I walked north along the river wall and then back again to where I had parked the car on the edge of the housing estate (0730am-09:am.It was clear at first,then becoming light overcast,with a light southwesterly,warm,the river was halfway down.

The most notable birds seen were-10 Yellowhammer (mostly pairs)20 Linnet,10 Goldfinch,6 Reed Bunting,15 Meadow Pipits,2 Snipe and 3 Yellow Wagtails,the last named of which flew over south.On returning to the car,2 Little Egrets were seen feeding in the river shallows and 2 Lapwing flew up the river south.

It was nice to see the Yellow Wagtails,they are now very hard to find on my usual patch in the Holborough/Burham marsh/New Hythe/Leybourne lakes area.