A trip out to Witton Lakes and Brookvale Park in Witton and Erdington respectively today. Firstly it was off to Witton Lakes where it was great to greeted by a very friendly Muscovy Duck which at this location may unfortunately be it's downfall, but all the same it was still lovely to see as were plenty of Mute Swan and large numbers of waterfowl including Shoveler who along with Coots, Moorhens and Mallard were sadly feeding along the litter strewn waters edge. Not too many songbirds about apart from plenty of House Sparrow, which can't be bad thing.
Birds seen were House Sparrow, Long Tailed Tit, Chaffinch, Wren, Robin, Starling, Redwing, Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Pied Wagtail, Mute Swan, Moorhen, Coot, Shoveler, Pochard, Gadwall, Wigeon, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Muscovy Duck and Canada Goose.
Brookvale Park.
Then it was off to the adjacent Brookvale Park, where there are usually between fifty and eighty Mute Swan but today they numbered around twenty five which after talking to a local was partly due to Eastern Europeans breaking down a steel fence and rounding up scores of poor birds, pity somebody doesn't round them up and break their necks instead.
Better news comes in the form of seeing plenty of House Sparrow, I always say that when I come here but they could easily number in three figures which is definitely encouraging for one of our fasting declining birds. Unusually also present were at least five Domestic Duck and a lone White Crested Duck and at least four Greylag/Domestic Geese. There was also a sizeable number of Cormorant who were drying off the wings on the island as they always do.
Birds seen were House Sparrow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, Moorhen, Coot, Pochard, Gadwall, Wigeon, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Domestic Duck, White Crested Duck, Greylag/Domestic Hybrid Goose and Canada Goose.
No comments:
Post a Comment