08:15 - 11:00
Cormorant, 7 on Ogden inc 4 drying off on the shore at the top end,
Grey Heron, 2,
Canada Goose, 2 on Holden Wood,
Mallard, c50,
Teal, 11 on Holden Wood, & 1 male on Calf Hey,
Goldeneye, 2 males & 1 female on Ogden, 1 male & 1 female on Calf Hey,
Kestrel, 4 singles,
Golden Plover, flock of 22 on the snow covered moor,
Snipe, 2 flushed on the moors,
Herring Gull, 7 over west,
B.H.Gull, c12 on Holden Wood, 7 on a ice sheet on Ogden & 6 on Calf Hey,
Dipper, 1 at the top end of Holden Wood,
G.S.Woodpecker, 3 chasing through the trees at King's Hillock Wood, 2 at Calf Hey Feeding Station,
Dunnock, singing near Holden Wood & Calf Hey,
SongThrush, singing birds at Holden Wood and Calf Hey,
Mistle Thrush, 1 at Calf Hey,
Fieldfare, c60 at the side of Heap Clough,
Starling, c30 with Fieldfare,
Coal Tit, c6 at Calf hey Feeding Station,
L.T.Tit, 3 at Clough Head,
Great Tit, dozens!
Blue Tits, lots!
Nuthatch, 1 singing in woods at Calf Hey & 1 at Feeding Station,
Treecreeper, 1 on fat smeared tree at Calf Hey Feeding Station,
Jay, 1 at Holden Wood,
Raven, 1 over Calf Hey south & 1 gronking & Tumbling along the edge of Haslingden Moor,
Goldfinch, charms of 10 & 6,
Chaffinch, singing males & several small flocks.
Regards,
David Nuttall.