Nice visit to a very Autumnal Kingsbury Water Park with lovely clear blue skies and the leaves all starting to change colour.
Highlights of the day was seeing a stunning Kingfisher fly right over my head as was topping the feeders on one of the pools, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, a pair of Nuthatch, a very large mixed flock of Tit which contained many Long Tailed Tit, Gadwall and respectable numbers of the following, Greylag Goose, Great Crested Grebe and Cormorant.
The only downside was the wanton destruction of some of the trees, bushes and wildlife as I have previously documented, it's still a great location to visit all the same.
Birds seen today were, House Sparrow, Nuthach, Willow Warbler, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Chaffinch, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Kingfisher, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe, Gadwall, Mallard, Moorhen, Coot, Greylag Goose and Canada Goose.
A bit late with this post as my visit to Edgbaston Reservoir was actually last Friday (31st August) but as the say, better late than never.
Predictably the water levels were very low, not as low as I'd expected but still very low, a nice by-product of that being that it was a lot easier to observe the water fowl along the waters edge, not all of which are comfortable being near humans when the water's a lot closer, it was a nice change to observe birds such as Grey Heron, Moorhen, Coot - of which there were a lot and Mallard etc, there were at least four Grey Heron present which was great to see.
A definite highlight was being able to observe a Willow Warbler foraging among over hanging trees in one 'corner' of the reservoir, another highlight, even if very brief, was accidentally waking up a sleeping Fox which was on the area of the grass where the trees were planted a few years back, sad I didn't get a proper look at the Fox, still great to see it all the same as was the fact that most of the trees that were planted still remain and the ne'er-do-well's have left them alone.
As pleasing as it was to still observe the Willow Warbler just as nice was still to see an hear House Martin, not as many as there would have been at the height of summer but still a good number in the area around the the Rowing Club.
Birds seen today were, Willow Warbler, House Sparrow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Robin, Starling, Blackbird, House Martin, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Grey Heron, Mute Swan, Cormorant, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, Moorhen, Coot, Mallard and Canada Goose.
It was only a brief visit so there wasn't really a lot to say but all being well I'll be posting another blog later this week from my upcoming visit to Astley Castle in Warwickshire.
