Canada goose - 50 flew onto a field above the quarry road
mallard - 23
tufted duck - 4 males
buzzard - 1 mobbed by a magpie & 2 carrion crows
black-headed gull - only 2 when I arrived, due to water skiing, but increased to c70 once the water skiing ceased. The colour ringed bird from Norway was present again
common gull - 1
lesser black backed gull - 1
woodpigeon - c26
goldcrest - 1
blackbird - 5 in same holly tree
Stuart reported a coot and a female goldeneye both of which I managed to miss
Spring Mill
cormorant - 2
goldeneye - 1 female
goosander - 1male & 5 redheads
starling - c70 plus c90 on Wallbank
redpoll - 2
this morning c450 woodpigeons flew south east over Edgeside
yesterday a charm of c50 goldfinch were in Park Road Waterfoot
