Great visit to Southfields Farm in Coleshill which just about coincided with the blue skies we had this morning as it only went overcast towards the end of my visit, which made a nice change.
Highlights of the visit were seeing .c300 Linnet in one of the fields including c.50 having a bath in a large area of water left over from the recent heavy rain, I was observing them when a Jay flew very low right above them, they must have thought it was a predator as they all flew up en masse into the nearby bushes, talking of predators, when in the largest field I'd noticed it was very quiet, by the time I'd got to the end of the field it was evident why, it must have been down to the presence of three raptors, two Kestrels flying above the fields and a Buzzard sitting in a tree, all I saw in the field were a few Chaffinch and Goldfinch as well as a Skylark seemingly oblivious to a Kestrel hovering directly below it, near the river it was nice to see some Redwing, they were only small in number but still great to see all the same, towards the end of the visit came three highlights all at once, namely that of a Grey Heron flying overhead, a pair of Goldcrest in the hedgerow and a flock of .c20 Siskin.
Finally it's always great to see and hear so many House Sparrow around the outbuilding area, House Sparrows will always remain to be my favourite bird.
Birds seen today were, Buzzard, Kestrel, Skylark, Linnet, Goldcrest, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Wren, Starling, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Pied Wagtail, Pheasant, Redwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Blackbird, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Magpie and Grey Heron.
It was great to meet John the Farmer and have a quick chat, always a pleasure mate, hope you like this post !
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