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Danson
Park Sightings
Data supplied by John Turner
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Little
Egret
Brian Edwards Thursday 18 March 2004
You may be interested
to hear of our recent sightings of Little Egrets.
On several
occasions we have seen a Little Egret feeding in the River Shuttle
at Willersley Park near Willersley Avenue, Blackfen. We have also
seen one feeding in the River Cray at Footscray
Meadows, where incidentally we have recently seen Gadwall Ducks.
This week whilst
in Shoreham, Kent we saw another Little Egret feeding in a tributary
of the River Darenth. These little chaps do appear to be spreading
out away from the Marshes.
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Shellness
Jean Mayes Wednesday 3 March 2004
Bar-tailed
Godwit
Black-headed Gull
Black-tailed Godwit
Brent Goose
Common Gull
Coot
Cormorant
Crow
Curlew
Dunlin
Fieldfare
Golden Plover
Great Crested Grebe
Grey Plover
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Greylag
Geese
Heron
Herring Gull
Kestrel
Knot
Lapwing
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Magpie
Mallard
Marsh Harrier
Meadow Pipit
Moorhen
Mute Swan
Oystercatcher
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Pheasant
Red-legged Partridge
Redshank
Reed Bunting
Ringed Plover
Shellduck
Shoveler
Skylark
Snipe
Starling
Stock Dove
Stonechat
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Crayford
Marshes
Eric Brown Tuesday 3 February 2004
Blackbird, Chaffinch, Crow, Coot, Cormorant, Collared dove, Stock
dove, Dunlin, Little egret, Fieldfare, 6 Gadwall 200 Black-tailed
godwit, 25 Redshank, Black headed gull, Lesser black-backed gull,
Common gull, Great black-backed gull, Heron, Jay, Kestrel, Magpie,
Mallard, Moorhen, Green and Greater spotted woodpecker, House sparrow,
Sparrowhawk (3 separate sightings, same bird?), Parakeet, Meadow
pipit, 30+ Redwing, Robin, Shelduck, 6 Skylark, Starling (approx
1000 in 2 flocks), Stonechat pair, Mute swan, Mistle thrush, Great
tit, Pied wagtail.
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information on Crayford Marshes
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Ralph Todd Tuesday 6 January 2004
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Photo
copyright © 2003 R Todd |
Circa 70 Redwings
on the grass behind the Stable Block Restaurant.
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Rainham
Marshes (Aveley)
17 December 2003
Shoveler, Great
Black Back Gull, Pintail (several pairs), Teal (good numbers), Moorhen,
Lapwings (100’s), Pied Wag, Gadwall (several pairs), Wigeon
(good numbers), Coot, Herring Gull, Heron, Stonechat, Greenfinch,
Meadow Pipit, Cormorant, 2 Peregrines (chasing cormorant), Black
Tail Godwit (30 on shoreline), Shelduck, Ringed Plover, Redshank,
Dunlin, Curlew, Rock Pipit (quite a few spread out along sea wall).
Also Fieldfare (1), Redwing (20+), Sparrowhawk and Bullfinch (1). |
Various
Sightings
Ralph Todd December 2003
Little Egret
between River Shuttle Bexley and River Cray Footscray
Meadows between Friday 19th - Wednesday 24th December. Also
Stonechat Upper College Farm area on 19th December 2003
From 26th December
there have been up to 3 Little Egrets along the Shuttle between
Days Lane, Marlborough Park and the golf course.
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Also, apparently
a large flock of Golden Plover with Lapwing in fields adjacent M2/M25
interchange although they seem to be more regularly seen around
the Horton Kirby area.
A visit Danson
Park Lake and Five Arches Foots Cray Meadows for unusual wildfowl
species might be worthwhile. In December there were some 3 shoveler
(10th) and 40 shoveler (11th) suggesting weather movements of wildfowl.
Also quite a lot of Long-tailed tits and Goldcrests around in gardens
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If
you would like to report any rare or unusual sightings then please
email Eric Brown
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