I,ve birded Soil Hill this week Sunday, Monday Tuesday Wednesday 1500-1600 hrs per session amounting to 4 hrs watching and the hill has produced , either on the hill or seen from the hill :-
394 Pink Footed Geese
c200 Lapwing
c300 Starling
10 Golden Plover
1 Reed Bunting
15 Skylark
1 Grey Partridge
46 Fieldfare
1 Heron
68 Herring gull
2 Moorhen
3 Mallard
4 Meadow Pipits
2 Wrens
+ usual gulls and corvids.
+ a near miss of Jack Snipe
Who says the hill is dead!
BS
WEST YORKSHIRE BIRDING. BRIAN SUMNER. I am based at Queensbury and bird a patch within a 10 mile range of home incorporating 16 stretches of water, several plantations, a belt of woodland, stretches of river and canal and good areas of moorland. I specialize in upland birds, reservoir and sky watching. My local patch is Fly Flatts reservoir. Any reports can be sent by text or call to 07771 705024 or see profile for e mail address. All images on this blog are copyright.(2025).