Canada goose - circa 16 flying down the valley at Rawtenstall
mallard - 78 at Rawtenstall, 24 at Holmes Terrace Lodge and 14 on the river at EBSW
goosander - 3 redheads at Fallbarn and 3 over EBSW
sparrowhawk - 5 sightings between Rawtenstall and EBSW probably 2 or 3 different birds
peregrine - 1 seen over Horncliffe. Then probably the same bird seen over Ewood Bridge
kestrel - 1 at Holmes Terrace Lodge
black headed gull - circa 150 at EBSW
lesser black backed gull - circa 200 over EBSW in several flocks
grey wagtail - 1 at The Holme
pied wagtail - only 6 at EBSW (last week there were at least 50)
dipper - 2 at Rawtenstall & 1 near EBSW
redwing - 2 at EBSW
fieldfare - 17 over EBSW
long tailed tit - flocksof 10 and 2 at Groundwork & 3 parties round EBSW
goldcrest - 2 at EBSW
jay - 8 sightings of single birds over EBSW
goldfinch - charms of 9 & 5 at EBSW
Grane
cormorant - 3 on Holden Wood
grey heron - 2 on Holden Wood & 1 at Ogden
Canada goose - 61 at Holden Wood
mallard - 28 on Holden wood & 23 on Calf Hey
teal - probably at least 10 on Calf Hey
goosander - 1 redhead at Holden Wood
kestrel - 1 at Holden wood, 1 at Ogden and 1 at Hutch Bank
lapwing - 14 flew off towards Haslingden at 15:00 hrs leaving 5 at the res. At 15:10 24 flew in from the direction of Haslingden. At 15:30 around 200 flew in, but I didn't see from where. 60 of these flew off to the west in 2 parties A subsequent count of the birds that were left gave a total of at least 235 birds (this includes the 60 that had just left)
black headed gull - 79 at Holden wood and 18 at Calf Hey
tawny owl - 1 calling at Calf Hey at 16:30hrs
stock dove - 1 across the road from Holden Wood
great spotted woodpecker - 1 male at the feeders at Calf Hey
pied wagtail - 1 at Holden wood
grey wagtail - 1 at Ogden
meadow pipit - 3 at Holden wood & 2 at Ogden
stonechat - 1 female at Ogden
redwing - 3 at Holden Wood
fieldfare - 4 over Troy Quarry
starling - 25 at Holden Wood & 42 flying west at Calf Hey
there were over 80 lapwings and 62 canada geese present.....with a lot of black-headed gulls with at least 10 plus common gulls......some one parked in the car park and walked to other side and fired a shot.....pt the geese, palwins, gulls and starlings in the air
over 80 lapwings.......they did settle back down again but some tiem after they flew off towards hutchbank and then ine the direction of broadway......they are prob the roof tops roosting birds......23 of the lapwings settled back on to the farm
1 cormorant and the roost tree has white patches all over it, a jay flew from ogden way, 28 mallard, over 20 plus starling
a few pied wagtails, 5 mipits - numbers down, 1 grey heron,
log tailed tit flock, a couple of linnets, small goldfinch flock, some robis singing, 2 wrens, 4 herring gulls incl juveniles, another flock of 12 herring gulls - both flocks heading north - , a lone lbbg heading north
also a flock of 20 redwings over memorial gardens heading towards tor at about 12.15pm
also a flock of about 12 HG's over my house soaring .....at about 3pm heading north-ish?
