Soil Hill & Bardshaw

13:45 - 15:15 (ish).

Soil Hill

We 'enjoyed' a morning looking for Xmas presents at Bradford Broadway Shopping Centre this morning.

Later I had a snoop around a very cold and still, Soil Hill.

Not a lot to snoop though.

I was on the lookout for Snow Bunting but it was not to be.
A good hour scout around up here was enjoyable, even if there were very few birds to see on the deck or in the sky.

There were 3 Mallards on the lower (NK) pond.

I did get a cracking bonus of 2 Stonechat ( a Male & Female I believe) that were on the very top of the hill.
The female kept hidden and I could not get the camera to focus on her, through the undergrowth.

Some of the small pools were frozen over and as I was wondering what the temperature was, and I started to hum a song from 1974. 

"When will I see you again". 

Then I realised it was 3 Degrees.
(Yep - I know it's rubbish).

Just a few Small Gulls seen in the Bradshaw fields on the walk home.

Hopefully some winter thrushes will brighten things up later this week.