A very wet, quite cold day, didn't spoil the birding and 8 ROC members split into three teams to see a grand total of 78 species which, incredibly for the day, is a new summer record beating the previous record of 77 set in 2010.
The individual team scores were:
Team A: 70 species (JH & KL)
Team B: 64 species
Team C: 56 species
Highlights were:
Dabchick, 1 HTL
G.C.Grebe, 1 on Ogden,
Goosander, on Irwell,
Grey Partridge, 1 at Clowbridge was a first for Summer Race,
Grey Lag Goose, 1 with Canada's at Holden Wood,
Buzzard, 1,
L.R.Plover, several,
Oystercatcher, pair,
Kingfisher,
Green Woodpecker,
Stonechat,
Grasshopper Warbler, reeling bird at Holden Wood Res,
