Kingsbury Water Park.

I was originally going to visit Kingsbury Water Park tomorrow but went today instead which even though it was great to visit it didn't stop raining, the rain doesn't bother me per se but it's not ideal for birding especially as like today it was that horrible fine rain which is never great news for the binoculars, either way the flooding of the paths would probably have been the same today as tomorrow, after navigating my way around the lakes and having to wade through three separate paths which were heavily flooded but my luckily trusty boots didn't let me down, I ended up almost at my starting point but the paths were completely flooded and impassable so I had to walk all the way back around which was annoying to say the least, still great to get out and about and sample all the goodness that Kingsbury Water Park has to offer.

Highlight of the day was easy today, namely that of a flock of c.50 Linnet flying directly over my head into a clump of Silver Birch, they were also joined in the flock by many Blue and Long Tailed Tit, this ironically happened straight after the low light of the day which was seeing many Greylag Goose with angel wing, some even were affected on both wings, which is a crying shame because they were all this years juveniles and no doubt happened when people were feeding them white bread while they were still developing, I find it terrible that theses poor birds will never be able to fly because uneducated people insist on feeding them bread. Back to happier sightings, it was great to see many Mute Swan present which included a lot of this years juveniles, there were also plenty of Little Egret and Gadwall seen around the lakes.

Birds seen today were, c.50 Linnet, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Wren, Robin, Starling, Balckbird, Woopdpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Cormorant, Little Egret, Mute Swan, Gadwall, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Moorhen, Coot, Greylag Goose and Canada Goose.

Great time of the year to visit your local park or nature reserve or even go further afield, so make the effort and go out and enjoy this country's wonderful nature and wildlife.