Warth 09:00 60 fieldfare over towards Lench. Good numbers of common birds feeding in the hedges which included the following: 25 redwings 15 blackbirds 1 mistle thrush 12 greenfinch 8 chaffinch 2 jays 12 great tits 8 blue tits and 2 coal tits.
Bocholt Way 09:55 8 mallard 2 dippers fighting 1 redwing 4 fieldfare 10 long tailed tit 1 jay
Rawtenstall 10:05 34 mallard 1 dipper
Groundwork 10:15 1 kingfisher 1 grey wagtail 1 jay 2 mistle thrush 1 great spotted woodpecker 2 dippers (1 in song and 1 trying to eat a fish that was clearly to big for it)
Holmes Terrace Lodge 10:30 1 cormorant north 1 grey heron 3 black headed gull 46 mallard 8 moorhen 1 kingfisher
Townsendfold Bridge 11:15 2 grey wagtail 16 wood pigeon west
Ewood Bridge Sewage Works 11:45 80 black headed gull 100 jackdaw 20 carrion crow 15 pied wagtail 8 meadow pipit 40 wood pigeon west 10 long tailed tit 2 goldcrest and 23 redwing
Ashworth Moor Res and Cheesden 14:00-17:00 46 canada geese (34 of which flew off at 15:00, 25 flew in at 17:00) 7 mallard 3 wigeon 36 goosander 290 black headed gull and 60 common gull roosted 4 lesser black backed gulls flew south 3 kestrels 2 short eared owls 1 male pheasant approx 50 fieldfare and 40 redwings
