Weather: cloudy but bright. From 2:30pm.
An afternoon to test the camera & pick-up any early migrants; both locations a short walk from Canning Town tube station.
Bow Creek: a small restored area along the river with mixed scrub & reed areas.
Dunnock (singing enthusiastically), Magpie, Lesser Black-Backed Gull, Mute Swan, Coot (one seen later with a chick), Mallard, Pied Wagtail, Crow, Cormorant (over), Goldfinch, Great Tit, Herring Gull, Shelduck, Blue Tit.
14 species.
East India Dock.
Tame Tufted Duck, up to 20; Teal, several still around; Moorhen, Robin, Blackbird, Oystercatcher (on the far riverbank under the O2), Grey Heron (over), Woodpigeon,
Greenfinch.
12 species.
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