A wee trip to Kinghurst today for a walk around the lake, the River Cole and around the Yorks Wood. Yorks Wood was full of birdsong, it's a great little place (apart from the litter) thankfully the woods were brought by Solihull Council in the 1970's to be kept in their natural state, when Funghi is around it's an excellent place to go foraging in the undergrowth, today it was full of Tits, Robins, Wrens, Magpies, Woodpigeons and Carrion Crows, there was also plenty of Grey Squirrels about in there, they must have had a good year breeding, because they were everywhere you walked. Birds spotted were, Kestrel, Jay, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redwing, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Wren, Robin, Dunnock, House Sparrow, Starling, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Grey Heron (at least 4 on the lake and 1 on the river) Mute Swan, Shoveler, Great Crested Grebe, Moorhen and Tufted Duck. Worryingly some of the Great Crested Grebes seem to have paired up, if they are fooled by the unseasonably warm weather and manage to breed, I don't hold out much hope for the chicks when the expected cold spell arrives. On a better note, it's good to see the Canada Goose/Greylag hybrid is still at the lake, he's pallied his way in with the Canada's which is nice because they were ignoring him for quite a while. It's good to see the HS2 Birmingham to London railway link has got the go ahead...NOT....That's another chunk of our precious countryside gone, money always comes first though I suppose, don't agree with it though with it personally, if you want to get somewhere quicker, get up earlier, Simples !
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