I took 6 Mistle Thrush on Soil Hill as a good omen for movement this morning and it turned out to be the case. c30 Goldfinch were flitting around Coal Lane with 4 Swallow on the wires and a pr Blackbird nearby. A pr Curlew flew over calling twice.
Ogden Res: Finally, a bird I'd written off for this year here; 1 Common Sandpiper. It was very flighty, always keeping well ahead of me out of camera range. 1 Cormorant, 2 Swallow, 1 Herring & c15 LBBG, c50 BHG. 3 juvenile Moorhen & Coal Tits in and around the plantation.
Golf course: a cracking female Redstart, perched almost next to a Reed Bunting. The Redstart flew off back towards the woodland. 1 Curlew, 2 WW, Green Woodpecker.
Mixenden Res; f Goldeneye, 2 Grey Wagtail, Moorhen, 4 LBBG, BHGs.
Pr Siskin calling loudly from the pines next to the main road.
Pr Siskin calling loudly from the pines next to the main road.
A good birding session indeed (did I say that?).
