09:30-12:00

Canada Goose, 15 on Shortclough & 2 over Swinshaw Moor,

Buzzard, 2 sat on fence posts at Edge Cote & 1 soaring over The Limy Valley,

Kestrel, 1 off Cribden End,

Snipe, 27 on Edge Cote,

Herring Gull, 4 near Alder Grange school,

Common Gull, 9 in a field near Twenty Penneth,

B.H.Gull, c6,

Stock Dove, 4,

Wood Pigeon, c60 inc flocks of 22 & 18,

Little Owl, 1,

Skylark, c8, all in song,

Meadow Pipit, 4,

Pied Wagtail, 2,

Dunnock, c8 singing birds,

Mistle Thrush, s inging bird,

Song Thrush, 2 singing birds,

Redwing, c12 feeding under trees at Marl Pits,

Fieldfare, flock of c18 near Folly Clough,

L.T.Tit, 2 singles,

Coal Tit, 3 in Baladen Clough & 2 at Edge Cote,

Nuthatch, 1 coming to feeders at Bottomley Bank Farm, Crawshawbooth,

Rook, c12 at Crawshawbooth with a few nests starting to show,

Raven, 1 over Rawtenstall & 3 over The Limy Valley,

Carrion Crow, building nest at Marl Pits,

Starling, c60 near Twenty Penneth,

House Sparrow, c10 on Newchurch Road,

Goldfinch, c12,

Greenfinch, 2,

Chaffinch, c20 with many in song,

Reed Bunting, pair on Edge Cote.

Regards,

David.