Train journey to Peterborough

Mallard, Coot, Moorhen, Gadwall, Tufted, Canada Goose, Heron, Robin, Rook, Crow, Mistle Thrush, Mute Swan, Kestral, Pheasant, Blackbird, Wood Pigeon, Turtle Dove, Starling

Last weeks visits

Oare Marshes - Jaunuary 3rd 2011

With a companion and Junior Birder and his new bins.

Jay (en route), Collared Dove, Sparrow, Blackbird, Rook, Redshank, Avocet, Heron, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Shoveller, Shellduck, Teal, Pintail, Common Eider, Widgeon, Dunlin, Lapwing, Knot, Golden Plover, Black Tailed Godwit, Snipe, Mute Swan, Brent Geese, Grey Lag Geese, Canada Geese, Meadow Pipet, Little Egret, Oyster Catcher, Gold Finch, Green Finch, Rook, Carion Crow, Magpie, Wood Pigeon, Pied Wagtail, Robin, Great Tit, Black Backed Gull.

2 Grey Seals in Swale. No Raptors.

Sevenoaks - Dec 30th 2010

Mild, but the lakes where 90% iced over, causing fog to form over the ice, very remarkable

Magpie, Chaffinch, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Teal, Goosander, Little(Black Necked?) Grebe, Gadwall, Shoveller, Robin, Wren, Jay, Lapwing, Black Backed Gull, Hering Gull, Lesser Black Backed Gull, Carion Crow, Sisken.

No Raptors

Ladywell/Brockley Cemetery 29th Dec 2010 am

A good scavange round on a grey, mild, damp morning. The cemetery was full of bird life enjoying the mild spell after the freeze of the last month.

4 Goldcrests, 4 Coal Tits, 5 Ring Necked Parakeets, 2 Green Woodpeckers, 2 Jays, Many Long Tailed Tits, Great Tits and Blue Tits, Carion Crows, 15 Magpies, Wood Pigeon, Robin, Blackbird.

East India Dock

A beautiful, clear winters day, and an hour of work at mid day:

Pied Wagtail, BH Gull, Cormorrant, LBB Gull, Chaffinch, Gold Finch, Teal, Mallard, Shell Duck, Coot, Moorhen, Tufted Duck, Mute Swan, Blue Tit, Great Tit