First trip to Babbs Mill, Yorks Wood and this stretch of the River Cole in seven weeks and to be honest I did expect to see some young waterfowl but unfortunately nothing at the moment but there was four Coots and four Great Crested Grebe on the nest, talking of nests, today's highlight was seeing a pair of Whitethroat collecting nest material on the outskirts of Yorks Wood. In the same area it was also great to see and hear a Song Thrush treating me to it's great range and repertoire of wonderful songs. Birds spotted today were Buzzard, Whitethroat, Blackcap (male) Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Wren, Robin, Jay, Song Thrush, Starling, Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Grey Heron, Cormorant, Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe, Moorhen, Coot, Tufted Duck, Canada Goose, Domestic Goose and Mallard. As you can see in the fourth and fifth picture, the River Cole is still critically low, we are supposed to have a months rainfall in thirty six hours in Birmingham, which will obviously not do any harm but in the long run will it be enough, I doubt it, saying that somebody I spoke to did see a Kingfisher on the river today so fingers crossed they'll be okay.
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