Soil Hill

10:15.

I took a stroll via the Raggalds Flood and Perseverance Road, around Soil Hill, did  a couple of laps before coming home home via Taylor Lane.

Leaving home 2 Mistle Thrush were having a disagreement in the tree opposite the house.

The thick mist was lifting nicely as I arrived at RF.

There were just 20 Lapwing here, with no ducks about.

Soil Hill

I dropped some Nyger Seed 100 yds further along the path from my usual site.

Soil Hill was quiet with nothing moving skyward.

7 or so Meadow Pipit seen,20 Canada Geese feeding in the fields, 1M 2F Pheasant, small gulls dotted about in the fields with 1 LBBG and Goldfinch overhead.

The lower pond held a 6 Widgeon (found by N.K. yesterday) and a Moorhen.

It was a nice surprise to bump into Bruce who was on the lookout for Fieldfare or Redwing.

We had a chat and looked skyward for a while but the only bird overhead was a Heron with a high pitched call.

When we parted company Bruce retraced his steps down the main track and I continued around the hill to Ned Hill Track.

Leaving Soil Hill a Kestrel was on the wall by the ruin. It left when it eyeballed me.

I had a good scan about from Ned Hill Track looking for Little Owl without success, but in the process I picked out a Stonechat in the bushes below the track.

Coming down Taylor Lane 14 Fieldfare flew over >SW.

These were my first local Fieldfare this autumn.

It was very pleasant on Soil Hill today - very unusual!!

Another new turbine

Heron over - with unusually high pitched call

Robin in the same bushes as the Stonechat - 

tying to confuse me which is easily done.

Fieldfare disappearing into the distance