Gargrave / Soil Hill

Soil Hill

14:45 - 16:30 (ish)

I had a mosey up to and around Soil Hill this aft. It was actually warm up here today! (If you kept out of the breeze).

I had seen my first local Swallow earlier in the day near the Bonnet and I saw another 3 or so on the Soil Hill trip.

The usual stuff here today:-

9 Skylark, 10 Meadow Pipit, 2 Stock Dove,

2 Partridge flushed from the field next to the 'Ring Ouzel' hedge - I could not get the bins on them quick enough to ID them - but I suspect they are the 2 Grey Partridge that both NK & BS have seen recently.

5 Lapwing, c20 Woodpigeon, Moorhen, Mallard and in the field opposite the White Bungalow at the end of Perseverance Road a Wheatear.

Birds seen at Gargrave yesterday:

1.     Swallow

2.     Pied Wagtail

3.     Chiffchaff

4.     Greenfinch

5.     5 Buzzard

6.     GSW Drumming & a second GSW Calling

7.     Curlew

8.     Wren

9.     Pheasant

10.Skylark

11.Willow Warbler

12.Long Tailed Tit

13.Blackcap

14.Nuthatch

15.Moorghen

16.Goldfinch

17.Little Owl

18.Redpoll with ring

19.Song Thrush

20.Mistle Thrush

21.Coal Tit

22.Blue Tit

23.Great tit

24.Rook

25.Carrion Crow

26.Jackdaw

27.Magpie

28.Black Headed Gull

29.Mallard

30.Heron

31.Mute Swan

32.House Sparrow

33.Oysertcatcher

34.Blackbird

35.Robin

36.Chaffinch

37.Collard Dove

38.Dunnock

39.Canada Goose

40.Starling

41.Woodpigeon

Soil Hill:-

Only one Red Balloon floating in the summer sky - so it's not Nena's.

No sign of Patrick Mcgoohan either.

Gargrave:-

Coal Tit/ Marsh Tit/ Willow Tit??

I'm guessing Coal Tit

Coal Tit/ Marsh Tit/ Willow Tit??

Blackcap