Friday I went up to Soil Hell and just got a few Meadow Pipits. The digging seems to be over and done with but what a grim scene it is. I half worked out that potentially there is a chance of one scrape being formed when the maxi moisture descends.
Ogden just had the usual gulls plus 2 Common on the W shoreline.
Today Saturday saw me at Cold Edge again where the only thing worth a mention is a group of c40 Goldfinch.
I saw a wader species at Ogden Water while I was on the W side. Problem is the bird was on the far E side. It appeared to be a Common Sandpiper but I couldn’t trace it again. Plenty large gulls again.
Forget Mixenden .
Be warned about Soil Hell. From the Perseverance Road entrance after you have gone through the two subsequent holes/gates you come to the gate that runs parallel to the quarry. A gang of Cows have partially wrecked this gate and it is extremely difficult to get through it without a struggle.
