cormorant - 2 flying down the valley at Deeply Vale
mallard - 7 on AMR
goosander 1 female on AMR, 2 males & 2 females at Turn and 3 in Deeply Vale
kestrel - 1 at Turn, 1 at Buckhurst and 1 at Deeply Vale
moorhen - 1 at Buckhurst Lodge
meadow pipit - 3 at Cheesden
pied wagtail - 1 at Cheesden
mistle thrush - 3 at Buckhurst
fieldfare - flocks of 12, 26 and c100 at Buckhurst and Deeply Vale
redwing - 27 at Turn
song thrush - 1 in garden next to Methodist Church at Edenfield4
starling c30 near Rossendale School, c50 at Buckhurst & c300 at Deeply Vale
great tit - flock of c10 at Deeply Vale
coal tit - 1 pr in Deeply Vale
goldcrest - 1 in Deeply Vale
nuthatch - 1pr in Deeply Vale
treecreeper - 1 in Deeply Vale
jay - 2 in Deeply Vale
rook - 2 singles flying through Deeply Vale
raven - 3 over Deeply Vale
bullfinch - 1pr at Turn, calling bird at Cheesden & a female at Deeply Vale
Gulls
Over 500 gulls flew over Cheesden towards Edenfield between 11am and 12:30pm. Whilst I couldn't get a good view of the birds they appeared to be predominantly common and herring gulls, although there were a few lesser and great black backed gulls as well as black headed gulls amongst them. At the same time there were c50 common and c30 black headed gulls on pasture at Cheesden and c15 great black backed, c8 lesser black backed, c10 herring & c30 each of common and black headed gull on AMR with birds coming and going all the time
A kingfisher was in a bush over the River Irwell for the second day running in Waterfoot
