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  • grey heron - 5 at Ogden, with another flying away
  • cormorant - 3 at Holden Wood in the morning & 5 there a
  • starling - c80 at Calf Hey 3pm
  • greylag goose - 1pr at Ogden
  • pink-footed goose - c150 flew west @ 11:45
  • Canada goose - 21 at Holden Wood, 55 at Ogden, 7 at Calf Hey & 46 at Heap Clough. 
  • mallard - 7 at Holden Wood, 7 at Ogden & 4 at Calf Hey
  • teal - 1pr on Holden Wood * 2prs on Ogden
  • goldeneye - male at Holden Wood & 2 males & 2 females on Ogden
  • goosander - female on Ogden, joined by a male in the afternoon
  • moorhen - 2 at Holden Wood
  • pheasant - 1 at Calf Hey
  • oystercatcher - 4 at Ogden
  • lapwing - c55 at Ogden
  • black-headed gull - 150+, numbers increased in the afternoon
  • common gull - 3 at Holden Wood
  • herring gull - flock of 6 over Grane Road towards AMR plus 1 at Ogden
  • lesser black-backed gull - flock of 10 over Grane Road towards AMR
  • buzzard - 3 in thee air together & a single
  • kestrel - 1 at Ogden & 1 at Jamestone Quarry
  • woodpigeon - c12
  • stock dove - 8 at Ogden & 13+ at Jamestone Quarry
  • great spotted woodpecker - calling bird at Jamestone Quarry
  • skylark - bird calling near the Scrubber
  • meadow pipit - 2 at Holden Wood
  • coal tit - c20 across Calf Hey & Clough Head
  • blue tit - c15
  • great tit - c10
  • long-tailed tit - 10 at Clough Head
  • goldcrest - 2 in hawthorns on Grane Road
  • robin - c16
  • blackbird - c8
  • song thrush - singing birds at Holden Wood & Calf Hey
  • mistle thrush - 1pr over Jamestone Quarry
  • fieldfare - c15 at Calf Hey
  • nuthatch - 3 at Calf Hey
  • treecreeper - 1 at Calf Hey 
  • magpie - c12
  • jackdaw - 8
  • carrion crow - c24
  • starling - c80 at Calf Hey
  • house sparrow - flock in bushes near the bungalow on Grane Road
  • chaffinch - singing bird at Calf Hey plus c6
  • goldfinch - c4 at Calf Hey
  • siskin - 4 + 7 at Clough Head seen, but many others heard
  • reed bunting - male at Holden Wood

male sparrowhawk over Waterfoot this morning

7 grey herons, green woodpecker, grey wagtail, nuthatch & bullfinch at Warth this morning

cheers Kevin



-- Edited by KEVIN LISTER on Sunday 8th of February 2026 07:05:51 PM

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