Following on from a meeting this morning I hot footed it to Canada Water in Rotherhithe to look for a reported Long-Tailed Duck.
photos by Diamond Geezer (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgeezer/)
Canada Water is a small eco-park comprising what had once been the Canada Dock of the Old Surrey Docks on the South side of the Thames. It is now within a Shopping centre.
On arriving I could see a small duck showing a lot of white on the far side of the water. I hurried over and after about 10 minutes relocated it in the middle of the basin. It gradually came closer and I was able to get some good photos.
Other birds present included Sand and House Martins and a Reed Warbler singing from the reedbed.
Day list
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
Mallard [sp] (Anas platyrhynchos)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Grey Heron [sp] (Ardea cinerea)
Common Moorhen [sp] (Gallinula chloropus)
Eurasian Coot [sp] (Fulica atra)
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Lesser Black-backed Gull [sp] (Larus fuscus)
Common Tern [sp] (Sterna hirundo)
Common Pigeon [sp] (Columba livia)
Common Wood Pigeon [sp] (Columba palumbus)
Rose-ringed Parakeet [sp] (Psittacula krameri)
Common Swift [sp] (Apus apus)
Eurasian Magpie [sp] (Pica pica)
Carrion Crow [sp] (Corvus corone)
Sand Martin [sp] (Riparia riparia)
Common House Martin [sp] (Delichon urbicum)
Eurasian Reed Warbler [sp] (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Common Starling [sp] (Sturnus vulgaris)
Common Blackbird [sp] (Turdus merula)
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