counting coots

Have you ever walked in Thames mud?  It is gopping.  Horrible stuff.  I'm not making a claim along the lines of Thames mud is the best/worst mud, but it is the river mud that I see the most of.  Why do I ask dear reader?  Am I going off on another random tangent?

Yesterday lunchtime the tide was low and the mad but worthy folks from Thames21 were out in the mud clearing up the rubbish again!  Because of this, there were no birds when I had been hoping for an hour of serious gullage.  Normally I would be grumbling and moaning about the humans disturbing my reverie, but I would have to be a completely heartless bastard to moan about these folks, so I won't.