Great Crested Grebe at East India Dock Basin, December 2010
A much colder day than yesterday with an overnight frost and light northerly wind, six Shelduck were on the basin along with eight Tufted Duck, a single Little Grebe and a 1st-winter Great Crested Grebe, by no means an easy species here; I made a very extensive Common Teal count and totalled c430, my best ever count, my previous best was c380 on January 14th this year, a cold snap over the new year could push numbers past the often punted 500 mark, a good count anywhere let alone a small urban reserve in an Inner London borough. Two Redshank were on the creek and I had calling Chiffchaffs in the northern scrub at the basin and in the ecology park. Despite the cold several passerines were singing including Dunnock, Great Tit and Goldfinch; overhead passage was negligible with three Woodpigeon high east the only birds of note.
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