Soil Hill

Took a trip up this afternoon hoping that th Snow Buntings hadn't cleared off.  I've been visiting weekly since the turn of the year hoping to make a nice montage of the same birds going through a moult.  Nigel's shots from earlier in the week showed definite signs of this being underway but it wasn't to be.  A dozen linnet, a few Skylark and the briefest of views of a raptor going through the mounds, first impression was of Merlin but I didn't see enough to confirm this or to rule out sparrowhawk.

Found a Tamron lens hood up there, looks about 300mm lens so drop us a line if it's yours.  A few shots of those Snow Bunting from the last few weeks...