Great trip out in very pleasant weather with wonderful blue skies to Babbs Mill Nature Reserve and the adjacent Shard End Park to see what juvenile birds are present.
The main visit was to Babbs Mill but ironically there were more juvenile birds at Shard End Lake, there were a pair of Canada Geese with twelve very healthy looking Goslings, seventeen juvenile Coots, two Great Crested Grebe, five Mallard Ducklings, as well as juvenile House Sparrow, Starling and Great Tit. At Babbs Mill there were seven Cygnets, as well as juvenile House Sparrow and Starlings and Coot and one Great Crested Grebe on the nest. I've also got juvenile House Sparrow, Dunnock, Starling and Woodpigeon visiting the garden at the moment.
Other than that highlights were seeing a Kingfisher on the River Cole and observing three pairs of Whitethroat vising nests with insects.
Birds seen today were Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Blue Tit, Chiffchaff, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Wren, Robin, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Jay, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Kingfisher, Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe, Moorhen Coot, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Domestic Goose and Canada Goose.
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