After missing out on DJS's excellent find of 2 Black Redstarts on Soil Hill yesterday (I was in Wakefield buying Abi some Christmas Presents - yes I did say the C word) I decided to have a try for them this morning.
Fortunately for me I spied DJS's car on Percy Road , gave him a ring and as I set off to find him, B.S. pulled up in his car.
I joined DJS and we had some very distant views of the Black Redstarts.
After a while we walked over the hill to get a better view meeting PB as he arrived here.
We ended up with some pretty good views of the birds and stood a while enjoying their presence before the cold strong wind made us move along.
DJS and PB left me to it and I ventured down the north slope - dare devil - what I am.
I stood about at the bottom tree line, and as I waited for something to happen, I ate a bag of crisps and a choc choc bar - my emergency rucksack vittles.
Some patience did pay off and a few birds flitted about in distant trees.
It's very overgrown down here and I did not venture further down to '"The Bog" as I call it.
It was very calm and quiet down here as well.
Home was via a blustered Ned Hill Track and the farms and fields.
Birds:-
Soil Hill Area:
2 Black Redstart.
1 Stonechat.
9 Pink Footed Geese > WNW
1 Kestrel.
10 Canada Geese.
2 Bullfinch.
Blue Tit, Long Tailed Tits.
c10 Meadow Pipit.
1 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch.
1 Redpoll.
Bradshaw Fields:
1 Kestrel.
2 Buzzard.
c60 Gulls.
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