Blue tit plenty nesting, 5 pair in boxes
Great tit many nesting, 3 pair in boxes
Coal tit few pairs, numbers down on last year
L t tit several pairs nesting
Bullfinch commonest finch hear
Chaffinch couple of pair nesting
Goldfinch several pair
Greenfinch uncommon nesting hear
Robin common, one pair in nest box
Dunnock usual numbers
House sparrow two small groups, 5/6 pair
Nuthatch i estimate 6/7 pair in area
Treecreeper i think only 2/3 pair one nest site observed
Wren several nest sites, they seem to have recovered numbers
Willow warbler probably 8 pair
Chiffchaff one definate nest site
Wood warbler none for 5 days, searched in vain this weekend
Whitethroat one pair in Irwell vale
Goldcrest one pair in Chatterton, maybe more
Garden warbler seen in Strongstry by Rob Archer of Ramsbottom
Blackbird many with young
Mistle thrush a couple of pair
Song thrush one nest in back garden with 4 well grown chicks, others around
Great spotted woodpecker usual 3/4 pair
Green woodpecker one pair
Jay numbers stable
Jackdaw nesting in next door chimney again
Crow several feeding in fields
Rook as above
Magpie maybe two pair
Wood pigeon numbers increasing, many nests in Buckden woods
Collard dove one pair nesting here, more in Irwell vale
Lapwing two pair with young on Buckden farmland, second year in same field
Mallard lots of ducklings on river now
Canada goose one pair with 3 young
Dipper two pair with young
Kingfsher one flying upstream in Irwell vale
Grey wagtail one pair with young
Goosander five young on river this weekend
Swallows several over
Sand martin three hawking on river today
Tawny owl two pair, no young seen yet
Buzzard one over two or three times
Pheasant few pairs
Grey herons are missing from the river, have been watching for Spotted flycatcher but none yet found.
BEST REGARDS B A KIRKWOOD.