Great visit to Edgbaston Reservoir this morning where I know it's a Bank Holiday and a lot of people are off work anyway but the reservoir was very full even at 8 a.m. in the morning.
In the trees and on the water it was very quiet which was probably partly down the breeding season all but over and the presence of boats on the water which meant most of the waterfowl that were present were on the sides of the reservoir.
There were still quite a few of this years juveniles to be seen and definitely heard, Moorhen, Coot and a lot of Carrion Crow who have had a spectacular breeding year both in my garden and everywhere I've been on my travels.
Most surprising spot of the day was Parakeet, they are clearly making their presence felt wider and wider across Birmingham and the West Midlands, they certainly are a noisy bird, nice to see an 'exotic' bird while out walking all the same.
It's always a pleasure to see House Sparrow holding on to one of the few strongholds they have as they do here.
Surprisingly there were still House Martin present, which in it's self is not so strange but they numbered in three figures today which is great for this time of the year, on the flip side I didn't see a single Canada Goose, which can be very rarely said at a location like this with a large body of water.
Birds seen today were, Parakeet, House Sparrow, Robin, Wren, Blue Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Collared Dove, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Carrion, Crow, House Martin, Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe, Moorhen, Coot and Mallard.
