The usual short outing this Saturday.
It was very mild with just a 20min. interlude when some very wet drizzly stuff arrived from Ogden.
A Mistle Thrush was in the tree outside home and a second was on Taylor Lane.
4 Ducks flew overhead with a quick wing beat, Mallard I think.
They were soon just 4 dots in the sky.
I did get a photo but it "ain't the dogs" by a long chalk.
The Little Owl was on Taylor Lane and a Dunnock was by the Midden.
Soil Hill was damp but clear when I arrived, soon to be enveloped in low cloud.
The highlight of the outing was a large flock of Pink Footed Geese, first heard calling from Well Heads then seen as they flew West over Oxenhope reservoir.
I reckon there are 208 birds ,looking at the photos.
They were a long way off so the photos are poor.
Also on the hill was a solitary Skylark, a real surprise to me and the bird as I flushed it from the east side.
No pics alas, as it was gone in a flash and not relocated.
An enjoyable outing , beating, watching The Jungle Book DVD, with the three ladies at home.
Mallards most probably
New turbines in the mist
Plenty of Pink Footed Geese pics but the birds were miles away!!
Soil Hill Clay
Nice one with the Pinkie's John
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