soil hill and the first swallow of 2010

plenty of exciting stuff hapening on soil hill at 3.00 today and i dont mean the bulldozers. i got there and was overwhelmed with the sound of skylarks at least 5 birds were infull song. but what was even more amazing was the male hweatears. i was hoping that i would get to photograph one but in the end i got to photograph 4!. what a cracking day. all the other birds seen are pictured here to keep the expalining minimal, however one bird i did see but fail to photo was a beautiful male reed bunting on the wires.

first swallow of 2010. ok i admit the photos are a bit rubbish 9the top one looks like a pigeon) but trust me this bird flew staright over me.

a mipit. surprisingly fewer on the hell hole today

one of two lapwings

just as i was leaving this heron flew right over me. when it first appeared it was on a collision course with me!!

a skylark. by the far the most plentiful bird on the hill

the stars of the show. just look at them, what crackers