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Canada Goose, c12 pairs especially Cowpe Res and Cragg icn sitting birds,
Mallard, c8,
Golden Plover, 2 pairs,
Curlew, c3 pairs,
L.B.B.Gull, c20 with crows below Top of Leach and c50 on quarry pool,
Stock Dove, pair + single near Rakehead,
Swift, single at Atherton Holme,
Skylark, c20,
Swallow, c12,
Wheatear, c12,
Meadow Pipit, c50,
Dipper, 1 on Irwell,
Mistle Thrush, 2 singing + 1 tusling with a magpie,
Song Thrush, 1 singing,
Rook, 27 nests at Rook Hill,
Carrion Crow, c80 below Top of Leach,
Regards,
David Nuttall