Great to visit Southfields Farm in Coleshill for the first time since the lockdown restrictions began, technically visitors are not allowed to park in the car park at the moment thanks to certain people being very anti-social on the farm and surrounding areas of late but John the Farmer kindly gave his permission for us to do.
One of the obvious highlights of birding at this time of the year is seeing juveniles, baby birds seen today were, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Wren, Robin, Starling, Greefinch, Goldfinch, Pied Wagtail, Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow.
Not only did I see juvenile Greenfinch I also saw both a male and female adult taking food to their young which is not something you see everyday, I didn't see as many on previous visits but it is still great to see Linnet all the time, it was a shame I didn't see any Yellowhammer but the sight and sound of of another farmyard favourite the Skylark was a great substitute. Another strange highlight occurred when I got back to the car which was the sight of c.50 Jackdaw flying overhead, a group of Jackdaw is called a 'clattering', well they were certainly loud enough.
Even though House Martin and Swallow were spotted their numbers were very poor, in fact I didn't see double figures of either bird which is quite sad, being very overcast probably didn't help but low number all the same.
Birds seen today were, House Sparrow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Chiffchaff, Linnet, Skylark, Robin, Dunnock, Wren, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Starling, Pied Wagtail, House Martin, Swallow, Pheasant, Cormorant, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Coot, Moorhen and Mallard.
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