Kingsbury Water Park.

Great trip to North Warwickshire to visit Kingsbury Water Park where the highlight of the day could easily have been seeing .c200 Lapwing take to the sky and have a fly around which was a wonderful sight in itself, or could have been observing .c20 Little Egret congregating on of the islands but as you can see by the first photo the highlight had to be seeing a Black Swan, this is only the second time I've ever seen one, the other being at Brookvale Park in Erdington which was sadly killed and eaten by Eastern Europeans (which is not conjecture by the way, that information came directly from the park ranger), I actually walked past the bird at first but didn't notice it because it was with two Mute Swans and in the direct sunlight they all appeared to be Black Swans, what a wonderful bird to see which certainly made the trip worthwhile for that sighting alone.

On the water it was great to see Goosander, Gadwall and Pochard and large numbers of Great Crested Grebe while elsewhere it was nice to see Redwing and of course it's always a pleasure to see Goldcrest, Siskin, Coal Tit and my personal favourite, the humble House Sparrow.

The only downer on the day was seeing a one legged Mallard, which has now been at the park for many years, such a pity that anglers don't get rid of their rubbish properly, it's such a shame to see him hopping around and it's also not nice to see so many of last years Greylag Goose juveniles with angel wing at least they were fed bird seed today by myself. 

Birds seen today were, Goldcrest, Siskin, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Robin, House Sparrow, Wren, Redwing, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Pied Wagtail, Cormorant, Pied Wagtail, Lapwing, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Black Swan, Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe, Goosander, Gadwall, Pochard, Mallard, Coot, Moorhen, Greylag Goose and Canada Goose.