Soil Hill; Isolation week 11

The week has been again much slower as we have entered into the duldrums of summer. The weather has also taken a turn for the worse which has hindered birding efforts. Particularly at the end of the week.
I visited Ogden on the 07th, which was busy, and here there were two pairs of Tufted Duck and an Oystercatcher. But otherwise it was fairly quiet. After this I went up to Soil Hill and found that the Oystercatchers there had two chicks. Sadly though a couple of days later there seemed to be no action from the birds, so I suspect that the chicks were eaten.
On the 8th there was a brood of Blue Tits out and a Stonechat in the usual place. Another male Stonechat was on Ned Hill Track on the 9th. On the 10th I found that there were still two Lapwing chicks surviving, which I thought had already been eaten by the fox. Also on the 10th I found my first brood of Willow Warblers had fledged, with three birds on Ned Hill Track being attended to by the parents. A fledgling Mistle Thrush was also hanging around Taylor Lane, but they do not seem to have bred in the actual Hill area. A Buzzard also drifted over Thornton Moor which was one of the highlights of the week. The first Black-headed Gulls also seemed to return during the week, with two seen at various points. The Taylor Lane Blackcap also endured to the end of the week.

-Blackcap

By the end of the week the weather had deteriorated to a point where birding the Hill was a pointless venture. I had an hour from the car at Fly Flatts on the 11th where I added Barnacle Goose to my yearlist. On the 12th the weather was an absolute abomination, but a bird watch in the garden added Siskin to my yealist. Which was a surprise.

Species List:
Soil Hill: Canada Goose, Mallard, Red-legged Partridge, Common Pheasant, Feral Pigeon, Stock Dove, Common Wood Pigeon, Common Swift, Common Moorhen, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Northern Lapwing, Eurasian Curlew, Common Snipe, Black-headed Gull, European Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Grey Heron, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, Little Owl, Common Kestrel, Eurasian Magpie, Western Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Eurasian Blue Tit, Eurasian Skylark, Sedge Warbler, Barn Swallow, Willow Warbler, Eurasian Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, Goldcrest, Eurasian Wren, Common Starling, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, Common Blackbird, European Robin, European Stonechat, Dunnock, House Sparrow, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Common Chaffinch, Eurasian Bullfinch, European Greenfinch, Common Linnet, European Goldfinch, Common Reed Bunting,

Fly Flatts: Barnacle Goose, Canada Goose, Mallard, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Northern Lapwing, Common Ringed Plover, Eurasian Curlew, Dunlin, Common Snipe, Common Redshank, European Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Eurasian Skylark, Common Starling, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit,
Ogden Water LNR: Canada Goose, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Common Pheasant, Common Wood Pigeon, Common Swift, Common Moorhen, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Eurasian Curlew, Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Grey Heron, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Kestrel, Eurasian Magpie, Carrion Crow, Coal Tit, Eurasian Blue Tit, Great Tit, Eurasian Skylark, Barn Swallow, Willow Warbler, Common Chiffchaff, Long-tailed Tit, Eurasian Blackcap, Goldcrest, Eurasian Wren, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, Common Blackbird, European Robin, Dunnock, Common Chaffinch, European Goldfinch,