Sowing

The farmers both behind and in  front of the house have been sowing their fields over the last few days. These fields have been left as stubble over the winter and have attracted a large variety of birds. The disturbance caused by the sowing has led to an invasion by crows, jackdaws, black headed and herring gulls. These birds have appeared in large numbers, (two hundred plus). The gulls are normally flying over these fields each day enroute to richer pickings, and, although there have been a few members of the crow family around throughout the winter, I am left wondering where all these extra birds have appeared from.