14.00-16.00
C4
4 Buzzard
1 Common Snipe
2 Grey Partridge
C8
1 Kestrel
C10
60+ Redwing - flushed by Buzzard as it flew over low, before joining the 3 other Buzzard
4 Lesser Redpoll
1 Water Rail squealing from choke pond

C9 2 mute swan on diggle flash probably the same pair from the flood water, 2 goldeneye, 21 black headed gull, 8 coot, 15 tufted duck, 2 little grebe, 2 great crested grebe, 5 mallard, 3 reed bunting,great tit, blue tit, long tailed tit, robin,wren, dunnock, blackbird, mistle thrush,
C8 4 reed bunting, 9 meadow pipit, 12 skylark, wood pigeon, magpie, carrion crow, 2 mallard in field, 2 gadwall flew low over and landed in reedbed at C10.

6:00am to 8:00am

C6 fir tree flash, mallard, 1 mute swan, 2 canada geese, 3 tufted duck, 1 great crested grebe, coot, moorhen and 1 kingfisher
In and around the trees were, robin, blackbird, blue and great tits, goldfinch, chaffinch, skylark, meadow pipt, 1 chiffchaff, house sparrow, 2 redwing
1 song thrush
C5 skylark, meadow pipit, 8 lesser redpoll on alder, reed bunting, robin, great tit, carrion crow, magpie

C4 3 snipe, 1 kestrel, 3 carrion crow, magpie, reed bunting
C3 wren, 1 male sparrowhawk over nevisons flash, reed bunting, carrion crow

C1n 1 raven
C1s 2 song thrush, goldfinch

C2 redwing, skylark, meadow pipit, blue tit, 1 buzzarrd, robin, magpie, carrion crow



-- Edited by Scott robinson on Monday 17th of March 2014 10:24:25 AM

Evening dog walk
C8 2 grey partridge, 1 kestrel,
C10 2 mute swan in flood water at bottom of rucks,
Diggle flash 2 GoldenEye showing well, no sign of mute swan.
Gordon I couldn't hear any sound from the kestrels but they certainly provided some entertaining aerobatics.

Bernard, heard Kestrels making a strange Coot like call before I saw them (not heard this call before). I was in the middle of C8 yesterday when Canada Geese flew over, must of been other side of thicket to you.

morning dog walk.
similar to Gordon, but my chiffchaff was in C9, a single mute swan on diggle flash and 2 lesser black backed gull on fir tree flash,
The 2 kestrels put on a great display over C8 swooping and diving before splitting up to hunt 1 over C7 the other over C8.

Gordon we must have been pretty close again, when i saw the 2 canadas yesterday i was just cutting through the gap at the bottom of the new road near the choked pond,

Walk across C5, full circle of Fir Tree Flash and back to C3 from 09.30
C3
27 Fieldfare
3 Redwing
C4
2 Greylag Geese
C6
1 Chiffchaff
2 Kestrel - chasing each other calling

Plus usuals


-- Edited by Gordon Newman on Sunday 16th of March 2014 01:32:41 PM

Early this morning before work, pretty much the same as Gordon and Bernard's sightings other then,

6 redwing and 7 feildfare in C10

9 linnet and 2 corn bunting C8

Here we go again guess its that time of year rucks on fire this evening have they really nothing better to do

06.30-09.00
further sightings this morning

C10
2 Coal Tit
4 Siskin
1 Chaffinch - all together by road/scrapyard
C4
2 Grey Partridge
1 Snipe
5 Pied Wagtail
C9
2 Gadwall
1 Greenfinch calling - not seen
C11
1 Great-spotted Woodpecker drumming

Bernard I also saw 2 Canada Gosse flying over C8 , I think you were hiding from me

Morning dog walk
C9 2 GoldenEye,2 mallard,23 black headed gull,16 tufted duck,12 coot,robin,great tit,blue tit,song thrush,wood pigeon,magpie,carrion crow,blackbird,wren, little grebe heard not seen,
C8 skylark,meadow pipit,kestrel,2 Canada geese over,2 mallard over,
C6 7 mallard,2 mute swan,1 moorhen,5 coot,1 great crested grebe,2 jay,reed bunting,robin,blackbird, mistle thrush, a single fieldfare flew across to for tree flash island,skylark,meadow pipit,

Morning dog walk, very misty over water and lower fields.
2 Goldeneye,mallard,coot,tufted duck,black headed gulls,blue tit,great tit,mistle thrush,blackbird,wood pigeon,magpie,carrion crow,
C8 reed bunting,meadow pipit,skylark,kestrel.

C6 mallard, coot, tufted duck, moorhen, great crested grebe, 1 kingfisher, skylark, meadow pipit, robin,
blackbird, goldfinch, 1 goldcrest, blue and great tits, 1 cormorant

C5 skylark, meadow pipit, reed bunting, long tailed tits

C4 reed bunting, 1 snipe, 2 carrion crow, 1 buzzard

C3 water rail gave good views finally for a few seconds, robin, wren, reed bunting, carrion crow

c2 skylark, meadow pipit, 11 redwing, 7 long tailed tits

C10 2 snipe, 2 mallard, robin, chaffinch, 1 buzzard probably same bird as in c4

C8 24 meadow pipit and smaller numbers, 3 linnet, skylark, carrion crow, great tit, 1 kestrel

so cold this morning compared to the last couple of days.

Morning dog walk
C9 2 sand martin over diggle flash at 09-00am no sign 2 hours later, 2 GoldenEye,1 little grebe,11 coot, 7 tufted duck, 8 mallard, 3 lesser black backed gull, 21 black headed gull,reed bunting,robin,blackbird, mistle thrush, dunnock,wren, 3 chaffinch,blue tit, great tit,wood pigeon,carrion crow,magpie.no sign of the mute swan this morning,
C8 8 redwing,reed bunting,skylark,meadow pipit,
C6 2 Canada geese,7 mallard,5 coot,1 cormorant,2 great crested grebe, 4 moorhen, reed bunting,goldfinch,blue tit,greatntit,mistle thrush,jay.
C5 reed bunting,meadow pipit,skylark.

C9 2 mute swans still present this morning, 1 little grebe, 2 goldeneye 1m,1f, 8 mallard, 9 coot, 8 tufted duck, 37 black headed gull, several reed bunting, 2 long tailed tit, 5 goldfinch, mistle thrush, blackbird, robin,wren, dunnock, great tit,blue tit,magpie, wood pigeon, carrion crow.
C8 reed bunting, skylark, meadow pipit,

morning dog walk 07-30--10-30
C9 2 mute swan on Diggle flash hopefully they will stay flash doesn't seem the same without swans, 43 black headed gulls, 8 tufted duck, 5 mallard, 1 moorhen, 1 little grebe,1 great crested grebe, 9 coot, mistle thrush, reed bunting, great tit, blue tit, wren, dunnock, robin, blackbird, goldfinch,wood pigeon, magpie, carrion crow,
C8 skylark, meadow pipit, reed bunting, jay, kestrel, 2 mallard in field,
C6 2 canada geese, 2 mute swan, 18 mallard, 2 great crested grebe, 1 cormorant, 4 moorhen, 6 tufted duck, 7 coot, reed bunting, great tit, blue tit, wren, robin, blackbird,goldfinch,
C5 didn't walk round but visible from fir tree flash, 8 skylark, 2 meadow pipit, 1 jackdaw over,
C4 reed bunting, loads of carrion crow, robin, great and blue tit,
C10 1 common snipe, 1 pheasant, 1 jay, 3 teal, 1 kestrel, 8 redwing one showing much more red and much more vivid in colour than the rest, i did see a single bird last week that was redder and more vivid than normal possibly same bird.

morning dog walk
Just a couple to add to Scott and Gordons sightings
C8 2 grey partridge, kestrel,
C9 3 bullfinch 1m,2f, usual water birds on flash.

Not much to add to Scott's post other than
1 Siskin C12
2 Sparrowhawk just off site by C12
1 Brimstone butterfly

-- Edited by Gordon Newman on Monday 10th of March 2014 12:45:36 PM

mooch around c4, c3 and c2 this morning before work stunning morning aswell.

c4 plenty of reed bunting activity in and around the reeds, 1 wren, 3 common snipe, 2 carrion crow, 1 kestrel, 1 jay, 7 goldfinch over, 5 long tailed tits

c3 water rail heard again but not seen, wren, robin, 3 reed bunting, 1 buzzard, 1 carrion crow, plenty of magpie about, blue tits and great tits, 2 redwing

c2 8 skylark at least 3 up and singing, 1 mistle thrush, 4 meadow pipit, robin, blackbird, blue and great tits, dunnock in full voice.

morning dog walk
C9 57 black headed gull, 9 tufted duck, 1 great crested grebe, 3 mallard, 12 coot, 2 moorhen, blue tit, great tit, blackbird, goldfinch,dunnock,wren, robin, a single long tailed tit gathering nesting material,
C8 several skylark, reed bunting, c30 meadow pipit, 1 kestrel on a gatepost eating prey, 6 mallard over, wood pigeon, magpie, carrion crow.

Morning dog walk
C9 23 black headed gull, 1 lesser black backed gull,7 tufted duck,9 coot, 3 moorhen,1 great create grebe,1 little grebe, 5 mallard, great tit,blue tit,mistle thrush, blackbird,wren,robin,dunnock,wood pigeon,
C8 9 skylark, small numbers meadow pipit and Reed bunting, magpie, carrion crow, 1 common snipe, 2 mallard in field, 1 buzzard over.
3 magpie, 2 carrion crow and 1 reed bunting carrying nesting material.

Well I hope it is Bernard and I hope it sticks around, I went out early this morning for a run but no sign of it again.

C9 1m goldeneye, 5 mallard, 12 coot, 15 tufted duck, 21 black headed gull, 1 lesser black backed gull, 1m bullfinch, long tailed tit, blue tit, great tit, goldfinch, wood pigeon, magpie, wren,robin, song thrush, blackbird, mistle thrush, dunnock. 4 reed bunting.
C8 several reed bunting and meadow pipit, 8 skylark, 2 canada geese over north and shortly after 9 heading south,2 mallard in field.
C6 14 mallard, 9 coot, 1 moorhen, 1 cormorant, 7 pochard, 6 canada geese,2 great crested grebe,5 skylark, usual tits,6 reed bunting,
C5 4 skylark, 2 meadow pipit,
C4 20+ carrion crow, 3 reed bunting, 2 grey partridge, 1common snipe, c120 mainly fieldfare but some redwing, 2 skylark,

no sign of marsh harrier, Scott it very probably is the same bird, a marsh harrier was spotted in late Jan heading from Penny flash towards Tinker Joes and has been seen a few times since, i haven't had a positive sighting myself as yet this year, i did see a probable last week but it was very distant and by the time i got my bins up it had gone, although myself and Gordon have both seen marsh harrier over here in 2011,12, and 13.

C6 blue and great tit, robin, blackbird, goldfinch, chaffinch, house sparrow, wren, dunnock

C5 skylark, meadow pipit, great tit, reed bunting, 2 gadwall over, jay, 1 great spotted woodpecker

C3 1 female sparrowhawk, reed bunting, redwing and feildfare with mistle thrush, wren, 1 kestrel

C4 snipe, carrion crow, 2 mallard, reed bunting, mixed tit flock

Had a good mooch for the marsh harrier but no sign of it good chance its the same one I saw a couple of weeks ago reported in bits, bobs, and sods.

morning dog walk
C8 7 skylark, 8 reed bunting, small numbers meadow pipit, 1 stunning redwing very vivid red showing clearly and catching the sun to highlight the colour, 1 pheasant, kestrel,
C9 2 little grebe, 1 great crested grebe, 5 mallard, 8 coot, 14 tufted duck, 4 black headed gull, 6 reed bunting, 2 skylark, 1 mistle thrush, c20 goldfinch, 4 long tailed tit, 1 chaffinch, 6 dunnock, 3 robin, wren, 4 blackbird, carrion crow, magpie, wood pigeon, blue tit, great tit, todays star bird a single male blackcap

morning dog walk 07-20--09-40
had a good walk round no sign of the marsh harrier, plenty of blue tit, great tit, blackbird, robin, magpie, wood pigeon and carrion crow all showing in almost every compartment.
C8 12 skylark, 9 reed bunting, 8 meadow pipit,1 pheasant seen at least 4 more heard, 2 mistle thrush, wren, 3 mute swan over,kestrel.
C9 mixed flock containing 8 goldfinch, 5 chaffinch, 4 long tailed tit, 3 great tit and a robin. 2 jay, 3 mistle thrush,dunnock, wren. 3 little grebe, 12 tufted duck, 11 coot, 7 black headed gull, 4 mallard,4 canada geese.
C4 common snipe
C10 1 jay, 1 buzzard,2 mistle thrush,
C2 5 skylark, 6 meadow pipit.

13.40-15.15
very quiet this p.m
1 Woodcock - C10

morning dog walk,
C8 the fields were alive with birds, 20+ skylark, 20+ reed Bunting, 70+ meadow pipit, 2 grey partridge, 2 phesant, kestrel hunting overhead, at least 12 magpie and 6 carrion crow in field. udual great and blue tit, blackbird, robin,wren and wood pigeon in trees at bottom of new road,
C9 pretty quit on the water, 6 tufted duck, 5 mallard, 13 coot, 9 black headed gull, 2 lesser black backed gull, 2 mistle thrush singing 1 behind stock pond 1 above main flash, usual blue and great tit, blackbird,dunnock,wren and robin,

07.30-11.15
C3 - 1 Bullfinch
C5 - 2 Raven,
C6 - 3 Gadwall, 1Little Grebe, 2 Great-crested Grebe
C8 - 1 Buzzard
C9 - 1 Goldeneye, 1 Common Gull
C10 - 5 Redwing
Good numbers of Skylark & Reed Bunting in all areas
Plus usuals


-- Edited by Gordon Newman on Sunday 2nd of March 2014 09:59:06 PM

morning walk
C9 2 goldeneye 1m, 1f, counted 28 black headed gull when i set out but on way back they numbered 50+ with 2 lesser black backed gull, 5 mallard, 7 tufted duck, 12 coot, 1 great crested grebe, song thrush, 2 mistle thrush singing from different areas, blackbird, wren, robin, great and blue tit,
C8 kestrel, 3 skylark none up singing, 5 meadow pipit, 2 mistle thrush together looked to be paired up, 1 cormorant over,
C6 7 canada geese, 15 mallard, 6 coot, 2 great crested grebe, 5 goldfinch, 1 collared dove, blue tit, great tit, decent numbers carrion crow but only saw 4 wood pigeon and 3 magpie
could hear a small number of pink footed geese towards Westleigh but didn't actually see them.

morning walk
C8 12 reed bunting, 7 linnet, 50+ meadow pipit flock of c25 plus smaller groups, 14 skylark, 2 mute swan over, 8 mallard over, carrion crow, magpie, wood pigeon, mistle thrush, blackbird, robin, wren, dunnock, plenty of blue and great tit, 5 long tailed tit,
C9 19 black headed gull, 1 lesser black backed gull, 7 tufted duck, 13 coot, 7 mallard, 2 reed bunting, 3 skylark, wren, dunnock, 7 robin 4 adults together in a small bush, 9 goldfinch, 11 long tailed tit, blackbird, 2 mistle thrush, plenty blue and great tit.

morning walk
C8 brief sighting of female stonechat before flying off towards C7, 7 skylark, small numbers meadow pipit, wood pigeon,magpie, robin, blackbird,wren, carrion crow,
C9 very quit on flash, 1 moorhen, 8 mallard, 8 black headed gull, 9 coot, 12 tufted duck. 21 long tailed tit, small numbers blue and great tit, 2 mistle thrush, blackbird, dunnock,robin.

morning walk pretty quiet
C8 kestrel, 10 skylark 4 up singing 6 low or ground level, c20 meadow pipit in small groups of 4-5, 1 common snipe, wood pigeon, magpie, carrion crow,
C9 1m goldeneye, 48 black headed gull, 1 lesser black backed gull, 12 coot, 11 tufted duck, 6 mallard, 1 great crested grebe, little grebe heard only,1 moorhen, blackbird, mistle thrush,robin, small numbers blue and great tit.

-- Edited by Bernard McGurrin on Thursday 27th of February 2014 02:11:11 PM

morning walk
C8 2 pheasant, reed bunting, 2 long tailed tit, great tit, blue tit, approx 30 meadow pipit but not in one flock 5-6 small flocks of 4-5 birds and a flock of 8, at least 12 skylark, heron over,
C9 8 coot, 9 tufted duck, 4 mallard, 1 great crested grebe, 1 cormorant,1 moorhen, 1 lesser black backed gull, 17 black headed gull, dunnock, great, blue and long tailed tit, wood pigeon, carrion crow, magpie, kestrel, wren,robin,2 mistle thrush, blackbird, goldfinch.

Alive with skylarks this morning must have counted at least 40 most of them being in c5, c2 and c8.

c6 house sparrow, robin, goldfinch, blackbird, great tit, jay, carrion crow

c5 skylark, meadow pipit, redpoll, long tailed tits, blue tits

c4 snipe, reed bunting, carrion crow, wren

c3 water rail brief glimpse, wren, buzzard, reed bunting, robin, kestrel

c2 skylark, 1 song thrush, meadow pipit, great tit, 2 linnet

c8 skylark, meadow pipit, 4 linnet flushed, wood pigeon, great and blue tit, blackbird

C10 redwing, robin, blackbird, 1 female stonechat, great tit


-- Edited by Scott robinson on Wednesday 26th of February 2014 10:52:16 AM

morning walk
30+ skylark during length of walk some present in almost all compartments.
C9 tufted duck 8, coot 14, mallard 9, moorhen 2, lesser black backed gull 1, black headed gull 29, robin, wren, dunnock 4, house sparrow 2, good numbers wood pigeon and magpie lesser numbers carrion crow, blue tit, chaffinch, great tit, goldfinch, long tailed tit,reed bunting,blackbird, 3 mistle thrush.7 skylark.
C8 12 skylark, 20+ meadow pipit, 1 redwing over,reed bunting.blackbird,
C6 7 pochard, 10 canada geese, 3 mute swan, 16 mallard, 1 cormorant, 1 great crested grebe, 6 tufted duck, 6 coot, wren, robin, blue tit, great tit, goldfinch, jay, 8 skylark, 4 meadow pipit,blackbird, mistle thrush.
C5 5 skylark, 3 meadow pipit.
C4 reedbunting, 2 grey partridge, 3 skylark,
C2 11 skylark, 9 meadow pipit, pheasant, mistle thrush,
C10 great spotted woodpecker

morning walk
not much to add to Scotts sightings,1n C9 a single willow tit and 2 chaffinch plus the usual water birds on Diggle flash, 7 skylark in C8

6 mile run this morning about 6:00am not much about really.

C5 2 skylark and 3 meadow pipit with 1 reed bunting over.

C3 1 wren, reed bunting, 1 female sparrowhawk, robin, blackbird, carrion crow.

C1s 3 song thrush

C2 3 skylark, robin, goldfinch, 1 cormorant over, blue and great tits

C11 redwing and feildfare couldn't count the numbers as they moved off every time I tried to get closer.

C9 1 goldcrest with a mixed tit flock, mainly long tailed tits.

late morning/early afternoon walk windy and cold with frequent squally showers
C9 c20 each black headed gull and coot, 10+ tufted wet and cold by the time i walked around flash so didn't do a proper count, 1 moorhen, 1 cormorant,1 little grebe, 6 mallard, small numbers blue and great tit, 1 blackbird, 1 mistle thrush, magpie, wood pigeon, carrion crow.
only birds i saw in good numbers were meadow pipit and they had all been disturbed, in C2 motorbikes scared up 5 skylark and 20ish meadow pipit, C10 again motor bikes scared up about 30 meadow pipit, and C8 a springer spaniel running in the field scared up c30 meadow pipit, 1 skylark, 1 common snipe.

morning walk, cold with frost on ground but sunny.
C9 coot, moorhen, black headed gulls, mallard, cormorant, great crested grebe,4 house sparrow, 2 dunnock, great tit, blue tit, 2 mistle thrush, blackbird, robin,wren, song thrush, 6 redwing,
C8 stonechat in hawthorn bush before being chased to C7 by meadow pipits, at least 12 skylark, common snipe in drainage ditch beside new road, magpie,at least 6 reed bunting, wood pigeon, carrion crow, meadow pipits were in a feisty mood as well as chasing the stonechat off they had a go at a redwing feeding in the field.

morning walk
C8 18 skylark 7 up singing rest low or on ground, small numbers meadow pipit, 5 reed bunting, 1 common snipe, 2 pheasant, blackbird great and blue tits robin and wren all in trees at bottom of new road, carrion crow good numbers some carrying nesting material, magpie, wood pigeon, kestrel.
C9 2 goldeneye, 10 coot, 14 tufted duck, counted 71 black headed gull but as i was leaving at least another 30 were coming in, 1 moorhen, 1 great crested grebe, 4 mallard, 1 cormorant, small flock long tailed tit, blue tit, great tit, wren, robin, dunnock, reed bunting, chaffinch, mistle thrush, goldfinch.

morning walk drizzle but warm
C9 2 goldeneye, black headed gulls, coot, tufted duck, mallard, 2 canada geese over, 1 cormorant on water 1 over, 1 gadwall, 2 moorhen, 2 great crested grebe, 1 little grebe, kestrel, blue tit, great tit, blackbird, robin, long tailed tit, wood pigeon, dunnock, mistle thrush, collared dove,
C8 buzzard, meadow pipit, skylark, magpie, carrion crow.reed bunting.
1 magpie and 2 carrion crow carrying nesting material

Early morning run this morning nice and dry but a bit chilly.

C6 good numbers of house sparrow feeding on the paths with goldfinch, blue and great tits in the trees
robin, blackbird, 1 tree sparrow, chaffinch.

C5 skylark 2 high and singing, meadow pipit, song thrush, long tailed tits, robin, 4 linnet, 6 redpoll on alder.

C4 reed bunting, 2 snipe over, 1 jay, carrion crow,

C3 1 buzzard, reed bunting, 1 raven flew over from top of c4 rucks, wren, plenty of magpie,

C2 mixed tit flock, skylark, redwing

morning walk nice warm and sunny
C9 2 goldeneye, 4 mallard, 16 coot, 15 tufted duck, 17 black headed gull, 3 moorhen, 2 little grebe heard only, mistle thrush, good numbers blue and great tit, small flock long tailed tit, blackbird, goldfinch, chaffinch, robin, wren, reed bunting,1 cormorant.
C8 8 skylark singing as many again on ground, flock of 20ish meadow pipit with 5 reed bunting, carrion crow, magpie, wood pigeon, wren, blackbird, robin, great tit, blue tit,
C6 3 mute swan, 2 mallard, 7 coot, 6 canada geese, 3 goosander 1m, 2f, 3 jay, 1 linnet, 2 mistle thrush, 1 song thrush, good numbers blue, great and long tailed tit, blackbird, robin, wren,

morning walk, steady light rain with 1 short but heavy shower.
C9 only 5 gulls 2 lesser black backed and 3 black headed, 2 goldeneye 1m,1f, 9 coot, 11 tufted duck, 1 moorhen, 1 cormorant, 1 grey heron, 8 mallard, 20+ redwing in trees around stock pond i had counted 21( got most but not all ) before they were spooked by a sparrowhawk, c40 long tailed tit 2 flocks merged near anglers car park, flock of c20 goldfinch,great tit, blue tit, 1 mistle thrush, magpie, wood pigeon,robin, dunnock, blackbird,
C8 1 skylark, small numbers meadow pipit, kestrel, buzzard, wren, decent numbers of carrion crow in fields,cormorant over,

C7 house sparrow, robin, blackbird, blue tit, skylark, meadow pipit, carrion crow

C6 5 skylark, redpoll, chaffinch, long tailed tits, 1 goldcrest near the entrance to the island, robin, goldfinch

C5 great and blue tits, robin, 1 meadow pipit, 2 reed bunting over, 1 skylark

C4 reed bunting, 3 snipe, carrion crow,

C10 2 snipe, 2 mallard, 1 cormorant over

C8 one decent flock of meadow pipit, 2 linnet, long tailed tits, carrion crow, 1 buzzard, robin, blue tit

07.35-09.15
C3 & corner of C5 only

Mallard 10
Cormorant 2
Grey Heron 2
Coot 3
Snipe 1
Black-headed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Woodpigeon
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Skylark 1
Long-tailed Tit
Blackbird
Song Thrush 2
Redwing 1
Robin
Dunnock
Goldfinch
Lesser Redpoll 10
Reed Bunting 15

morning walk
C9 dunnock, song thrush, at least 8 robin throughout walk, wren, long tailed tit, great tit, blue tit, buzzard, kestrel, chaffinch, goldfinch, black headed gull 102, 2 lesser black backed gull, 11 coot, 8 tufted duck, 2 goldeneye, 2 great crested grebe, 2 gadwall, 2 moorhen, 2 cormorant, 7 mallard, 1 grey heron over,
C8 11 skylark seen 8 on C8 3 over C6, c20 meadow pipit, wood pigeon, carrion crow, magpie,wren, blackbird, kestrel.robin.

From 10.30am til 12.30ish

10+ Skylark
2 Great Crested Grebe
2 Comorant
4 Mallard
3 Coot
1 Wren
4 Long-Tailed Tit
2 Mute Swan
1 Blue Tit
10 Tufted Duck
2 Goosander
2 Robin
3 Goldfinch

afternoon dog walk, cold and windy with frequent heavy showers, typically as i sit typing this post the sun is shining.
C6 40 pochard all flew off from fir tree flash as i was walking past all left in an orderly manner allowing an accurate count, 4 mute swan, 1 juv near car park, a pair and a single adult down the side, 5 mallard, 6 coot, 17 tufted duck, 1 cormorant, 1 great crested grebe,1 moorhen, wood pigeon, carrion crow and magpie, 1 reed bunting, a sparrowhawk darted from the trees on the Bickershaw side of Fir Tree flash aiming at 4 meadow pipit 1 saw it go down in the long grass and didn't see it come back up so presume it caught one.
C8 12 meadow pipit, 1 grey heron over.
C9 7 mallard, 1 great crested grebe, 2 cormorant, 72 black headed gulls, 18 coot, 14 tufted duck, kestrel, blue tit, blackbird,great tit.