07:40 hrs

Min 13 Cormorant

1 G.C.Grebe

10+ Mallard

1f Scaup - still present!

1 Oystercatcher flew through.

1 Common Sandpiper

c60 B.H.Gull

c4 Common Gull

c2 Herring Gull

2 Skylark singing

1 Grey Wagtail singing

1 Pied Wagtail

2 Blackbird

Pr Goldcrest

c4 Goldfinch

20+ Redpoll, all over the car park lots of chasing and pairing.

4 Reed Bunting - calling singles

13:45 hrs

Green Woodpecker & G.S.W in Brookes wood + Grey Wagtail on river.

Kestrel nr Shortclough + 1 later at Greenfold

3 Snipe + 1 Reed Bunting on Swinshaw Moor

c70 mixed Rook and Jackdaw at Bonfire Hill + 1 Skylark & 17 Starling.

Greenfold

1 Wren in rushes

Pr Stonechat

Min. 1pr Lapwing + 2 singles on territories

27 Wood Pigeon

c40 Fieldfare with c20 Starling on pasture.

9 Rook + 1 nest at Goodshaw Chapel, poss. new rookery, no sign of any activety at Crawshawbooth.

Significantly no buzzards seen, after watching 3 birds yesterday over Heightside Lane.

Bob.