• cormorant - 6 at Cowpe Res
• grey heron - 9 at Warth
• mallard - 11 at St James St. Waterfoot
• great black-backed gull - 1 on Cowpe Res
• lesser black-backed gull - 1 flying up the Irwell valley
• herring gull - 7 + 4 high over Warth
• common gull - min 10 at Cowpe Res & 12 at the head of Lench 
• black-headed gull - c80 at Cowpe Res
• grey partridge - no birds seen, but droppings from a roost found on Cowpe Lowe & other droppings found on north side of Cowpe Lowe
• buzzard - 1 at Warth
• sparrowhawk - male over Warth & a female flying low over Whinberry Pasture towards a starling flock
• kestrel - 2 at Hurdles Quarry
• skylark - flock of at least 20 at Whinberry Naze & 2 singing birds near Heights Quarry
• grey wagtail - 1 at Warth
• dipper - 2 in Waterfoot & 2 at Warth
• mistle thrush - singing birds at Staghills Woods & Cowpe, plus 4 near Cowpe Res
• redwing - min 12 at Warth & 2 near Cowpe Res
• fieldfare - c10 near Cowpe Res
• robin - 9 at Warth
• dunnock - 9 at Warth
• wren - just 2 seen at Warth
• nuthatch - 1 storing peanuts at Warth
• treecreeper - 1 at Warth, 1pr at Trickett's Memorial yesterday
• great tit - 10 at Warth
• long-tailed tit - 2 singles at Warth & a pair at Boarsgreave
• goldcrest - singing bird at Gaghills & 1 near Cowpe Res
• rook - 20 feeding in fields at Cowpe
• jackdaw - 150 at Warth & min 80 in fields at Cowpe
• chaffinch - 9 at Warth
• goldfinch - c20 at Warth
• bullfinch - 2 calling birds at Warth 
• reed bunting - calling bird at Cowpe Res

cheers Kevin