The first Mallard brood but thats as good as it gets

26th April 15            mid section             mid morning

bright & sunny but chilly, 5-9°c,  1010mb,    NW 7-13mph

The first brood of 11 newly fledged mallard chicks greeted me on arrival between the 2 Tettenhall bridges, chiffchaff,chaffinch and blackbird singing I knew I was in for a pleasant morning even if the birds didn't perform.

Mallard	brood 11	Staffs & Worc
Sparrowhawk	1♀ soaring	1♀ with extensive white to undertail + rump & sides of upper tail soaring over Compton area,
Buzzard	1 over	Barleyfield
Moorhen	1	Wetlands
Stock Dove	2	Wetlands Field
Grey Wagtail	pair	Smestow Bridge
Wren	11 singing	mid section
Dunnock	5 singing	mid section
Robin	9 singing	mid section
Blackbird	4 singing	mid section
Mistle Thrush	2 singing	mid section
Whitethroat	1 singing	Annex Barleyfield
Blackcap	9 (8 singing)	mid section
Chiffchaff	9 singing	mid section
Long Tailed Tit	2 pair	mid section
Coal Tit	pair	Meccano Br
Great Tit	3 singing	mid section
Jay	1 >> SW over	Station Paddock
Chaffinch	4 singing	mid section