Rookery Park and Brookvale Park, Erdington.

Rookery Park.

Brookvale Park. 

A quick look around Rookery Park before visiting Little Poland (Erdington for the enunciated) for a bit of shopping then off to Brookvale Park for a walk around the lake. Birds seen at Rookery Park were, Kestrel, Blue Tit, House Sparrow, Starling, Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Woodpigeon, as well as juvenile Long Tailed Tits and Robins. Even though it was a short visit to Rookery Park I did see plenty of juvenile Robins as well as the drama of seeing a Kestrel very nearly picking off one of the juvenile Long Tailed Tits, I think my presence put it off, but judging by the racket the Tits were making I'm sure it didn't go hungry today. Then it was off to Brookvale Park after sampling the many foreign, mostly Eastern European accents of Erdington High Street, birds seen at Brookvale Park were as follows, Wren, House Sparrow, Robin, Starling, House Martin, Swallow, Swift, Cormorant, Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, Moorhen, Coot, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Pekin Duck, Greylag Goose, Greylag/Domestic Goose hybrid, Herring Gull, as well as the following juveniles, Great Tit, Robin, House Sparrow, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Duckling (7), Coot (3) as well as the following nesting birds, Great Crested Grebe (1) and Coot (3). As always at Brookvale Park it was Mute Swan city, I didn't do a count today but there were easily fifty or more. Just like Rookery Park there was plenty of juvenile Robins about, so the recent wet and windy weather doesn't seemed to have have affected them breeding. There was easily over a hundred House Martin present today, they always nest in the eaves of the houses adjacent to the lake, probably because the houses are the original brick buildings built many years ago that have many more angles than today's boring houses. Also present today were at least three Cormorants, looking resplendent in their full breeding plumage of purple and green glossy feathers, what a magnificent looking bird ! The Greylag/Domestic Goose had apparently only appeared this week, whether they had been introduced by the council or just left there I don't know, but very nice they looked on the island. There may also been many more juvenile waterfowl and nesting birds but the water side vegetation was too high and wide to see probably, I certainly heard more juvenile birds, such as Coots, than I actually saw.