Warth grey heron - 2 pink footed goose - skein of 43 flew up the Irwell Valley at 10:45 goosander - 1 redhead on the river and 2 flying down the Irwell Valley buzzard - several sightings of at least 3 birds, 2 of which were seen locking talons sparrowhawk - 6 sightings of 4 males, 1 female and a pair wood pigeon - 3 pied wagtail - 1 great tit - 6 blue tit - 4 coal tit - 3 long tailed tit - min 9 robin - 13 blackbird - 5 song thrush - 1 mistle thrush - 1 redwing - flocks of 8,10, c30, 34, 60, 78 & 2 singles. Also a single & flocks of 20 & 55 over Staghills Woods & a flock of c50 flying from the Glen to Lench fieldfare - 63 treecreeper - 1 dunnock - 4 wren - 5 jackdaw - min 40 raven - 1 over carrion crow - 6 magpie 8 jay - 1 chaffinch - 2 goldfinch - 8
Hurdles area cormorant - 2 flying down the Irwell Valley kestrel - 2 (1 also over Cowpe Lowe) great black backed gull - 1 over lesser black backed gull - 1 over green woodpecker - 1 meadow pipit - min 6 raven - 2 carrion crow - 8 plus min 35 over Cowpe Lowe chaffinch - 1 over crossbill flock of 7 over towards Cowpe
Plunge nice to meet Geoff Margison kestrel - 1 pr green woodpecker - 1 meadow pipit - 9 song thrush - 1 fieldfare - 2 flocks of 20 (Geoff also saw a flock of c50 flying up the valley) redwing - flock of 17 flying down the valley & 1 in with the fieldfares wren - 4 jay - 3 Geoff also saw 4 ravens and 2 buzzards before I met him
