So I'm writing this a whole week after visiting Rainham last Sunday. Probably because there wasn't much to tell! I won't go into huge amounts of detail, but I was of course looking for Waxwings and saw none.
Highlights included, amongst the hundreds and thousands of waterfowl and waders there, one or two Shelduck, a new bird to the site for me (and for London), a Curlew (not new but nice to see) standing alone in a field, a lone Fieldfare flying over (and possibly some Redwing but I couldn't tell). Good sightings of upwards of 6 Snipe, the Pintails (around 6 or so of them as well), huge flock of Golden Plover, two separate flyover Skylarks, a Little Egret, and a very distant but definite Ringed Plover!
This, although not being spectacular, more than doubled my current year list which now stands at 53. Not had a lot of chance for birding recently, which I've missed (although I can't bring myself to care enough to visit Rainham to tick the 'Slaty-Backed Gull' which isn't even on my spreadsheet anyway if I did bother due to being so rare!)
I will be out there soon though, seeing wonderful birds and having fun.
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