Continuing with the recent theme of unimpressive birding along the river Arrow, I joined Josh Toogood this morning as we headed from Arrow Valley Lake to the Vale Golf Course.
Josh is also on a mission to try to find some of the declining or mythical species rumoured to occur in this part of the world. It was great to finally meet him and discuss what we knew about Dippers, Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers and Willow Tits from this part of Worcestershire. We concluded that the former and latter are unlikely to be extant, while the middle one just might be here somewhere.
But not today. In fact we saw pretty much nothing. A couple of Kingfishers and Grey Wagtails, and plenty of common stuff. I don't think either of us will be trying again any time soon.
Back at Arrow Valley Lake I could see three drake Goosanders, a couple of Little Egrets and 15 Cormorants.
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| Herring Gulls |
A pair of Herring Gulls are probably local breeders, the slightly larger male on the left giving its long-call display to the female. I have yet to prove that Herring Gulls breed in Redditch, but I'm quite sure they do.
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