Birding trip with a bit of a difference today, namely that of a visit to Coleshill Parish Church (Church of St. Peter and St. Paul) in North Warwickshire and a couple of the surrounding fields.
Highlight of the morning was definitely the sighting of mixed flock of c.100 Redwing and Fieldfare who were busily foraging away in one of the adjacent fields, it was also great to see smaller mixed flocks of Tits and Finches, near the houses there was a large presence of House Sparrow as is the fact for most of Coleshill apart from the new-builds which are desolate and void of any wildlife.
In the grounds (in my opinion) too many trees have been polarded, even though it seems to have been done better than most times I have seen it done, long term I very rarely see that it's ever been beneficial to both the tree and wildlife, as is which is normally the claim, at the back of the nearby Fire Station all the bushes have now been ripped out and replaced with tree saplings, those bushes were homes to and provided cover for all types of birds including, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock and Wren, now those birds have been left with nothing and as per usual it's just down to laziness and a cost cutting exercise because the trees can now be left and hey presto there's no work to be done on the bushes.
Birds seen today were, House Sparrow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Robin, Starling, Pied Wagtail, Redwing, Fieldfare, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Jackdaw and Carrion Crow.
