Harvest

The combine harvesters have been denuding the fields of wheat and barley. Masses of birds, mainly wood pigeons and members of the crow family have descended to feast on the spilt kernels. The skylarks have finished breeding but are still present on the fields though they have tended to congregate on the lower levels. There have been some immature greenfinches flying around in pursuit of their parents which means there was a quite late brood. Otherwise, moulting birds are very much in hiding few are to be seen around the hedgerows.