Great to get out and do a first birding trip of 2021 now the restrictions have been eased sufficiently.
Unusually the first two highlights of the day are not even birds but those of other animals who inhabit the farm, as if seeing one Muntjac Deer wouldn't have been great enough I was lucky enough to spot a pair of them and that was just after seeing a Hare in the previous field, always great to see either of these species as I don't get to see them too often.
As has been said by me many times before, John the Farmer does a great job of (supplementary) feeding of the birds and managing and maintaining the farm and land to the benefit of the birds and wildlife, testament to this is the sheer amount of House Sparrow that inhabit his house and the surrounding buildings, they easily number in three figures and are not even scared of humans which even the ones in my garden are.
Bird wise apart from seeing and hearing all the House Sparrow highlights were the high numbers of Yellowhammer which were seen in nearly every field I walked through, Linnet, Nuthatch, Song and Mistle Thrush, lots of Chiffchaff singing away, my first House Martin of the year.
Birds seen today were, Yellowhammer, Linnet, Nuthatch, Chiffchaff, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Wren, Robin, Skylark, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Blackbird, House Martin, Pied Wagtail, Cormorant, Mallard, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow and Magpie.
