Local Fields - Morning / Soil Hill Afternoon

Abi with us today.

Local:

I had a very cold hour and a half walk along the local fields to Ned Hill Rd. bottom and back this morning.

Dark and gloomy today.

I have been putting some fat pellets on the field walls during the extreme snowy weather.

The highly intelligent Carrion Crows have got my number and watch as I walk through the walled path.

They are soon sat at their Yorkshire stone dinner table and gobble up the pellets in no time.

I do lob some into the wall holes and cracks so, hopefully, other smaller birds or animals might benefit.

Soil Hill (top) There and Back:

This afternoon the ladies went-a-shopping so I had a walk up to Soil Hill.

As I started going up Taylor Lane, fog began to form and it got thicker as I reached the hill  - it was pointless to hang around so, after crossing the hill on the main top path I retraced my steps home.

Birds:-

Local Walk:

Gulls coming and going but :-

10 Common Gull, 3 Black Headed Gull,
3 Herring Gull at one point - trying to turn one into a Y.L. Gull but failing!!

Mistle Thrush singing.

Greenfinch, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin, Blackbird and Jackdaws by the farm.

2 Stock Dove.

Raven over head.

5 Red Legged Partridge, early on, that ran down the field were seen again later on a wall top.

No Barn Owl in a while is a tad worrying and the Little fellow was not seen today - but the Little 'un will be here - somewhere.

Soil Hill Walk:

Bradshaw Lane:

2 Stock Dove, 24 Common Gull.

Taylor Lane:

4 Mistle Thrush, Pheasant.

A solitary Lapwing was in the flooded field next to the midden.

3 Red Legged Partridge.

2 Common Gull.

Soil Hill:

Herring Gull over.

(Zero degrees on the car p.m. ).