Birds and wildlife seen during my first walk round The Naze during a short stay in Walton-on-the Naze towards the end of April 2025

View of the beach huts on Walton-on-the Naze beach as I walked towards The Naze

Common Whitethroat at The Naze

Naze Tower

One of the many WW2 pill boxes on Walton beach

Swift flying towards its nest in a hole on the cliff face

Bee Fly at the John Weston nature reserve on The Naze

Linnet on gorse at the end of the headland

Dunnock in the brambles

Linnet with nesting material

View into the John Weston nature reserve while I was standing on the seawall

Swifts collecting nesting material from the grass at The Naze

Lots of gorse in flower

Wooden shark!

Goldfinch at the end of a branch

Oystercatcher on the estuary at low tide

I was surprised to see a Spotted Redshank in a pool at the end of The Naze

Shelducks on the estuary at low tide

I walked back to Walton-on-the Naze along the seawall at the edge of the estuary

Male Muntjac deer in a field

It was hard work walking along this narrow path between the flowering plants!

View of Harwich/Felixstowe on the other side of the estuary

Barnacle geese, Oystercatchers and Shelducks near a pool on the marshes at Walton-on-the-Naze

Meadow Pipit on a concrete post at the edge of the seawall

Male Reed Bunting on a narrow twig amongst the reeds

Stone barge on the Walton Backwater

Rowing boat in the reeds

Little Egret behind a wire fence on the marshes

Naze Tower in the distance across the marshes

This rusty ship won't been going anywhere anytime soon!!

I enjoyed the walk and went back for another look a few days later

 

First birding walk of the New Year - St. James's Park - 3rd January 2025

My walk began at the shrubbery near the entrance to the park where I saw a normal-coloured Great Tit

...and the dark melanistic version

I wouldn't want to cycle in the lake anyway!  Idiot vandals!!!!

Bright yellow eye on this Tufted drake

Millennium wheel viewed from the bridge across the lake

...also the buildings behind Horseguards Parade

Black Swan with her Mute Swan companion, plus a Greylag goose, on a sunny day

Black Swan near her companion's juvenile cygnet as he sails off to confront another swan

White Ross's goose approaching the railings

Grey Squirrel with a snack

Grey Heron enjoying the sunshine

All six Great White Pelicans standing (and shivering) at the edge of the lake

The Pelicans then moved over towards the bridge at Duck Island where two men were throwing fish to them

Red-headed Pochard at the other side of the lake - a member of the waterfowl collection

...also a Eurasian Teal

...and a Hooded Merganser

...and a Shelduck

...and two Barnacle geese

...and a Hawaiin goose

Green Rose-ringed Parakeet on a twiggy branch in front of a tree trunk

Pair of Egyptian geese near the exit to the park - the female is very light-coloured

Blue Tit perching on the edge of a coconut shell