cormorant - 3 on Holden wood & 1 on Ogden in the morning. 32 in the roost & 3 on the res at Holden Wood @ 4pm. Also 1 dead bird under a bush on the res bank
Canada goose - 102 at Holden Wood & 20 at Ogden
mallard - 3 at Holden Wood, 1pr at Ogden & c4 on Calf Hey
Teal - 7 at Holden Wood, 1 on Ogden & 4 in Jamestone Quarry
goosander - 2 redheads on Holden Wood
goldeneye - 2 males & a female on Ogden & 1 male in Jamestone Quarry
golden plover - 4 + 2 on Haslingden Moor
moorhen - 4 on Holden Wood
coot - 1 on Holden Wood
pheasant - 1 male at Holden Wood
kestrel - 1 at Ogden
black-headed gull - c90
common gull - 1 at Ogden
herring gull - 2 at Ogden & c10 birds over
great black-backed gull - 1 at Ogden
woodpigeon - 28 at Heap Clough
stock dove - 2 at Heap Clough
great spotted woodpecker - 1 female at Calf Hey
meadow pipit - 2 at Holden Wood
robin - 7 at Holden Wood, included 4 together. 7 at Calf Hey
blackbird - 3 at Calf Hey
mistle thrush - 1 singing at Holden Wood & 2 (1 singing) at Calf Hey
nuthatch - 1 in the woods and at least 2 at the feeders at Calf Hey
great tit - 4 at Holden Wood, 14 at Calf Hey & 3 at Heap Clough
blue tit - 2 at Holden Wood & 13 at Calf Hey
coal tit - c20 at Calf Hey
goldcrest - c15 feeding either on the ground or low in bushes and trees at Calf Hey
dunnock - 1 at Calf Hey feeders
wren - 7
carrion crow - 18 on Haslingden Moor
jackdaw - 60 - 70 birds circling over Holden Vale at 4:10pm in pre roost gathering. Possibly roosting in leylandii
chaffinch - min 10 at the feeders at Calf Hey & 9 at Heap Clough
brambling - min 3 at feeders at Calf Hey. Another birder from Longridge reported 15 present last week
greenfinch - 1 at Holden Wood & a wheezing bird at Calf Hey
siskin - min 2 males & 1 female at the feeders at Calf Hey. The female has a metal ring on the right leg
goldfinch - 12 at Holden Wood, c30 at feeders at Calf Hey & another charm of c18. min 60 in a couple of ash trees at the cemetery
bullfinch - calling bird at Holden Wood
Also noted 2 clumps of partridge droppings on Haslingden Moor. Looked like a grey partridge roost
Walking the dogs in Waterfoot this morning produced the following
herring gull - flocks of 34, 29, 25, 9, 12, 6 & 5 over (another flock of c30 over Road End as I was on the way to Grane)
