Quiet Times

Mid morning at the South end of the ARC Pit little of note, just the usual eclipse ducks and feral geese, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Ringed Plovers and 2 Oystercatchers. This afternoon 150+ Swifts round the Tower.

At The Patch late morning 2 Mediterranean Gulls and 1 Kittiwake among the hundreds of Black-headed Gulls(very few juveniles still) and Herring Gulls (3 colour ringed North Thames birds) 4 adult Sandwich Terns with 1 juvenile. Off shore a few Gannets and Kittiwakes and 2+ harbour Porpoises.



 On the reserve from Dengemarsh hide a few Tern chicks on the rafts along with 1 Oystercatcher chick. Over the reeds 2+ Marsh Harriers and a Hobby. On Burrowes from Makepiece another Oystercatcher family posing for the camera but little else of note.