November 25th (New Hythe/Leybourne)

I had a walk around the lakes this morning between 8.am - 10.30 am.I wanted mainly to check up on wildfowl numbers- totals were Pochard (27) Tufted Duck (225) Shoveler (12) Gadwall (15) Teal (62) the latter were seen along the river, Mallard (35) which included (20) along the river, Little Grebe (16) which included (7) 0n the river, Great Crested Grebe (32) which included (12) on Abbey Mead,Coot (400) and Slavonian Grebe (1) on Brookland lake.

I had a quick look for the Goldeneye which has been present on the Trout lake but I didn`t see it.

I had a Blackcap in the garden today,which is the first for this autumn/winter period and a second Reed Bunting.