10:00 - 11:45 Grey Heron, 1 stalking a semi frozen pond, B.H.Gull, 3 north up the Limey Valley, Herring Gull, 3 west over Rawtenstall, Little Owl, 1 sat on dry stone wall, Dunnock, 1 singing! Mistle Thrush, pair & single, Blackbird, c30 Coal Tit, c4, mainly in Balladen clough, Blue & Great Tits in good numbers, Carrion Crow, c4 on Twenty Penneth were the only birds on the tops beside starling. Starling, c20 in gardens but a flock of 40 came south over Twenty Penneth through a blizzard! House Sparrow, c20 in various gardens, Goldfinch, 6, Greenfinch, 4, Chaffinch, 1, Siskin, 1 in a garden in Waingate village. Regards, David.