Weather: wet & windy but mild. From 4:15pm.
A late afternoon visit to Rainham, a bit too late because the reserve was getting ready to close. Nonetheless the wardens were very happy for a group of us to take a quick wander.
On the first area of marsh: Wigeon, Coot, Grey Heron, Magpie, Black-Headed Gull, Teal, Little Egret & Lapwing.
From the path towards the hide a couple of brown, juvenile birds were perched on the wire fence & it took them to fly off to a far bush where a male Stonechat was clearly seen before the juvenile birds could be postively identified.
Although the hide was locked the main stretch of water could be observed from the path, although nothing in addition was seen apart from groups of Starling & loose groups of House Martin with the odd Swallow: more summer migrant stragglers. A Little Grebe was also quietly sitting in the water in the very close reedbed; Mallard & Canada Goose were also seen on the open water.
Heading back to the visitors' centre put up flocks of Goldfinch & Linnet; finally a lone Kestrel was hunting over river side meadows.
18 species, none new.
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