This article first appeared in the Birmingham (latterly West Midlands) Bird Club Report for 1939.
Bird and place names were spelt as shown.
ROTTON PARK RESERVOIR [1].
A paper, by Mr. W. E. Groves, on the birds seen at this reservoir between December, 1935, and April, 1936, appeared in our 1936 Report. The number of species has now been increased from 32 to 53, and amongst them are the following: Yellow Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat, Fieldfare, Teal, Wigeon, Goldeneye, Snipe, Dunlin, Common and Purple Sandpiper, Common, Herring and Lesser Black- backed Gull. This reservoir is only one and a half miles from the centre of Birmingham,
[1] Edgbaston Reservoir was previously known as Rotton Park Reservoir.