Found yesterday by DJS.
Arrived on Soil Hill at 0710 hrs this morning and still near dark but the bright sky was showing blue through the clouds. That was until I started up the track when the rain clouds rolled over dropping the wet stuff on me and making it darker than ever.
By 0730 hrs it was 3 parts light giving me 20 minutes to search before heading off to work to open up at 0800 hrs.
After checking the mounds, track and eastern summit a despondent feeling was creeping over me but with 10 minutes to spare I decided to do a zig zag search of the west summit in a last hope attempt.
As I reached the last point of the NW corner the Bunt flicked up in front of me landing some distance away but still in sight.
Straddled on the deck I knew this was my only chance of photos although I needed full zoom and it was still realistically too dark but with the camera wide open I fired away finding the camera did too good a job and the pics came out too light but satisfactory for the conditions.
With a camera full I gently snooked away leaving the bird happily feeding whilst I made a mad dash back to Colditz garage.
Thanks to DJS for the find.
Also today at lunch time a text from blog watcher Julian O Connell reporting c 50 Pinkies >NW over Skircoat Green, thanks for that Julian.
Raggalds Flood at lunch time just held 1 drake Mallard, 3 Common and 5 BH gulls.
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