This morning's was one of the least productive walks I have ever undertaken since moving up to this hell hole, mainly due to the strong gales blowing from variable W'ly directions. A prime example being both stretches of water, i.e Ogden and Mixenden reservoirs didn't have any gulls or wildfowl on them other than dullards. The latter did manage to cough up 1 House Martin and a pr Swift whizzing around.
Soil Hell had a Pheasant family scurrying through the grass thanks to my plates of meat and I made sure I didn't flatten any. The flash created at the very bottom by the recent excavations and vegetation destruction may prove to be interesting. Today it had a Curlew feeding by it and in the previous 2/3 visits it has had Lapwing and Oystercatcher there.
Others: pr Swift, Swallow, Goldfinches, Skylarks, Mipits.
Ogden was quiet, nothing to smile about, usual woodland types and very subdued they were.
The golf course was a grind, the only notable birds were 5 Swift in zooming mode . A Reed Bunting and a GSW were at Hunter Hill bottom.
