Soil Hill - updates from the week

Another steady week on the hill. Fewer standout birds but still some good species. Migrant totals during the week peaked as such:

Willow Warbler: 8 21st

Whitethroat: 4 24th

Barn Swallow: 6 23rd 

Snipe are also still present daily with a maximum count of 4 on the 20th

20th April

2 Greylag Geese flew over Ovenden Moor

1 Buzzard N

3 Wheatear bottom of North Slope

22nd April

2 Oystercatcher

1 Stonechat male on Ned Hill Track

2 Wheatear bottom of North Slope

23rd April

6 Greylag Geese in fields around Bradshaw

9 Golden Plover; One flew north calling. Ten minutes later a flock of 8 flew north but then U-turned back onto the Hill. A search of the summit produced 2 birds

1 Sand Martin flew N

1 Goldcrest singing from Taylor Lane

24th April

1 Buzzard flew N

1 Grasshopper Warbler showed incredibly well

3 Fieldfare flew north

1 Wheatear bottom of the North Slope

1 YELLOWHAMMER; Standout bird of the week. One flew N along the North Slope Treeline calling frequently. Would suspect probably an immature male; very yellow bird but lacking a bright head. Sadly continued north without stopping

25th April

1 Stonechat male bottom of North Slope

1 Wheatear very confiding male bottom of N slope

2 Fieldfare flew E 

26th April

4 Wheatear bottom of North Slope

2 Sand Martin blogging

2 Stonechat bottom of North Slope