12:35 - 17:00
A wet morning gave way to a rather pleasant blowy warm afternoon.
I enjoyed a long birding walk (4 hours plus) that included going up over Soil Hill twice, so I awarded myself a big lump of cake smothered in home made Marmalade when I got home - yummy.
Tea looks a while off so I'll still have some appetite when my chicken eventually cooks.
With the oppressive hot weather of late I've not walked over to Ogden in a while so it was nice to see Pat and Steve again who were doing an extra shift in the visitors centres 'cafe'.
No north slope today with it being a long hike for this olde giffer.
Lots of punters at Ogden and a lot less birdsong as I went around the Ogden Water circuit - but all in all not bad.
Birds:-
Greenfinch, Goldfinch, 2 Willow Warbler, Dunnock, Blackbird.
11 Swallow, Woodpigeon, Chaffinch, 2 Pheasant, Crow.
6 Swift, Magpie, Lapwing, House Sparrow, 1 Skylark.
4 Stock Dove, Feral Pigeon, Meadow Pipit, 2 Herring Gull, Starling.
Coal Tit, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Kestrel, 6 Linnet, Jackdaw.
c50 Lesser Black-backed Gull on Ogden Water, c20 or so elsewhere.
4 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 5 Black Headed Gull. Mistle Thrush.
3 Heron, 6 Drake Tufted Duck, Wren, Blue Tit. Great Tit.
Robin, Oystercatcher, Goldcrest, Buzzard, 6 Canada Geese. Mallard.
Just ONE Mallard Duckling seen!
AND A CUPLE OF PHOTOS FROM YESTERDAY EVENING:-
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