Edgbaston Reservoir.

Finally got to Edgbaston Reservoir today where for a change I got onto the canal just off Broad Street by the Birmingham National Indoor Arena and the Malt Shovel public house, had a walk along the canal until I got to Rotton Park Street, then made the short journey up to Edgbaston Reservoir where I obviously had a walk around the reservoir, then I did the reverse journey back along the canal into Birmingham City Centre. I actually managed to go the whole day without seeing hardly any songbirds, all I managed to see was a solitary male Blackbird, I heard a few Robins and Wrens etc. but for some reason today the small birds remained largely elusive thankfully there was plenty of waterfowl to see. Birds seen were, Pied Wagtail, Blackbird, House Martin, Swallow, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Mute Swan, Herring Gull, Great Crested Grebe, Moorhen, Coot, Mallard, Canada Goose as well as the following juveniles, Great Crested Grebe (3), Ducking (21), Coot (27). Moorhen (1), Herring Gull (100+). One lucky female Mallard had a brood of ten very small ducklings, that's some of them in the last picture, unfortunately the adult Mallard had a poorly left leg which she was struggling to stand on, hopefully it will only be temporary, also today I see a Moorhen with a very bad foot which it could barely stand on and a Moorhen with a foot missing which ironically was managing better than the one with just a bad foot. On another bad note at the reservoir today, the tree which on my last visit was housing a very noisy Great Spotted Woodpecker chick and adult has now been unceremoniously chopped down by the council, which is a real shame because it's housed Great Spotted Woodpeckers and Nuthatches for many a long year, it was also home to some spectacular Funghi, still we wouldn't want little Johnny getting hurt by the nasty tree would we. On a more positive note it was nice to see well over one hundred Herring Gull juveniles, hopefully they don't eat all the ducklings. Along the canal all I managed to see was Canada Geese and Mallards, not that that's a bad thing in itself because it's nice to see some wildlife near to the concrete jungle which is Birmingham City Centre.