Yes you have to get to it via Winterbourne Gardens.
http://www.winterbourne.org.uk/index.php/information/opening-times-a-admission
I've visited it a few times looking for KF. I really like it though no KF seen!!
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Yes you have to get to it via Winterbourne Gardens.
http://www.winterbourne.org.uk/index.php/information/opening-times-a-admission
I've visited it a few times looking for KF. I really like it though no KF seen!!
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Only a fiver to get in. Note the opening time is 11:00 at weekends.
UW82
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Just as well I'm a member.
Des.
You can pop over at 11 tomorrow then and tell us if its still there :t:
UW82
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Mr G.Finch
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Bloody Hell! Slightly frustrating to know there is a Grey Phalarope at your work place(at the uni at least)
Hopefully it's there tomorrow!
Hopefully it's there tomorrow!
discors
Old Timer
Grey Phalarope still present on Edgbaston Pool but access only through Winterbourne House. Pirouetting at far end away from dam so views distant.
Big steam event on today so will be crowded and doesnt open till 11.00 at weekends I think. £5.00 house and garden but cheaper than a day ticket at Edbaston golf club which is the only other access. Pity but no other access.
Big steam event on today so will be crowded and doesnt open till 11.00 at weekends I think. £5.00 house and garden but cheaper than a day ticket at Edbaston golf club which is the only other access. Pity but no other access.
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
What makes this record all the more remarkable is that there are no inland Grey Phals reported so far today and just one yesterday (in Dorset)
discors
Old Timer
Seeing the Phalarope this morning it looked very settled it could well have been there for a number of days. Edgbaston Pool was quite a revelation. 70+ Wigeon 20 Shoveler Little Grebe and Gt Crested Grebe. Bordered by manicured fairways of Edgbaston Golf course and relativley undisturbed. I spent a fleeting visit about 08.30 this morning after a set of nights but will definitley try to check this site again looks superb for Dragonflies and fantastic woods with lots of birds like Nuthatches Treecreepers Goldcrest Tit flocks as I marched through the grounds.
UW82
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But are you a member, otherwise it will be a fiver every visit. Winterbourne House and Gardens are hoping the bird stays , for obvious reasons.
Des.
p.s. I'm pretty sure the first record of Cetti's Warbler in the WMBC area was at Edgbaston Pool.
yamyam
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Your correct the first West Midland Record came from Edgbaston Park present 2nd May-12th July 1975 trapped on the 17th May.
Good Birding YAMYAM
Nice one SJ!! I'll have to check it out. There's a few about in Birmingham, PJs seen two on Edgbaston Res!! I've seen three in total recently on the Bourn Brook and Bourn (one definitely a juvenile)!! And I saw three on the Cole. Great!!
30-11-14, Birmingham, Digbeth Branch canal / River Rea - 07.30
There was a moorhen on the canal and I thought - bit noisy that moorhen, making all that commotion - only to then realise it was a kingfisher flying along the Canal and calling!!! Yes!! The first time I had a seen a kingfisher on a canal!! it flew past me and I could see the blue colour on it's back. Then it flew a little higher and took a right at the canal T junction to head down towards where the canal crosses the River Rea. I then had a look for it on the Rea and heard it calling a few times. Then I saw it catch a fish and fly back to a tree perch where it knocked the fish on a branch a number of times before it flew off. Great!! A grey wagtail was amongst the trees at the side of the canal. I also saw a few blackbirds and 2 dunnocks feeding on the tow path.
There was a moorhen on the canal and I thought - bit noisy that moorhen, making all that commotion - only to then realise it was a kingfisher flying along the Canal and calling!!! Yes!! The first time I had a seen a kingfisher on a canal!! it flew past me and I could see the blue colour on it's back. Then it flew a little higher and took a right at the canal T junction to head down towards where the canal crosses the River Rea. I then had a look for it on the Rea and heard it calling a few times. Then I saw it catch a fish and fly back to a tree perch where it knocked the fish on a branch a number of times before it flew off. Great!! A grey wagtail was amongst the trees at the side of the canal. I also saw a few blackbirds and 2 dunnocks feeding on the tow path.
Hi SJ - my first visit to the Digbeth Branch canal and I saw a kingfisher!! It caught a fish on the Rea!!
