Kingfisher Day

Another trip out to the Wandle with the kids. Just as I arrived a Kingfisher tazzed its way round the corner of the delta. That sounded like there was no relationship there at all didn't it? Maybe what I should have written is that as I blundered around the sightline I flushed a Kingfisher which then leathered it as fast as it could out of the site. Luckily I hadn't flushed everything and also found Gadwall (down to just one bird), 2 Jackdaws and chirping House Sparrows on the tip, 3 GC Grebe on the Thames while Wandsworth Park had 2 Mistle Thrush, 6 Redwings and c10 Stock Dove - all feeding on the playing fields despite the fields being pretty full of people.

Kingfisher fishing

Another trip out with the eldest boy. Wandered up to the mouth of the Wandle, parked the boy and scanned the creek. A flash of blue and orange and a splash - Kingfisher. I've seen them here quite a few times and I know it's a bit geeky to get excited by them, BUT, it's a Kingfisher! In the middle of London! Just a couple of yards away from a tip full of old PCs and sofas and bald Christmas trees. Honestly, how cool is that? Also around 8 or 9 Gadwall, c10 Tufties, a male Pintail (presumably part of the London plastic posse) and a Grey Wag.