Soil Hill & Ogden

13:45 (Monday).

The usual ramble today.

3 Stock Dove or Feral Pigeon were enjoying my Nyger seed on the main track.

Quite a few Swift  around and about at Soil Hill top. 2 single birds then 3 together seen in the ½ hr or so I was up there.

2 Juv. Pheasant and what looked like a F. Pheasant left the West Path when I nearly trod on them!

A Kestrel was hunting and a couple of LBBG went towards TMR.

3 Meadow Pipit (I think) and 3 Skylark (2 sounding the alarm as they flew off) and a good few Swallows about on the top.

While I was on the main track just above the soil heaps a family of 8 RLP (or Grey?) left the scene in a hurry.

Coming off the hill towards Ned Hill Track a Whitethroat was calling , down on the right. Further on, on the left, in the green ‘whin’ like black seeded bushes a second Whitethroat called.

Ned Hill Track held just a Wren.

15:00 (ish)

From Coal Lane to the woods at Ogden not a lot happening.

Just a Male Pheasant in the plantation and a few gulls about.

Ogden.

4 Goldfinch were feeding on the thistle heads.

A group of Coal tit were flitting about high in the trees.

A very yellow bird, a imm. Willow Warbler I believe, kept me non-plussed for 10 minutes. 

The camera took a dislike to it – concentrating on the branches in front, no matter where I tried to take a picture from!

Ogden water held the usual brigade, 14 Canada Goose, Pr. GCG, lots of small gulls , a few LBBG and a Cormorant sitting in among the lot of them.

There are also a few snaps from a day out in the Harrogate area on Sunday.

Devils Tooth from Soil Hill

Pheasant making a quick get away

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Harrogate Area