Following a late night we decided to start the new year at a fairly relaxed pace, primarily at
Cliffe, dropping into nearby
Chatham Maritime on route. It was at the Maritime basins we arrived to good views of a
Shag that was swimming and feeding fairly close to the basin wall. Moving onto nearby
Cliffe (Alpha Pool), we saw:
Velvet Scoter (1),
Eider (1 female),
Red-breasted Merganser (1 female),
Goldeneye (2 female),
Marsh Harrier (1),
Redwing (2),
Scaup (1 male, 1 immature male & 2 females) and a
Tufted Duck x Pochard hybrid.
Finally as the light fell away and the weather deteriorated around 15:30, we headed through
Gillingham and were fortunate to come across three
Waxwings near to where
Ito Way meets Sharps Green on the edge of the
Medway Estuary.
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| Shag |
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| Great Crested Grebe |
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| Velvet Scoter |
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