Nice to get out and do some 'proper' birding for a change after all the rain and other things getting in the way of me getting out and about and what better time to do it than Autumn time !
Saying that, birding wasn't the primary reason for visiting Lady Bradford's it was actually a more of a Fungi hunt but I'm obviously not going to go unless I'm armed with my trusty binoculars.
Needless to say after the current wet weather there was a lot of Fungi around, I could easily post around two hundred photos, don't know what it is but I always love to see Fungi.
Birds that were easily the most notable were Parakeets especially as the sound they make is unmistakable, I already knew that they roost in nearby Shard End Lake and if heard and seen them quite a bit around Solihull so it was great to see that they are also resident here, probably because the land backs onto residential areas it was great to see and hear House Sparrow as was the sight of a Moorhen and two of this years juveniles, this piece of land is deceptive as even though it appears to be land locked there are actually a few areas with water present, especially when you wander off the beaten track, there was a sizeable number of Mistle Thrush, Starling, Woodpigeon and Corvid's just off Lady Bradford's very close by to the grounds of Castle Bromwich Hall Hotel. There is actually a 'corner' of the land that is for all intents and purposes inaccessible to humans, this is where the Foxes and Pheasants reside, you can always hear them but you very rarely get a glimpse of them but they're definitely there.
Birds seen today were, Parakeet, House Sparrow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Dunnock, Wren, Starling, Mistle Thrush, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Raven, Carrion Crow and Moorhen.
Hopefully I'll have another birding for you before the weeks out, this time from Warwickshire.
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