Thursday, 31 August 2023

A nice day for a long walk

A bit of sky watching this morning with 7 Swallow, a Buzzard and a distant Sparrowhawk seen.

This afternoon I had a long hike starting at Ogden, down past the golf club and along the maintenance track to turn left over rough ground. A bit of off road-ing and I found another track that runs through a kissing gate, high above the golf course.

Back at Ogden Water I did a circuit of it before a really enjoyable coffee and a sit down in the visitors centre cafe.

Home was via Syke Lane, Crabtree Hall Farm tracks and the local fields.

Birds:-

Not great alas, given my "bootage" today.

2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 4 Linnet.

Usual Gulls on Ogden Water.

(A Mink reported by the bread lobbers area and a Merlin seen - Merlin ... up to the top of the Withens track to the road and after turning right at the road there is a sub-station ... somewhere here - seen twice).

Ogden to home : Coal Tit, Chiffchaff, Goldfinch , Stock Dove and a few others.


Last night's Blue Moon




Buzzards above.

3 Poor photos below of Sparrowhawk ?? over the house a.m.








Soil Hill in the far distance





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