Bradshaw - Soil Hill Walk (a.m.) and Local Fields (p.m.)

I enjoyed an early 9:00 a.m. (for me) walk up and over Soil Hill this morning .

Quite breezy here and very dull to the west but bright and sunny north and northeast - brightened up as the day progressed.

I had a very short meander (100 yds or so) down the north slope today.

Not much sky movement for me  - a flock of c30 large Thrush species flew fairly high, south as I was asleep on Ned Hill Track! 

I opted for the camera and bodged the job completely the photo failing to capture the birds at all and then they were away.

My 1st instinct when I grabbed the camera was Fieldfare, and they probably were , though I was a tad miffed by my efforts.

Some sky movement a tad later, though, with 2 skeins of Pink Footed Geese in quick succession SSW (ish) over Roper Lane and Bradshaw.

Mid-afternoon and with rain forecast for later and Sue's friends arrival at ours , I sneaked off up the local fields, walking along the paths to Ned Hill Lane and back.

Birds:-

Soil Hill Walk:

1 Mistle Thrush.

1 Kestrel.

2 Pied Wagtail.

1 Goldfinch.

1 Moorhen.

8 Mallard.

207  Skeins Pink Footed Geese. (145 and 62)

30 Meadow Pipit.

2 Robin.

1 Blackbird.

1 Chaffinch.

Bullfinch (heard then took some finding in the Soil Hill top bushes).

2 Reed Bunting (near the Bullfinch).

30 Thrush Species (Probably Fieldfare).

Gulls  in the Shay Fields.

65 Lapwing in the Shay Fields - counted from a very shaky distant video.

c10 Redwing left the sycamore tree at Taylor Lane bottom.

Bradshaw Fields:

c30 Gulls in the fields.

5 Red Legged Partridge.

Little Owl,

Quiz:

Who succeeded John Major and P.M. of the U.K.

Soil Hill Walk:

Bradshaw Fields:

Quiz Answer:

Tony Blair.