3 Skylark in song along Heightside lane + Meadow Pipit.
1 Little Owl at Chapel Hill
pr Bullfinch at Waingate + 2 Redpoll + 5 Goldfinch in cemetry
c40 B.H.Gull at Marl Pits included 2 Common Gull.
17/3/13
1 Heron soaring over Constablelee
1 Kingfisher at Tip lodge + 1pr Canada goose.
1 G.S.W. - cemetry
Blackbird & Mistle thrush in song - Hurst lane
1 Kestrel - Chapel Hill
2 Raven - Chapel Hill both flew seperatley towards Newchurch. One bird displaying as it flew. There is at least one sheep carcass in the area and judging from where the calls were coming from I would guess that they had been feeding on it.
24 Wood Pigeon - Chapel Hill
Flock of c25 Fieldfare at Bonfire Hill
Pr Goosander & 4pr Canada goose at Shortclough
Rooks very busy at St Johns Crawshawbooth - nests increasing by the day.
Good day for Greenfinch with several males singing along the way, even as far up as some of the farms.
