Bradshaw – Soil Hill – Ogden – Peat Pitts Farms – Bradshaw.

Wildfowl on the move.

Yesterday I did a lot of driving around so a good foot slog was the order of the day today.

A 10:00 start for a good trek up & around Soil Hill down to & around Ogden & home via Peat Pitts Farms and Bradshaw Church.

On the Bradshaw Lane to Ingham Lane bridleway, lots of small birds nr. the feeders at Railes House.

Robin , Dunnock, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch, Wren, Greenfinch, 6 Blackbird & a Green Woodpecker calling.

C110 Starling feeding in Ingham Lane fields.

Soil Hill.

Near resident Common Gull, a few Crow, Blackbird, Pied Wagtail, Heron took flight towards Thornton area, Kestrel.

Ogden Area.

5 Blackbird, GSW, Meadow Pipit, M. Bullfinch in the car park bushes.

Ogden Circuit.

7 Teal in the very middle of the pond making ID & a decent shot hard work.

Another M. Bullfinch, 13 Canada Goose, 6 LTT with the usual Tit congregation.

BHG & Common Gull, Robin - stayed for lunch.

The home run.

Leaving Ogden via Boggart Brig a good number of small birds in the trees across the main road:-

Chaffinch, Coal Tit, 4 Robin, Great Tit.

Passing Bradshaw Church a Heron was flying from Soil Hill towards Ogden. 2 Mistle Thrush were airborne going towards Oats Royd.

‘John the Plumbers’ hedge full of noisy House Sparrow.

Nearing home 2 Mistle Thrush feeding in the fields and 4 Wood Pigeon heading towards Soil Hill.

 Thanks to DJS for his trip to Ogden this aft & his tips on Diver I.D. yesterday.

TMR from Soil Hill (no zoom)

TMR from Soil Hill (full zoom)

This gull was in the fields nr. the plantation and looked bigger than 'normal' 

in the bins - but I think it's a Common Gull 

Today's Post

Difficult to ID in the bins but a lot easier with the help of a PC.

Even easier with a bit of cropping.

Dinner Table

Spot the Goldfinch

Today's Robin - not taken at Ogden strangely enough.