19:00-20:30

Grey Heron, 1 flew over The Irwell Valley,

Buzzard, two soaring overhead,

Snipe, 2 on Edge Cote,

Lapwing, 4 pairs on Edge Cote,

Meadow Pipit, c6 on Edge Cote,

Song Thrush, 2 singing birds,

Blackbird, lots of song with perhaps 10 singing birds,

Willow Warbler, 2 singing at Marl Pits,

Coal Tit, singing bird in Balladen Clough,

Goldcrest, singing birds in Balladen Clough & Edge Cote,

Magpie, 12 at Edge Cote,

Starling, c6 at Waingate Village,

Goldfinch, 2,

Greenfinch, 3,

Chaffinch, c15, many in song,

Reed Bunting, female at Edge Cote. 

Regards,

David Nuttall.