Successful Bird Walk at Barking Riverside

Last Saturday 13th November London Wildlife Trust ran a bird walk at Barking Riverside's Thames foreshore. A total of 28 people showed up to learn about the birds they could see here foraging on the mudflats.The weather held out and although it was cold we managed to spot 27 different species of birds (listed below), not only on the mudflats, but across the Thames at Crossness and in the scrubby habitats inland of the foreshore.

Cormorant                               about 30 on jetty and at Crossness

Grey heron                              3 at Crossness

Shelduck                                 25+

Teal                                         15+

Ringed plover                          2+ at Crossness

Lapwing                                   30+ at Crossness

Dunlin                                      5+ at Crossness

Black-tailed godwit                  19,   10+ more at Crossness

Curlew                                     1

Redshank                                6, 20+ at Crossness

Black-headed gull                   large numbers (300+) Most at Crossness

Herring gull                              30+ Most at Crossness

Lesser black-backed gull        30+ Most at Crossness

Great black-backed gull         40+ Most at Crossness

Feral pigeon                            1

Skylark                                    4+

Meadow pipit                           5+

Pied wagtail                             2

Wren                                       1

Robin                                       1

Stonechat                                1

Blackbird                                 1

Great tit                                   2

Magpie                                    2+

Carrion crow                           10+

Starling                                    40+

Linnet                                      40+