A trip today to Middleton Lakes RSPB Nature Reserve just south of Tamworth. In fact we were supposed to be going to Kingsbury Water Park, but saw the sign post for RSPB's newest Nature Reserve and decided to go there, which was a wise choice. Lot's of lakes, the River Tame, a canal, meadow fields, waterlands, grasslands, woodlands and reedbeds, so there is plenty of birds, wildlife and plant life. Birds seen were Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, House Martin, Swallow, Swift, Willow Warbler, Reed Warbler, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Robin, Song Thrush, Kingfisher, Pied Wagtail, Grey Heron, Common Tern, Little Ringed Plover, Lapwing, Oystercatcher, Gadwall, Great Crested Grebe, Moorhen, Tufted Duck, Mute Swan and the following chicks/juveniles, Lapwing (3) Coot (7) Cygnet (3) Moorhen (3) Robin (3) and 9 Tufted Duck chicks from the same family. While we were watching the Lapwing chicks, an adult Lapwing was going mental, even though we were in the hide, it was screeching and feigning injury pretending to have a broken wing to avert our attention from the chicks, so we left as not to agitate it any more. Other animals seen were Hare, Horse, Cow and chickens. We also went to see next years Premier League champions 'Aston Villa F.C.' at Aston Villa's training ground 'Bodymoor Heath' which is adjacent to the reserve. I've uploaded the video of the Song Thrush singing today for a trial for future uploads, it was one of the first birds I saw today, it seemed to be enjoying itself anyway.
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