John also reared and released 12 starlings, 11 house martins, eight blackbirds, three bluetits, three hedge sparrows and a ferret.
If the hedgerow can support some hedge sparrows, a declining species, then so much the better.
The birds are looking distinctly broody, and there's been a pair of hedge sparrows doing a bit of courting outside my window all day long.
The farm itself has good numbers of breeding birds and is home to yellowhammers, linnets, corn buntings, tree and hedge sparrows, along with lapwings and grey partridge.