A preschool drop visit to Rainham at first light this morning delivered a couple of site ticks for 2025 when I found a super smart sum plum Bar-tailed Godwit with eight Black-tailed Godwits on the foreshore in Aveley bay and a Cuckoo flew across towards target pool too. There were 28 Avocet between the mud bank and Marshland discovery zone and a couple of Dunlin, a Curlew along with 2 Oystercatcher also in the bay. A few Wigeon remain but the Pintail all appear to have moved on now.
After dropping the little ones and checking on Suzanne I headed over to the KGV with the Jims were we heard our first Lesser Whitethroat of the year by the sailing club and then jammed on the Blue-headed Wagtail which had thus far given me the slip. A few Common Terns were fishing on south Basin and a Little-ringed Plover was on the south bank too. As we walked North basin we spotted the Greater Scaup which is still hanging around with the Tufted Ducks. Two White Wagtails added to the Pied, Grey and Yellow wags added interest and another three Little-ringed plovers were seen with two showing signs of breeding. The Ravens have young already so we look forward to seeing them fledge with luck. On the walk back we picked up a single Arctic Tern flying over the south basin adding to the days total for the visit which added up to 64 and is a good total for a day list at the reservoir.
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| Sand Martins |
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| Little ringed Plover making Little little ringed plovers |
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| Little ringed plover |
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| The Causeway |
year list now 185 (Lesser Whitethroat)
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