Today's visit to Babbs Mill was far less dramatic than last Thursday's events, that said there was still intermittent rain all morning, a sunny day with blue skies in Birmingham is rarer than a Yellowhammer these days. Spot of the day had to be seeing a Black Mink scurrying along the waters edge on the River Cole, it's not the first time I've seen one along the River Cole, every time you spot one, they're off like a shot, it was a genuine blink or you miss it experience as was the Vole running on the path in front of me, ironically minutes before I saw the Black Mink. Birds spotted today were, Willow Warbler, Blue Tit, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Robin, Starling, House Martin, Swift, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Song Thrush, Common Tern, Grey Heron, Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Domestic Goose, Great Crested Grebe, Moorhen, Coot, Tufted Duck, Mallard and the following chicks/juveniles, Robin (2), Cygnet (7), Duckling (at least 25), Moorhen (5), Great Crested Grebe (1), Coot (2), Gosling (1) and Domestic Gosling (2). There could have been more Domestic Goslings, but most of them were on the small island which has got plenty of tree and leaf cover, hopefully there are more because they've had a terrible last couple of years.
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