06:00-10:30

Canada Goose, 1 on EBSW,

Mallard, c12,

Buzzard, 1 hunting the moor tops,

Pheasant, 2 calling birds and 1 sat on tussock,

Snipe, 1 "chipping" from rushes on lower slopes,

Dunlin, pair on the tops,

Golden Plover, 2 pairs on the tops,

Curlew, 2 singles,

B.H.Gull, c20 east,

L.B.B.Gull, c12 west,

Swift, c12 mainly Alden & Helshore,

G.S.Woodpecker, Alderbottom, Buckden & Torside,

Skylark, c20 many in song,

Swallow, c12,

Sand Martin, 1 half way up Bull Hill,

Meadow Pipit, c40,

Pied Wagtail, c6 pairs,

Grey Wagtail, 3 pairs,

Wheatear, 2 in Alden,

Stonechat, male in Alden,

Mistle Thrush, 1 singing!

Song Thrush, c8 singing especially along Irwell & Ogden,

Willow Warbler, c15,

Blackcap, c5,

Chiffchaff, 4, (Irwell Vale, Buckden, Sunnybank & Snig Hole),

Spotted Flycatcher, 1 at Sunnybank,

Coal Tit, c20,

L.T.Tit, c4 calling birds,

Goldcrest, 1 collecting bugs off sycamore leaves at Meadow Park,

Jackdaw, c50 in Alden,

Starling, c12 in small groups,

House Sparrow, c6 at Sunnybank,

Chaffinch, c12,

Greenfinch, c6,

Goldfinch, c20,

Linnet, c4,

Reed Bunting, 2.

Regards,

David Nuttall.