19 mallard, 1 moorhen, 23 black-headed gull, collared dove singing, song thrush singing
Eastgate Woods
1 nuthatch, flocks of 4 & 8 long-tailed tits, song thrush singing & 4 or 5 flocks of woodpigeon noted flying up the Spodden Valley in flocks of 20 - 30 birds
Spring Mill Res
3 cormorant, 9 Canada geese, 4 mallard, male goosander flew away from the res as I arrived, 110 black-headed gull, 11 common gull, 2 pied wagtail, 1 green woodpecker, 23 woodpigeon, 3 stock dove, 3 blue tit, 1 great tit, 1 wren, 8 magpie, 1 jay, 12 jackdaw, 3 carrion crow, 4 goldfinch & 4 house sparrow
Fold Head
a male merlin unsuccessfully chased a small bird, probably a chaffinch, into a hawthorn, then continued flying on up the hillside, 33 Canada geese over to Spring Mill Res
Cowm Res
25 mallard, 38 black-headed gull, including 1 in full summer plumage, 3 woodpigeon, 8 robin, 2 blackbird, 1pr mistle thrush, 8 coal tit, 4 goldfinch & 3 greenfinch
Whitworth Quarry
1pr teal, 1 meadow pipit & 1 carrion crow
Lee Quarry
1 little owl, mistle thrush sing from Stubbylee Park & bullfinch calling from the track
