Soil Hill
I went for an hour , before "Granddaughter Day", mainly to put some bird seed down. When I got there, there were 9 cars
parked up - MEGGA - I thought. A passer-by soon put me right "Eclipse in
it!".
The eclipse came and went with the hill
eerily quiet for a time, then as the daylight increased the Skylarks took to the
sky and commenced their song.
A quick tour did not produce the hoped for Wheatear only a strange, strong, very cold west wind on the west side track.
A passing dog walker had met with a shock
at the top pond, he passed within a few feet of the 'resident' Grey
Heron, neither dog walker nor Heron noticing one another until the last minute
when the Heron made a large flapping get away.
I spotted the Heron on the lower north
side (NK) pond, with, what looks like a pr Teal.
Birds:
8 Skylark. Grey Heron. Pheasant, Lapwing, 2 Magpie,13 Meadow
Pipit, Blackbird and a Chaffinch, pr. Teal.
Those Teal are hanging on well there. Bet you could nearly touch the eclipse from Soil Hill
ReplyDeleteVery cloudy up there, just the odd break - looks like Queensbury did a bit better.
ReplyDeleteA bit strange when the birds went quiet.
John
Nice pics John, yeah it felt a bit eerie even in the works yard, it might of been witchcraft
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