Canvey Point is located at the easternmost end of Canvey Island and faces out in to the River Thames.
It is a well-known location for recording seabirds (including Gannets, skuas, shearwaters, petrels, auks, rarer gulls, etc.) blown in to the outer estuary from the North Sea in strong north or north east winds during the period August to October.
In a 3 hour visit, I recorded my first Arctic Skuas of the year, taking my UK year list for 2025 to 184 species.
The highlights from my visit were as follows: Arctic Skua (3 flying up-river west and 2 flying up-river east), Common Tern (at least 100 but possibly many more, most seen distantly in the outer river and presumably this species although possibly including Arctic Tern), Sandwich Tern (at least 3), Turnstone (at least 65 in various small flocks flying along the foreshore), Curlew (at least 40 in various small flying flocks plus 2 on the foreshore), Oystercatcher (4 on the foreshore), Great White Egret (1 flew over the river from Kent), Little Egret (5), Grey Heron (1), Cormorant (at least 20), Great Crested Grebe (3), Wigeon (2 flying flocks of c.30 each), Mediterranean Gull (2), Swallow (at least 50 all in small groups heading east), Rock Pipit (1)
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