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Sunday, 18 September 2022 Northey Island- Life on the Edge Yesterday I participated in a very enjoyable and enlightening guided walk around Northey Island, led by David Mason, the National […]

Post author: John Buchanan. Many thanks to observers who have contributed records towards this summary, particularly to Simon Wood (who found so many of the goodies!) All photos by John

Just received my much-anticipated copy of the 2020 Essex Bird Report, cataloguing all the key records and status updates from that year.I always enjoy perusing the section at the back

In December 2021, the conservation organisations that complile the listing of UK birds of conservation concern published their 5th update. Sadly, but not surprisingly, the number of species given a

After a gestation period almost as long as that of the book itself, I finally pressed the button to make this website public on March 8th 2022. I think the

In past decades, Collared Doves took to nesting behind domestic satellite dishes as they seemed to provide just what they were looking for in terms of structure and security. However,

Looking back on 2021, it was a mixed year for Maldon’s wildlife. On the bird front, there was confirmation that a number of our previously regular birds were no longer

The sun shone down on us in the Prom last Saturday as the book finally saw the light of day. Many thanks to Olivia Rosenthall at Maldon Books for hosting

The bad weather has helped and the book now basically just needs indexing. Can’t be many wildlife books with both ‘Woolly Mammoth’ and ‘Brewing’ appearing in the index! A few

Hello all. Work on this site now begun to support publication of my first tome: “Wildlife of Maldon”. Fingers crossed it will be printed and ready for shipping by the