Warth/ Higher Lench

1 green woodpecker, 1pr stock dove, 1 dipper, 1 pied wagtail, 2 grey wagtail, 1 chiffchaff, 4 willow warbler, 3pr long tailed tit & 1 swift.

Hurdles Quarry  to Cowpe Lowe   1 canada goose, 7 lapwing, curlew heard, 1 kestrel, 13 wheatear, 1m ring ouzel, 1 swallow, 25+ skylark.

Foe Edge/ Waugh's Well   3 Canada geese on Scout Moor Res, 1pr curlew, 1pr stonechat & 4m wheatear.

Turf Moor     4 curlew, 1m kestrel, 1 pied wagtail, 1 grey wagtail, 3m & 2f wheatear (1pr of which were carrying nest material), 2pr stonechat1pr linnet & 1f reed bunting.

Cheesden Pasture 1pr lapwing with 3 young, 1 curlew & 1 pied wagtail.

AMR 17:00 - 20:30      2 great crested grebe, 13 Canada geese, 5m & 1f mallard, 46 goosander, 1 oystercatcher, 10 lapwings, 3 curlew, 1 whimbrel over (David Winnard told me 1 had been seen earlier near to Top of Leach), 2m & 1f bar tailed godwit present from 17:00 to 19:45 hrs when they flew high to the east , presumably not to be seen again, 1 snipe, 5 black headed gull, 3 herring gull and 275+ lesser black backed gulls passed through in many groups, c30 common gulls mostly 3 adults, with the rest 1st & 2nd winter birds were present for 15 minutes, 1m kestrel, 4 or 5 pheasant, 1 swift, 3 pied wagtail, 2 swallow, 9 skylark, 1m stonechat, 14m & 2f wheatear, 2m linnet & 3m reed bunting.

cheers Kevin