Parakeet: About the only point of interest yesterday was the sudden appearance of 2 parakeets aggressively chasing off a grey heron as it flew past the meccano bridge. This suggests they have something to defend could it be a nest?? It would be late in terms of nesting but given young take 40-50days to fledge it is plausible.
Other reports of them are 2 in codsall this morning on staffs bird news and a credible report of up to 4 pairs in west park apparently now favouring the lake closer to town.
Moorhen: Parakeets are thought to be single brooded in Uk but Moorhen are certainly not, so it is a little disappointing that we don't seem to have had any 2nd broods in the mid section. However at least 11 birds have succeeded in surviving to full grown. This is better than northern section where competition with coots may be an issue. In the southern section there is a 2nd brood of one which was being looked after by a fully grown juvenile. Interestingly there were also 2 half grown young nearby and I could only see 2 adults.
Woodpeckers/Nuthatch; Oddly lacking in breeding evidence for all 3 species with only a juv green woodie being regularly seen wonder if parakeets took over a w,pecker hole??
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