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• Rainham Marshes: Water Vole, Water Shrew. Stoat, Weasel, 4 Foxes (RSPB)

• Rainham Marshes: Water Vole (HV)

• Rainham Marshes: Common Darter (JS)

• Rainham Marshes: Brown Hare (PL)

• Rainham Marshes: 2 Migrant Hawkers, 12 Common Darters, 2 Red Admiral, Stoat, half a Harvest Mouse!, 2 Water Voles, 4 Marsh Frogs (HV)

• Rainham Marshes: 2 Migrant Hawkers, 2 Common Darters, Red Admiral, Honey Bees (HV, DMo)

• Rainham Marshes: 4 Migrant Hawkers and marsh Frogs still around despite the fost and light ice! (HV)

• Rainham Marshes: Common Seal (Chris Slade)

• Mayesbrook Park: 2 Noctule Bats. (PHa)

• Rainham Marshes: 30 Migrant Hawkers, many Common Darters, 3 Wall Browns, 10 Speckled Woods, 3 Small Whites, mutitudinious Frogs of all shapes, sizes and colours (inc the yellow one again), 100's Dock Bugs, large Four-spot, Garden and Wasp Spiders (HV et al)

• Rainham Marshes: 5 Migrant Hawkers, 2 Wall Browns, 3 Speckled Woods, Emperor Dragonfly, Comma, 2 Small Coppers and 2 Red Admirals. (DMo)

• Rainham Marshes: 5 Grass Snakes, Water Vole, 2 Four-Spot Orbs, 3 Wasp Spiders, all the frogs plus one plae yellow and one bright yellow, 35 Migrant Hawkers, Clouded Yellow, 11 Speckled Woods, 2 Stoat (RSPB)

• West Thurrock Marshes-Grey Seal (DMo)
• Rainham Marshes: Migrant Hawkers,Clouded Yellow, Comma and Small Copper. (DMo, PHa)

• Rainham Marshes: yellow Marsh Frog! Stoat, Weasel, Wasp Spiders and many hawkers (HV)

• Dagenham Chase: Hummingbird Hawk moth (Paul Baker)

• Ingrebourne Valley: 8 Migrant Hawkers, 6 Common Blues, Holly Blue and an Emporer. (DMo)
• Rainham Marshes: Small R E Damsels (HV)

• Rainham Marshes: clouded yellow. (PHa)

• West Thurrock Marshes: 2 Small Coppers, 3 Painted Lady's, 6 Common Blues, Small Heath, 3 Gatekeepers and 4 Migrant Hawkers. (DMo)
• Rainham Marshes: Painted Lady (PHa)

• Rainham Marshes: 2 Water Voles, Fox (HV)

• Rainham Marshes: Emperor Moth Caterpillar (HV) Grass Snake (HV, Simon Buckell)

• Rainham Marshes: many Small Red-eyed Damsels, 3 Brown Hawkers, 5 Southern Hawkers, Water Ladybird (HV)

• Rainham Marshes: 2 Emperor, Broad bodied chaser, 3 black tailed skimmer, 3 caterpiller hunting sand wasps (Ammophila sabulosa)
  

• Rainham Marshes: 200 Small Red-eyed Damsels (HV)

• Rainham Marshes: 4 Small Red-eyed Damsels (HV)

• Rainham Marshes: Emperor moth caterpillar (Gillian Faulkner) 2 Ringlet, 12 Peacock (HV)

• Rainham Marshes: Emperor moth caterpillar (PHa)

• Weald Park: Marbled White (PHa)

• Ingrebourne Valley: Lesser Stag Beetle (SHa)

• Ingrebourne Valley: 4 Speckled Woods, 3 Holly Blues, 2 G V Whites, Purple Hairstreak, Small Heath, many Gatekeepers, 2 Essex Skippers, 2 Comma's, Emporer Dragonfly, 3 Black Tailed Skimmers and a 4 spot Chaser (DMo)
• Waltham Abbey: Hummingbird Hawkmoth (Terry Smith)

• Warren Gorge: m stag Beetle (Paul Boyce)
• Waltham Abbey: Hummingbird Hawkmoth (Terry Smith)

• Rainham Marshes: 4 Gatekeepers, many Small Skippers, Essex Skipper, 9 Peococks, 8 Red Admirals, 2 Holly Blues, Small Copper, 2 Purple Hairstreaks, 3 Speckled Woods and 6 Commas. (DMo)

• Rainham Marshes: Purple Hairstreak, Speckled Wood, 12 Red Admirals, 2 Peococks, Holly Blue, Green Veined White, 6 Small Skippers, 1 Essex Skipper, 3 Banded Demoseilles, 8 Small Tortoiseshells, 3 Comma's, 2 Ringlets, 2 Gatekeepers and many Meadow Browns and Small Whites. (DMo)

• Barking: Swallowtail moth (PHa)
• Ingrebourne Valley: Purple Hairtreaks (LH)
• 2 Southern Hawker (SS)

• Rainham Marshes: 3 Ringlet (Mike Ellison, Chris Slade)

• Mardyke Valley nr Stifford Bridge: Scarce Chasers
• Grange Waters -15 Ringlets, Purple Hairstreak, Green Veined White, Small Tortoiseshell, many Small Skippers, 3 Essex Skippers and a 4 Spot Chaser (DMo)

• Rainham Marshes: 4 Common Lizard (JS)
• Theydon Mount: 7 Hare; Fallow Deer (BJ)

• Rainham Marshes: very good dragon & damsel day with both Emerald species and two quite seperate m Yellow-winged Darters (HV, KS, et al) First Large & Small Skippers on the wing along with all three whites

• Rainham Marshes: many Ruddy Darters, several Common Darters, 7 Emperors, many B T Skimmers, 12 Four SPot Chasers, Red-eyed Damselfly (HV)

• Rainham Marshes: f Common Darter, Hairy Hawker, 12 Four Spot Chasers, 2 Emperors, 5+ Scarce Emerald, many Azure and Blue-tailed (HV, JM, IS)

• Rainham Marshes: 5+ Scarce Emerald, 1+ Common Emerald (SH, HV)

• Rainham Marshes: 3 Hairy Hawkers, 20 Four Spot Chasers, 2 Emperors, many Azure and Blue-tailed, 3f Broad Bodied Chaser, 5 Brown Argus, 3 Wall Brown, 2 Common Blue, Small Heath, 20 Holly Blue, Peacock, Red Admiral, 3 Whites, Common Lizard (HV)

• Priors GC: Emperor Dragonfly, Hairy Dragonfly, Black-tailed Skimmer, 10 Four Spot Chasers, Large Red, Azure, Blue-tailed, Common Blue and Large Red Damselflies (CRJ)
• River Roding near M25: 3 Hairy Dragonflies, 150 Banded Demoiselles, 100's White-legged Damselflies, Broad Bodied Chaser (CRJ)

• Rainham Marshes: Brimstone, Clouded Yellow (HV)

• Cornmill Meadows: Small Tortoiseshell; Red Admiral; Small Copper (BJ)

• Rainham Marshes: 2 Hairy Hawkers, 2 Four Spot Chasers, 1st Small Copper (HV, PHa)

• Rainham Marshes: 3 Hairy Hawkers, Deadly Nightshade in bloom, Wall Brown (HV)

• Rainham Marshes: 3 Hairy Hawkers, Blue-tailed, Azure and Large Red Damsels, 30+ Noctule Bats, Fox, miriad of Marsh Frogs, Wall Brown (HV)

• Rainham Marshes: 3 Broad Bodied Chaser (SH)

• Rainham Marshes: Four Spot Chaser (DMo)

• Rainham Marshes: 2 Hairy Hawkers, 3 Blue-tailed Damselflies, Wall Brown (HV)

• Rainham Marshes: Broad Bodied Chaser (HV)

• Rainham Marshes: 4 Hairy Hawkers (HV)

• Rainham Marshes: Hairy Hawker (Phil Street)

• Rainham Marshes: Stoat (HV)

• Rainham Marshes: 2 Blue-tailed Damselflies, 9 Orange Tip, 4 Holly Blue, 8 Speckled Wood, 30 Green Veined White, 5 Small White, 3 Small Tortoiseshell, 35 Peacock, 100's of Marsh Frogs (HV)

• Rainham Marshes: 6 Orange Tip, 3 Holly Blue, 4 Speckled Wood, 30 Green Veined White, 10 Small White, Brimstone, 4 Small Tortoiseshell, 40 Peacock, 100's of Marsh Frogs (HV)

• Rainham Marshes: Large Red Damselfly, Orange Tip (HV)

• Walthamstow Res: 3 Peacock butterflies (David Callahan)
• Rainham Marshes: Large Red Damselfly (JS)

• Ingrebourne Valley: 2 Orange Tips, Brimstone, Speckled Wood, 7 Peacocks and 6 Tortoiseshells.

• Rainham Marshes: 4 Hare (LH)

• Mardyke Valley: 22 Peacock, 6 Brimstone, 4 Small White, 5 Small Tortoiseshell, Holly Blue (HV)

• Bedfords Park: 20 Peacock, 17 Comma, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, Brimstone, Holly Blue, Speckled Wood (CRJ)

• Roding Valley Meadows: m Orange Tip (PV)

• Ingrebourne Valley: Adders, Common Lizard (LH)
• Rainham Marshes: 3 Water Voles (HV)

• Rainham Marshes: 6 Water Voles (HV) Lizard (SH) dozens of Marsh type frogs, 3 Peacock, 4 Small Torts, Red Admiral

• Rainham Marshes: 3 Water Voles (HV)

• Rainham Marshes: Stoat (D&WP), 3 Weasels (VW, PS)

• Rainham Marshes: Marsh Frogs, Stoat (HV) Hairy Footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes, Buff-tailed Bumble Bee Bombus terrestris (Susan Walter)

• Weald Park: Brimstone (CRJ)

• Rainham Marshes: Water Vole, Marsh Frogs (DP)
• Barking Park: Speckled Wood (PV)
• Weald Park: Muntjac, 4 Fallow Deer, 22 Comma, 3 Peacock, Red Admiral (CRJ)

• Rainham Marshes: 4 Small White, 4 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Peacock, 2 Red Admiral, Formica Ants, 24-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, many Masrh Frogs (HV, SH)

• Ingrebourne Valley: 3 Red Admirals, 2 Peococks, Comma (DMo)
• Bedfords Park: 2 Red Admirals, 3 Peacocks, 8 Comma, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Brimstone (CRJ)

• Bedfords Park: Brimstone, 6 Comma, 3 Peacock, 2 Red Admiral (CRJ)

• Rainham Marshes: Stoat, Weasel, Fox, House Mouse (HV)

• Walthamstow Marsh: Water Vole (DC).

• Rainham Marshes: Smooth Newt (HV)

• Rainham Marshes: Stoat (HV)

• Rainham Marshes: White-tailed Bumblebee (HV)

2006 Wildlife Archive