Three stints out, local birding today, proved how difficult it is in early spring to come across anything special. Half a chance when a reservoir is involved but the local fields have not revealed much - yet - but they will do.
A walk up the local fields this morning while we waited for Abi to get tired of her tablet.
I used to try and avoid tablets when I was her age, but now they are all the rage.
Later we all played "Football" in Bradshaw Park.
This afternoon I tried a circular walk including Soil Hill main track and the east / west path past the quarry and later still, I had another walk through the local fields past Crabtree Hall Farm to near Ned Hill bottom, and back.
Bradshaw Park:
Jay and Pied Wagtail.
A Buzzard called from Windy Bank Lane area (unseen).
Local Fields (1):
Little Owl, 3 Meadow Pipit, Curlew fly over.
3 Mallard.
Soil Hill Circular:
2 Partridge sp. flushed from the comms. field, Silent except for the wings.
Looked like Grey Partridge to me.
6 Skylark, some singing.
Mallard and Moorhen on NK pond.
A Sparrowhawk was high over Taylor Lane.
2 Pied Wagtail.
Kestrel or two.
The new Taylor Lane drainage channel has now had a higher concrete edging added to it and it looks the part!
Local (2);
3 Curlew, feeding, way down the bottom of the horse field.
Red Legged Partridge, near the Curlew.
Little Owl.
Green Woodpecker (possible 2).
8 Greenfinch.
Chiffchaff singing
Still doing well for L Owls John. Most of my traditional spots (except one) are vacant for some unknown reason. They just seem to have disappeared !
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