Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi).
Black Knapweed (Centaurea nigra).
Birds Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus).
Yellow Pond Lily (Nuphar polysepalum).
Sutton Council have done an excellent job unlike Birmingham Council and left large swathes of land untouched by the dreaded lawnmower, they have just left paths to walk along so you can either get from a to b or you can be like me and just stop on one of the paths for half an hour and take in the wonder of some of our many wildflowers and also see the bees enjoying them. Especially nice to see were Ragged Robin, Black Knapweed, Birds Foot Trefoil, Oxeye Daisy and Forget Me Not's in the thousands if not the hundreds of thousands or even millions in three separate huge areas. For the record Birmingham Council go over any land regardless or not of what's growing there including blatantly destroying meadows full of wildflowers.
Highlight of the day was seeing two (or the same twice) flocks of Whitethroat fledglings along the Plants Brook along the same stretch of river there were two fine looking Moorhen chicks, I didn't see an adult bird with them so hopefully there were more chicks.
Birds seen were Kestrel, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Whitethroat, Reed Bunting, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Wren, Dunnock, Starling, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Woodpigeon, Swift, Swallow, House Martin, Moorhen, Mallard, Canada Goose and the following juveniles, Whitethroat, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Moorhen (2), Duckling (7) and Canada Goose (14).
I am by no means an expert but I have definitely seeing more fledglings than I saw last year in the very wet Spring, so with apparently a months good weather on the way let's hope there will be plenty more juvenile birds to come yet and just as importantly they have a good survival rate.
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