• grey heron - 7 
• cormorant - 2 on Cowpe Res
• Canada goose - 3 at Warth & 8 on Scout Moor Res
• mallard - 1pr at Warth
• buzzard - 2 near Edge Cote, 2 prs soaring near Cowpe Lowe and the head of Plunge & a distant bird towards Bacup Golf Course
• great black-backed gull - 1 at Cowpe Res
• curlew - calling bird near Cowpe Res
• green woodpecker - 1 at Tippett Farm near Lench
• skylark - c100 from Whinberry Pasture round Cowpe Lowe towards Black Hill. Higher numbers than in recent years here
• meadow pipit - c35 from Whinberry Pasture round Cowpe Lowe
• pied wagtail - c5
• robin - 13 at Warth
• redwing - 30 at Warth
• fieldfare - c80 in Cowpe
• mistle thrush - singing birds at Cowpe & Warth & 2 at Hurdles Quarry
• song thrush - 3 singing birds at Warth
• dipper - 1pr at Warth
• nuthatch - 4 at Warth
• goldcrest - 2 birds in dispute at Warth & 2 near Tippett Farm
• jay - 2 at Warth
• carrion crow - flock of 22 in a line on a drystone wall at Cowpe
• siskin - singing male at Warth
• greenfinch - 3 at Warth & 1 near Tippett Farm
• goldfinch - c15 at Warth

cheers Kevin