13:50 to 15:20hrs

• cormorant - 1 over Road End to Grane
• grey heron - 2 near EBSW
• Canada goose - 1pr at EBSW
• mallard - 1pr & 3m at EBSW
• goosander - female on the Irwell
• buzzard - pr over Irwell Vale
• sparrowhawk - 1 over Bent Gate
• lesser-black backed gull - steady continual passage of birds (c140), mostly flying towards Edenfield
• herring gull - 5 over
• black-headed gull - c20 at EBSW
• stock dove - 4 in the fields off Manchester Road
• collared dove - 2 at Irwell Vale & 1 displaying over Greens Lane
• grey wagtail - min 2 over EBSW
• pied wagtail - 3 near the soap works & 4 at Stand Athletic
• great-spotted woodpecker - 1 in hawthorns on Manchester Road
• kingfisher - 1 on the Irwell
• swallow - 1 over Irwell Vale
• chiffchaff - 2 or 3 singing at EBSW
• long-tailed tit - 1pr on Manchester Road
• jay - 1 on Manchester Road
• greenfinch - 3 singing birds around EBSW
• siskin - 2m & 2f at garden feeders on Greens Lane
• bullfinch - 1m on Greens Lane

cheers Kevin