Trip out to a very humid Newhall Valley Country Park in Sutton Coldfield today where the highlight on most visits would have been seeing two pairs of Goldcrest which was still a great spot in it's own right but beating even that was the sighting of a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, just as I was in prime position with camera at the ready a songbird, possibly a Robin, spooked it and it flew off, still it was great to see a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker all the same. There was also a good flocks of various birds around including c.50 Goldfinch, c.20 Long Tailed Tit, c.30 mixed Tit, c.50 Jackdaw and c.200 Woodpigeon. The Woodpigeon were seen flying into the air in all possible directions, seconds after I heard a Buzzard in their general locale, talking of the humble Woodpigeon I must have also seen around fifty juveniles today, which is good being as they often predated.
Birds seen today were Buzzard, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Dunnock, Wren, Robin, Starling, Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Woodpigeon, Grey Heron, Moorhen and Mallard.
Good news today as it's been reported that the House Sparrow population decline show signs of halting, it would be a crime if we were to lose this charismatic bird from these isles.
A link for the above story is here.
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