A total of 74 species were recorded today on the ROC summer bird race, increasing to 75 with Mark's excellent sighting of pied flycatcher today

full list below

1. Canada goose
2. mallard
3. goosander - 2 redheads at Clough Bottom
4. cormorant - 1 at Holden Wood & 1 at Cowm
5. grey heron 
6. little grebe - 1 at Shortclough Res
7. great crested grebe - Clowbridge Res
8. sparrowhawk - female over Whitworth
9. buzzard - c10
10. kestrel
11. peregrine
12. moorhen - c6 at New Line Res, included 3 large juvs & a much younger juv
13. coot - 1pr at Wallbank Lodge & 1 at Shortclough Res
14. oystercatcher - 5 at Cowm, 3 over The Holme & c4 at Grane
15. little ringed plover
16. lapwing 
17. curlew
18. common sandpiper - 1 at Clough Bottom & 1 at Townsendfold
19. black-headed gull 
20. common gull - a very early (probably our earliest ever) returning bird at Jamestone Quarry
21. lesser-black-backed gull 
22. herring gull - 1 at Clough Bottom
23. feral pigeon
24. stock dove - 1 at Shortclough & c6 at Jamestone Quarry
25. woodpigeon
26. tawny owl - 1 at Newchurch in the early hours
27. barn owl - at 2 sites
28. long-eared owl
29. swift
30. great spotted woodpecker - calling bird at Lea Bank
31. magpie
32. jay 
33. jackdaw 
34. rook
35. carrion crow
36. raven
37. goldcrest
38. blue tit
39. great tit
40. coal tit
41. skylark
42. sand martin - min 50 at Jamestone Quarry, with smaller numbers seen at Calf Hey & Clough Head from this colony. min 2 at Townsendfold
43. swallow
44. house martin
45. long-tailed tit - min 6 at Clough Bottom & a flock at Cowm
46. chiffchaff
47. willow warbler
48. blackcap
49. whitethroat - c7 singing males at Clough Bottom, 3 at Calf Hey, 1 at Holden Wood & 3 along the river from K Steels to Ewood Bridge
50. grasshopper warbler - reeling bird at Calf Hey
51. nuthatch - 1 at Clough Head, 1 at Calf Hey & 1 at Healey Dell
52. treecreeper - 3 at Calf Hey & 1 in Trickett's Memorial Ground
53. wren 
54. starling - min 350 flew through Clough Bottom
55. dipper - 1 at Futures Park & 1 at Townsendfold
56. blackbird
57. song thrush
58. mistle thrush - singing bird at Clough Bottom & 1 at Landgate
59. robin
60. stonechat - 1 at Clough Bottom, 1pr at Clowbridge & a lone juvenile at Calf Hey
61. wheatear - 2 at Lee Quarry & 1 in Whitworth Quarry
62. dunnock
63. house sparrow
64. grey wagtail - appeared to be quite numerous today
65. pied wagtail 
66. meadow pipit
67. chaffinch
68. greenfinch - min 4 at Clough Bottom & 2 at Clowbridge
69. goldfinch
70. siskin - numerous at Clough Head & a couple at Calf Hey
71. linnet - 1pr at Clough Bottom & flocks of c12 & 4 at Whitworth Quarry
72. redpoll 
73. bullfinch
74. reed bunting - c8 at Clough Bottom, 1 at Ewood Bridge & birds at several other sites

cheers Kevin, Ian, John & Peter

-- Edited by KEVIN LISTER on Sunday 2nd of June 2024 09:16:10 PM