Ward End Park.

Early morning trip to a slightly overcast Ward End Park where even though rain was in the air thankfully it stayed dry. Birds spotted were, Blue Tit, Wren, Dunnock, Robin, Starling, Swift, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Collared Dove, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Moorhen, Coot, Canada Goose, Mallard plus Moorhen, Robin and Blackbird juveniles. There was also what appeared to be a hybrid Mallard and Muscovy Duck, that's what it's colours and size suggested anyway, unfortunately it was asleep on of the islands, so I couldn't get a photo of it. There was also (what appeared to be a resident) flock of at least twenty Collared Dove on the edge of the park backing onto some houses with large established trees in the gardens, not far from there is the railway line where there are at least a hundred Carrion Crow, that's probably an underestimate though, talking to one of the locals there is a pair of nesting Peregrine Falcons at the other end of the park of whom the Carrion Crow's give a torrid time every time they're hunting, especially the Hen. The only problem with Ward End Park, apart from it's far from ideal location is the litter, lager monsters and druggies, for some reason the people who actually feed the waterfowl just drop the carrier bag or bread bag straight on the floor, Ward End Park is the only place where nearly everyone does this, it's a shame because it's a nice park which unfortunately looks a dump. The community centre in the park known as TS Dolphin was painted and all the litter cleaned up for Lord David Cameron's visit back in 2010, but soon as he'd been it was left to go back to it's grotty former state, anyway rant over apart from me saying you'll probably notice I'm not one political party or the other because basically they are full of shit and have all got their noses in the trough and none of them have got our best interests at heart.