1430 hrs and a trip up Soil Hill with bright sunshine and blue sky above but very misty beyond around 2 mile visibility. A cool E>5 was blowing but most of the snow had thawed.
Not good enough conditions for sky watching apart from straight above so a scout around the summits was the next move. The Heron was still hanging around the top ponds on frog spawn watch whilst 7 Skylarks were on the Nyjer , two of which went up singing.
The pair of Stonechats were briefly by the stone circle as well as the male Reed Bunting and 5 Meadow Pipits were mobile around the west summit.
Down on the NK pond field there were around 100 Lapwing with at least 4 Golden Plover in with them as well as about 50 Starling.
A stop off at Pit Lane on the way home found 147 Lapwing with around 50 Starling and a few small gulls but no Goldies at this site.
Just got report of c20 Brambling in trees by the car park at Ogden 1615 hrs today. Thanks to Larry Darigan.
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