Donington Church Yard, Albrighton and Donington Nature Reserve and Green Lane, Albrighton, Shropshire, Britain.

Some short periods of Sun so I got out for a couple of walks.

Ebird List for the Nature Reserve.

Ebird List for Green Lane.

 

Carrion Crow (Corneja Negra / Corvus corone).

As I could see the first Blue Sky of the trip to the UK I decided to go out for a while with the Bin's and see what I could find around the Village, I started by parking at Donington Church and as I was half way through putting my coat on I heard a call which instantly recognised as a Rose-ringed Parakeet (Cotorra de Kramer / Psittacula krameri), once I managed to get my head out of my coat so that I could see, I turned around and found that there were 3 of them sat in one of the large trees at the back of the Grave Yard.

Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo).

Unfortunately just as I reached the camera they all called loudly and flew off up the row of trees towards the railway and bypass, later as I was just leaving the reserve to come back to the car I am pretty sure I heard a single bird call a couple of times down near the Fire station.

Lesser Redpoll (Pardillo norteño / Acanthis flammea).

In and around the Church I saw Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis), Eurasian Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Cyanistes caeruleus), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Dunnock (Acentor Común / Prunella modularis), Eurasian Wren (Chochin paleártico / Troglodytes troglodytes) and Rook (Graja / Corvus frugilegus).

Lesser Redpoll (Pardillo norteño / Acanthis flammea).

I crossed the road and scanned the large stubble field find a good number of Common Woodpigeons (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus) feeding along with a few Black-headed Gulls (Gaviota Reidora / Chroicocephalus ridibundus), Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula), Carrion Crow (Corneja Negra / Corvus corone) and a Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo) which was sat up on the hedge.

Common Woodpigeons (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus).

I walked around to the pool and took the track up to the nature reserve gate but the path was blocked by a fallen tree, there were a couple of other large trees down so it looks like the storm the weekend I arrived took it toll on the reserve.

Redwing (Zorzal Alirrojo / Turdus illacus).

As I walked this section I added Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Eurasian Nuthatch (Trepador Azul / Sitta europaea), Coal (Carbonero Garrapinos / Periparus ater), Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and Long-tailed Tit (Mito Común / Aegithalos caudatus), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs) and European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis).

A local landmark, the windmill.

I then went out onto the nature reserve proper where I saw many of the same species but also added Lesser Black-backed Gull (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus) and a couple of Lesser Redpoll (Pardillo norteño / Acanthis flammea) a species I always like to see.

Looking down to RAF Cosford, the Aerospace Museum and off in the distance the Wrekin.

I returned to the Church Yard where I bumped into another birder and we had a chat, later via a Facebook post I had put on the Reserves page I found out it was Andy Blodwyn and whilst I was talking to him I picked up 2x Stock Doves (Paloma Zurita / Columba oenas) and a Pied Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla yarrellii).

European Golden Plover (Chorlito Dorado Europeo / Pluvialis apricaia).

European Golden Plover (Chorlito Dorado Europeo / Pluvialis apricaia).

I returned to the car and went up to Green Lane, I parked in Elm Road and walked up past the old windmill and then out onto the fields, as I did this I checked the hedges and the irrigation pond for Austin Roses, on the walk I saw House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), Eurasian Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda arvensis), Meadow Pipit (Bisbita Pratense / Anthus pratensis), Song (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos) and Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus), Redwing (Zorzal Alirrojo / Turdus illacus), Fieldfare (Zorzal Real / Turdus pilaris), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), a nice flock of 60 or so European Golden Plover (Chorlito Dorado Europeo / Pluvialis apricaia) which circled the crop fields to my right and a single Common Starling (Estornino Pinto / Sturnus vulgaris) before heading back to Mom's.

European Golden Plover (Chorlito Dorado Europeo / Pluvialis apricaia).

European Golden Plover (Chorlito Dorado Europeo / Pluvialis apricaia).