Crayford

 When I'm feeling down and want a pick me up, we're blessed with an abundance of nature to lift my robot soul .

Had a feeling that today would be special and took my little scope out to look across the riverbank at Crayford. If you are lucky you can see seals on the mudflats but its not often. So more often or not you are looking out for sea birds and waders along with the usual ducks. 

Today was no exception, I didn't see any, but what I did see wasn't that bad either. A lot of ducks and small waders. A few Mallards (expected) along with Teal and Widgeon which I've seen before and couldn't place. What did surprise me and I saw them before in the summer, was a load of Lapwings. I know they've been having a hard time and thought they would migrate, but there were loads down by the river along with the Widgeon and a few waders I couldn't place (possibly Dunlin / Redshank).

If you want to follow in my footsteps, there are a few buses to get you to Erith, 99, 180 and 269 from my end but TFL will probably set you correct. Parking is easy, as Morrisons have a huge car park, just do a big loop and then either go inside for shopping or head home. Sadly there's no cafe anymore which was a highlight of the walk.