9:00 - 14:15
The rain, hail and blizzards finally migrated east leaving a lovely sunny morning but with a bitter wind on Soil Hill top.
On Soil Hill I thought I'd got one of todays target birds but I was mistaken and a "Wee Tear" ran down my cheek - soft sod what I am.
Some welcome good exercise and some good chat while I ate my butties at the Ogden Water "cafe" but nothing new on the bird front alas.
As I trudged around today I remembered an English lesson I had at school - 150 years ago?
We were learning about authors and after the lesson the teacher asked questions to see if we had been paying attention.
The teacher said to Johnny Smith - "Johnny, give me a sentence with the word pseudonym it it".
After some thought Johnny replied:-
"My brother Jimmy was washing dad's car. He put half a bottle of Fairy washing up liquid in the water in the bucket. Very soon he had some "Sud on him".
Birds:-
Bradshaw Lane to Ogden Lane.
3 Starling.
A weird call from Taylor Lane lower midden as a Partridge sized bird flushed from distance.
2 Grey Partridge flushed from Soil Hill West side banking.
2 Linnet. Woodpigeon. Greenfinch.
Dunnock. 2 Pied Wagtail. 18 Meadow Pipit.
4 Curlew. 3 Skylark.
Moorhen. 3 Canada Geese. Mallard.
3 Pheasant. 2 Lapwing. Kestrel.
Stock Dove. 2 Buzzard.
Ogden Area:
Goldcrest. Chaffinch.
Coat Tit. Blue Tit. Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit.
Mistle Thrush, Pheasant.
Chiffchaff. Wren. Goldfinch.
3 Herring Gull.
Skye Lane - Bradshaw Farms/Fields:
4 Meadow Pipit. c50 Jackdaw.
4 Stock Dove. Blue Tit,
3 Linnet, Long Tailed Tit. Dunnock.
2 Curlew. Goldfinch, Greenfinch,
Little Owl.
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