Wednesday 23 August 2017

Soil Hill to Mixenden

Damp and misty at 1035 hrs clearing up at approx 1120 hrs.
Soil Hill: 3 LBBG, Blackbird, Kestrel, c20 Meadow Pipit. c35 Lapwing over >  E with c60 Goldfinch terrorising Coal Lane, few Swallows.
c80 Canada were grazing at Back Lane where a few Goldfinch were present.
Ogden Res had an extra visitor besides the 2 Cormorant & usual Gulls. A fem/juv Goosander was working the E shoreline grunting occasionally.
Passerines were off the menu but a couple WW did call.






The golf course stretch was quiet but the bottom of Hunter Hill proved interesting with a good mix of Swallows, Goldfinch & Linnet. This was topped by a few Meadow Pipit and a single Pied Wagtail.
Mixenden Res was quiet yet again: 1 each LBBG, Grey Wagtail, House Martin & WW. 4 Dullards & 5 Canada on the drink.