19 little egret, 4 grey heron, 8 black tailed godwit, pochard, tufted duck, little grebe, cormorant, kestrel, green sandpiper, lapwing, redshank, greenshank, swallow, avocet and more available to see on the pools.
i visited cliffe for the second time on sunday (25 / 7 ) with my 6 year old son who has developed a passion for bird watching . much to my surprise , the last 6 months of ticking off birds in our i-spy book has been enthralling. we have been to rainham , tudeley ,etc and have had great joy in seeing unusual (as far as we are concerned ) birds . however i have been upset with the aloof attitude of people at cliffe . my son is good , quiet , and polite but we have been stared at ,pointed at and quite obviously talked about for his slightly loud exuberant persona , which was actually due to the fact that we saw an avocet , 50 points to him . can i ask if this is the usual attitude to young children , who will be a little louder than an adult when excited ?