Soil Hill Ogden Water Mixenden Res

A long slog today in decent dry weather taught me yet again that old age cannot be reversed. Soil Hill was a bind and if any common sense kicks in I won’t be doing it again. A look around the bottom bog had to be scrapped because of the aforementioned but also because machinery has chewed the land up creating barriers and mud baths.

1 Kestrel, 5 Skylark, 2 Moorhen, 1 each Meadow Pipit Curlew & Lapwing.

A couple more Curlew at Ogden plantation with a calling Raven overhead.

The woods at Ogden were busy mainly with singing common Tit species but I did get my first Chiffchaff of the year 😊. 3 Blackbird 🐦‍⬛ seen. Only a few gulls on the water of mixed sizes.

A very interesting sight was at the Skirden Clough channel where I witnessed 12 fat 🐸 🐸 s depositing uggins of spawn.

A Meadow Pipit and couple Curlew at Stod Fold. 4 Roe Deer here plus 5 seen at the earlier stages of the trek.

Mixenden Res not worth a mention.