Had a walk round Rainham Marhes this morning, which was cold in the wind. Finally got to see a Firecrest after three weeks of trying.
Managed to see 60 differents birds today (25/11/17), also 60 at Kids Bird Walk last week (18/11/17) and 20 when we had a quick walk to try and find the firecrest on 12/11/17.
Highlights with a few pictures are below, had a good view of a Barn Owl in its box and Stonechats bouncing round.
Stonechat
Had quite few different birds of prey including, Marsh Harrier flying over cows, Kestrel hovering and a Sparrow Hawk hunting.
Marsh Harrier
Sparrow Hawk
Kestrel
Variuos ducks of which Pintail was my favourite.
Pintail
Waders including good view of Curlew and a Ruff from the Ken Barrett Hide.
Ruff in front of a Lapwing
We had all three pipits, Meadow, Rock and excellent view of a Water from the Ken Barrett Hide. For the keen eyed there was a Common Snipe hiding in the edge of the mud.
Robins were jumping around in the bushes with Blue, Great and Long Tailed Tits.
Robin
Little Egret was stalking and hunting for fish.
Little Egret
Had a couple good days out and about looking at the various wild life at Rainham.
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