07:00 -10:00, A good dawn chorus this morning with many Snog Thrush, Blackbird, Mistle Thrush, Robin, Wren, Dunnock and tits all contributing. Full list as follows:
Gre Heron, 2 or 3 at variouys ponds and lodges, Pink Footed Goose, 6 feeding on pasture, very unusual for me as they are usually fly overs! Canada Goose, c40 in various groups, largest 15 but many pairs. Mallard, c8, Teal, 1 on small pond, Goosander, pair & male with 2 redheads, Kestrel, 1, Grey Partridge, pair flush off pasture, Pheasant, c8, Moorhen, pair, Snipe, 1 off Harden Moor, Lapwing, c12, some paired up and displaying, B.H.Gull, c100 on mucked field, Common Gull, c30 on mucked field, L.B.B Gull, 2 on mucked filed, G.B.B. Gull, 2 juvs on mucked field, Stock Dove, pair & single, Wood Pigeon, c12 in pairs, Skylark, c6, some in song, Meadow Pipit, 2, Pied Wagtail, 3, Grey Wagtail, 1, Wren, c8, Dunnock, c12, Song Thrush, c10, Mistle Thrush, 2, Redwing, 1, Fieldfare, c70 on mucked field, Starling, c140 on mucked field & 2 flocks of c 30, Jay, 2, Blue, Great, Coal & L.T.Tits in good numbers, House Sparrow, c20, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch all in good numbers, Bullfinch, pair. Regards, David Nuttall.