Thankfully it wasn't raining so the planned trip to the Botanical Gardens went ahead, it had snowed overnight, but it was fine today if not a little cold. I have stated before that I'm not a fan of birds, or any animal for that matter, being caged, but for the record birds seen in captivity today were, Blue and Yellow Macaw, Green Winged Macaw, Blue Fronted Amazon Parrot, Greater Sulphur Crested Cockatoo, Superb Spreo Starling, Purple Glossy Starling, Quaker Parakeet, Azure Winged Magpie, Zebra Finch, Gouldian Finch and Saffron Finch. Birds of which I prefer, i.e. the wild variety, spotted were Nuthatch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Wren, Dunnock, Robin, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Peacock, Pintail, Red Crested Pochard, Gadwall, Tufted Duck, Moorhen and Mallard. If you live in Birmingham, or within traveling distance, a visit is highly recommended, it is a huge site, about 15 acres, with a tropical glasshouse, a great cacti collection, plenty of trees and plants including Bonsai, the aforementioned caged birds and of course plenty of wild birds, even the ones on the pond are wild, there's also plenty of bird feeding stations which offer plenty of bird spotting opportunities, it was at those where I saw the Coal Tits, Greenfinches and also a pair of Nuthatch regularly raiding the black sunflower feeder. Hopefully I'll get back there in the summer when the plants are in full bloom and the trees are in leaf.
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