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Canada Goose, 5 on Jack Lodge with c20 more dropping in later,

Mallard, 3 males on Jack Lodge and a pair on top of one of the stone chimney stacks,

Kestrel, 1 hunting rough pasture,

Moorhen, 1 on Jack Lodge,

Curlew, a pair flew off The Brex to feed on the lower ground,

L.B.B.Gull, c20 soaring high,

Stock Dove, a pair on wires on Coal Pit Lane,

Wood Pigeon, a flock of 12 feeding,

Skylark, c8 mainly in song,

Meadow Pipit, c20, several in song,

Pied Wagtail, 2,

Fieldfare, a flock of 4 in a tree,

Raven, 1 over pursued by 2 crows,

Starling, c12,

Chaffinch, c4, in song,

Reed Bunting, 2 singing males plus a pair in alders.

Regards,

David Nuttall.