Southfields Farm, Coleshill.

 

Much better visit to Southfields Farm this morning after yesterday's trip with the limited visibility, today there was brilliant blue skies but still a very low level covering of mist which was hardly noticeable once you were in the fields.

It was definitely worth a second trip within twenty four hours when I got to see the sheer splendour of the fields sown with wildflowers and seeds for the birds in the Autumn and Winter, the fields are absolutely huge and are rammed full of various plants and flowers which are beneficial to birds and insects, there was already a lot of bird activity in those fields this morning, it should be amazing in the Winter when visitors such as Linnet are here.

It was also great to see Yellowhammer which looked very resplendent in the sunshine, also good to see were many House Sparrow, Skylarks singing high in the sky and Buzzards hunting in the fields.

Birds seen today were, Buzzard, Yellowhammer, Skylark, House Sparrow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Wren, Dunnock, Wren, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Pied Wagtail and Moorhen.

Southfields Farm, Coleshill.

  

Strange visit to Southfields Farm in Coleshill this morning, even though it was great, the visiibilty was very poor due to heavy fog/mist, so on one hand it was great to 'see' the farm as I very rarely see it but on the other hand it was by far the worst bird count I have ever had there but it is what it is and it was still a great morning all the same.

The highlight of the morning was seeing (as much as I could) the massive amount of land that has been sowed for the birds in the Autumn/Winter, it was at least six fields given over especially to the birds, I also spoke to John and he is already refining how he manages the fields even more and even now is thinking of what to plant in time for Spring to attract in more insects which will in turn obviously attract more birds.

For the record birds seen today were, Buzzard, Pheasant, House Sparrow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Chaffinch, Wren, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion crow and Magpie. 

Lady Bradford's, Castle Bromwich.

Nice trip to Lady Bradford's and surrounding areas in Castle Bromwich, Solihull this morning.

Highlight of the day was easy, that of seeing and certainly hearing the many Parakeet that inhabit the area, they definitely give the location an exotic feel, another highlight was having a Buzzard fly right in front of me about 12 foot away and head height, I could certainly appreciate it's impressive wingspan. other than that it was very quiet bird wise.

Autumn is fast approaching what with the leaves dropping in haste as well as turning many different colours now there job is done, also Acorn, Horse Chestnut and Sweet Chestnit were very much in evidence,  just as exciting is the emergence of more and more fungi, especially as I do love a fungi hunt, to admire and take photographs of as I never pick them.

Sadly there was also a few 'pockets' of litter which was mainly bottles, cans and takeaway rubbish, more worryingly there was a lot of discarded needles in one location, sadly there's no point in reporting it to the Council as they are just a waste of space, on the whole the site was mainly clean though.

Birds seen today were, Buzzard, Parakeet, Nuthatch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Wren, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Carrion Crow and Magpie.