Saturday 12 October 2019

Soil Hill to Mixenden

SH At 1005 hrs a small party of Pink-footed Geese flew over, they probably thought they were in hell. They are my first Autumn/Winter migrants; no other migrants seen. or heard.
Several Meadow Pipit were also seen, mainly floating around generally. I can't be sure but at one stage I thought I had a single Swallow fly past - too fast as it happens.



Ogden Res had a drake Tufted Duck and a fair number of small gulls. Also Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, GSW & a small sampling of expected woodland types.

From then on it was a question of is there a pulse or isn't there? I did meet DP at Mixenden Res who reports 2 Goosander that appeared to have been frightened off by people but 2 Cormorant were still present.