Bradshaw Area a.m. / Bradshaw - Soil Hill evening.

Morning:

Common Gulls are back in town and Buzzards seem to be doing

Very well. 

Good to see a Little Owl from Bradshaw Lane.

Birds:-

10 Common Gulls and 5 Black Headed Gulls, juv. Pied Wagtail.

7 Swallow. Greenfinch calling from several spots.

Buzzard on  a field post.

Little Owl on a wall.

Evening:

Good to chat with DJB's mum on the way up.

I had a very enjoyable birding stroll up to and over Soil Hill ( main tracks) after tea this evening.

A great evening for a walk, sunny but cool.

A Buzzard was on a wall near the 'terminus' on Bradshaw Lane.

Later 3 Buzzards (1 on a post and 2 flying low over the fields) were in the same area.

A 'would be' Sparrowhawk' morphed into a Kestrel as it got nearer pursued by a dogged Crow.

C40 Woodpigeon took flight from a Taylor Lane field.

A couple of Stock Doves stayed put.

Soil Hill was... Soil Hill.. 1 Meadow Pipit and at least 4 skittish Whitethroat. was about all I could manage.

Some pretty Butterflies near Taylor Lane, lower midden, area.

Otherwise a Linnet and a Rook worth a mention.

Peregrine elsewhere earlier today.

Garden:

Buzzards seen throughout the garden sky watch , high, distant.

Also 7 or so Swift and 10 Swallow,

I am on a man diet at the moment... lots and lots of salad for tea.

I've probably  misread the diet info ... because , when I look at the little table in the garden this evening there appears to be an empty can of John Smith's smooth, together with a half empty one, and a packet of salted peanuts, looking worse for wear.

Actually , you may nor believe this but, I turned down an offer to be on the front page of Hello Magazine earlier this week - yeah man - I've still got it.

Now where did I put that new man corset I bought from go outdoors?

LBBG ?