Water Vole

1st March 2014                midday               mid section

Not the best time for birding,around midday,but i'll give it a go.

             Coot is not considered a winter visitor but its the nearest I can muster today as any sort of seasonal interloper.One was on the canal at Newbridge, possibly the one thats spent most of the last few months further north near the Wildlife Centre at Hordern Rd.

        Plenty of singing birds encountered including Goldfinch,Greenfinch,Chaffinch,Wren,Dunnock,Robin and Blue and Great Tits. A Great Spotted Woodpecker  was drumming on the Barleyfield but strangely no thrushes were vocal.Three  Buzzard soaring over Tettenhall Ridge with a pair very high and another much lower.

   The highlight of the day tho was undoubtedly

 a very obliging

 Water Vole eating the vegetation opposite the moored boats just north of Tettenhall Rd bridge.

Apologies for poor quality only had phone available