Bradshaw - Soil Hill etc

Helen, Sue's friend called late morning and while the ladies sat in the sun chatting, I had a short birding walk.

I went along the fields, up Ned Hill Road, along Ned Hill Track and up to Soil Hill. I skirted around to my right avoiding the ploughed up top bit.

Home was via Percy Road and Taylor Lane.

A very hot walk, especially going up 'the grunt' - Ned Hill Road but soil hill had a pleasant breeze.

Birds were hard to come by .

2 Kestrels were up together deftly avoiding Jackdaw mobs.

A third Kestrel was over Ned Hill Track.

Just a low flying Swallow seen on Soil Hill but a nice surprise awaited me in a field near the mast - a distant Wheatear.

A longish sky watch this aft (in among reading) did not reveal a lot  - all birds were miles off to the south of me and mostly black dots!!

Birds:-

Sparrowhawk over the house.

Wheatear.

3 Kestrel. 3 Chiffchaff. Willow Warbler.

Starling. 2 Stock Dove.

1 Meadow Pipit.

Rooks.

Pheasant.

Lesser Black-backed Gulls over.

Plus a few other species.