2 teams (Bob & Nigel & Ian & Kevin) took part in the 2025 summer bird race, with a total of 75 species recorded. Bulfinch & jay were notable misses in the total count. Full species list below

1. Canada goose
2. barnacle goose - 1 at Holden Wood
3. mallard
4. pheasant - 1 in Cribden Clough
5. swift
6. feral pigeon
7. stock dove 
8. woodpigeon
9. collared dove
10. moorhen coot
11. coot - 1pr with 8 young at Wallbank Lodge
12. little grebe - 1 at Shortclough Res
13. great crested grebe - 2 at Clowbridge Res
14. oystercatcher
15. lapwing
16. little ringed plover
17. curlew
18. common sandpiper
19. black-headed gull
20. great black-backed gull - juvenile over Holden Wood
21. herring gull - 1 at Clough Bottom
22. lesser Black-backed gull
23. cormorant - 1 over Waterfoot & 2 at Holden Wood
24. grey heron
25. sparrowhawk - male over Waterfoot
26. buzzard - 1 at Calf Hey
27. kingfisher
28. great spotted woodpecker - calling birds in Trickett's Memorial Ground
29. kestrel - 4 at Lee Quarry, 1 at Irwell Vale, 1 at Clough Bottom & 1 at Calf Hey
30. peregrine
31. ring-necked parakeet - 1 at Irwell Vale, a first for a bird race
32. magpie
33. jackdaw
34. rook
35. carrion crow
36. raven
37. coal tit
38. blue tit
39. great tit
40. skylark
41. sand martin
42. swallow
43. house martin
44. long-tailed tit
45. willow warbler
46. chiffchaff
47. blackcap
48. garden warbler - 1 at Clough Bottom
49. whitethroat
50. goldcrest
51. wren
52. nuthatch
53. treecreeper - 1 at Strongstry
54. starling 
55. song thrush
56. mistle thrush
57. blackbird
58. robin
59. stonechat - family parties at Holden Wood, Clough Bottom & Compston's Cross
60. wheatear - c6, mostly males plus 1 juv, at Lee Quarry
61. dipper
62. house sparrow
63. dunnock
64. grey wagtail
65. pied wagtail
66. meadow pipit
67. chaffinch
68. greenfinch
69. twite
70. linnet
71. lesser redpoll
72. crossbill - 1 over Calf Hey
73. goldfinch 
74. siskin - calling bird at Clough Bottom
75. reed bunting

cheers Kevin, Ian, Bob & Nigel