Kingsbury Water Park.

Great trip to Kingsbury Water Park in North Warwickshire with mainly lovely blue skies but a lot cooler that it seemed.

Highlights of the day were seeing eight very cute Greylag Goose Goslings, a Great Crested Grebe juvenile, seeing and hearing a Sedge Warbler singing along the only stretch of habitat that's been left for them along the river, it was also great to see Swallows and House Martins swooping over the water and flying high in the air, for some reason there was an awful lot of male Chaffinch singing today which was a pleasure to hear wherever I went.

Birds seen today were, Buzzard, Sedge Warbler, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, House Sparrow, Wren, Robin, Starling, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Magpie, House Martin, Swallow, Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe, Moorhen, Coot, Gadwall, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Greylag Goose, Canada Goose as well as the following birds on the nest, Mute Swan (1), Coot (2) and Canada Goose (2).

I've stated my displeasure to the relevant parties about ripping out the Sedge Warblers habitat along the river but as previously stated it's fell on deaf ears, as was my pointing out that it was unnecessary to chop down hundreds of trees and brambles, hedgerow etc, from around the lakes edges and adjacent paths, I was told this was because it would then be easier for people to view the water but in my opinion the trees etc, are there for the wildlife to nest, feed from and use for cover which was evident today where a Coot nest was left sadly exposed because it was located were there would have been a tree overhanging it previously, the setting up of the new reed beds is definitely a good thing though saying that.