WALK BY THE MEDWAY SUNDAY 7 FEB

This Moorhen was very hard to find today so I had to take a pic

Above and below a Treecreeper

Black headed Gulls perched on the gas storage tanks

I should have been walking around OXONHOATH today but alas too many bird scarers blasting away.

Set off along the Medway at 7.45 this morning, the sky being very overcast not good for taking pictures.  As I walked a Green Sandpiper flew up the river calling as it went, it had been disturbed by a dog. On the other bank the Swans were feeding . There were plenty of nice views of Bullfinches but no chance of taking a picture as they were perched to deep in the bushes or to far away. I spent most of the walk chasing a Treecreeper around. I  also noticed the high pitched call of Meadow pipits, I'me sure they have been here on my previous visits I just havn't noticed them, but at least they are on my list today.  When I arrived back at Canon Lane bridge I stood there for a while looking for a Kingfisher.  It wasn't long before I noticed a splash and that lovely blue flash as it dived for a fish.  I hope I can get a nice picture sometime, its got to be everybodys favorite bird. Plenty of Gulls sitting on the gas storage tanks so I snapped a picture of a couple of Black Headed gulls, you can see they are coming into there summer plumage. Tody I listed 38 species, not bad for a two hour walk.

Songthrush

Blackbird

Blue Tit

Green Finch

Long Tailed Tit

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Collard Dove

Black Headed Gull

Wood Pigeon

Robin

Magpie

Great Tit

Wren

Cormarant

Mallard

Mistle Thrush

Gold Finch

Green Sandpiper

Grey Lag Goose

Herring Gull

Green Woodpecker

Bull Finch

Chaffinch

Dunnock

Kestrel

Carrion Crow

Mute Swan

Sparrowhawk

Jay

Pheasant

Meadow Pipit

Fieldfare

Starling

Treecreeper

Snipe

Stock Dove

Moorhen

Kingfisher

Next week Leeds Castle with my good friend Julian, weather permitting.