Afternoon foray.

1 Dipper  + 2 Blackbirds at Leabrook

Twin Lodges

c3 Redwing

6+ flock of Bullfinch

3 Greenfinch

3 Goldfinch

2 Sparrowhawk over hillside

1 Meadow Pipit

Rawtenstall cemetry

c6 Blackbird + 3 Redwing feeding on holly.

Hurst Lane/Chapel Hill

Small tit flock in hedge

c100 starling flock on pasture beyond Waingate.

1 Grey Heron

c5 Redwing

12+ Blackbirds on hawthorns along lane and around stables - more about than usual!

2 Mistle Thrush + 1 in song

1 G.S.W.

c20 flock of Goldfinch at Waingate

1 Mistle Thrush at Tip Lodge + 30 starling nearby.

1 Mistle Thrush singing at Reedsholme + 1 Grey Wagtail flew over.

Good day for Blackbird but finch numbers lacking. Looks like the big numbers of migrant thrushes have moved on as well.

Bob.