Trip over to North Birmingham today to visit Sutton Park which included a walk around Blackroot and Keeper's Pool as well as walk around some of the many wooded areas that adorn this wonderful park.
Highlights of the day included seeing a female Mandarin Duck on Blackroot Pool, there was no sign of the male though and one of the rangers told me that they didn't breed either. In amongst some pine trees by the pool were both Treecreeper and Robin juveniles, I do love to see juvenile Robins but is was hard to watch them when juvenile Treecreeper's are present, it's not every day you see baby Treecreper's. Other juvenile birds seen were Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Coot (5) and Mallard Duckling (c.40).
Birds seen today were Treecreeper, Blackcap (male), Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Robin, Dunnock, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie, House Martin, Grey Heron, Mandarin Duck (female), Moorhen, Coot and Mallard.
It's been a long time since I've seen any Slime Mould and this white variety felt like jelly and was freezing cold, I don't know why but I always love to see it.
The Owl in the last picture is one of 90 sculptures that can be found in Birmingham at the moment but this was has to be the best because it has birds on it.
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