Groundwork to EBSW 4 black headed gull, c184 lesser black back gulls & 3 herring gulls passed over, 1m sparrowhawk, 3 blacklcap, 2 willow warbler, 40 swift feeding over Horncliffe & 1 sand martin seen entering nest hole near K Steels, 8 others in the area near the by pass bridge. A large bird of prey seen over Rossendale General Hospital was probably a Goshawk,
Holden Wood 10 Canada goose, 13 mallard, including 3 half grown young, 1 moorhen, 1 lapwing, 1 pheasant, 1 black headed gull, 1 kestrel seen carrying prey over Duke of Wellington Pub, 1f stonechat, 5 swallow, 8 swift & 1 willow warbler