Wild Blue Geranium (Geranium Pratense).
Yellow Flag Iris (Iris pseudacorus).
Mid morning trip to a sunny Plantsbrook today which was definitely more greener and browner than my last visit with plenty of Wildflowers also making a welcome appearance.
Highlight of the day was absolutely no contest, when you see some Reed Bunting fledglings at a small place like Plantsbrook you know it's not going to get much better than that. Hard to tell how many there were because they were spread out over a large area amongst the reeds, all I can say for certain is that there were at least three. This location has always been a great place to see Reed Bunting, let's hope it stays that way.
On my last visit on the 4th June there were two very young Great Crested Grebe chicks and initially today all I could see was one largish juvenile but thankfully after having a good walk around the pool I can gladly say there were two large magnificent looking chicks, what a great sight they are with their striped black and white head.
There was also a Common Tern fishing on the first pool which is something of a rarity at Plantsbrook.
Birds seen were Blue Tit, Great Tit, Goldfinch, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Reed Bunting, Wren, Robin, Blackbird, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Common Tern, Grey Heron, Great Crested Grebe, Moorhen, Coot, Mallard, Canada Goose as well as the following juveniles, Reed Bunting, Blue Tit, Great Crested Grebe (2), Duckling (9) and Coot (15). I also heard but didn't see Greenfinch and a Great Spotted Woodpecker juvenile.
I was speaking to a teacher who was pond dipping with some local school children and he told me there were healthy numbers of Great Crested Newt and Water Scorpion so the health of the water must be in pretty good condition.
As I'm writing this I've just seen the first Blackbird juvenile in the back garden unfortunately it's got competition from a juvenile Starling for one of the apples left on the lawn.
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