Red crested grebe
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Red throated diver
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Ruddy Duck
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Shoveler
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Slavonian grebe
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Teal
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Tufted Duck
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Wigeon
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Birds of Prey
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Hen harrier
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Hobby
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Kestrel
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Marsh harrier
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Merlin
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Peregrine falcon
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Sparrowhawk
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Owls
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Barn Owl
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Little Owl
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Long eared owl
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Short eared owl
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Tawny Owl
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Game birds
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Pheasant
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Red legged partridge
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Wood pigeon
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Other birds
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Bearded tit
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Blackbird
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Blue tit
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Bullfinch
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Carrion crow
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Chaffinch
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Coal tit
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Collared dove
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Corn bunting
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Cuckoo
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Dunnock
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Fieldfare
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Firecrest
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Goldcrest
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Goldfinch
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Great tit
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Greenfinch
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Hooded Crow
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House martin
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House sparrow
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Jackdaw
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Jay
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Lesser whitethroat
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Linnet
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Long tailed tit
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Magpie
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Meadow pipit
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Mistle thrush
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Pied wagtail
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Redwing
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Reed bunting
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Reed warbler
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Robin
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Rook
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Skylark
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Starling
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Swallow
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Tree sparrow
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Turtle dove
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Twite
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Willow warbler
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Woodpecker (3 varieties)
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Wren
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Yellow wagtail
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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.
The distribution of birds in the area is well mapped by the Essex bird watching and preservation society who can give advice to anyone who wishes to take up birdwatching or just to see a specific bird in its natural environment.
Other information and images are available from the below sites
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