06:00-10:30 Grey Heron, 3 feeding in rivers, Canada Goose, c6, Mallard, c12, Goosander, male on Irwell, Kestrel, pair & single, Sparrowhawk, female soaring over townsendfold, Red Grouse, pair & single on tops, Pheasant, c6, Curlew, 2 pairs, Golden Plover, single & flock of 4, Dunlin, 2 singles, B.H.Gull, c12, L.B.B.Gull, c8 over northwest, Stock Dove, flock of 3, Collared Dove, 1, Wood Pigeon, c12, Little Owl, 1, Green Woodpecker, 1 yaffling at Helmshore, G.S.Woodpecker, 1 drumming at Helmshore, female at Lumb Vale, Skylark, c50, mainly singing but much chasing! Pied Wagtail, c6, Grey Wagtail, 1, Dipper, single & pair carrying food, Wheatear, c25, Ring Ouzel, flock of four, Mistle Thrush, 1 singing, Song Thrush, c6 singing, Chiffchaff, 4 singing, Blackcap, c8 singing, Willow Warbler, c20 singing, L.T.Tits, many about, in pairs, gathering food, Coal Tit, c8, Goldfinch, c6, Greenfinch, 4, Chaffinch, c20, Bullfinch, c6, Regards, David Nuttall