I managed a few hours birding this afternoon with a walk up to Soil Hill (missing out Raggalds Flood today).
Flipping cold up here this afternoon but a good day for a walk nontheless.
I actually ventured down to the bottom of the north slope and back up again in search of Reed Bunt. but failed miserably.
A real clatter of wings and a good squawk, greeted me at the bottom of the hill with probably up to 8 birds flushed (this sounds like a line from Monty Python's parrot sketch this does).
Some , if not all , were Pheasant but there did look to be a Partridge or two in the mix , in the very short glimpse that I got of them, before they disappeared into "DJB land!!
Birds:
Bradshaw:
A Buzzard overhead landed in a tree opposite DJB's house before dropping onto a fence post.
Only 2 Common Gull.
Kestrel.
Soil Hill.
1 Redwing east fast.
2 Stock Dove.
Kestrel.
Common Gull over the enclosed reservoir.
No Skylarks on the summit but 8 or so were hunkered down in the field contours adjacent the mast field with 2 more (wearing Damart undies) up singing.
North Slope.
2 Canada Geese, 2 Mallard and 2 Moorhen on the NK pond.
2 Blackbird, 2 Wren, 1 Great Tit.
Shay Fields:
Too distant really for my tackle to see much on the Shay Fields, but there were lots of Woodpigeon , 53 Lapwing and a Curlew.
The local fields face east mostly and on my visit today, with this cold easterly, they were deads-ville - just a Pheasant.
2 Buzzard over the house flew East towards Roper Lane later.
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