Babbs Mill Nature Reserve.

A trip to Kingshurst today to Babbs Mill Nature Reserve, the lake, River Cole and the Yorks Wood. Highlight of the day was seeing not one but two lots of four Willow Warbler fledglings being fed insects by their very busy parents, the first four were in the bushes on the bank of the lake and the other four were in the Yorks Wood. Birds seen were Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Wren, Dunnock, Willow Warbler, Song Thrush, House Sparrow, House Martin, Swift, Greylag Goose, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Moorhen, Tufted Duck, Mute Swan, Grey Heron and the following chicks/juveniles Willow Warbler (8) Great Crested Grebe (3) Cygnet (3) Coot (3) Duckling (11) Grey Heron (2) Great Tit (1) Jay (1) and Farmyard Goose (1). I hope the Farmyard Geese have more chicks than the single one there is at the moment because their numbers were hit hard during the last hard winter due to predation and starvation, you couldn't go over there at winter without at least seeing one new Goose carcass, but there are still at least fourteen adults, so who knows. If you've read my previous uploads these are the Geese that were dumped at the lake a few years back, so it would be nice to see these lovable Geese doing well. At least one pair of Grey Herons have bred at this sight this year, at any one time you could see at least four adults and two juveniles, which is good because it means the lake is stocked with plenty of fish.