Another dour session until I was halfway round Ogden Res. Nowt on the Raggalds Flood at 0955 hrs. Soil Hill produced a singing RLP & a Kestrel on the top with a pr of Moorhen & a possible (distance) Little Grebe on the bottom pond.
Ogden was dire until I was twixt the Ogden and Skirden bridges. There I heard quite clearly a small party of Pink-footed Geese flying over the embankment area heading towards Cold Edge. The trees thwarted any chance of a visual but then fortune smiled in the shape of another birder.
JL was walking up from the lower golf course and he had seen and photographed them so at the time the pair of us guestimated up to 40 birds. No doubt a clearer picture will emerge once John has posted the image.
While we were expostulating a flock of c100 Lapwing were circling above for 10 mins unsure of where to go.
Mixenden Res had a couple off LBBG in with the load of small gulls & 2 f Goldeneye. Nearby fields held Canadas & several Jackdaws.
