Nice visit to Meriden Park in Solihull this morning which apart from a few dog walkers and a couple of drunkards was very quiet, sadly it was very quiet bird wise as well, still nice to have a half decent walk though.
There's work being done on the lake to divert Kingshurst Brook to make the water free flowing to stop the build of silt/sediment and to remove the lake altogether, when complete, the area of the existing lake will form a new wetland with reeds, a wet meadow, tree planting, two ponds and a restored Kingshurst Brook watercourse, which all sounds very well but this work was started in July 2019 and now looks a complete mess because as per usual with these projects they are all fine and well when they are started but the upkeep is a slightly harder task, it now just looks like a real eyesore, they were no nesting Mute Swans for the second year running, large parts of the lake and island is inaccessible to the waterfowl, with the Mallards having to all huddle together by the bank and for the first time ever visiting a location such as this I didn't see or hear a single Coot, beneficial to wildlife, hmmmmm.
It's a shame really as there are a good variety of trees here as well as an abundance of wildflowers, both naturally occurring and sown over the recent years, there doesn't seem to be the right balance in the work being done, it's a real shame for the waterfowl as the water is actually 'theirs' and now it's slowly being taken away from them or being made inaccessible.
Birds seen today were, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Goldfinch, Wren, Robin, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Moorhen and Mallard.
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