Bradshaw - Soil Hill Circular Walk (again)

Another stonker of a day, crisp, cold and sunny today.

After some Christmas shopping this morning I had a free afternoon so I decided to have my 3rd attempt at locating a Bunt. on Soil Hill.

"I like to go a wandering along the mountain track" as Val deri said!

Same route as yesterday, still frozen and pretty on Soil Hill summit and a bit milder if anything today.

Not much happening on the Hill, but a few different birds did come along from time to time.

I traced my steps literally today with a lot of my route just showing my boot prints , from yesterday (Inspector Closeau) , in the snowy stuff.

The lower NK pond was frozen over,

Birds:

2 Wagtail species flushed into sun , from the roadside drain, just before Taylor Lane bottom - they looked very Grey but I could see not clearly!

Little Owl (1).

13 Common Gulls in the Bonnet Fields.

3 Wren (at least).

Pheasant on the Taylor Lane 1st midden.

A nice surprize with 2 maybe 3 Stonechat seen from the track just beyond Soil Hill mast.

They stayed very distant alas.

Four Siskin, made a nice change though very mobile and hard to see in the many branched trees.

Also here a small flock of Goldfinch and a Bullfinch early on, on the farm track.

A Green Woodpecker called as I crossed the fields after the farms.

Also here 39 Canada Geese.

A 'funny' sight when 2 Roe Deer that were in a nearby fields, saw me and legged it.

They cleared 2 field walls with ease, and at the third wall crossing they nearly totalled a Little Owl (2)  that was sat there, but sooooon wasn't sat there.

Wash day I guess at the Little Owl's house this evening - just underwear though, so not too bad.

A Bullfinch flew over the house earlier.

Ned Hill Track.