Warth 09:00 to 09:45 3 herons, 1 stock dove, 2 grey wagtails, 1 dipper singing then later 2 seen in territorial dispute, 20 house martins, 2 sand martins & 21 swallows.
Cheesden Bridge 3 snipe, 3 stonechat,1 pied wagtail & 1 reed bunting. A raven was also seen flying south over Harden Clough.
AMR 18:00 - 19:35 (with Dave Winnard) 200 Canada goose, 87 goosander, 7 mallard, 104 lapwing, 3 black headed gulls, 4 lesser black back gulls, 1 pheasant, 1 pied wagtail & best of all a merlin flew along the south side of the res at 19:30 and tried twice to take a large bat that had appeared over the res. The merlin then turned and flew towrds Knowl Hill. The bat survived the encounter.
