Weather,clear at first,later some cloud,northerly.(river high) 8:am-10: am. New Hythe.
Brookland lake held just,6 Mute Swan (3 adult and 3 young),6 Coot,1 Cormorant and 10 B h Gulls.As I walked past the Sunken marsh 2 Cetti`s Warbler called,2 Bullfinch flew over and on the pylon on the edge of the marsh 6 Jackdaw were perched with 4 Cormorant.Birds noted on Abbey Mead were - 120 Coot,2 G C Grebe,1 Little Grebe,3 Wigeon,5 Shoveler,4 Gadwall,7 Mallard,1 Canada Goose,2 Mute Swan and 35 Tufted Duck.The surface weed that many of the birds were attracted to seems to have all gone.Walking through the East scrub I had 4 Chaffinch,4 Great Tits,3 Blue Tits,8 L T Tits,9 Goldfinch and 1 Blackbird.Other counts were as follows - Railway lake - 19 Coot,4 Tufted Duck.
Tesco lake - 90 Coot,11 Mute Swan (7 young and 4 adult) 24 Tufted Duck,5 Greylag,3 G C Grebe and 5 Canada Geese.
Stream side lake - 20 Coot,5 G C Grebe,4 Cormorant,1 Mute Swan and 6 Mallard.
East scrub - 4 Great Tit,8 L T Tits,4 Chaffinch,9 Goldfinch and 1 Green Woodpecker.The only Warblers in evidence today were the calling Cetti`s.

I went back for a short visit in the afternoon at 1530 and watched a Common Buzzard slowly drifting high over the east scrub heading south and 4 Bullfinch were seen in the Hawthorns along the river,making 6 for the day.