15/5/22 Greenfold - windy.

2pr Stonechat - both acting anxiously and calling.

2pr Swallow around stables + 1 bird moving through

Reed Bunting at 3 sites

Only 2 single Lapwings.

Curlew heard.

Skylarks singing in decent numbers.

Chiffchaff singing at Bonfire Hill quarry on return.

2 Swifts & 2 House Martins over Crawshawbooth.

9 Canada Geese at Shortclough, but nothing else.

16/5/22 Reedsholme to Oakenhead - hazy, humid.

Dipper at Reedsholme - no sign of any young yet.

Grey Wagtail at 3 sites as far as Leabrook.

3 singing Blackcap in 1/4 mile of my house + 3 singing around Twin lodges area.

Robin feeding 2 fledged young at Leabrook.

1 Buzzard high over Oakley then 2 from over Rawtenstall towards south side of valley.

1m Kestrel hunting around Twin Lodges.

1 Whitethroat singing at Twin lodges + 3 Willow Warblers.

c7 Swifts high over Oakley + 2 over Rawtenstall. 

Reedsdholme 19:15hrs

c26 House Martins over the wood (first decent group in the area so far) with 2 Swifts.

Bob.