Rainham Marshes RSPB & Thamesmead
Stuart and Frances Banks, 25 January 2012

Bird list – Rainham Marshes
Peregrine, sparrowhawk, greenfinch, goldfinch, chaffinch, great tit, blue tit, bearded tit, long tailed tit, collared dove, reed bunting, stonechat, snipe, redwing, blackbird, pintail, mallard, wigeon, teal, shoveler, shelduck, gadwall, tufted duck, pochard, house sparrow, little grebe, black tailed godwit, lapwing, meadow pipit, pied wagtail, golden plover, little egret, grey heron, mute swan, magpie, robin, black headed gull, herring gull, lesser black backed gull, great black backed gull, coot, moorhen, carrion crow, wood pigeon, wren, starling, greylag goose, Canada goose, pheasant., common gull, dunnock. (51 species)

Weather: Cloudy with drizzle am

Stopping off at Thamesmead to try and see the ferruginous duck (not seen). Additional birds see: bittern, kestrel, great crested grebe.