Back to Woolwich (in the Royal Borough of Greenwich) to look for Birds &c.

Back to Woolwich (in the Royal Borough of Greenwich) for the first time since January-2019, to look for Birds in the Grounds of the former Royal Arsenal, on the Thames' Foreshore and beside the Thames Path in the Woolwich area.

Birds seen:

Black-Headed Gulls
Blue Tits viz.

Carrion Crows
Common Gulls
Cormorants
a Great Black-Backed Gull
Herring Gulls
a Jay
a Lesser Black-Backed Gull
Magpies
a Moorhen
Mute Swans (a family of six, namely Mama, Papa and for Children) viz.

Pied Wagtails
Teals
and a Wood Pigeon

Footnote: a List of Bird' Species seen to date during 2019 in the Grounds of the former Royal Arsenal, on the Thames' Foreshore and beside the Thames Path:

Blackbird
Black-Headed Gull
Black-Tailed Godwit
Blue Tit
Chaffinch
Carrion Crow
Coot
Cormorant
Egyptian Goose
Gadwall
Great Black-Backed Gull
Great Tit
Herring Gull
Jay
Lapwing
Lesser Black-Backed Gull
Magpie
Mallard
Moorhen
Mute Swan
Pied Wagtail
Redshank
Ring-Necked Parakeet
Robin
Starling
Teal
Wood Pigeon

Other Species we might hope to see before Year-End include: Canada Goose, Great-Crested Grebe, House Sparrow, Shelduck and Yellow-Legged Gull (habitats are rather limited).

We also noticed that the Borage growing on one of the disused Royal Arsenal Jetties/Wharfs is still hanging on.