Great visit to Souhfields Farm in Coleshill, North Warwickshire, where my primary objectives were to see Yellowhammer and as identify as many wildflowers as I could, well I saw Yellowhammer including juveniles and saw quite a few wildflowers of which I could identify more than I could before Wednesday when I attended wetland/wildflower walk courtesy of Tame Valley Wetlands and Warwickshire Wildlife Trust.
It was one of those funny days when you don't see as many birds as you thought you would when you left the house but where would the fun be in seeing every single bird every time you went out birding.
Needless to say the highlight had to be seeing a couple of Yellowhammer juveniles and to see them singing was even better, other babies I love seeing are Pied Wagtails and there was also quite a few of them around especially in the livestock fields, other juveniles seen were, House Sparrow, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow and Magpie.
Birds seen today were, Buzzard, Kestrel, Yellowhammer, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Chiffchaff, House Sparrow, Robin, Wren, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blackbird, Collared Dove, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Woodpigeon, Swift, House Martin, Swallow and Moorhen.
There are obviously (thanks to John the farmer who runs the farm) plenty of wildflowers on site, especially in the huge meadow and extensive borders that are adjacent to the hedgerows, the meadow looked amazing with so many bright and wonderful flowers.
Wildflowers seen today in the order spotted were, Oxeye Daisy, White Clover, Birds Foot Trefoil, Field Chamomile, Groundsel, Knapweed, Meadow Buttercup, Lesser Trefoil, Purple Clover, Self Heal, Red Clover, Musk Mallow, Lady's Bedstraw, Red Campion and Rosebay Willowherb, there were probably countless more varieties but as previously stated I am by no means an expert.
I must also mention that I will never tire of getting out of the car and seeing and hearing so many House Sparrow, they are quite literally in every direction you look, great to see so many.
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