Spring Mill Res

• cormorant - 2
• mallard - 2
• tufted duck - 2
• black-headed gull - 2
• buzzard - calling bird
• green woodpecker - 1
• meadow pipit - c12
• kingfisher - 1 (a first for me here)
• stonechat - min 11
• wheatear - 1
• treecreeper - at least 1 in a lone oak tree near the quarry
• rook - single juvenile feeding in field
• reed bunting - 2

Also seen today 

Cowm Res - 1 great crested grebe, 2 kestrels, c25 meadow pipits, min 3 stonechats, 3 parties of goldcrests

wheatear on the tops near Whitworth Quarry. 

Yesterday at Holmes Terrace Lodge

• little grebe - adult with full grown juv
• coot - adult with full grown juv
• moorhen - 2 adults with 2 half grown juvs
• kingfisher - 1
• stock dove - 1 over
• house martin - 6 (9 also over Waterfoot)

cheers Kevin