Jimmy & I pick up Brian & give him a break from driving for once & head back to Cliffe to try for the Red-necked Grebe that we missed out on on the last trip.
We park up & take a long walk to the far end of the pool, we find 20 or so Little Grebes among the Pochard & Tufted Ducks,a few Great-crested Grebe then we spot a cracking looking Black- necked Grebe.
As we scan we find 3 more of them & then Jimmy spots the Red-necked to make the return trip worthwhile as all 3 of us get a good year tick.
It's off round to the black barn to see whats about,the wind has got up & it feels a lot colder & apart from large flocks of Lapwing not to much was showing.
We hoped for a Greenshank but never saw any but Brian needed Avocet for a tick & Jimmy & I got our first Sparrow Hawk of the year as we walked back.
With no news of the Bonaparte's at Erith that would not have been far away, we head back to New Hythe that we visited a couple of weeks ago without Brian where we picked up a tick when we found a Ring-necked Duck so we hope it's still about for him to tick it.
On arrival we manage to get parked a lot closer than last time so a shorter walk than we had, Brian finds the duck at the far end of the pool so a good day not a lot about but we get a couple of ticks out of the trip so always worth the effort.
Not a day for the camera that was the only down side as Brian loves to get a few shots off.
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