Clough Bottom

• cormorant - 1 seen flying towards Clowbridge, then seen flying back to Clough Bottom
• whooper swan - 28 seen flying east
• pink-footed goose - 6 flew in from the west, then turned and flew down the Whitewell valley
• mallard - 2
• teal - 1 drake
• goosander - 1 redhead
• pheasant - 1 male
• lapwing - c 250 flying over hillside
• golden plover - c70 flying over hillside with lapwings
• buzzard - 2
• hen harrier - ringtail fling over hillside then seen later towards Deerplay
• sparrowhawk - 1 male
• kestrel - 1
• lesser black-backed gull - 2
• herring gull - 1
• black-headed gull - c50
• common gull - c45
• woodpigeon - 6
• great spotted woodpecker - 1
• raven - 2
• carrion crow - min 20, including 1 carrying a golf ball
• magpie - single birds seen 4 times
• jay - 1
• stonechat - 1pr
• robin - 3
• wren - 7
• dunnock - 1
• goldcrest - 1
• great tit - 3
• coal tit - 4
• starling - 8
• chaffinch - calling bird
• redpoll - 2
• goldfinch - 2 singles
• bullfinch - 2 calling birds
• reed bunting - calling bird

Clowbridge

• great crested grebe - 1
• Canada goose - 5
• mallard - 26
• kestrel - 1
• herring gull - 5
• lesser black-backed gull - 1
• black-headed gull - 23
• common gull - 15
• woodpigeon 3
• pied wagtail - 1
• carrion crow - 2
• jackdaw - c300 birds seen flying in to roost at Dunnockshaw between 15:50 & 16:20 hrs. No doubt more arrived after
• magpie - 2
• robin - 1
• fieldfare - 29
• wren - 2
• dunnock - 1
• great tit - 1
• coal tit - 2
• starling - 8
• greenfinch - 1
• bullfinch - 1 male

cheers Kevin