About 2,000 Dunlin, 1,500 Lapwing, say 1,000 Golden Plover, 10 Grey Plover, 8 Redshank, 1 Heron, 2 male and 2 female Goldeneye, several dozen Mallard, only 4 Pintail seen, 1,000 plus Pochard, 200 Tufted Duck, Shoveller, Wigeon, only a couple of Teal at most, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, Coot, Wren, 3 Magpies, 1 female Marsh Harrier. Inland, a dozen Fieldfares, and a Songthrush and Robin in song.
The tide was too high for any birds on the river, but the hopper dredger Charlemagne, of Luxembourg registration, was emptying gravel into the bulk hopper at the start of the dragline taking the gravel and then dumping it onto a pile inland, and then Ocean Promise, London, took the first of the ebb tide downstream.
A gorgeous quiet day, with hazel catkins all along the A228.
The tide was too high for any birds on the river, but the hopper dredger Charlemagne, of Luxembourg registration, was emptying gravel into the bulk hopper at the start of the dragline taking the gravel and then dumping it onto a pile inland, and then Ocean Promise, London, took the first of the ebb tide downstream.
A gorgeous quiet day, with hazel catkins all along the A228.
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