Well with not much to shout about on the West Midland Bird Club Birdline, we decided to go to Kingsbury Water Park (KWP) and walk along the Canal to Fishers Mill bridge and then on to Drayton Bassett pits, these are all good birding locations and you never know we might turn something good up.

I thought I'd take a couple of "Dude" Photographs on the way round Canal Pool at KWP, if they sit and pose then I'll take a photo.

Mute Swans with young

Grey Heron

We  heard Willow Warbler, Chiff Chaff, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Whitethroat, Reed Warbler and Sedge Warbler on the walk down to Drayton Bassett Pits, we were hoping for Turtle Dove at Fishers Mill but still no luck this'll be 2 years on the trot that we havn't seen or heard one.

There were 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Ringed Plovers, 1 Dunlin & 1 Redshank at Drayton Bassett Pits there was also 100s of Lesser Black Backed Gulls one or two Herring gulls with them, there had been reports of Yellow Legged Gulls being here but we didn't see any mainly because we couldn't keep the Telescope still in the wind.

Ringed Plover

Little Ringed Plover

We didn't have a bad morning, theres always plenty to see here we even ended up with a year tick. we were in the hide overlooking Cliff pool at KWP and a Hobby flew past eating something in its talons as it did so. Great!! we don't see many of them.