c1000 mixed hirundines and Swifts min. 200 Swift, the rest Swallows and House Martins with few Sandies seen.
1m Yellow Wagtail feeding on the beds with pieds - having missed out on the bird at Clowbridge this morning it was a good to know that the gods do smile on some of us once in a while.
c15 Pied Wagtail
3 Blackcap singing in the area
1 Chiffchaff
1 Dipper feeding 1 yng at Irwell Vale
1 Kingfisher on river
1 Long Tailed Tit calling - have these suffered this winter?
I saw 3prs of long tailed tits around EBSW on Sunday, with 1pr carrying beaks full of insects, so there were no doubt young nearby. I think, from my own observations, they are doing quite well
