Another visit to the always excellent Shustoke Reservoir where it was very pleasant and mild. I had a walk around the reservoir, a walk along a section of the adjacent railway lane, river and woods, also the farmers fields and a walk around the fly fishers pool. Birds seen were, Treecreeper, Nuthatch, Corn Bunting, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Dunnock, House Sparrow, Robin, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, Collared Dove, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Pied Wagtail, Kestrel, Buzzard, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Wigeon, Pochard, Moorhen, Tufted Duck, Pekin Duck, Mallard, Coot and Canada Goose. Highlights of the day was seeing a lone Corn Bunting in amongst a hedgerow by some scrub land in one of the farmers fields, seeing a Nuthatch preen itself for a couple of minutes, I only normally see them running up or down tree trunks, also seeing a Treecreeper because they are a great little bird, also seeing a Mistle Thrush even though it was being aggressive to a Song Thrush, finally seeing a very impressive flock of two hundred plus Woodpigeon on the wing. Weather permitting I'm off to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens on Sunday, armed with my binoculars, where I'll hopefully spot plenty of our feathered friends.
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