Donington nature reserve, Albrighton, Shropshire, Britain.

A walk at Donington Pool, then up to the Church Yard and then around the reserve at Donington.

Ebird List for the Reserve.

 

Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos) ♂.

I started the morning by visiting some of Jayne's family and then around lunch time I went for a walk to the pool at Donington where I saw Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos) with both wild looking birds and some obvious domestic type birds, Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula) and Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs).

Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus).

I walked further up the lane to the church yard where I cleaned up Jayne's plaque again and the found her parents plaque eventually which was well buried under a thick coat of leaves, in the church yard I heard and saw Eurasian Nuthatch (Trepador Azul / Sitta europaea), Carrion Crow (Corneja Negra / Corvus corone), Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula), Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Pied Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla yarrellii), Eurasian Wren (Chochin paleártico / Troglodytes troglodytes) and European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis).

European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula).

European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula).

I finished the clean up and headed down to the main part of the nature reserve and the walked down to the main meadow area and then followed the track along the stream to the far end of the reserve then back up along the headgerow, as I walked te wooded part of the track I saw European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Marsh (Carbonero Palustre / Poecile palustris), Eurasian Blue (Herrerillo Común / Cyanistes caeruleus), Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and Long-tailed Tit (Mito Común / Aegithalos caudatus), Eurasian Treecreeper (Agateador Euroasiatico / Certhia familiaris) and Goldcrest (Reyezuelo Sencillo / Regulus regulus).

Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula) ♀.

Eurasian Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Cyanistes caeruleus).

Along the Hedgerow over looking the surrounding fields I added Black-headed (Gaviota Reidora / Chroicocephalus ridibundus) and European Herring Gull (Gaviota Argéntea Europea / Larus argentatus), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo) and a winter plumage Common Reed Bunting (Escribano Palustre / Emberiza schoeniclus).

Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos).

Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos).

At the gate I spent a while sat on one of the benches seeing what came into the loaded Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) bushes, species included more Common Blackbirds, Song Thrush (Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos) and Redwing (Zorzal Alirrojo / Turdus illacus) and as I was heading back up to my Moms I had a Grey Wagtail (Lavandera Cascadena / Motacilla cinerea) under the bridge.