A view of the Thames, Ferry Quay, Brentford, London, Sept. 9, 2022
Saturday morning, September 9, 2022 was my last day in London. With an afternoon flight, that morning, I walked down to the Thames from my hotel, enjoyed the late summer sun and photographed the birds gathered along the low tide shoreline. There were boaters and scullers on the water and people walking along the shore on the opposite bank in Kew.
Boats at high tide, Ferry Quay, Brentford, London, Sept. 9, 2022 (Robin Rowland)Mute swans, a cormorant and gulls along the Thames River at Ferry Quay, Brentford, London, Sept. 9, 2022. (Robin Rowland)A closer view of the Juvenile cormorant (phalacrorax carbo) at Ferry Quay, Brentford, London, Sept 9, 2022. (Robin Rowland)Juvenile cormorant (phalacrorax carbo) at Ferry Quay, Brentford, London, Sept 9, 2022 (Robin Rowland)A mute swan at Ferry Quay, Brentford, London, Sept 9, 2022 (Robin Rowland)A mute swan feeding at Ferry Quay, Brentford, London, Sept 9, 2022. (Robin Rowland)A view of the Thames, Ferry Quay, Brentford, London, Sept. 9, 2022. Kew is on the opposite bank. (Robin Rowland)Tufted ducks (Aythya fuligula) at Ferry Quay, Brentford, London, Sept. 9, 2022. (Robin Rowland)The Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) at low tide along the Thames River at Ferry Quay, Brentford, London, Sept. 9, 2022. The Little Gull, as the name suggests, is the world’s smallest gull. (Robin Rowland)The Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutu) flies off along the Thames River at Ferry Quay, Brentford, London, Sept. 9, 2022 (Robin Rowland)Great crested grebe (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) at Ferry Quay, Brentford, London, Sept 9, 2022 (Robin Rowland)Great Crested Grebe (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) along the Thames River at Ferry Quay, Brenftord, London Sept 9, 2022. (Robin Rowland)Juvinile Great Crested Grebe (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) along the Thames River at Ferry Quay, Brenftord, London Sept 9, 2022. (Robin Rowland)Great Crested Grebe (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) along the Thames River at Ferry Quay, Brenftord, London Sept 9, 2022. (Robin Rowland)A scrawny Grey heron (ardea cinera) on the banks of the Thames River at low tide at Ferry Quay, Brentford, London, Sept 9, 2022. (Robin Rowland)Grey heron (ardea cinera) on the banks of the Thames River at low tide at Ferry Quay, Brentford, London, Sept 9, 2022/ (Robin Rowland)Magpie along the Thames River at Ferry Quay, Brentford, London Sept 9, 2022. (Robin Rowland)Shoreline walk, Ferry Quay, Brentford, London, Sept. 9, 2022. (Robin Rowland)
( Bird identification updated May 5, 2024, after advice from Ebird. Posting date updated to shooting date to keep images in chronological order)
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