Medway walk from Cannon Lane to Hartlake with Phil

Moon in the early morning sky.


Cormorants at sunrise

Great Tit (parus major)

Greylag Goose and a pair of Hybrids

Bad photo of a Grey Wagtail

Female Reed Bunting ?

Little Egret in flight

Same Little Egret from another angle

A nice shot of a Robin in the woods.

Male Sparrowhawk taken through glass at home.

Yesterday Phil http://www.cedarcrescentblog.blogspot.com and I decided to take a walk along the river Medway, as we set off I snapped a picture of the moon in the early morning sky.

First bird of the day was a Magpie followed by Black Headed Gull and Herring Gull. We looked across the river and noticed a tree with Cormorants roosting on it, they looked really nice in silhouette back lit by the rising sun, i snapped a picture.

We set off again then we heard a Great Tit calling, I snapped another pic, we then spotted Blackbird and Robin and Dunnock, we heard Greenfinch and Great Spotted Woodpecker.

Then the spot of the day - Kingfisher. A true gem of a bird and one that always eludes me on the Oxonhoath Patch.

Looking up we saw a Heron fly over and a Pheasant was calling in the distance, Blue Tit Wood Pigeon and Carrion Crow were now on the days list quickly followed by Wren and Goldfinch.

Then we heard the call of a wader, we saw it flying off away from us it had a white rump, a quick call to our good friend Warren Baker confirmed that what we had seen was a Green Sandpiper.

Pied Wagtail , Moorhen and a group of Mute Swans were feeding across the other side of the river. Greylag Goose and a pair of white hybrid Geese were paddling on the river, time to snap another picture.

Then another picture snapped of a female Reed Bunting, not very good but I thought i might as well include it. we then saw a Grey Wagtail feeding on the river bank , another bad picture also included.

Song Thrush, a nice female Bullfinch and Yellowhammer were then seen. Starling, Jay, Kestrel. A lone female Mallard swam up the the river. A Stock Dove flew over.

We crossed the river at Eldridge Lock, we had a good look around and came across a couple of owl boxes on telegraph poles, Phil and I will be keeping an eye on these in the future, then Phil spotted a Little Egret up in the trees, we tried to get close but it soon spooked and took flight, I snapped a couple of pictures.

The snowy weather was starting to close in so we headed back. On the way, Long Tailed Tits feeding in the the woods. As we moved on a large flock of Lapwing flew over, always nice to see.

The snow was coming down very hard now, as we walked a Snipe was flushed from around the icy pools in the middle of the field. We were soon back home and having a nice cup of tea and shortbread biscuits. As we watched the feeders in the garden a male Sparrowhawk dropped in and I managed to take a picture through the glass. A good days birding had by all.