Pochards in the Small Pool beside Church Manorway, Erith

For reasons unknown, we always hoped to see Tufted Ducks in the Pool: rather than the usual Coots, Little Grebes, Mallards and Moorhens.

Sitting on the bus travelling between Edith and Abbey Wood Station we spotted what we thought to be Tufted Ducks as we passed the Pool: it being visible from the Road. We got off the bus for a look: not Tufted Ducks but Pochards. Five of them: three male and two female:

Additionally a number of Coots, young and old, were present. A couple of Grey Wagtails (our first of the year) with, we assumed, hungry mouths to feed, were whooshing and swooshing, looking for insects. Reed Warblers (again, our first of the year: we glimpsed a couple) were warbling and we heard a single Cetti's Warbler.