quick walk from Holden Wood to the dam wall at Calf Hey

• grey heron - 1 at each res
• cormorant - 21 across the 3 reservoirs
• Canada goose - 310 across Holden Wood & Ogden
• mallard - 23 at Holden Wood & 18 at Ogden
• teal - min 5 at Ogden
• lapwing - min 70 at Ogden
• common sandpiper - 1 at Ogden
• snipe - min 3 at Ogden & 4 at Calf Hey
• great black-backed gull - 1 at Ogden
• black-headed gull - min 30
• buzzard - 6 sightings
• kestrel - min 4
• house martin - c100 over the scrubber, with small numbers (single figures) of sand martin
• swallow - c25
• pied wagtail - 4 at Calf Hey & 12 across the road from the Duke of Wellington
• grey wagtail - 1 at Heap Clough
• willow warbler - 2 calling birds at Holden Wood
• chiffchaff - calling bird at Holden Wood
• stonechat - 1 at Ogden
• siskin - calling bird at Calf Hey
• linnet - c10

cheers Kevin