• grey heron - 1 on the River Whitewell in Waterfoot
• pink-footed goose - skeins of 31 & 15 flying west
• mallard - min 25 on the river between Ashworth St & Baltic Bridge in Waterfoot
• snipe - 41 in one field & 30 in the other field at Edge Cote, may include some duplicate counts, but at least 60 birds thought to have been present
• jack snipe - 1 at Edge Cote
• kestrel - male hunting near the golf driving range at Marl Pits & a female higher up the hill 
• common gull/ black-headed gull - mixed flock of c150 birds feeding on the Hile, flew off before i could get near enough for a more accurate count
• little owl - 1pr at Jack Lodge
• stock dove - 2 over the hillside near Edge Cote
• collared dove - prs at Higher Cloughfold & St Peter's, Newchurch
• grey wagtail - 1 over Waterfoot
• pied wagtail - 3 over St Peter's from Seat Naze
• meadow pipit - probably at least 10 at Edge Cote
• kingfisher - 1 on the River Whitewell off Baltic Bridge in Waterfoot
• green woodpecker - yaffling bird at Edge Cote
• great spotted woodpecker - 2 in Staghills Woods & 1 at Marl Pits
• dipper - 1 over Jack Lodge
• fieldfare - min 6 on the edge of Bolton's Wood & 4 at Jack Lodge.
• redwing - 2 + 26 over Park Road Waterfoot & a single in Staghills Woods
• song thrush - 2 in Staghills Woods
• long-tailed tit - flocks in Staghills Woods, Lea Bank, Trickett's Memorial & Bolton's Wood
• goldcrest - 1 in Staghills Woods
• blackcap - 1 male at Higher Cloughfold, near Johnny Barn Farm
• treecreeper - 1 in Staghills Woods
• nuthatch - 3 in Staghills Woods, 2 in Trickett's Memorial & 2 in Bolton's Wood, 1 of which appeared to be caching food in moss on a drystone wall
• raven - 1 over seat Naze, 1 or 2 over Edge Cote, 2 over Edgeside Lane & 2 over Edge Cote
• carrion crow - 20 near Edge Cote & a minimum of 140 near Jack Lodge, some of which may have stayed to roost
• rook - several calling birds at Jack Lodge
• jackdaw - c200 birds were over Seat Naze at 2:55pm
• magpie - min 33 roosting at Jack Lodge
• chaffinch - several small flocks of up to 5 birds
• greenfinch - 1 off Hareholme Lane
• goldfinch - min 20 in Edgeside Wood
• bullfinch - 1pr plus another bird at Lea Bank

A few of sightings from yesterday 

• flocks of 34 & 20 fieldfare over Edgeside
• flock of 8 siskin at Park Road, Waterfoot
• flock of 5 bullfinch over Gaghills

cheers Kevin, with Ian at Marl Pits, Edge Cote & Bolton's Wood