Soil Hill

Lively morning on the Hill. Although the number of passage passerines dropped from previous days, excellent numbers of Geese flew over.

• Counted 662 Pink-footed Geese in 10 skeins from my vantage point on Soil Hill. From these flocks, only 222 passed into Calderdale, the rest passing well to the north. Full breakdown of flocks here;

08:15	Headed E over Keighley	c.70
08:29	Down the Ogden valley heading SE	50
08:38	Down the Ogden valley heading SE	34
08:44	Straight over the Hill heading SE	58
08:59	Straight over the Hill heading SE	22
09:23	Headed E over Keighley	151
09:28	Down the Ogden valley heading SE	71
09:38	Down the Luddenden valley heading SE	c.45
09:48	Headed SE over Keighley	111
09:52	Headed E over Keighley	c.50

• Also first Jack Snipe of the autumn flushed from almost under my feet

• 213 Meadow Pipit flew south, 1 Redpoll, 2 Siskin and 13 Swallows

• Still 3 Teal on the NK Pond

In total managed 49 species this morning, the full list here; https://ebird.org/checklist/S119379628

-Pink-footed Geese