Middleton Lakes.

A nice trip to a cold, crisp and frosty Middleton Lakes, which was ideal to see plenty of birds. There's always plenty of opportunity to see many different birds at Middleton with all the different habitats there, you can't come away disappointed whenever you visit, and there was plenty of people visiting today, albeit not many people were there at 9.00 o'clock when it opened like we were. All birds spotted were Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Kestrel, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Fieldfare, Redwing, Treecreper, Bullfinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Reed Bunting, Wren, Dunnock, House Sparrow, Robin, Pheasant (Hen), Rook, Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Magpie, Woodpigeon, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, Shelduck, Goosander, Lapwing, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Wigeon, Moorhen, Tufted Duck, Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Mallard, Coot and Cormorant. The last but one photo has nothing to do with Middleton Lakes apart from it's in front of a factory just before you get to the lakes, it's not exactly the King Kong Statue  that used to reside in the Bull Ring in Birmingham City Centre but I like it anyway. The Fudge cat has had another visit to the vets, her ears are losing their fur, the vet doesn't think it's ringworm, but she's had an injection and hopefully she'll be okay, if not she's back to the vets next Friday for tests, the poor little mate. That just leaves me time to remind you that it's only a fortnight to the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch, I shall do one for wherever I end up visiting on the Saturday the 28th and then do the actual garden watch on the Sunday, I'm sure you can spare an hour on Saturday and Sunday over that weekend, especially as all the data collected is vital to see how all our birds are fairing, all the details are here.