Canada goose -1 pair at Townsendfold

mallard - 8 females with between 2 and 13 ducklings

mandarin - 1 male flying downstream at Townsendfold

common sandpiper - 1 at Townsendfold

buzzard - 1 low over the beds at EBSW

tawny owl - 1 still sat tight on nest near Irwell Vale

stock dove - 3 at Alderbottom

green woodpecker - 1 in Staghills Woods

grey wagtail - 1 at Warth and 1 pair at Lower Cloughfold

pied wagtail - just 1 at EBSW

sand martin - at least 2 pair excavating nest holes near K Steels

swallow - 20 at EBSW. prs at Hareholme, Lower Cloughfold and Alderbottom

house martin - min 3 at EBSW

blackcap - 1 pr and 4 males in Staghills Woods, 2 males at Groundwork, 1 male at K Steels, 3 males at EBSW, 1 male at Lumb Vale and 1 at Alderbottom

chiffchaff - 1 at Lea Bank, 1 at Cloughfold Rec, 1 at EBSW and 1 at Lumb Vale

willow warbler - 1 at Warth, 1 at Underwood, 3 at Groundwork, 5 at EBSW and 1 at Lumb Vale

Whitethroat - 1 near the railway station in Rawtenstall, 1 at Townsendfold, 1 at Stand Athletic and 1 across theb river from EBSW

goldcrest - 1 carrying food to nest at Irwell vale

nuthatch - 1 in staghills Woods

jay - 1 pr in Staghills Woods and 1 in Rawtenstall

reed bunting - 1 pr on the riverbank at Ewood Bridge

chhers Kevin