Friday 24 April 2020

Sunny Soil Hill

1000-1230 hrs.


Minimal breeze this morning and rather warm in the main. Somewhat patchy but rewarding at times. Finally got my first Wheatear which was an accommodating bird, hanging around the same spot for a good 40 minutes.




1 Grey Heron ditto Moorhen. 4 WW, 3 Whitethroat, c11 Linnet. 2 LBBG yelling overhead. Pr Grey Partridge, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Blackbird.
Lapwings, Skylarks, Meadow Pipits & 1 Curlew. 

2 WW ditto Linnet at Roper Lane. The fields around Old Guy Road were poor; 2 Meadow Pipit & a solitary Swallow.