1 Green Sandpiper at E.B.S.W. at 16:00 hrs approx feeding on beds directly in front of the main gates - still present when we left.

Also c50 Pied Wagtail

c100 Jackdaw

100+ B.H.Gull

1+2 Dipper on river between Irwell Vale and Ewood Bridge

1 Goosander on river

c40 flock of mixed finches tits inc. c12 L.T.Tit

1 G.S.W. at E. Bridge

Chapel Hill area.

1 Fieldfare

1 Sparrowhawk

1 Buzzard mobbed in turn by C.Crow, Kestrel and Herring Gull

1 Goldcrest at Hurst Lane

2 Bullfinch  at hurst lane

c12 mixed tit flock inc c4 L.T.Tit

Pr Collared Dove at Waingate

Archie reports min 94 Snipe on Hameldon Hill this morning.

Bob & Archie