Nice trip to Solihull to visit Babbs Mill Nature Reserve for a walk around the lake, a section of the River Cole.
Great to see that Mute Swans have reared three healthy looking Cygnets, also nice to see were two Domestic Goose juveniles especially as on my first visit here in 2010 there were fourteen adults and there are now only six, a couple of harsh winters back then when the lake completely froze over making them easy prey for the local Foxes, also the council have destroyed eggs and even killed young in years gone by, I've always had a soft spot for the geese at this location as they were dumped here and just left to fend for themselves, other juveniles seen were Great Crested Grebe (1), Coot (4) and countless Mallards who were between juvenile and adult status.
Birds seen today were, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler, Chiffchaff, House Sparrow, Wren, Starling, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Collard Dove, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Swift, House Martin, Swallow, Grey Heron, Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe, Moorhen, Coot, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Domestic Goose and Canada Goose.
It was also a pleasure to see so many wildflowers in various locations, the main spot being along the waters edge by where the scrape was created a few years back, most the common wildflowers were present including, Knapweed, Musk Mallow, Birds Foot-Trefoil, Oxeye Daisy, White, Red and Pink Campion, also seen was Vetch which is a wildflower that I don't see very often on the other hand I see Ragwort everywhere when it's in flower as was the case today so soon there will be Cinnabar Moth caterpillars galore feeding on them.
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