Southfields Farm, Coleshill.

Great visit to Southfields Farm this morning just as the sun was rising where it was great to birds leaving their roost which included c.100 Woodpigeon and c.200 mixed Corvid.

Highlights of the day was seeing c.100 Linnet, a pair of Mute Swan who have raised six healthy looking juveniles this year, Skylark singing high in the sky as well as the usual high number of House Sparrow around the car park.

For some reason two birds I rarely see here are Magpie and Feral Pigeon, yet I saw both today, both were seen in fields were the soil has recently been turned over.

Birds seen today were, Buzzard, Skylark, Linnet, House Sparrow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Dunnock, Wren, Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Raven, Rook, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Pied Wagtail, Cormorant, Mute Swan, Mallard, Moorhen and Canada Goose.

Pype Hayes Park.

  

Great to pay Pype Hayes Park a visit this morning for the first time in a very long time.

The first thing that was very evident was how Parakeets have made their mark since my last visit, previously you wouldn't have dreamed of seeing one here whereas today, they were all around in the trees on the periphery of park and at one point .c50 flew overhead making a right racket, personally I think they make a great addition to the park and Birmingham in general, not sure the Corvids agree with me though because many a 'disagreement' was witnessed this morning. 

The pool was great sight with many birds on the water, in fact I've never seen so many Mallard so they probably had a great breeding season at this location this year, there was also five Mute Swan which included three of this years juveniles, also was great to see was a presence of a Domestic Duck, the only negative was seeing a Canada Goose with 'angel wing' which is something I always hate to see.

The adjacent river (the Plants Brook) was very quiet with only a Little Egret seen, I cut off the corner back to the park which is something I've never done before and ironically if I'd have stayed on my normal route I probably would have seen a Muntjac Deer because some of the locals had seen one there just before I would have been there, I have actually seen them before in that exact same spot, regardless of whether I saw it or not it's still good to know that they are still present at this location.

Birds seen today were, Parakeet, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Coal Tit, Goldfinch, Wren, Robin, Dunnock, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Blackbird, Little Egret, Grey Heron, Mute Swan, Domestic Duck, Mallard, Coot and Canada Goose.