Hi Craig

The whoopers flew east off the res at around 4:40pm. Another herd of 7 flew over the res towards Clough Bottom a few minutes prior to this

Also noted were the following

• grey heron - 1 on back pond
• cormorant - 3
• Canada goose - 2 flying towards the res near Compston's Cross
• mallard - c24, with 1 pr seen copulating!
• teal - 4 on back pond
• goosander - 2 or 3 redheads
• lapwing - 45 flew the full length of the res before turning round & heading north, but may have stayed in the area as a similar sized flock flew over Swallow Shore towards Clough Bottom around 90 minutes later
• kestrel - 2
• black-headed gull - c60 on the res at 5pm, with another c240 birds seen flying towards the res from Burnley & Clough Bottom in several flocks
• common gull - c5
• meadow pipit - 2 singles
• pied wagtail - 1
• stock dove - 2
• mistle thrush - 2 near Compston's Cross
• redwing - 1 in the car park
• jackdaw - perhaps c400 seen flying towards Dunnockshaw to the roost in singles to flocks of 60. No concerted effort made to count them, so I undoubtedly missed some
• carrion crow - c16, with 2 foraging  on res shore & 1 seen with a small fish that it tossed in the air so that it could swallow it head first

Nice to meet Andrea over near Compston's Cross. If you're reading this hope you didn't get too wet in the rain on the way home

cheers Kevin