After my last blog post, I didn't see the Kingfisher along the Bourn Brook valley or opposite the old reservoir. I noticed the heavy flow of brook water from the rain had washed the brook silt away. So maybe the fish numbers follow the silt? Still I found a Kingfisher at the New Fosse Way roundabout. I've seen it there a few times now, one weekend it was there Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Another Kingfisher location is the Dental Hospital/Eastern Road, I've now seen one there a few times. I will admit one Saturday morning on my run, I gave the Kingfisher a call and it flew in below me.
Another location a Kingfisher has returned to is Ten Acres along the River Rea.
One area new to me for a winter Kingfisher but no surprise is the Kings Norton playing fields along the River Rea. A Kingfisher had been seen along the nearby canal so no surprise it was on the Rea.
This Kingfisher is really responsive to my calls. I've seen it fly in from more than 50 metres and then another weekend it heard me from a couple hundred metres away and I heard it calling as it flew along the Rea.
The final area always good to find a Kingfisher is Wychall Reservoir and the River Rea there. Last Monday it was pouring with rain and the Kingfisher was on the inlet steam to KNNR whoch then joins the Rea.
Thursday 28 November 2019
Thursday 14 November 2019
Woodgate Valley Kingfisher November 2019
For the fourth year in a row a Woodgate Valley Kingfisher.
Friday, 8th November.
I followed the muddy track, I looked along most parts of the brook, I looked under and along the brick bridge sections. Then just around the bend after the second brick bridge, there it was. A blue stripe, with it's back to me. Kingfisher!
That was after the Kingfisher along the Bourn Brook walkway. There was a surprise Canadian Goose sat on the bank and the Kingfisher went past giving it a tutting call.
On the Saturday, with a cold frost I completed a ten mile run along the Bourn Brook, River Rea and Bourn. I was giving up on finding a Kingfisher so gave a good call at Kings Norton playing field. Much to my surprise a Kingfisher came round the corner in the distance so I could just see it. So I gave another call and it flew in right next to me.
Then Sunday the Kingfisher along the Bourn Brook walkway again. I've found it a few times opposite the old reservoir now.
Friday, 8th November.
I followed the muddy track, I looked along most parts of the brook, I looked under and along the brick bridge sections. Then just around the bend after the second brick bridge, there it was. A blue stripe, with it's back to me. Kingfisher!
That was after the Kingfisher along the Bourn Brook walkway. There was a surprise Canadian Goose sat on the bank and the Kingfisher went past giving it a tutting call.
On the Saturday, with a cold frost I completed a ten mile run along the Bourn Brook, River Rea and Bourn. I was giving up on finding a Kingfisher so gave a good call at Kings Norton playing field. Much to my surprise a Kingfisher came round the corner in the distance so I could just see it. So I gave another call and it flew in right next to me.
Then Sunday the Kingfisher along the Bourn Brook walkway again. I've found it a few times opposite the old reservoir now.
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