Newhall Valley Country Park.

 

First visit today to Newhall Valley Country Park in a very long time where a bit of sunshine would have been nice but at least there was no rain.

As soon as I got out of the car I could hear a Cuckoo calling which was great to hear but sadly I couldn't find it's location so I didn't actually get to see it, also from the get go I could hear a Buzzard calling, in fact I could hear Buzzard for the entirety of my visit and even saw one swooping in towards a group of Parakeet, don't think it got anything though, along the Plantsbrook there were Little Egret, Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail and a very accommodating Grey Heron, strangely I didn't see any birds such as Mallard and Coot but that could have been due to the Himalayan Balsam taking a stronghold in this location, at least there were Mallard and Moorhen to be found on the pool at New Hall Hotel, other than that it was fairly quiet apart from a small flock of Coal Tit at the hotel.

Birds seen today were, Cuckoo (heard), Buzzard, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Coal Tit, Goldfinch, Robin, Wren, Dunnock, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Parakeet, Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Little Egret, Grey Heron, Moorhen and Mallard.

Kingsbury Water Park.

 

Lovely visit to Kingsbury Water Park even though it didn't get off to the greatest of starts because I witnessed a Gull swoop down, kill and then eat a Coot juvenile who was only few days old.

At least after that incident it was all uphill, in the same stretch of water there was also seven juvenile Little Grebe, other juvenile birds seen were Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe, Moorhen, Mallard and the aforementioned Coot, on another part of the lakes their were a pair of Egyptian Goose who were presumably the same pair I saw on my last visit here back in April, it was also great to see so many Greylag Goose, there were at least fifty but there may have been even more on the islands by the the large lake, over the water it was great to still see many House Martin present.

Birds seen today were, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Wren, Robin, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Magpie, House Martin, Cormorant, Mute Swan, Egyptian Goose, Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, Moorhen, Coot, Tufted Duck and Mallard.