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.
I hadn't even left the house this morning when I got my first birding action which was a Sparrowhawk swooping down in the garden and presumably taking a House Sparrow because these was upwards of thirty in the back garden, it's always strange after a Sparrowhawk attack how quiet the garden goes, the poor things must be scared stiff !
Then it was off to Shustoke where the highlights were seeing my first Redwing of the year, seeing Shoveler on the water, observing how happy the Canadian Goose with severe 'angel wing' was to be with plenty of other geese (there was at least 50) and it was also great to see Autumn now getting into full swing and more and more Fungi appearing.
Birds seen today were Sparrowhawk (in the garden), Kestrel, Buzzard, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Wren, Robin, Starling, Redwing, Song Thrush, Jay, Blackbird, Collared Dove, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Cormorant, Lapwing, Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, Coot, Shoveler, Gadwall, Tufted Duck, Mallard and Canada Goose.
Today I had a walk along a stretch of the Kingfisher Project, River Cole in Hodge Hill for a change.
I was hoping to see some Autumn/Winter visitors such as Fieldfare but no luck maybe next week when I'll be out birding again. Highlights were seeing a very noisy Kestrel being mobbed by some plucky Carrion Crows, as well as seeing many flocks of Tits and obviously the seeing the fantastic Autumnal colours.
Birds seen today were Kestrel, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Goldfinch, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Wren, Starling, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Pied Wagtail, Grey Heron and Mallard.
