Thursday 6 September 2018

Queensbury to Mixenden

Nuthin doing in Old Guy Rd, 5 Linnet at Mountain & c12 Swallow.
Soil Hill poor just a few Mipit & Goldfinch.

Ogden Res: 1 Herring Gull among the others.
3 Cormorant, Little Grebe & Tufted Duck which  didn't hang about.
Blackbird & Chaffinch numbers building and a Chiffchaff sang briefly. More Swallows.

Hunter Hill was interesting; more Goldfinch, Swallow, Mipit & a Kestrel. What really made it tick were eight (8) Jay in a flock and a female Stonechat. The latter is my first sighting locally for around 3 months.

It rained so I didn't bother searching Mixenden Res which looked rather bleak