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THE ESSEX NATURALIST
they gather for the moult but large flocks have been seen at this time of the
year in Holland. The species is again seen on the Essex coast in October.
mailard (Anas plalyrhyncha)
Only fifty-eighty at Abberton Reservoir, 26 November 1949.
teal (Anas crecca)
A very large flock (c. 2000) at Abberton Reservoir, 26 November 1949.
wigeon (Anas penelope)
Six hundred-eight hundred at Tollesbury mudflats, 28 January 1950.
pintail (Anas acuta)
Fifty at Abberton Reservoir, 26 November 1949 ; twelve at Tollesbury,
28 January 1950.
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Fifty at Abberton Reservoir, 26 November 1949.
common scoter (Melanitta nigra)
One female at Tillingham, 25 March 1950.
gannet (Sula bassana)
Two flying up-river at Canvey, 29 April 1950.
red-throated diver (Colymbus stellatus)
One at Tillingham, 25 March 1950.
bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Forty at Canvey Point, 29 April 1950 ; four at Tillingham, March 25
1950.
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
Forty at Canvey Point, 29 April 1950.
grey Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
One feeding on a pond on the Tilbury Marshes, 25 February 1950. Bill
black ; back and rump, light grey ; underparts and flank, white ; wings,
dark grey. I have only seen this Phalarope in Essex once before.
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Twenty-thirty at Canvey Point, 26 June 1950; twelve at Canvey Point,
29 April 1950.
knot (Calidris canutus)
Thirty-forty at Tilbury, 26 December 1949; 100 at Canvey Point,
29 April 1950.
southern dunlin (Calidris alpina schinzii)
Two hundred at Canvey Point, 26 June 1950; small flocks at Abberton
Reservoir, 26 November 1949.
ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Small flocks at Abberton Reservoir, 26 November 1949 ; one at Tilbury
27 May 1950.
southern golden plover (Pluvialis a, apricaria)
Fifty at Tillingham, 25 March 1950 ; one at Canvey Point, 29 April 1950.
grey plover (Squatarola squatarola)
Ten at Canvey Point, 26 June 1950; small flocks at Canvey Point, 29
April 1950 ; over 100 at Tillingham mudflats, 25 March 1950.
oyster catcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
One at Canvey Point, 24 April 1950; fifty at Tillingham mudflats, 25
March 1950.
common curlew (Numenius arquata)
One hundred and fifty at Canvey Point, 26 June 1950—a large flock for
the time of year.
short-eared owl (Asio flammeus)
One at Tollesbury Marsh, 28 January 1950.