Friday, 2 April 2021

Soil Hill to Barren Mixenden

Soilage: 1 Grey Partridge ditto Snipe. Low numbers of Curlew and Lapwing. 1 Grey Heron seen, 1 Oystercatcher heard. Usual Meadow Pipits & Skylarks.


Ogden: pr Curlew & RLP. 2 Nuthatch. Pr Tufted Duck. 2 Chiffchaff. 2 Common Gull, 2/3 LBB ditto Herring. Few Goldfinch & Meadow Pipit.




c34 Curlew were at Stod Fold. Mixenden was 'orrible. Nothing on the water, 2 Chiffchaff singing.
Elsewhere: 2 Barn Owl.

Predictions: Birding blogs will be obsolete in a year, superseded by Twitter, What's App, Zoom and suchlike.

Lockdown IV will happen late August or early September. Those who control us need it badly.