Around Noon.

Mandarin, female on The Irwell at Waterfoot,

Golden Plover, 1 flew over The Hile. I checked a nearby spot that they used to winter in their hundreds in many decades ago but alas none there!

Snipe, i flushed off a boggy part of The Hile,

Common Gull, 3 on a mucked field on The Hile,

B.H.Gull, c12 over,

Meadow Pipit, 2 off Coal Pit Lane above Jack Lodge,

Pied Wagtail, 1 off Coal Pit Lane above Jack Lodge,

Dunnock, c5 singing birds,

Dipper, 1 on The Whitewell in Waterfoot & 1 on The Irwell at Hareholme,

Coal Tit, 1 singing in The Glen,

Nuthatch, 2 on feeders at Warth,

Treecreeper, 1 at Warth,

Jackdaw, c100 over Waterfoot,

Raven, 1 flew up The Irwell Valley towards Waterfoot,

Starling, c50 feeding in a mucked field off Coal Pit Lane,

House Sparrow, c6 up Shawclough,

Goldfinch, charm of c12 at Warth,

Chaffinch, 2 at Rosehill, 2 at New Barn Farm & c4 at Warth.

Regards,

David.