Bradshaw-Soil Hill-Ogden-Bradshaw Farms

9:30.

The usual walk today with a good hour and half patrolling Soil Hill top area and Ned Hill Track.After dropping some Twite seed I had a mosey on the contour footpath.

Nice to bump into Geoff from Thornton who was up there having the same luck as me. No Ring Ouzel (although I stuck to the main path and would be lucky to spot any from there) or Wheatear but lots of Meadow Pipit and Syklark in good voice.

Curlew were calling and there were a couple of Woodpigeon and 2 Swallow about. On my second circuit I flushed a pair of Grey Partridge - got the bins on them at last.

A couple of Kestrel were up and about and a solitary Lapwing.

Leaving the hill via Ned Hill Track I heard a garbled song coming from the bushes behind Pottery Cottage and managed to get the bins on a M. Blackcap, alas in soon flew higher up the hill low into the bushes there and out of sight, so no photo.

I did take a video of the location in the bush , however, the sound is poor and the song indistinct.

There were a couple of Pheasant here also.

Coal Lane held a Pied Wagtail and the track via the plantation to Ogden was disappointing, with nothing to report.

12:30 Ogden

After a butty stop I continued to Ogden Water.

The water was deserted with a capital D, just 3 Canada Goose and Mallard about.

The trees, however, were full of singing Willow Warbler with a good smattering of singing Chiffchaff.

Curlew could be heard calling from the moor.

I left Ogden via Boggart Brig and the Moorlands car park. Crossing the field here, there were several Meadow Pipit and possibly a Tree Pipit and a Pheasant. Although I guess it’s too early for Tree Pipit?

I took a different route from normal today, following the path to the right at the bottom of Ned Hill Road. This track goes through a few farms before joining the bridleway opposite my house. I normally turn up something (usually Green Woodpecker) on this track but today there was nothing to report.

For the first time in my life, I've kept a species list  and I've managed exactly 100 species  today since the 1st January 2015 (not all local I hasten to add). 
I don't know if that's good bad or indifferent though!!
Thanks Brian for you help with the I.D. of some of them.

Home again and time for football in the park with granddaughter Abigail.

A bit of spring colour below Soil Hill