18:15-19:15

Canada Goose, pair on Jack Lodge,

Mallard, 2 over,

Kestrel, 2 hunting The Hile,

Curlew, pair in display,

L.B.B.Gull, 2 over,

Wood Pigeon, c20 in flocks to 5,

Skylark, c6 in song,

Swallow, 4 feeding over the fields,

Meadow Pipit, c20,

Mistle Thrush, 1 in song,

Willow Warbler, 1 in song at Jack Lodge,

Coal Tit, 1 singing at Jack Lodge,

Raven, pair flying around The Hile feeding on the ground occasionally,

Jay, 1 at the bottom of Shawclough,

Goldfinch, 2,

Chaffinch, 2,

Reed Bunting, notable by their absence!

Regards,

David Nuttall