HI , my friend and i went over to sandwell valley this morning to see if we could see the great northern diver on swan pool–and we were not disappointed!  we had good views of it albeit it was on the other side of the lake.  other species we saw were kestrel, BHG,  canada geese,  swan, coot, pochard, tufted duck, moorhen,  pied wagtail, magpie, wood pigeon, greaterblack backed gull, cormorant, mallard, great crested grebe,  young herring gull, robin, crow, blue tit , great tit,  blackbird, wren and great tit..