little owl above porritt lodge young tawneys in woods several blackcaps with young pr whitethroat sedge warb has young grass warb still there but very elusive g s woodpecker young in woods several willow warb and c/chaff both thrushes doing very well dunnock with young in garden several young bullfinch showing well still struggling to find nuthatch and treecreeper think i may have a pair of tree pipits[watch this space] my first spring here,are there always this many robins,perhaps 12/16 pr ??? on the river~~~young dippers have dispersed one male kingfisher flew towards irwell vale young greywagtails mallard chick numbers decreasing by the day[predation] one fe goosander regular no sign of young grey heron
thanks to all for an interesting evening at clough bottom last monday.
If you are interested, Sunday we have the Bird Race starting at 6:00 from Waterfoot car park. Good fun and you will get to areas others don't reach[sic]
