A view looking back towards the town from past the Iron Wharf Boat Yard (where the boats are moored). The sky is mostly a clear blue crossed with contrails. The creek is mostly a grey-brown mud at low tide with only a narrow stream reflecting the blue of the sky. Grasses and low-growing, salt-tolerant plants in various shades of greens and browns make up the foreground.

It was a lovely afternoon for a walk down Faversham Creek. If you zoom into the boat nearest the water you should just about make a Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) wadding through the stream.. #favershamcreek #faversham #creek #kent #england #birdsoftheworld #birds

A low-resolution phone-photo (a Sony Experia, but I forget which model) of a wreck of a fishing boat (mid creek) and two decaying hulks of Thames sailing barges along a muddy creek at low tide.

I'm not entirely sure why, but I've always had a soft spot for this photo of the entrance to Faversham Creek, that I took in 2016. It's pretty much as was, but I've lightened it a bit here #favershamcreek #faversham #kent #england

Counted the same 3 Redshank (among others), earlier this afternoon. Sorry to have missed you. The Ruff was last seen Saturday slightly further along near the Sewage Farm outflow, along with a couple of Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher and Spoonbill. #FavershamCreek

A fairly empty Faversham Creek looking east on a cloudy but clear morning

A fairly empty Faversham Creek looking west on a cloudy but clear morning

Practicing for tomorrow, post-clock change, a later #DailyBalcony of #FavershamCreek

Looking east over the creek as the sun illuminates a strip of sky behind buildings

Looking west down an empty creek - boats sat on the mud and electric lights still clear in the pre-dawn light

Looking east over the creek as the sun illuminates a strip of sky behind buildings

Totally clear sky for today’s #DailyBalcony on #FavershamCreek

Rain pouring down on the Creek - east view

Rain over the creek in a westerly direction

A bit damp for #DailyBalcony along #FavershamCreek #StormBenjamin

Dawn breaking over Faversham Creek

Dawn breaking over Faversham Creek - looking west

Dawn breaking over Faversham Creek - pinker version

Dawn breaking over Faversham Creek - pinker and zoomed in

Today’s #DailyBalcony taken early - then repeated as dawn became more rosy fingered #FavershamCreek

The creek in the fog - it is there, honest

Sunrise over the Creek - a sliver of orangey-pink behind the Customs House

Full moon over the creek - the moon appears a to be perched on a tree

A less fiery dawn over a half full creek

A few more #FavershamCreek photos

Grey day looking towards the Brewery Bridge with a full creek

Grey day looking seaward with a full creek

#FavershamCreek in grey morning light yesterday not - #DailyBalcony

Faversham Creek from a balcony in the morning Sun

Creek view towards the Brewery Bridge with the sun behind - the Creek at low tide

Starting a new project (might not last long as it will soon be mostly dark) #DailyBalcony photo is f #FavershamCreek
The effect of the Sun was very clear this morning!
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Posting the photos of the little grebe at high tide on the creek reminded me of my "Oop" video of early last year. I was almost caught by the wash from a car braving the flood, whilst recording the stretch of road I mentioned in the first ALT-text 😂 #FavershamCreek #Flood #Faversham #Kent #England

Sparrowhawk post sitting at the edge of the creek.

Calling Yellowhammer from the top of a bush.

Despite visiting #FavershamCreek after work, it felt hot. Highlights were a flyby Cuckoo that headed off over the creek towards Ham Marshes. 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Common Sandpiper, 8 Lapwing, 2 Greenshank, 3 Redshank, 1 Sedge & 2 Reed Warbler and 1 Yellowhammer #KentBirding #UKBirding #LowCarbonBirding

Very tame juvenile Robin came inquisitively to pose for a portrait

Garden Warbler was distant but sat still in a distant bush just long enough for a record shot.

Lesser Whitethroat was quite active feeding and seemed to favour this particular bush.

Capture of this branch walking Moorhen quite high in this bush. Always fun to see and quite commonly seen in bushes along this stretch of Thorne Creek at Faversham Creek

Garden Warbler was a long overdue patch tick at #FavershamCreek this morning. Also, 5 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Common Whitethroat, 1 Reed Warbler, 25 Chiffchaff, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Swallow, 2 Little Egret, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank #KentBirding #UKBirding #LowCarbonBirding

Female Blackcap feeding on berries

Female Blackcap is doing a great job of hiding behind some berries. Look carefully!

Chiffchaff were quite plentiful today but very furtive and difficult to pin down for a photo! This one was taken through a fence, so I'm surprised it came out!

A short lunchtime walk along #FavershamCreek 2 Little Egret, 5 Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 23 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat. A few butterflies were also seen including 'Whites', 1 Clouded Yellow and several Holly Blue. #KentBirding #UKBirding #LowCarbonBirding

Wild area sandwiched between areas of the solar farm. It was from here that I watched two family groups of Stonechat and a couple of Common Whitethroat this evening in addition to a flyover Peregrine.

Cycling this far out along #FavershamCreek helps cover more area when restricted to birding after work and having less time available. Once I reach a stile however I'm snookered as there's little hope of me lifting this bike many times. Feels like it weighs a tonne even if i take the battery off first!

Viewing across Faversham Creek to Ham Marshes

Cycle ride this evening along #FavershamCreek Highlights: 1 Oystercatcher, 17 Lapwing, 1 Whimbrel, 5 Common Sandpiper, 6 Redshank, 7 Greenshank, 4 Little Egret, 1 Little Owl, 1 Peregrine, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Whitethroat, 7 Stonechat, 1 Yellowhammer #KentBirding #UKBirding ##LowCarbonBirding

Two distant Foxes near the school playing fields in Faversham

Viewing towards Ham Marshes across Faversham Creek

There's a Little Owl in here, honest!

Our Golden Retriever, Nell, still loves a long walk at 11 years old. Over 5 miles today! We're on the home leg here walking past the Sewage Farm from where we were hearing Yellowhammer today.

#FavershamCreek #LowCarbonBirding #UKBirding #KentBirding Highlights:
Oystercatcher 1
Lapwing 10
Common Sandpiper 2
Greenshank 7
Little Egret 4
Little Owl 1
Buzzard 1
Green Woodpecker 6
Reed Warbler 2
Sand Martin 2
Swallow 44
House Martin 12
Chiffchaff 6
Blackcap 2
Whitethroat 1
Yellowhammer 2

Swallows gathering around the Sewage Farm #FavershamCreek

Dodging showers #FavershamCreek 4 Oystercatcher, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 1 Swift, 3 Sand Martin, 36 Swallow, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 14 Chiffchaff, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whitethroat, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Yellowhammer #KentBirding #LowCarbonBirding #UKBirding

A view looking back towards the town of Faversham Creek at low tide. The tall masts are those of historic Thames barges.

A similar view as the last, but featuring decaying wooden pontoons in the foreground.

Two of the landscapes I took with my phone yesterday of Faversham Creek. I have good memories of playing around similar timber pontoons as a youngster (second pic). They weren't half so decayed though! #ThamesBarges #FavershamCreek #Faversham #Kent #England

The pink flowers of a sea-lavender, the common type, I think (Limonium vulgare), against the mixed grey-greens of its leaves.

A broad view of the creek showing the sea-lavender growing in profusion. The masts of historic London barges can be seen on the horizon, against a cloudy sky.

There was also lots of sea-lavender about on my walk up the creek yesterday 😍 #SeaLavender #FavershamCreek #Faversham #Kent #England

Small pink and white flowers growing from fleshy green leaves amongst light-brown fragments of old dry reeds.

A close-up of the flowers.

An even closer close-up of one of the flowers 🙂

I noticed lots of these pretty little flowers on my walk along Faversham Creek this afternoon. The lesser sea-spurrey, also known as salt sandspurry (Spergularia marina), I think 💮 #wildflowers #flowers #FavershamCreek #Faversham #Kent #England

I managed to capture this little egret (Egretta garzetta) feeding along the creek at low tide this afternoon 😍 Taken at full-zoom on my phone #LittleEgret #EgrettaGarzetta #Faversham #FavershamCreek #Kent #England #birdsoftheworld #birds

A tributary of Faversham Creek on a fine spring afternoon. The painterly effect was a happy accident 😊

Unfortunately my phone's camera got stuck on the 'macro' setting today, which caused all the landscapes I took to have this painterly effect. I don't mind it here though, as I think it suits the scene #FavershamCreek #Faversham #Kent #England

A super close-up, out-of-focus, crop of a seemingly one-eared creature sitting on grass, with a gravel path in the background.

Anyone guess what this weird-looking one-eared creature was that I snapped on my phone this afternoon on my walk along the creek? 🤔😁 #FavershamCreek #Faversham #Kent #England

Viewing along Faversham Creek with an old wreck to the left and a couple of red buoys visible. I'm sheltered under bushes away from the rain and wind. The tide was out, and there were roosting Black-headed and Herring Gulls. Also, there were feeding Redshank, Teal, Little Grebe, and Cormorant. It was also here that the Grey Wagtail and Greenshank flew through.

Wet and breezy #FavershamCreek 2 Mute Swan, 10 Mallard, 16 Teal, 1 Stock Dove, 3 Moorhen, 2 Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 14 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 2 Cormorant, 4 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Cetti's, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Grey Wagtail, 30 Linnets #KentBirding #Kent #LowCarbonBirding ##Faversham ##UKBirding

Spoonbill with bill wide open on Saltmarsh. A distant, heavily cropped image taken at dusk.

It's the back of a Barn Owl sitting in a distant tree (honest!). It was quite when I took this photo of our first Barn Owl on our patch this year. Thisbis why I included the poor and very heavily cropped image!

Faversham Creek patch in the dark this evening near town. Problem with drawing in evenings is limitations to birding time after work! I'd just recorded an Avocet in Silhouette prior to taking this photo.

Golden Retriever standing on Faversham Creek seawall with bend of Creek and attractive scenery behind her. Our Golden Retriever never wanders far. She had been watching Teal and Mallard in the creek as I took this photo. Never once did she make any attempt to chase and disturb them! Nell is a 'birdwise' dog and I am proud of her for such exceptional behaviour. Treats are on us tonight! 💜

#FavershamCreek visit: 2 Wigeon, Spoonbill, Barn Owl, Avocet, Grey Plover, Snipe, 2 Yellowhammer, Common Sandpiper, Greenshank, Curlew, 4 Cattle & 5 Little Egret, 2 Stonechat, Kingfisher, 2 Oystercatcher, 5 Chiffchaff, Cetti's, Corn Bunting #LowCarbonBirding #KentBirding #Faversham #UKBirding

Reed Bunting posing in low scrub on edge of small reedbed

One of four Yellowhammer seen today in scrub alongside seawall.

Scenic view west across Faversham Creek overlooking Ham Marshes

Other users of the creek rowing by. Although not in the photo, a Kingfisher had just spent time along the outlet of Thorne Creek on the right.

Productive dog walk along #FavershamCreek Common & Geen Sandpiper, Avocet, Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, Cattle & Little Egret, Teal, Pheasant, Little Grebe, Oystercatcher, Yellowhammer, Cetti's, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Snipe, Redshank, Kingfisher
#LowCarbonBirding #KentBirding #UKBirding #Faversham

Moorhen feeding along the creek. A plentiful species, seen most days here.

A view south along Faversham Creek quite near the town centre. Surprising the species recorded close to this area over the last few years include: Spoonbill, Glossy Ibis, Spotted Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, Avocet, Little Egret, Jack Snipe, Snipe, Kingfisher & Grey Wagtail!

Pied Avocet. A fairly common winter visitor to the creek. This is the first I've seen during the current winter period. Welcome back!

Viewing east from the creek seawall across fields, rough grassland and bushes within a pretty impenetrable reedbed! Not in the photo, but this is where I recorded the Corn Bunting and Yellowhammer today. Waxwings were a highlight here last winter!

Beautiful lunchtime walk along the #FavershamCreek. Birding highlights included: 4 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Yellowhammer, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Corn Bunting, 1 Common Sandpiper & 1 Avocet

#LowCarbonBirding #UKBirding #KentBirding #Faversham

Curlew walking away from my attempts to take a photograph with a Sony RX 10 camera!

Common Sandpiper hunkering down from the strong wind along Faversham Standard Quay.

Cattle Egret feeding on Ham Marshes. There were three together initially, but had increased to five on my return.

A warm, dry but very windy walk along the creek this morning. Highlights included 5 feeding Cattle Egrets, 1 flyover Spoonbill, 1 Snipe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Curlew and a Yellowhammer.
#FavershamCreek #LowCarbonBirding #UKBirding #KentBirding #Faversham

Viewing South towards Faversham, from eastern bank of Faversham Creek

Viewing North towards the Swale Channel (not visible), from eastern bank of Faversham Creek

Viewing South East, from eastern bank of Faversham Creek

Viewing North East, from eastern bank of Faversham Creek. There are often good numbers of Teal and common waders along this stretch of Creek visible on the left.

Surprisingly managed to stay dry this morning, though weather grim! 69 Teal, c50 Greylag, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Fieldfare, 1 Greenshank the highlights #FavershamCreek #LowCarbonBirding #Faversham #KentBirding

Dartford Warbler showed well along the coastal footpath

Record shot of Comet A3 taken from rail footbridge in Faversham after work

View of coastal path walking along South Swale Channel towards Castlee Coote

Golden Retriever guarding the equipment while I went off photographing the Dartford Warbler

Patch gold during the lunchtime walk #FavershamCreek A very showy Dartford Warbler. Also 1 Great White Egret at South Swale, and a ring-tail Hen Harrier. After work, managed our first view of Comet A3 #LowCarbonBirding #UKBirding #KentBirding