Anyway last weekend saw us head down to London to look after and run the Tap Room at our sons brewer in Bemondsey (see the link on the home page) As we had to pick up the keys on Thursday as he was going away that left us a free day on the Friday, so we toddled off to RSPB Rainham.
The weather was glorious, unlike the Saturday on the Beer Mile!
Also this was the first outing since my camera and 500mm lens were both repaired, it was actually pretty quiet out on the reserve and the reported Pectoral Sandpiper from earlier in the week was no longer about, just plenty of Collared Dove and Hous Sparrows to start with, although this Little Grebe showed nicely a little further along the circular walk:
We had been told that the Bearded Tits, or should I call then Bearded Reedlings now, had been showing near the Rifle Butts, we bumped into a chap who had seen them a few minutes earlier, but no promises! Then a kind South African gentleman took us to where he had seen them and within a couple of minutes there they were:
We stayed for about thirty minutes watching their antics, taking time for a coffee of course. I have quite a few photos that I will add to my Flickr albums shortly.
So we walked on to the large hide overlooking the pools, there wasn't a great deal about apart from the Teal;
We had a late lunch there before continuing around the reserve, watching the Lapwing;
So back to the centre where some Starling and Collared Dove showed well and a final cuppa before heading back to Bow.
Not a huge list but well worthwhile:
| Bearded Tit |
| Black-headed Gull |
| Blue Tit |
| Buzzard |
| Carrion Crow |
| Collared Dove |
| Cormorant |
| Goldfinch |
| Great Tit |
| Greater Canada Goose |
| Grey Heron |
| Greylag Goose |
| House Sparrow |
| Jay |
| Kestrel |
| Lapwing |
| Little Egret |
| Little Grebe |
| Long-tailed Tit |
| Magpie |
| Mallard |
| Moorhen |
| Mute Swan |
| Pheasant |
| Shelduck |
| Shoveler |
| Starling |
| Teal |
| Woodpigeon |
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