Finally a new tick!!

It's been very quite on the bird front lately, but at last Marsh Lane produces a new one.

The Count:

1. Water Rail - NEW
2. Coot
3. Moorhen
4. Little Egret
5. Mallard
6. Mute Swan
7. Common Tern
8. Lesser Black-backed Gull
9. Greylag
10. Dunlin
11. Buzzard
12. Wood Pigeon
13. Great Tit
14. Redshank
15. Chaffinch
16. Greenfinch
17. Pheasant
18. Grey Heron
19. Lapwing
20. Black-headed Gull
21. Black Swan
22. Little Grebe
23. Starling
24. Oystercatcher
25. Cormorant

Water Rail

Apart from the Water Rail, a quick scout around revealed nothing new or photographable so we shot off to Whitacre Heath to see if anything was showing there. A 2 hour wait through rain and a thunderstorm revealed not alot with the count making a massive 3!!!

1. Green Sandpiper
2. Sparrowhawk
3. Wood Pigeon

Green Sandpiper