Stonechat2
Tooty Fruity Member
Today, me, reader and monkeyman went to Sandwell Valley park farm. We were wondering through the woods with Great tits and Blue tits literally metres away from us, i've never got that close to them before so i was quite stunned but more drama was still to come, Monkeyman held out his hand and what do you know, out comes a nuthatch, flies onto his hand and starts eating. After seeing this i very much so wanted to do it as well. Reader gave me some seed and i held out my hand, it wouldn't come t first and was quite weary of me. After 10 minutes of patiently standind there he came, i was quite stunned because i had only seen my first Nuthatch 2 days previous and now i had one feeding of my hand.
We then continued on further up the track to have a look at the Heronry, we wern't to dissapointed, they were giving us great views and this is also where i saw my first Tufted duck,their great little birds. While reader was digiscoping the herons me and monkeyman went to see if we coul dsee the green woodpecker which had been laugthing away. We didn't see the green woodpecker but we did see three great spotted woodpeckers and a sparrowhawk being mobbed by crows. As we watched this happening 2 sparrowhawks came crashing throught the bushes 5 metre infront of us. We suspect it was a male and female. On the way back we saw another first for me, a Stockdov,e again i was very pleased at seing another first.
We then travelled back to the car and visited the rspb resereve(Sandwell Valley). This was fantastic, i saw my first Bullfinch and Reed bunting at the feeder there. We then walked around the one side and i saw my first Teal, Shoveler, Lapwing, Lesser black backed Gull, Gadwall, Little Grebe and Greylag goose. We then walked around the other side of the reserve and we saw my first Meadow Pipit, Willow Warbler and Godeneye. What a great place to visit.
We then went to a lane wher litlle owls hang out, sadfully we didn't see them but there will be plenty more opportunities to see them. We then visited a local pond and saw alot of wildfowl, all of the common erspecies though. We shooted from there after about ten minutes and visited some lime pits near by, i can't remember the name though. There we saw our first Buzzard of the day, it was soaring in the loveley weather wev'e been lucky to have today. We then continued and saw another Sparrowhawk flying around. We were hoping to see my first King fisher but we didn't, the illusive bird had evaded us. At this time it was early afternoon and the birds ciesta was coming into full swing. So we decided to call it a day and head off home for a nice cuppa.
Monkeyman and reader, thanks for takig me out!!!
We then continued on further up the track to have a look at the Heronry, we wern't to dissapointed, they were giving us great views and this is also where i saw my first Tufted duck,their great little birds. While reader was digiscoping the herons me and monkeyman went to see if we coul dsee the green woodpecker which had been laugthing away. We didn't see the green woodpecker but we did see three great spotted woodpeckers and a sparrowhawk being mobbed by crows. As we watched this happening 2 sparrowhawks came crashing throught the bushes 5 metre infront of us. We suspect it was a male and female. On the way back we saw another first for me, a Stockdov,e again i was very pleased at seing another first.
We then travelled back to the car and visited the rspb resereve(Sandwell Valley). This was fantastic, i saw my first Bullfinch and Reed bunting at the feeder there. We then walked around the one side and i saw my first Teal, Shoveler, Lapwing, Lesser black backed Gull, Gadwall, Little Grebe and Greylag goose. We then walked around the other side of the reserve and we saw my first Meadow Pipit, Willow Warbler and Godeneye. What a great place to visit.
We then went to a lane wher litlle owls hang out, sadfully we didn't see them but there will be plenty more opportunities to see them. We then visited a local pond and saw alot of wildfowl, all of the common erspecies though. We shooted from there after about ten minutes and visited some lime pits near by, i can't remember the name though. There we saw our first Buzzard of the day, it was soaring in the loveley weather wev'e been lucky to have today. We then continued and saw another Sparrowhawk flying around. We were hoping to see my first King fisher but we didn't, the illusive bird had evaded us. At this time it was early afternoon and the birds ciesta was coming into full swing. So we decided to call it a day and head off home for a nice cuppa.
Monkeyman and reader, thanks for takig me out!!!
