Got to barking at 8, the temperature in the car said -4 don't know if that was right, but it was bloody cold. Walked along the foreshore saw a lot of lapwing,Redshank,Gulls and 5 curlew on the way down. . At the end of the concrete path by the cemex jetty i flushed 7 snipe, watching them as they gave me a side on view convinces me that it was a jack snipe i saw last week. Feeding on the mud just past the jetty were about 25 blackwits. Spent about half hour inland but it was very quiet plus by now i was begining to freeze, so headed back to the river. With the tide nearly in i now struck lucky with 4 year firsts for the patch. 4 tufted duck and 4 Gadwall. Looking a bit further out i thought there were 3 more Gadwall, until i saw the white front to the neck on one of them. time to get the camera out unfortunatly they flew off towards crossness.
Further along i saw a flock of dunlin and in amongst them were a lapwing and 7 grey plove,r there was also a lone plover further along
Finally saw 5 ringed plovers roosting on the riverside centre jetty.
At Rainham i managed to add a dozen year ticks for the site, nothing unusual just stuff i'd missed out on before. As at Barking i scoured the gulls but didn't see anything different. There had been a smew earlier but i couldn't find it or the beardies which had shown earlier.
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