Tufted Duck at East India Dock Basin, January 2011
The Tufted Duck flock, which numbered nine on the 1st has risen to 15 today, consisting of ten adult drakes, a 1st-winter drake and four females; these birds are probably the fallout from the large flocks at Millwall and Greenland docks and could conceivably carry one of the four Scaup which are wintering at the docks, or failing that a Pochard would do. There were no Shelduck on the basin early morning but one flew over the eco park late afternoon and five flew into the basin at dusk. The Pintail was feeding at Bow Creek early morning and was roosting with Mallard on the eastern side of the eco park late afternoon, Common Teal numbers were slightly up with c275 noted throughout the site. Two Peregrines were roosting on the Millennium Dome and a trilling Little Grebe was at Bow Creek late afternoon. The only notable passerines were three Robins having a face-off in the copse and a small flock of Long-tailed Tits moving through the gardens on the west side of the basin.
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