Monday 13 April 2020

Around Soil Hill

Difficult to find birds this morning due to an effervescent NE'ly blow.
4 distant large gulls went over SW; no discernable plumage details seen.
A male Blackbird & a WW were in the N slope hedge. 1 Curlew, 2 Lapwing, 1 Canada ditto Dullard & a few Crows were present in the usual area. Also 2 Roe Deer skipping along.

A fairly decent photograph of a wall and fence doncha think?

A couple of Linnet, Meadow Pipit,  Skylark were on the hill top. The S slope coughed up a Little Owl reminding me it's been 3 months since my first sighting of the species. Just 1 Pied Wagtail present also.

Ropey Lane plantation: 1 Stoat. Starling are busy in the fields and I copped a pair mating earlier.


DS strikes again; she nailed a Red Kite high over Queensbury heading N on Sunday afternoon.