On arrival our attention was initially attracted by aircraft, including this BA CityFlyer, Embraer ERJ-190SR aircraft, flying into the nearby London City Airport:
We didn't subsequently see the hoped for Caspian Gull although we saw lots of other Gulls, including a ringed Herring Gull (Ring No. V9FT) viz.
But Wow: before boarding a Thames Clipper to take us back to Woolwich on the first leg of the Homeward Journey, we unexpectedly chanced upon a Small Party of Reed Buntings busying themselves in the Phragmites that grow beside the River viz.
Which more than made up for not seeing a Caspian Gull. Truth to tell, we hadn't really expected to see one anyway. But perhaps more importantly, we are generally able to identify Reed Buntings; we need help with Caspian Gulls.
Birds seen included: a Coot, Common Gulls, Cormorants, Herring Gulls, Mallards, a Moorhen and the Reed Buntings.
After which, we voyaged to Woolwich, courtesy of a Thames Clipper viz.
A Footnote: whilst waiting for the Clipper we watched the Cable Cars criss-crossing the River viz.
Although we are not really brave enough to travel in a Cable Car (not very good with heights) we understand, without wishing to be controversial, that they come to ground on the other side of the River in the Middle of Nowhere!
Another Footnote: looking across the River towards, as we understand it, West Silvertown, we saw the (laid-up) Tug, Suncrest. And behind the Tug, we noticed the Rotting Carcass of the former floating Public House/Restaurant, the London Regalia viz.
Formerly moored at Swan Pier, located on the North Bank of the Thames between London Bridge and the Cannon Street Railway Station Bridge, the London Regalia apparently shut up Shop during 2011 or thereabouts, after which it was towed to West Silvertown.
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