Another nice trip to North Warwickshire to visit Kingsbury Water Park where it was great to see the resident Little Egrets and Greylag Geese as well as the visiutng waterfowl such as Shoveler (one of my favourites) Gadwall and Pochard.
Strangely enough I didn't see or hear a single Song Thrush today unlike on my last visit, on the upside though I saw Blackbirds that could have numbered in three figures, they were everywhere I went either foraging on the floor, where there were worms aplenty, as well as hopping form tree to tree. Obviously there were also plenty of House Sparrow, Robin and mixed Tit and Finch flocks present, with the ground a bit sparse of vegetation it was great to see so many Dunnock and Wren foraging about in the undergrowth, I think the Dunnock is a severely underrated bird,they are great if you take the time out to observe them.
Birds seen today were, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Wren, Robin, Starling, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Blackbird, Collared Dove, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Pied Wagtail, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe, Moorhen, Coot, Shoveler, Gadawll, Pochard, Mallard, Greylag Goose and Canada Goose.
Nice trip out today to a very dark, dank and muddy Shustoke Reservoir in North Warwickshire where the highlight of the day was seeing a flock of .c10 Meadow Pipit foraging among the vegetation and bushes along the waters edge. Other highlights were hearing many solitary Song Thrush singing no matter where I went, observing many Blackbird and Robin, seeing and hearing the many mixed Tit and finch flocks including Long Tailed Tits with their very loud trill, on the water there were male and female Goosnader, 20 Mute Swan and hundreds of Coot and a couple of Grey Heron which made a nice change.
Birds seen today were Meadow Pipit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, long Tailed Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, House Sparrow, Robin, Wren, Dunnock, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Pheasant, Cormorant, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Lapwing, Grey Heron, Mute Swan, Moorhen, Coot, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, Goosander, Gadwall. Pochard, Tufted Duck, Mallard and Canada Goose.
Last birding trip of the year was to a lovely blue skied Pype Hayes Park.
Highlight of the day was seeing a flock of .c20 Redwing, Song Thrush, Blue Tit, Great Tit and Goldfinch, I say flock but it was probably two separate flocks, one of Tits and one of Thrushes, great to see them all fly over at once all the same. It's always great at this time of the year when there's not much leaf cover and you can see all the songbirds foraging amongst the trees, needless to say I left as much bird seed as I could during my walk today.
Birds seen today were, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, House Sparrow, Robin, Starling, Redwing, Song Thrush, Balckbird, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Pied Wagtail, Cormorant, Mute Swan, Little Egret, Moorhen, Coot, Mallard and Canada Goose.
Happy new Year to everyone who takes the time out to read this blog, here's to Birding in 2016 !
Being as I enjoyed the last visit to Kingsbury Water Park I thought I'd go back again today where the highlight was coming face to face (quite literally) with a Goldcrest, I couldn't believe it when I turned around and there it was foraging on a dead Ivy tree inches from my face. Other highlights were seeing a large flock of House Sparrow and waterfowl including Shoveler and the resident Greylag Geese.
Birds seen today were Goldcrest, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Chaffinch, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Robin, Starling, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Little Egret, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe, Moorhen, Coot, Shoveler, Gadwall, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Greylag Goose and Canada Goose.
First birding trip out for exactly a month and even then I didn't feel very well, I still enjoyed the morning at Kingsbury Water Park though.
There was a nice mixture of birds around today including Little Egret, Shoveler, Tits, Finches, Thrushes and Kestrels.
At this time of the year it's always great to see flocks of birds, especially all the mixed Tits and Finches.
Birds see today were, Kestrel, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Coal Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Wren, Robin, Reed Bunting, Nuthatch, Starling, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Jay, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Cormorant, Little Egret, Pied Wagtail, Mute Swan, Moorhen, Coot, Great Crested Grebe, Shoveler, Gadwall, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Domestic Duck, Greylag Goose and Canada Goose.
Another trip over to Solihull this time to visit Babbs Mill Nature Reserve, where the highlights were seeing two flocks of c.50 Woodpigeon, a flock of c.20 Collared Dove, a flock of c.40 Redwing, the sighting of 8 Grey Heron as well as seeing plenty of House Sparrow, Tits and Finches.
Birds seen today were, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, House Sparrow, Wren, Robin, Redwing, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Collared Dove, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Grey Heron, Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe, Moorhen, Coot, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Canada Goose and Domestic Goose.
Nice early morning trip over to Coleshill in North Warwickshire for a walk around the reserve, the farmers fields and the River Cole.
Highlights were seeing many Redwing and Fieldfare flying from one fruit bearing tree to another where there were also plenty of mixed Tit and Finch flocks, also nice to see were a pair of Goldcrest, there was also a high number of Balckbird spotted and a lone Reed Bunting but I dare say there were more.
Birds seen today were, Buzzard, Goldcrest, Reed Bunting, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Wren, Robin, Starling, Redwing, Fieldfare, Jay, Blackbird, Collared Dove, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Pied Wagtail, Moorhen and Mallard.
