Whitworth Quarry general area

• Canada goose - 128 in groups of 2 to 21 flying from Whitworth Quarry to graze in fields above the quarry off Tong Lane Britannia
• pink-footed goose - 2 unseen skeins heard flying south? through the mist over Britannia
• teal - 1
• snipe - 1
• kestrel - 1 
• skylark - 2
• meadow pipit - c14 
• pied wagtail - 1
• mistle thrush - 1 on Deansgreave Road, New Line
• chiffchaff - singing bird on Deansgreave Road, New Line
• linnet - 3

Rising Bridge to Black Moss

• buzzard - 2 at Stonefold
• kestrel - 1 at Black Moss farm
• feral pigeon - 34 at Sherfin Mill
• collared dove - 9 at Stonefold 
• stock dove - 3 at Black Moss Farm
• great spotted woodpecker - 1 at Rising Bridge
• meadow pipit - c30 at Black Moss Nook
• pied wagtail - 1 at Stonefold
• chiffchaff - 1 at Stonefold
• whitethroat - 1 flew up from rushes into a willow on Black Moss
• blackbird - 1 in sub-song near Stonefold
• starling - min 35 at Black Moss
• house sparrow - c30 at Stonefold
• reed bunting - min 5 at Black Moss

Mitchell's House Res

• cormorant - 1
• Canada goose - 1
• wigeon - 1
• teal - 2
• black-headed gull - 20
• common gull - 2
• lesser black-backed gull - 5
• herring gull - 45
• great black-backed gull - 4
• kestrel - 2
• stock dove - 1
• pied wagtail - 6
• meadow pipit - c20 on the hillside
• nuthatch - 1 flew through the quarry
• chiffchaff - 1 in willows along the side of the res & 1 in trees near the house
• long-tailed tit - min 7

house martin - 1 still present in Waterfoot

kingfisher - 1 flew upstream at Warth Bridge in Waterfoot

cheers Kevin