soil hill

plenty of stuff on soil hill this afternoon. when i first got there at least five skylarks were singing, which is always a good sign. i was desperatly hoping for a male wheatear but instead i got four. they are obviously on the up. also presant were:
a stunning male reed bunting on the wires over the pool
a heron that flew right over me
2 lapwings on one of the lower layers
surprisingly few mipits
pied wagtail chiruping on the roof

a skylark in fullsong

at least four male wheatears on the hill, most by the pools, but surprisingly no females

the first swallow of soil hill zoomed past me whilst i was on the Bradford side. please dont tellme that this photo is rubbish, because i know full well and if you doubt it please take my word for it