Soil Hell (Again)

Since it was a gloroius morning, with a slight groundfrost and hardly a cloud in the sky, I foolishly decided to return to soil hill. When will I ever learn. It took significantly longer than yesterday to find my first bird, which I only saw for a matter of seconds. Halfway down the far slope I managed to flush three red legged partridges, but they landed in the marsh at the bottom. You would think I was exagerating, but no... Those were the only birds I saw on the hill today!