Bank Holiday Birding was the order of the day today. Thanks to the Fudge Cat waking everybody up at 4 a.m. (again) this morning I decided to make a very early trip to Meriden Park and Colebank Nature Reserve in Solihull to see the Mute Swan and Cygnets, but they were nowhere to be seen, hopefully they were all safe on the large island.
Although the top photograph might not look that exciting it is actually a Great Tit nest in the concrete gap on a very busy road bridge, the adult birds were in and out the nest approximately every forty five seconds in the time I was observing them. The two nest boxes I observed on the side of a house by the lake a couple of weeks back were occupied by Blue Tit, who were also tirelessly in and and of the boxes feeding the hungry young ones.
As you can see four adult Canada Goose have teamed up to look after their remaining young of different ages, unfortunately every time the Goslings were feeding on the grass they were constantly being flanked and harassed by Carrion Crows and Magpies, hopefully the presence of four adult birds will be enough to present any young being taken.
Birds seen were Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Greenfinch, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, House Sparrow, Wren, Robin, Starling, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Jay, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Woodpigeoon, Feral Pigeon, White Dove, Moorhen, Coot, Mallard, Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Greylag/Domestic Goose hybrid and the following young, Gosling (8) and Coot (2). There were also 2 Coot on the nest. I also heard a few Blackcap singing but didn't actually spot any.
I also saw a couple of juvenile Woodpigeon foraging on the grass which is something I've also seen in the back garden in the last couple of days.
As you can see I also found a spinal cord of an unknown animal on a path in Colebank Nature Reserve, it was approximately 20 inches long some I'm guessing it once belonged to one of our urban Foxes.
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