Warth 09:30: 9 nests at the heronry with a pair building a new nest. This is rather a late date to be building as I am sure there are already young on 2 of the nests. green woodpecker & great spotted woodpecker heard, 5 stock dove, 1 dipper nest building, 1 grey wagtail, 1 song thrush & 1 or 2 prs long tailed tits.
Holmes Terrace Lodge 11:10: 2 grey heron, 10 mallard, 6 moorhen, 2 coot, 3 black headed gull, 9 lesser black backed gulls moving over from north to west, 2 mistle thrush, 2 or 3 jays & a goldcrest singing nearby.
Ewood Bridge Sewage Works 11:45: 1 grey heron, 10 mallard, 1pr shelduck, 1m kestrel, 3 sightings of sparrowhawk, probably involving 2 birds, 20 black headed gulls, several parties of lesser black back gull & herring gull moving over (c70 lbbg & c10 hg some moving east & some moving west). 1 pheasant calling, 2 stock dove, 1 song thrush, c30 starlings, c150 jackdaws, 30 carrion crows, 10 pied wagtail, 2 pr grey wagtail, 6 meadow pipit, 2 pr long tailed tit and 1 goldcrest.
Irwell Vale 13:00: 7 mallard, 3 goosander over, 1 peregrine flying towards Stubbins, 1m kestrel being mobbed by 4 carrion crows, 1 pr long tailed tit, 1 pr coal tit & 1 nuthatch.
