09:00-11:30

-0.5 degrees, bright sunshine!

Cormorant, 3 on Ogden,

Grey Heron, 1 at Holden Wood,

Canada Goose, c70 on Holden Wood,

Mallard, c20,

Goldeneye, 1 male and 2 females on Ogden,

Goosander, 3 redheads on Holden Wood,

Kestrel, 1 male at Calf Hey,

Snipe, 1 flushed near Ogden,

B.H.Gull, c60 on Holden Wood / Ogden,

G.B.B.Gull, 2 over Ogden,

Stock Dove, 2 sunning themselves on a rock ledge in Jamestones,

Wood Pigeon, 48 feeding in a field near Calf Hey,

No Collared Dove; must all have been at Brian's!

Green Woodpecker, 1 yaffling in Heap Clough,

Stonechat, pair at Holden Wood, single at Ogden,

Redwing, c10,

Fieldfare, just 2,

Mistle Thrush, 1,

Coal Tit, c30 especially around the feeding stations,

Blue Tit, c12,

Great Tit, c8,

L.T.Tit, c8 at Calf Hey,

Nuthatch, 2 on feeders at Calf Hey,

Jay, 1 at Calf Hey,

Goldfinch, c6,

Greenfinch, 1 at Calf Hey,

Chaffinch, c20,

Bullfinch, male at Calf Hey,

Crossbill, heard but not seen but thought to be a single bird,

Reed Bunting, 3 at Holden Wood.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Regards,

David Nuttall.