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Trittiford mill pond and the dingles bird sightings (1 Viewer)
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Hi Donna,There is now two Great crested grebe nests
One of the GCG now has a chick! I could see it on the back of the mother who was on the nest. The father was feeding it. Also saw the second GCG nest. Great!
Early this morning I could just hear the two tone call of a Kingfisher on the River Cole down the back of Trittiford, as a loud Wren was calling & a juggernaut did a u turn on the roundabout. The calling persisted & it sounded like two. Then one Kingfisher flew under the bridge calling. I looked up and another was flying high over the trees doing a banked turn. Then the other one flew back up the River calling. Then one flew over the pond calling. I've see a few territorial disputes there now in the past few years. Great!
UW82
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The Great Crested Grebe chicks are still on Trittiford.
I had no luck with a Kingfisher at the Dingles, so thought I best check out Scribbers Lane. I was curious as someone tweeted a KF photo a few weeks back.
Anyway looked over the bridge and what flew out, a Kingfisher. Great.
I walked off and said to myself 'I bet it flies back' so I went back and took another look and just as I did it came flying back to the bridge, it flew up and over and round in an arc. Great!
I had no luck with a Kingfisher at the Dingles, so thought I best check out Scribbers Lane. I was curious as someone tweeted a KF photo a few weeks back.
Anyway looked over the bridge and what flew out, a Kingfisher. Great.
I walked off and said to myself 'I bet it flies back' so I went back and took another look and just as I did it came flying back to the bridge, it flew up and over and round in an arc. Great!
UW82
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Little Egrets appear to be summering in the south of Birmingham. The attached was in the Chinn Brook area near Trittiford Pool, whilst another was along the River Cole north of Trittiford.
The Chinn Brook looks a good feeding area: there were hundreds of small fish.
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The Chinn Brook looks a good feeding area: there were hundreds of small fish.
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I'd not checked out Trittiford for a Kingfisher for a few weeks so thought I would take a look early this morning. I was in luck when the Kingfisher flew from the Mill pond and headed towards Scribbers Lane. As I then ran around the pond footpath the Kingfisher went past again flying across the Mill pond calling. I can't remember seeing one fly across the mill pond before. I then ran round the country park next to the River Cole and there was another Kingfisher on the Chinn Brook. Great!
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I did not find any Kingfisher in March/April along the Wonders Walk/River Cole where they nested last year. Recently though there has been some activity. Today was my best sighting of the year at Trittiford. As I walked past the roundabout I heard the call of a Kingfisher going past on the river. Then as I walked over the bridge a Kingfisher flew under. They were then tutting at each other on the river and went past a couple times. Good to see a pair again.
A lady walking her dog stopped to have a look and I told her there were a pair of Kingfisher.
Her daughter had seen a Kingfisher recently as well as a Little Egret.
The lady had not seen a Kingfisher for 30 years! And then it flew past us.
So she had to rush home to tell her daughter. Nice one!
On Trittiford mill pond there were two Little Egrets and two terrapins in the sun.
Great!
A lady walking her dog stopped to have a look and I told her there were a pair of Kingfisher.
Her daughter had seen a Kingfisher recently as well as a Little Egret.
The lady had not seen a Kingfisher for 30 years! And then it flew past us.
So she had to rush home to tell her daughter. Nice one!
On Trittiford mill pond there were two Little Egrets and two terrapins in the sun.
Great!
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Had two patch ticks today in the form of a spotted flycatcher in The Dingles (couldn't relocate it on return walk but it was about 100 metres downstream of Trittiford keeping the river on your left) and a handsome adult yellow-legged gull at Trittiford standing on a rock with around 80 BH Gulls and a couple of LBBs. Other sightings included a buzzard, great crested grebe, little egret, grey heron (3), greylag goose (3), a couple of swifts were still around but didn't see any hirundines, some large mixed tit flocks, mostly LT and blue, nuthatch (3 poss 4), jay and a kingfisher (just upstream of the Stratford Road Bridge) Great! (as zomerset might say)
Thanks Donna, my last addition to that list was raven almost two years ago so to get two ticks in one day was amazing. I see there was a spotted fly at Middleton also so I guess there was a bit of a movement. My Shire list now stands at 91 and Cole Valley at 95, hope I don't have to wait another two years to add some more, need to get to that 100 mark. Try and get down there, with Autumn passage now well underway who knows what might turn up?
