Bradshaw - Ogden - Soil Hill etc

It was quite murky early on so not much sky watching.

I had an enjoyable birding walk mid-morning along the local fields, through the farms up the grunt, up the oblique to Soil Hill, past the comms tower and along Percy Rd and Taylor Lane to home.

I called at Ogden visitors centre for a coffee, where the volunteer ladies there were saying that they are short of volunteers for this "cafe" .

A bright cool outing that warmed up a bit in the sun later.

Nothing new today but it was good to get outside in the fresh air with me boots on.

Birds:-

1 Little Owl.

Rook.

2 Mistle Thrush.

Pheasant.

2 Red Legged Partridge.

Chaffinch (not many though).

2 Chiffchaff (One singing).

2 Stock Dove. 

2 Cormorant.

1 F. Goosander.

c120 Gulls at Ogden Water nearly all Black Headed -  all 4 common species.

2 Pied Wagtail.

3 Kestrel.

2 Nuthatch.

2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Included One over the house late afternoon).

Raven.

Sparrowhawk.

c40 Bobbing very distant Birds, looked like Linnet.

A few Meadow Pipit.

This 1st year Gull, looked very large in flight, with no obvious pale window , is probably a Lesser Black-backed.