I had heard that a Great White Egret had been seen at Rainham Marshes, so I went there in early October with the hope of being able to see it and was rewarded by this lovely Great Egret wading around in front of the Purfleet Hide as soon as I had arrived there. It did not stay long and flew off into the far distance.
Male Teal swimming in the lagoon
and a female Northern Shoveler duck
Two distant Long-tailed Tits in the woodland
Plenty of Sloe berries in the woodland
White butterfly on a Buddleia in the Cordite Store
Red berries along the woodland walk
Four Gadwall drakes following a female
Lapwings in the lagoon in front of the Purfleet hide
View from the Purfleet hide
Plenty of Black-tailed Godwits were lined up along one of the spits of land in the lagoon
Pair of Gadwalls
Some Avocets had just flown in from the Thames and came down near a flotilla of Canada geese
The Avocets joined up with the Godwits
Wandering Lapwing
Black-tailed Godwit and female Northern Shoveler
Lapwing stretching out its rather large wings
Kingfisher perching on a distant post
Black-tailed Godwit wandering around right in front of the Purfleet hide window
Another view from the window of the Purfleet hide
Avocets, Black-tailed Godwits and Lapwings just before I went home after a great day at Rainham
