17:45-19:45

Cormorant, 1 on U-Boat later flew off south,

Grey Heron, 2 on res bank,

Canada Goose, 64 feeding in field north of res,

Mallard, c20,

Goosander, 5 redheads,

Merlin, female sat on dry stone wall flew off low to the south,

Kestrel, 4 hunting hillsides,

B.H.Gull, 14 on res,

Swift, very late bird feeding over hillside before drifting off south,

Swallow, c12 mainly over Point Wood,

Meadow Pipit, c40 moving south over hillsides,

Pied Wagtail, c6,

Stonechat, family party of 6 birds in South Bay,

Raven, minimum of 17 roosting on pylons. Nothing there at 7:30 but came in from Swinshaw direction just before dusk.

Rook, a flock of 7 plus a single over north,

Regards,

David.