Nice walk along the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal yesterday (Monday 3rd August) from The Boat Inn at Minworth to Curdworth and back.
It was a great walk with some pleasant views, sadly it was not too great from a birding point of view but it's always nice to get out and about, especially with lovely blue skies.
Highlight was seeing six juvenile Moorhen, which consisted of two juveniles each from three sets of parents, a good presence of House Sparrow and Starling especially where there are homes close to the canal and the farmers fields.
Birds seen today were, Buzzard, House Sparrow, Blue Tit, Goldfinch, Robin, Wren, Starling, Collared Dove, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Moorhen, Mallard and Canada Goose.
It was nice to see the farmer has left a fair sized margin in the fields to go back to nature and many wildflowers were present, the land was earmarked a few years back for development but this doesn't appear to have materialised, let's hope it stays that way.
Apart from a line of fishing wire and a few bread bags, the canal and paths were amazing mostly litter free and work of recently cleaning work was still evident and I did see a Canal and River Trust van in the area.
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