Pype Hayes Park.

Perfect morning for a spot of birding this morning, nice and crisp, frosty under foot, blue skies and that lovely low winter sun, exactly how I like it.

It was nice to see the odd small flock of Redwing who were barely visible foraging on the grass, just a shame they were frequently scared off by inconsiderate dog walkers, every time you go here it's the same, it's 'them' who 'own' the park and you're lucky that they let you visit it as well, still.

It was also great to see many Song Thrush present, especially as they were very vocal and who doesn't love to hear a Song Thrush in full song?

As was expected, there were many Parakeet situated in the Park, talking to a local they have now set up home from here right down to Sutton Park, let's just hope they don't get too invasive as to prompt Birmingham City Council to employ snipers to shoot and kill all the Ruddy Duck as they did on Witton Lakes or Sandwell Council slaughtering 220+ healthy Canada Goose, Councils do seem to love murdering birds for some reason as North Warwickshire and Solihull Council's have done the same as well.

Thankfully, there were still large parts of the pool that were still unfrozen, I always hate to see birds struggling over ice and not being to be able to forage properly around the water's edge, there were certainly plenty of Mallard (around c.70), who along with the Mute Swans, Ducks, Geese, Coots, Crows and Gulls were very appreciative of the bird seed I took for them, it certainly didn't last long.

Other than that, most birds that were seen were mixed flocks of Tits and Finches, there was a particular large flock of mixed Blue and Great Tit in the trees along the Plants Brook.

Birds seen today were, House Sparrow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Robin, Wren, Dunnock, Parakeet, Redwing, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Little Egret, Mute Swan, Moorhen, Coot, Tufted Duck, Domestic Duck, Mallard and Canda Goose.