Took a walk this primarily to check rookeries, which i will post on a separate thread
Bacup to Deerplay
highlight was c430 golden plovers flying over from north side of Deerplay towards the moors above Clough Bottom Res. Some time later a smaller flock of c60 birds was seen landing near Bank End/ Smallshaw Height, probably part of the original flock
buzzard - 3 birds between Weir & Deerplay
kestrel - 1 over Irwell Springs
great spotted woodpecker - 1 over Bacup
grey wagtail 2 near Broadclough
collared dove - 1pr at Weir
blackbird - juvenile bird near Northern School
blackcap - singing birds at Market street & Broadclough
chiffchaff - singing bird at Market St Bacup
dipper - 1 near the old Irwell pub
starling - pr nesting in tree hole opposite Northern School
raven - 1 over Broadclough
greenfinch - c10
Clough Bottom
cormorant - 1
Canada goose - 2prs
mallard - 4 drakes
goosander - drake & 2 redheads
common sandpiper - 1
curlew - 1pr
pheasant calling bird
buzzard - 1 harassed by a raven
sparrowhawk - male and female in the air together
kestrel - 3
lesser black-backed gull - 2
skylark - c40 on the moor above the res
meadow pipit - 3
swallow - 3 feeding over the res
robin - 3
song thrush - 1
chiffchaff - 1
willow warbler - min 5 singing & another flitting through trees
