Tuesday 5th May 2009

After the excitement of the previous week it was back to some sort of normality in the Tame valley. After light showers in the morning the weather in the afternoon was fine with a strong west or north westerly breeze. Coleshill was my first destination but there was little in the way of bird life. The same could be said of Haunch Lane. The Garganey was still on Cliff pool but kept well to the north shore. A couple of Redshank, and a Little ringed Plover were on the islands but it was generally quiet. Fishers Mill was also quiet apart from a small flock of Sand Martins and a lone Oystercatcher.