Dartford Waffler

Archive for January, 2008

02 Jan

British Birding: Birds on a Picnic table

This afternoon I went for a stroll along the Darent valley at Lullingstone hoping to find Lesser Spotted Woodpecker which I have seen there before in winter. No luck with that species and very little else was to be found on an extremely quiet and cold day.
Along the valley and in the woodland higher up […]

01 Jan

British Birding: Start of a new Year List!

Beginning a new year list always gives me fresh enthusiasm for birdwatching - I guess I shouldn’t be such a listing freak, but I am!
Today I headed down to Greenhithe on the River Thames and walked along to Swanscombe Marsh, or what is left of it. This is a good site for Water Pipit and […]

01 Jan

British Birding: Last Birdwatching of the Year

Yesterday afternoon I found an hour to visit Dartford Marshes. I headed straight for the riverfront and as the tide was out, large numbers of gulls were present on the mud. Unfortunately, very shortly after my arrival a large ship passed along the river and its bow wave scared off most of the large gulls. […]

© 2012 Dartford Waffler | Entries (RSS) and Comments (RSS)

Birding Top 500 Counter