Friday Soil Hill Saturday Cold Edge

Friday 4 October. A warm dry sunny day lending itself to below par birding in the main. It was good to have a prolonged chat with DJS who had a more productive session than me.

I did manage a wind blown Whinchat halfway down the slope to the Ned Hill track. 2 Blackbird, 2/3 Meadow Pipit, gulls and Canadas.

Prior to this some 5 minutes after a chat with BS at Fox Hill a Kestrel flew over.

Today at Cold Edge was a real downer. The SSW’ly blow killed it. One Tufted Duck, 2 Stonechat ditto Meadow Pipit and Blackbird.

Ogden water was similar to previous visit Gulls and Goosanders.