An evening walk up the col.

                  Looking south down the col over Ogden with Ringby Top on the distant left

                                    Soil Hill western slope from Back Lane

                                A very distant droopy winged bird but this was a Heron

An evening walk up the Causeway Foot col from Back Lane was pleasant but failed to produce anything mind blowing other that a heart stopping moment in the distance which turned out to be a Heron.
Strangely the whole of the moor was void of Wheatears even after a full 360 deg scan of the walls and ruined buildings. You can see why birds favour the use of the col when moving if you look south or north from the top, its like you,re looking the length of  the country with stepping stones of reservoirs, it must be the birds version of the M1 motorway.

8  Golden Plover
3 Curlew
5 Linnet
3 Willow Warbler in plantation
1 Heron   >N
5 cock Pheasants
15 Lapwing
6 Goldfinch
BS
+ usual Mipits, corvids, Mallard etc