07:00-11:00

Out over Cowpe Lowe then down Plunge and back up the Irwell Valley.

Canada Goose,c12,

Buzzard, 1 at Ewood Bridge,

Kestrel, males at Chatterton Hey and Townsendfold,

Curlew, pair at the bottom of Plunge,

L.B.B.Gull, c20 over,

B.H.Gull, c12,

Collered Dove, pair in Irwell Vale,

Kingfisher, 1 along The Irwell,

Green Woodpecker, calling bird towards Chapel Hill,

G.S.Woodpecker, drumming bird at Ewood Bridge,

Skylark, c25, many in song,

Meadow Pipit, c20,

Pied Wagtail, 2 pairs,

Grey Wagtail, pair on The Irwell at Cloughfold,

Dipper, 4 singles along The Irwell,

Dunnock, c12, many in song,

Wheatear, 4 males on Whitaker Pasture and another male at the bottom of Plunge,

Mistle Thrush, 3 singing birds,

Song Thrush, c8 singing birds,

Willow Warbler, 1 singing in Irwell Vale,

Chiffchaff, 6 singing along The Irwell Valley and 1 singing at Cloughfold,

Coal Tit, c8 many in song,

Blue Tit, c12,

Great Tit, c10,

L.T.Tit, 2 pairs,

Nuthatch, c5 singing birds,

Magpie at nest at EBSW,

Raven, c4 singles,

Goldfinch, c12,

Greenfinch, c5 in song,

Chaffinch, c12, many in song,

Bullfinch, male on Gincroft Lane and a pair at Irwell Vale,

Linnet, 2 in Plunge,

Lesser Redpoll, calling bird over Cloughfold,

Siskin, calling birds in Dearden Woods, Plunge,

Reed Bunting, male at the top of Plunge.

Regards,

David.