Clough Bottom Res

• cormorant - 1
• mallard - 37
• goosander - 3 redheads
• kestrel - 1
• black-headed gull - min 12
• common gull - 10
• herring gull - 2
• woodpigeon - 4
• meadow pipit - 1
• stonechat - 1
• coal tit - 4
• great tit - 2
• wren - 2
• raven - 1 over
• carrion crow - 4
• rook - 6 at the rookery in Water
• magpie 2
• bullfinch - flock of 5
• reed bunting - 1 female

Clowbridge

• great crested grebe - 1
• cormorant - 2
• mallard - c41
• goosander - 1pr on the res & another 3 (1m & 2rh) flying in as I left
• common gull - 5
• black-headed gull - 1 carrying a fish from back pond to the res & another c10 birds
• great black-backed gull
• stock dove - 2
• woodpigeon - 1
• robin - 1
• blackbird - 1
• blue tit - 3
• starling - 6
• carrion crow - 4
• magpie - 4
• house sparrow - flock near car park
• goldfinch - 3

New Laithe 

• great spotted woodpecker - 1
• fieldfare - c10
• starling - c25

Mitchell's House Res

• grey heron - 1
• cormorant - 2
• Canada goose - 145
• mallard - 3
• goosander - 13
• kestrel - 1
• black-headed gull - c30 over towards Clowbridge to roost
• common gull - 2
• great black-backed gull - min 42, most of which departed @ 15:30, possibly heading to AMR
• herring gull - c30 associating with great black-backs
• stock dove - 7 on farm building 
• collared dove - 1pr
• robin - 2
• blackbird - 5
• blue tit - 2
• great tit - 3
• chaffinch - 1f
• bullfinch calling bird

Black Moss/ Stonefold

• kestrel - 1
• lapwing - flock of c40
• stock dove 2
• starling - flock of c600 followed by a flock of c25 heading north west to roost leaving another 7 birds on wires

1 kingfisher, 1 great spotted woodpecker & a pair of bullfinch in Waterfoot this morning

1pr woodpigeon with nearly fully built nest on Burnley Road East in Waterfoot yesterday

Happy new year to everybody

Kevin