Thursday, 16 October 2025

Birds and European Paper Wasps at Rainham Marshes nature reserve - 20th September 2025

Grey Heron wandering along in front of the Purfleet Hide

View of distant Lapwings and Black-tailed Godwits in the lagoon

There's a Snipe hiding in there somewhere!

Chiffchaff hiding amongst the berries

Close view of a Peacock butterfly resting on a wooden handrail

Great Spotted Woodpecker perching in distant trees


There are lots of electricity pylons located in the nature reserve

and the top of one of them was covered with Starlings

Male Eurasian Teal trying to keep a low profile

Female Eurasian Teal cruising across the water in front of the Ken Barrett hide

View of the new window shutters attached to the outside of the Shooting Butts hide after some mindless vandalism closed it for months and months

Kestrel perching above a new shutter on the hide

Kestrel hovering

European Paper Wasps were making a nest inside one of the wooden handrails

Little Egret wading in front of the Purfleet hide

Female Northern Shoveler standing on mud

A couple of Lapwings standing in the lagoon on an overcast afternoon

 

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