Trip reports

OUTDOOR MEETING

Sunday, 22 January 2012

OUR THIRD GROUP VISIT TO RSPB RAINHAM MARSHES RESERVE, NEAR THE DARTFORD CROSSING, ON 22ND JANUARY, 2012, WAS A VERY WINDY BUT DRY DAY. THE STRENGTH OF THE WIND MADE HOLDING BOTH BINOCULARS AND TELESCOPES STEADY VERY DIFFICULT, BUT THE GROUP OF FIFTEEN OF US SAW A TOTAL OF FORTY-FOUR BIRD SPECIES.

SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WERE:-

NINE SPECIES OF DUCK, INCLUDING A BEAUTIFUL MALE PINTAIL
GREEN WOODPECKER
GOLDEN PLOVER
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT
SNIPE
KESTREL
SPARROWHAWK
MEADOW PIPIT
ROCK PIPIT.

ON EACH OF OUR VISITS TO RAINHAM, IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE RESERVE, WITH NEW HIDES AND BOARD WALKS, MAKING IT A GREAT SITE TO VISIT AT ANY TIME OF THE YEAR.