Sitting at home this morning with no plans to go birding, but that soon changed when a Black-winged Stilt was reported at Rainham Marshes. Thirty minutes later the car is parked in the Rainham car park and I'm going through the track and trace procedures at the entrance. After entering the reserve I learn that the Stilt had flown West! A leisurely stroll around the reserve followed, the highlight of which was a self-found drake Garganey. Several Bearded Tits were heard and then seen for a year tick addition, A quick check of the news services and I discover that the Stilt had reappeared on Purfleet Scrape! We headed back towards the reserve centre and luckily met Howard V on the way who kindly guided us to the area the Stilt was feeding in.
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| Black-winged Stilt |
Having returned home Brian phoned this evening to ask if I knew that there had been a report of three Black-necked Grebes present on Roding Valley Lake. The lake is almost on my doorstep, a quick walk to the lake and sure enough, the three Black-necked Grebes were spotted slowly drifting around in the middle of the lake!
The lake has now recorded four of the five Grebe species seen in Britain, with a Red-necked Grebe seen in 2017 and Great Crested and Little Grebe almost resident.
Unfortunately, they were not present the next morning having departed overnight.
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| Black-necked Grebes |
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