New Hall Valley Country Park.

First trip to New Hall Valley Country Park since a very frosty January morning when it was Redwing city, obviously I didn't see any today but it won't seem that long before they start arriving back here around September time. Needless to say it was a bit warmer today but there was a lot more leaf cover, birds spotted were, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Wren, Robin, Song Thrush, Jay, Jackdaw, Carrion Cow, Magpie, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Grey Wagtail, Mallard and the following juveniles, Chiffchaff or Willow Warbler and Song Thrush. There was actually six or seven juvenile Chiffchaff or Willow Warbler, it was hard to tell precisely how many there were and exactly what they were because they were flitting about from tree to tree but it was definitely one of those two. The Song Thrush juvenile was being flanked by an adult bird who was quiet unlike the fledgling. I also had the pleasure of seeing a Boeing Chinook CH-47D/F fly over today, it was great to see it flying majestically through the sky, hopefully it was transporting artillery and ammunition and not injured troops from Tony Blair's illegal wars. It's also great to see the ever affable House Sparrow making a small but steady increase in it's numbers, they're certainly doing well enough in my garden, they've had a good breeding year so far this year and I'm still seeing adults flying into the eaves of houses with insects, so they must still be rearing young. At the moment I'm filling the bird seed feeders up to three times a day, the greedy little buggers, but they are always welcome in my garden to feed or mooch about the bushes, sit in the apple tree or sit in the Pyracanthas, which they've made their own.