Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis).
Juvenile Black Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus).
Mute Swan (Cygnus Olor) and Cygnets.
Trip out to Meriden Park and Colebank Nature Reserve in Solihull today, primarily to see if the Cygnets who were born the day before a previous visit on 8th May when I could count at least six, well as you can see they are doing fine and there were actually eight youngsters and they have all managed to survive the attention of the Corvids, Grey Heron's and a local pair of Black Mink. I actually thought they weren't here at all at first because they're wasn't on the lake at Meriden Park but thankfully I found them on the River Cole at Colebank Nature Reserve when they coincidentally then decided to make their way back up to Meriden Park.
Birds seen were Kingfisher, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Greenfinch, Chiffchaff, House Sparrow, Robin, Starling, Green Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Jay, Blackbird, Collared Dove, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Woodpigeon, Mute Swan, Moorhen, Coot, Mallard, Canada Goose, Domestic Goose as well the following juveniles, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Cygnet (8), Duckling (18), Gosling (11), Coot (4) and a lone juvenile Black Headed Gull.
Also seen today were the following butterflies, Small Tortoiseshell, Speckled Wood, Holly Blue, Small Blue, Small Skipper, Ringlet as well as the magnificent Five Spot Burnet daytime flying Moth.
There are plenty more photos from today on my Flickr.
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