mallard - 1pr on Kearn's Lodge & 9 on Cowpe Res cormorant - 1 flew down the valley, 1 on the res & 1 seen cutting across Seat Naze from the Whitewell to the Irwell Valley grey heron - 3 together in a field & 1 at the lodges at Lench sparrowhawk - 1 chased by a carrion crow and 2 jackdaws at Boarsgreave kestrel - 1 constantly harried by corvids at Boarsgreave moorhen - 1 at Kearn's Lodge black headed gull - 3 at Cowpe Res & c10 flying over the hillside common gull - 16 at Cowpe Res & c20 flying over the hillside lesser black backed gull - 3 at Cowpe Res herring gull - 4 at Cowpe Res wood pigeon - 2 and a flock of c30 at Lench kingfisher - 1 at Lench Lodges magpie - c20 jackdaw - c20 at Lench & c100 over Boarsgreave carrion crow - c12 raven - 1 heard near Cowpe Res goldcrest - 1 at Cowpe Res blue tit - 8 great tit - 14 coal tit - 2 at Cowpe Res long tailed tit - 3 at Lench wren - 4 starling - 16 at Lench blackbird - 5 redwing - c25 at Lench mistle thrush - flock of 6 at Lench fieldfare - c30 at Lench house sparrow - flock of 16 in the village & 1pr at Lench grey wagtail - 1 at Cowpe Res pied wagtail - 1 at Lench chaffinch - 6 greenfinch - 1 at Lench goldfinch - 6
