• Canada goose - 1 pr flew over Waterfoot to Lench, 1pr on Hoplmes Terrace Lodge & 1pr on Helmshore Textile Museum Lodge
• grey heron - 2 over Edge Cote
• little grebe - 1 on Holmes Terrace Lodge
• sparrowhawk - 1 female at Edge Cote and 1 male harassed by a carrion crow over Helmshore
• common buzzard - 2 soaring over Townsendfold
• moorhen  - 1 on Holmes Terrace Lodge and 1 on the river at K Steels
• lapwing - 4 on Seat Naze and 3 birds flying towards The Hile from Seat Naze. Another 8 birds near Edge Cote
• jack snipe - 1 at Edge Cote
• snipe - 52 at Edge Cote
• black headed gull - 5 at Seat Naze, c20 at Edge Cote and c 40 at EBSW
• common gull - 6 at Seat Naze & c110 at Edge Cote
• lesser black backed gull - 3 at Edge Cote
• herring gull - 1 at Edge Cote & flocks of 14, 4 and 49 over EBSW
• great black backed gull - 5 over Edge Coten and 1 over EBSW
• stock dove - 4 at Seat Naze & 1 at EBSW
• kingfisher - 1 at EBSW
• green woodpecker - 1 yaffling near Edgeside & 1 yaffling in Bolton's Wood
• great spotted woodpecker - 1 drumming in Trickett's Memorial
• jay - 1 at Marl Pits & 1 at Bocholt Way
• rook - 4 at Edge Cote & at least 4 at the rookery near EBSW
• goldcrest - 1 at Marl Pits & 1 near the train station at Irwell Vale
• skylark - 7 at Edge Cote & 1 at Seat Naze
• nuthatch - 1pr in Trickett's Memorial & 1 at Helmshore Textile Museum
• starling - c 80 at Edge Cote
• dipper - 1pr at Fallbarn & another bird carrying moss to a nest site. 1 at EBSW & 1 at Ravenshore
• redwing - 3 at Trickett's Memorial & c40 at Seat Naze
• mistle thrush - 1pr collecting moss at Newchurch & 1pr at Seat Naze
• grey wagtail - 1pr at Fallbarn, 1 at EBSW, 1 at Ravenshore & 1 at Bowl Alley
• pied wagtail - 1 at Seat Naze, 1 at Cawl Terrace & 18 at Edge Cote
• meadow pipit - 6 at Edge Cote
• brambling - 15 at Gaghills & at least 5 in Trickett's Memorial
• siskin - 1 heard at Edge Cote
• linnet - 1 heard at Edge Cote
• bullfinch - 1pr at Groundwork
• reed bunting - 1 male at Edge Cote

cheers Kevin