Edgbaston Reservoir.

Yet more reservoir goodness to be had at sunny Edgbaston today where a walk all the way round is 1 3/4 miles and there is always plenty to see.

Birds spotted were Grey Wagtail, House Martin, Long Tailed Tit, Robin, Dunnock, Starling, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Cormorant, Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe, Moorhen, Coot, Mallard, Canada Goose as well as the followin juveniles Grey Heron (1), Wren (1), Blackbird (6), Great Crested Grebe (3), Moorhen (3) and Coot (2).

It was a pleasure to see a  Grey Wagtail for a change, I either saw two or the same one on opposite sides of the pool. Also great to see was a juvenile Wren running around a dead tree at the waters edge. Today was surely one of the last times this year that I'll see any House Martin but there they were, the last couple of stragglers tweeting away high above the reservoir. I didn't expect to see so many waterfowl juveniles but the more the merrier. The six juvenile Blackbirds I saw were all in the same place, one of the picnic areas and they consisted of three male and three female, hoepfully they were all from the same family and will see out the winter. The Mute Swan population here is very transient because sometimes there are upwards of forty were there were only two adults present today.

There's still been no more Sparrowhawk activity in the back garden, none that I've witnessed anayway, hopefully it wasn't making hay while the sun shined while I was out today. There was what appeared to be a Woodpigeon with a broken wing on the roof opposite but thankfully after observing it for about ten minutes it got up and flew off so it was probably just sunbathing.