Whitworth Quarry

• cormorant - 1 over
• Canada goose - 8prs
• mallard - 6
• oystercatcher - 6
• kestrel - 2
• sparrowhawk -1
• buzzard - 4 in the air together, plus 3 or 4 singles, which may have been the same birds. Another buzzard seen later over Rakehead
• skylark - c35
• meadow pipit - c25
• wheatear - 8
• long-tailed tit - 1 flying through the quarry was a first for me here
• linnet - min 20
• goldfinch - 9

quick walk through Lee Quarry due to mountain bike event produced

• little owl - 1
• stock dove - 1
• pied wagtail - 2
• wheatear - 1
• chiffchaff - 1
• greenfinch - 2

a few other bits from today

• sparrowhawk - 1 over Trickett's Memorial
• blackcap - singing bird at Gaghills
• chiffchaff - singing bird in Trickett's Memorial
• nuthatch - 2 singing at Trickett's Memorial & 2 singing at Stacksteads Cemetery
• bullfinch - 1pr near Stacksteads Cemetery

cheers Kevin