Something a bit different to post about. The morning on Soil Hill was good, with 1116 Woodpigeon flying south between first light and 10:30, along with 14 Swallows and 2 House Martins, my latest here. Otherwise, there was a single skein of Pink-footed Geese. A very enjoyable but cold morning!
After dark, thanks to a tip-off from my brother, I returned to Soil Hill to get a better view of the apparent Aurora event that was taking place. Although for the most part, you could not see anything with the naked eye, it improved significantly through the camera with the sky appearing in shades of green and pink. It died down a little around 08:30 so I headed down but apparently, I should have persevered as it peaked again just after midnight and was more spectacular then.
Soil Hill: Greylag Goose, Pink-footed Goose, Canada Goose, Mallard, Eurasian Teal, Goosander, Grey Partridge, Common Pheasant, Feral Pigeon, Stock Dove, Common Wood Pigeon, Common Moorhen, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, European Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Great Cormorant, Grey Heron, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Common Kestrel, Eurasian Magpie, Western Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Northern Raven, Eurasian Blue Tit, Great Tit, Eurasian Skylark, Barn Swallow, Western House Martin, Goldcrest, Eurasian Wren, Common Starling, Mistle Thrush, Redwing, Common Blackbird, European Robin, European Stonechat, Dunnock, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Eurasian Chaffinch, European Greenfinch, Common Linnet, Lesser Redpoll, European Goldfinch, Common Reed Bunting,
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