• mallard - 11 on Lench LOdges
• cormorant - 1 at Cowpe Res and 2 flying down the valley
• kestrel - 1 at Cowpe Res
• moorhen - 2 at Lench Lodges & 1 at Kearn's Lodge
• black headed gull - 5 at Cowpe Res
• common gull - 1 at Cowpe Res
• herring gull - 4 at Cowpe Res
• lesser black backed gull - 16 at Cowpe Res
• woodpigeon - c70 at Lench
• collared dove - 2 at Lench & 2 at Boarsgreave
• tawny owl - heard calling at the foot of the valley on each of the 2 previous nights
• great spotted cwoodpecker - 1 feeding on the roof of a house near Kearn's Lodge
• jay - 4 at Lench & 1 at Kearn's Lodge
• skylark - heard at Cowpe Res
• swallow - 2 at Lench & 2 at Cowpe Res
• house martin - 20 at Lench & 1 at Cowpe Res
• song thrush - 3 at Lench & 1 at Boarsgreave
• mistle thrush - 1 at Lench
• stonechat - pr & a juv at Cowpe Res
• pied wagtail - 2 at Boarsgreave
• meadow pipit - 8 at Cowpe Res & 14 at Lench
• linnet - heard at Cowpe Res
• bullfinch - 3 at Boarsgreave
• reed bunting - min 6 at Cowpe Res

cheers Kevin