nice evening stroll 17-20--20-35

Finally managed to spot the cuckoo, first heard last monday and with the exception of yesterday heard every day since but first actual sighting in trees around stock pond. Also seen in C9 diggle flash and surrounds 1 whitethroat,1 long tailed tit,2 collared dove, nice evening chorus with 3 chiffchaff, 2 chaffinch, at least 5 willow warbler, 3 robin, 1 dunnock, 1 mistle thrush, 4 blackbird and numerous blue and great tit all seen and heard singing or calling. 2 mute swan, 3 great crested grebe, 2 little grebe, 14 coot, 16 tufted duck.1 moorhen, 1 pheasant
C8 kestrel, 2 meadow pipit + 1 C5, 3 skylark C8, 3 C5, 2 C6,1 C7.
C6 fir tree flash + surrounds 9 canada geese, 1 mute swan, 1 great crested grebe, 9 mallard, 2 coot, 3 moorhen.2 chiffchaff, 3 willow warbler. 2 blackbird
C10 2 wheatear ( first of the year for me) motorbikes disturbed 3 teal, 2 grey heron and 5 mallard.
didn't venture on top of rucks too many motorbikes at least 6 + 1 quad
plenty of willow warbler in trees all along concrete road from crankwood back to diggle flash at least 20 seen + more heard, numerous robin, 2 chiffchaff. plenty of carrion crow, magpie and wood pigeon, 1 jackdaw.

8.45-12.30
Nevisons Flash

4 Reed Warbler
1 Sedge Warbler

C3
1 Grasshopper Warbler - reeling
3 Blackcap + 1 Diggle Flash
2 Chiffchaff + 1 C12 (numbers seem to be well down on last year for here)
4 Buzzard
2 Lesser Redpoll

C4
! Whitethroat
1 Wheatear
1 Hare

40+ Willow Warbler covering all areas

15 minute visit after work as it was going dark 20.45
1 Cuckoo calling from C5
1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling from C3
1 Tawny Owl calling from C6

9-10.15
1 Whitethroat - C3
1 Reed Warbler - C3
5 Lesser Redpoll - C3
1 Siskin - C3
4 Wheatear - C4
2 Bullfinch - C6

-- Edited by Gordon Newman on Friday 19th of April 2013 10:18:30 PM

Hi Jason, the map is currently not available at this point until certain aspects are finalised I'm afraid. Once it is however, it will join the others on the website site guides.

Ian, Is there a map that can be uploaded to the site with the field numbers and access points on? Or have I missed it on the sites page?

Cheers
Jason

18.30-20.00
1 Whinchat (Female) - C6
7 Wheatear -3 C10, 2 C6 & 2 C5 (3M + 4F)
plenty Willow Warbler singing
1 Grey Partridge
2 Kestrel
1 Buzzard
plenty Reed Bunting
plus usuals

8-30-- 10-00
plenty of bird song in bright sunshine although a chilly wind

like Gordon i heard my first cuckoo of the year at about 9-25 i was walking around Diggle flash and would guess the cuckoo to be in the trees just beyond in C8, i just checked the records and Gordon heard our first cuckoo over here last year on April 20th so we are 5 days earlier this time, another year first for me was a single common tern swooping low over Diggle flash.
3 chiffchaff, 2 willow warbler, 4 chaffinch, 3 goldfinch plus numerous great and blue tits, robin, wren and blackbird all seen and heard singing or calling.
The 2 resident Mute Swan have returned, i saw the male yesterday morning and could read his Darvic ring, the female was also visible in the afternoon and both were present this morning.
8 meadow pipit C8, 3 skylark C8, 1 skylark C9.

1 Cuckoo calling 11.15 - C3

8.45-11.30
1 Merlin (male) low over C4/5
1 White Wagtail - C4
1 Woodcock - C6
3 Shelduck - C4 (New Water - very infrequent on here)
12 Swallow - C9
6 Sand Martin - C9
4 Chiffchaff
3 Willow Warbler
4 Little Grebe - 3 Diggle Flash + 1 Fir Tree Flash

watched 2 Magpie trying to dislodge a Carion Crow from the edge of its nest by pulling at the crows tail forcing the crow to loose its ballance, at which point a second crow flew to, and landed in the nest to protect which I presume contained eggs. the Magpie's then flew off.


-- Edited by Gordon Newman on Sunday 14th of April 2013 09:35:31 PM

7.15-10.15
bird song ringing out from everywhere at last
3 Willow Warbler - C4
2 Chiffchaff (1 C3 + 1 C12)
15 Fieldfare flew over East - C4
3 Water Rail - calling ( 2 C4 + 1 C10)
1 Redshank - C10
1 Raven - C4
3 poss 4 Buzzard over whole area
1 Kestrel - C10
3 Linnet - C3
Great-spotted woodpecker - drumming - C3

2 Small tortoiseshell Butterfly



-- Edited by Gordon Newman on Saturday 13th of April 2013 12:05:30 PM

9.15- 10.20
1 Woodcock (c4)
10 Sand Martin
3 Swallow
1 Water Rail called briefly (c3)
1 Oystercatcher - flew over c3 towards c5

9-15--11-30
C9 Diggle Flash + surrounds
6 goldfinch, 4 chaffinch, 5 robin, 6 blackbird, blue tit, great tit, 7 long tailed tit.
14 black headed gull, 1 lesser black backed gull, 1 great crested grebe, 9 coot, 11 tufted duck, 3 cormorant.
skylark 7, 1C9, 2 C5, 4C8. meadow pipit 6, 4 C8, 2C5
C8 kestrel, buzzard.
C6 Fir Tree Flash + surrounds
2 mute swan, 2 great crested grebe, 9 canada geese, 3 tufted duck, 21 mallard, 8 coot.2 grey heron ( possibly same bird seen in different areas of flash.
2 wren, numerous blackbird, blue tit, great tit, goldfinch, 2 robin.
C7 2 jay.
plenty of carrion crow, magpie and wood pigeon in burnt fields.

C9 Diggle flash + surrounds
1 chiffchaff first of the year for me, small numbers of blue tit, great tit, long tailed tit, robin, 1 wren, blackbird, 1 kestrel, pheasant heard not seen.
21 coot, 18 tufted duck, 7 black headed gull, 1 cormorant, 2 mallard, little grebe heard not seen.

magpie, carrion crow, wood pigeon, great spotted woodpecker heard not seen.

12-15--15-30

Fir Tree flash C6
1 mute swan, 3 canada geese(15 yesterday) 2 tufted duck, 7 mallard, 5 coot, 1 great crested grebe, 1 cormorant, 1 reed bunting.
skylarks 2 C7, 1 C5, 4 C3,
2 buzzard C3, 1 over C9
2 grey partridge C4 very close to concrete road.
stock dove feeding with wood pigeons C3
C9 Diggle flash + surrounds C9
1 jay over, 1 kestrel, small numbers blue tit, great tit, long tailed tit, robin, blackbird, plenty of wood pigeon, carrion crow + magpie throughout walk. 3 mallard, 19 tufted duck, 1 great crested grebe, 14 coot, 1 cormorant, 1 reed bunting. 20+ black headed gull, 1 common gull.
Fire engine over towards C8 AGAIN grass fires seem to be a daily occurence, either i very determined ars(e)onist or numerous pyromaniacs, the rate we are going there will be no grassland left for the skylark, meadow pipit etc, the kestrel must be eating barbecued mouse.

2 Wheatear C4 (edge ofnew water) 11.45, otherwise very quiet

08-15--9-30
C9 Diggle flash + surrounds

3 little grebe on water another trilling in reed bed, 3 great crested grebe, c30 black headed gull. 7 mallard, 4 moorhen, didn't actually count the coot + tufted duck but only about 10 of each, 2 reed bunting, numerous blue tit, 2 robin, 4 blackbird, 1 great tit, 2 meadow pipit,
C8 buzzard soaring high over field, 4 or 5 skylark singing over field, 2 meadow pipit, 2 great tit,

The resident mute swans seem to be going absent for a day or two then returning, but i believe the male was in the care of the RSPCA for a few days with fishing line stuck in its throat and apparently it also had 3 air gun pellets in its body, it was brought back and chased off another young swan that was on the water, ( i have been told this one had a blue Darvic? ring vv6)

08-15--10-25
C9 Diggle Flash + surrounds
2 canada geese, 3 great crested grebe, 1 little grebe seen at least 1 more heard, 12 black headed gull, 1 lesser black backed gull, 2 cormorant, 1 grey heron, 6 mallard, 19 coot, 16 tufted duck, 2 moorhen, resident mute swans not on water but i did see 2 flying se from the direction of the flash so they may have had a day out,
flock of 30-40 mainly goldfinch that contained at least1 siskin and at least 4 linnet, 2 long tailed tit, 2 chaffinch, 4 blackbird, 3 robin, 2 bullfinch, 4 dunnock, 2 wren, 1 reed bunting, 1 kestrel, numerous blue tit,1 mistle thrush.
C8 at least 7 skylark probably more but difficult to see due to strong sun, 3 meadow pipit, 1 great spotted woodpecker.
between C8 + C9 18 magpie, 14 carrion crow, 13 wood pigeon,
Saturday morning 1 song thrush in C9 close to steps leading down to Diggle Flash, 1 sparrowhawk in small copse of trees in C8

7.45-9.30
4 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Willow Tit, 1 Stock Dove, 2 Chaffinch in full song, - c3
2 Water Rail - 1 c4 +1 c 6 (choke pond)
120+ Redwing flew over NE without stopping
Sylark in song constantly over all areas
plus usuals

09-35--- 12-50 sunny throughout walk but very cold icy wind.
C9 Diggle Flash + Surrounds
2 canada geese, 2 mute swan, 2 great crested grebe, 1 little grebe, 2 lesser black backed gull, 3 common gull, 31 black headed gull, 12 tufted duck, 24 coot, 1 grey heron,2 moorhen, 8 mallard, no sign of any goldeneye.1 reed bunting
4 great tit, 2 chaffinch, 2 long tailed tit,1 blue tit, 4 magpie, 1 blackbird, no robin spotted.
C4 top rucks very quiet 2 magpie, 2 mallard on new water.
C6 Fir Tree Flash + surrounds
6 canada geese, 2 mute swan, 1m pochard, 2 great crested grebe, 8 coot, 15 mallard, 4 moorhen,
6 great tit, 2 wood pigeon,
C8 1 kestrel no sign of any skylark

C9 Diggle Flash + surrounds

2 great crested grebe, 1m goldeneye ( no sign of either of the females) 1 little grebe on water another heard trilling, 2 mute swan, 2 canada geese, 1 cormorant, 1 grey heron, c20 black headed gull, 1 lesser black backed gull, 14 tufted duck, c20 coot, 12 mallard, 1 reed bunting, 3 robin, 1 dunnock singing heartily, 5 blackbird, 1 mistlethrush.
C8 9 skylark, 7 meadow pipit,

08-30--11-30

30+ skylark 16 C8, 9 C6, 2 C9, at least 7 in C3 difficult to see due to sun in my eyes.
19 robin, 8C9, 5 C6, 4 C8, 2C7. blue tit + long tailed tit also prominent all over

C9 Diggle Flash + surrounds
2 greenfinch, 2 chaffinch, great tit, 6 dunnock, 4 blackbird, 3 goldfinch. Carrion crow carrying nesting material. wood pigeon, collared dove, magpie.
1 canada goose ( resident mute swans usually chase them off but both were on the bank sunbathing) 2 mute swan, 2 great crested grebe, 1 little grebe on water 3 others heard trilling. 3 goldeneye 2f,1m, 8 mallard, 14 coot, 12 tufted duck. 2 cormorant,41 black headed gull, 2 common gull, 2 lesser black backed gull.2 moorhen
C6 Fir Tree Flash + surrounds
7 canada geese, 6 pochard, 2 great crested grebe, 2 mute swan, 6 mallard, 7 coot, 3 moorhen, 4 tufted duck,
3 Jay, woodpecker heard drumming on island presume great spotted.
C8 4 meadow pipit, 5 reed bunting. 3 jackdaw over,

14.45-16.30
very quiet due to amount of bikes tearing the place up
2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Stock Dove, 1 pair Great-spotted Woodpecker, 1 Linnet, 1 Snipe

7.30-11.00
C3
5 Reed Bunting , 2 Skylark, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Great-spotted Woodpecker,2 Stock Dove
C1N
17 Fieldfare,
C2
4 Skylark
C12
1 Willow Tit, ! Treecreeper, 1 Siskin, 2 Buzzard, 1 Great-spotted Woodpecker, 75+ Jackdaw flying NW
C10
1 pair Great-spotted Woodpecker displaying
C9
2 Little Grebe, 2 Great-crested Grebe, 2 Common Gull, 2 Goldeneye, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant
C8
3 Sparrowhawk, 8 Skylark
C6
6 Pochard
plus usuals


-- Edited by Gordon Newman on Saturday 2nd of March 2013 12:48:42 PM

08-00--10-00
C9 1f stonechat, good numbers of blue tit in trees, 4 dunnock, great + long tailed tits, 5 blackbird, 4 robin.
Diggle Flash, 2 goldeneye 1m,1f, 3 great crested grebe, 12 tufted duck, 1 cormorant on water 1 over, 1 grey heron over, 3 moorhen, 7 mallard, c30 black headed gull, c20 coot, 2 mute swan.
C8 6 skylark, 1 kestrel.

09-50--13-05
C9 diggle flash, stock pond + surrounds, stock pond 100% frozen Diggle 85% frozen

only saw 2 goldeneye today 1m,1f, 2 mute swan, 12 tufted duck,9 mallard, 16 coot, 2 grey heron, 3 moorhen, when i set off 31 black headed gull, 1 common gull, 1 lesser black backed on return i didn't walk around flash but could see at least 120 gulls from the road above flash.
plenty of blue tit, 2 long tailed tit, 6 great tit, 6 blackbird, loads of robin seemed to be one every 200yds throughout walk.
C4 trees beside concrete road 1 goldcrest very lively giving good views quite close alas no camera. at least 14 carrion crow with similar number of magpie on top of rucks.
skylark 3 singing over C2 + 2 singing over C8.
c140 pink footed geese over in northerly direction.

2 walks 08-10-- 10-30 and a late evening walk 17-15--18-40

C9 1f stonechat just off new road,
C8 9 skylark( 5 singing high over field) 5 meadow pipit, 1 nuthatch in trees close to choked pond ( a site first for me) 2 blue tit, 1 wren, 2 blackbirds, 1 mistle thrush,several great + long tailed tit, water rail heard but not seen.3 grey heron over,1 cormorant over
C9 Diggle flash, stock pond + surrounds,
3 goldeneye 2f, 1m, 3 great crested grebe, 26 tufted duck, 18 coot, 31 black headed gull,2 common + 1 lesser black backed gull, 2 mute swan,9 mallard, 3 moorhen,
6 robin, 4 blackbird, 1 goldfinch ( singing away) small flock of mixed great tit + long tailed tit,
evening walk plenty of magpie gathering to roost at bottom of new road, ditto wood pigeon around stock pond.

C6 Fir tree Flash + surrounding areas

10 pochard 5m, 5f, 7 canada geese, 14 mallard, 14 coot, 6 tufted duck, 3 moorhen, 1cormorant

blue tit, great tit, long tailed tit, wren, robin, blackbird, magpie, wood pigeon, carrion crow all seen in C6 + C9
C8 kestrel
C9 Diggle flash + stock pond,
3 goldeneye 2f, 1m, 53 black headed gull, 2 lesser black backed gull, i thought i saw a possible kittiwake amongst the black headed gulls but didn't see enough for a positive id and the birds it was amongst were leaving as i arrived,
16 tufted duck, 21 coot, 11 mallard, 3 great crested grebe,
Yesterday 1f stonechat C9 near new road 8am, 1 stock dove amongst wood pigeons near stock pond.

16.30-18.00
1 Water Rail - c10
25 Fieldfare - 10 c3 + 15 c10
1 Kestrel
plus usuals
wish local idiots would stop seting fire to the grassland!!

11-10-- 14-30
C9 Diggle flash + stock pond
1f goldeneye, 4 great crested grebe, 2 mute swan, 19 tufted duck, 16 mallard, 2 moorhen, 18 coot, 1 lesser black backed gull, 34 black headed gull,1 grey heron
3 robin, 4 blackbird, 1 kestrel, 1 blue tit with great tits, 2 jackdaw over,

C7 flock of c20 long tailed tit.

C6 Fir Tree Flash,
10 pochard 5m, 5f, 7 canada geese, 14 mallard, 1 great crested grebe, 3 moorhen, 15 coot, no sign of any gulls until a dogwalker threw bread to the mallards within seconds c40 black headed gull, 2 common gull + 2 lesser black backed gull arrived,
1 song thrush in undergrowth near rear of Edna road labour club,
not many small birds around just a couple of great tit + 1 robin, possibly because of sparrowhawk that i saw twice flying low across the flash at the west end.

09-50---12-20

C9 Diggle flash, stock pond + surrounding area
3 goldeneye 1m+ 2 f, 4 great crested grebe, 1 cormorant over, 2 mute swan, 11 mallard, 2 moorhen, 2 grey heron 1 stock pond + 1 over,8 tufted duck, 17 coot, 79 black headed gull, 2 common gull, 1 lesser black backed gull. 2 reed bunting 1m +1 f
9 robin seen in all 6 in C9, 2 in C10, 1 in C6. 7 blackbird 4 C9, 2 C10, 1 C6.
C9 2 dunnock, 3 long tailed tit, 1 wren, 5 great tit.
C6 Fir tree flash + surrounding area
6 pochard, 8 canada geese, 1 moorhen, 22 mallard, 11 coot, 9 tufted duck,
1 robin, 1 wren, 2 great tit, 1 blue tit, 1 goldcrest
C2 1 grey partridge.
magpie, wood pigeon + carrion crow all around walk.

C9 Diggle Flash, stock pond + surrounding area,
3 goldeneye 2f + 1m, 4 great crested grebe, 4 mute swan 2 residents + 2 over, 12 tufted duck, 16 mallard, 1 lesser black backed gull, c30 black headed gull, c20 coot, 2 moorhen, 2 raven over flash then settling in trees above flash before being harassed by about 8 carrion crow and flying off over C7 and then C6 and out of sight.
only small birds i saw were 3 great tit, 2 dunnock, 2 robin + 2 blackbird,
59 jackdaw over heading back to roost 9, 9, 17 + 20 + 4 tagging along with a flock of 23 carrion crow,
flock of 16 wood pigeon over C10.
Kestrel over C8

9-45--13-00
C9 diggle flash, stock pond + surrounding area
2f goldeneye, 4 great crested grebe, 2 mute swan, 17mallard, 28 coot, 2 grey heron, 2 moorhen, 8 tufted duck,
when i first set out 38 black headed gull on way back this had risen to 182, with 1 herring gull ( stock pond) 2 lesser black backed and at least 4 common gull. brief glimpse of little grebe heading into reeds at least 2 trilling.m Reed Bunting
stonechat just off new road, 2 Kestrel, 3 blue tit, numerous robin, great tit + wren all around walk ( C6, C7, C8, C9, C10) border C7 +C8 flock of 20 long tailed tit met up with 30 goldfinch foraging in opposite direction at least 1 linnet amongst them, buzzard over C8,
magpie, carrion crow + wood pigeon,blackbird
C8 1 skylark, 7 meadow pipit.

late afternoon walk 15-30-- 18-00
C9 Diggle flash + Stock pond

2f goldeneye, 4 great crested grebe, 37 black headed gull, 2 mute swan, 14 mallard, 30ish coot, 12 tufted duck, 1 moorhen, 1 grey heron.
numerous great tit + blackbird, 3 robin, 2 mistlethrush ( 1C9 + 1C10) 1 kestrel, 1 blue tit, 1 wren,2 collared dove, numerous magpie, wood pigeon + carrion crow,
100-120 jackdaw over presumably heading back to roost in 3 flocks of approx 30-40
5 skylark C8

12.15-3.15
c3
1 Bittern - flew across Nevisons Flash 2.45 and landed in reeds out of site
2 Tufted Duck
C10
1 Water Rail
15 Redwing
2 Raven

-- Edited by Gordon Newman on Saturday 16th of February 2013 04:00:40 PM

10-20--13-10

C9 Diggle flash + stock pond + surrounding trees,

41 black headed gull, 1 lesser black backed gull, 4 great crested grebe, 6 gadwall, 9 mallard, 2 mute swan, 2 moorhen, c30 coot, 20+ tufted duck, little grebe yet again heard but not seen, 3 cormorant over, 1 grey heron,
5 robin, 2 blue tit, 1 mistle thrush, 1 great spotted woodpecker, 4 blackbird, wood pigeon, magpie, great tit,
corner C9 + C7 c40 starling + 3 house sparrow ( in trees beside haulage yard)
C8 buzzard soared around for 10 mins before heading off over rucks and out of sight, 2 geese over that i think were grey lag, 3 meadow pipit.

09-25--11-40
C9 Diggle flash + stock pond
4 great crested grebe, 38 coot, 1 lesser black backed gull, 23 black headed gull, 4 gadwall, 1 moorhen, 16 tufted duck, 1 grey heron, 9mallard, 3 cormorant over,
song thrush feeding close to a dunnock on old road above flash, 5 blackbird, robin,great tit,
C8 kestrel, 7 meadow pipit.

couple of hours in cold sleety rain 11-30--13-30

Fir Tree Flash C6
23 mallard, 1 great crested grebe, 10 tufted duck, 6 coot, 1 moorhen, 1 canada goose, 1 grey heron,
trees around flash, carrion crow, magpie, wood pigeon, robin, 2 goldfinch, small flock of 6 long tailed tit, 5 great tit, mistle thrush heard singing but i could't see it. 2 linnet
C8 2 meadow pipit
C9 Diggle flash + stock pond
4 great crested grebe 2 on flash 2 on stock pond seem to be paired 2 on main flash have been performing courting dance + rituals all week.
4 gadwall ( stock pond) 46 coot 14 main flash 32 stock pond, 18 mallard 12 flash 4 stock pond, 2 mute swan, 2 moorhen, 23 black headed gull, 1 lesser black backed gull, 21 tufted duck majority on main flash.
trees around flash, 3 blackbird, robin,magpie, wood pigeon, great tit, blue tit.

couple of quick walks either side of picking grandson up from school, very cold wind with strong showers some hailstone

C9 Diggle flash + stock pond
1 blackbird, 1 robin, only small birds i saw.
3 great crested grebe 2 on main flash doing courtship dance, 1 male on stockpond, 2 pochard 1m, 1f on main flash, 6 gadwall on stockpond, 2 mute swan, 1 moorhen, 8 mallard 40+ coot mainly on stock pond, 20+ tufted duck, 70+ black headed gull, 1 lesser black backed gull, 1 grey heron, little grebe could again be heard trilling but not seen.
70+ jackdaw over presumably heading back to roost, about 4ish 8 followed shortly after by 26 and about 40mins later a flock of 40-50.
magpies approx 60 gathered together just before a heavy hailstone storm, at bottom of new road, C8/C10
1 buzzard over C7

C9 Diggle flash + stock pond
93 black headed gull + 1 lesser black backed gull, approx 30 each of tufted duck + coot, 4 mallard, 1 moorhen, 6 gadwall on stock pond. little grebe heard trilling but not seen,
3 blackbird, 2 great tit, magpies, wood pigeon in trees.
C7 buzzard over being harassed by gulls
C8 1 skylark,1 linnet with a flock of 16 goldfinch
C6 Fir tree flash
5 coot, 8 mallard, 2 tufted duck, 2 cormorant, 1 great crested grebe, 1 grey heron. 1 wren, flock of approx 20 long tailed tit.
4 jackdaw over.

12.15-1515
pretty quiet this pm
c9 Diggle Flash
1 Little Grebe
2 Great-crested Grebe
1M + 2 F Pochard
40+ Tufted Duck
3M + 2F Gadwall
2 Common Gull
2 Lesser blacked-backed Gull
30+ Black-headed Gull
1 Linnet

C8 - 1 Buzzard
c3 - 1 Great-spotted Woodpecker

Quick walk this morning around flash

C9 small mixed flock in trees around stock pond mainly great + long tailed tit, with 1 coal tit + 2 m bullfinch, plenty magpie 2 collared doves with wood pigeons, 4 robin, 5 blackbird,
approx 40 black headed gulls + 1 lesser black backed gull, 3 gadwall, 1 pochard, c30 tufted duck, 8 mallard, 1 grey heron, c40 coot, 3 moorhen, 2 mute swan, 2 great crested grebe, little grebe heard but not seen.

female stonechat C9 just off tarmac road, Kestrel in trees between C8 + C7, 4 skylark 3 over C7, 1 hovering kestrel style about 3ft

above ground before landing. 3 meadow pipit C8, 20ish goldfinch C9,
great crested grebe back on diggle now that ice has gone, 5 gadwall stock pond plus usuals.

fir tree flash C6 1 grey heron, 1 wren, 2 mute swan, 8 mallard, 4 coot, 12 tufted duck.

9.15-11.00
extremely windy
Mute Swan 2
Mallard 15+
Tufted Duck 35+ (10 on Stock Pond)
Great Crested Grebe 2 DF
Coot
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Blue Tit
Skylark 2 (c2)
Wren
Mistle Thrush 2
Meadow Pipit 3
Gadwall 7 SP
Pochard 1 SP
Cormorant 1
Moorhen 2
Black-headed Gull 40+ DF
Woodpigeon
Jay 3
Goldcrest 3 (behind scrapyard c10)
Great Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Blackbird 1
Robin
Chaffinch 1 (c10)
Total number of species 26
got talking to a fisherman and ran out of time so didn't check gulls properly, I'm sure there could be more to had pm as the wind was getting stonger.

8.30-1130
felt a bit like spring with all the Skylark singing and a pair of Great-spotted Woodpecker together in same tree

Mute Swan 4 ( 2 c9 + 2 FTF c6)
Mallard 15+ (c9)
Cormorant 2 ( c9 DF)
Great Crested Grebe 1( c9 DF)
Moorhen 5+ (c9 DF)
Lapwing 12 (c5)
Common Gull 2 (football field)
Stock Dove 2 (flew over c5)
Great Spotted Woodpecker 3 (pair c6 FTF, female flew over c5 towards Firs Park but landed in tree on edge of rucks boundary + 1 c9 over road)
Jay 1 (c7)
Carrion Crow
Great Tit ( good numbers over whole area)
Long-tailed Tit ( not many about 1 & 2's in c3,c9, c7)
Starling 1 (c6 FTF)
Robin ( good numbers over whole area)
Goldfinch 35+ ( 20+ c6 FTF & 15+ c3)
Gadwall 7 (3M + 4F c9 DF)
Tufted Duck 30+ (30+ c9 DF)
Grey Heron 1 (c6 FTF)
Kestrel 1 (c9)
Coot 30+ (25+ c9 DF + 5 c6 FTF)
Black-headed Gull 90+ (50+ football field + 40+ c9 DF)
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 (c9)
Woodpigeon ( constantly flying over in small numbers)
Magpie ( good numbers over whole area)
Jackdaw ( 2 c6)
Blue Tit ( small numbers scattered over whole area)
Skylark 10+ (4 c5, 4 c6, 2 c8, + others heard singing but not located)
Wren ( good numbers over whole area)
Mistle Thrush 2 ( c5)
Meadow Pipit 3 (2 c9 + 1 c5)
Reed Bunting 6 (5 c6 FTF + 1 c5)

1.30-12.15
1 Water Rail - in corner of c10
1 Woodcock - flew low over scrub of c10 and over bank out of view
1 Buzzard - c10 perched in tree then later hunting over c6
1 Sparrowhawk - c4
plus usuals

12 -1.30
only covered areas c4 & c3
1 Water Rail - called breifly from frozen ditch in corner of c10 while stood above in c4
5 Redwing - c4 + 15 c3
1 Fieldfare - c3
1 Buzzard - probably same bird as Bernards post - c4

a trudge through the snow, 11-15-- 13-50
C9 road above flash first pass only 1 magpie + 1 blackbird, second pass 90mins later, 2 wren, at least 8 blackbird possibly more or seeing same birds moving around but did see 6 at same time and could hear 2 more. 2 redwing 1 great spotted woodpecker, 1 m bullfinch, 4 great tit, 1 robin, numerous wood pigeon, magpie + carrion crow.
stock pond 100% frozen Diggle flash 99.9 % frozen just one small pocket of water that the pair of mute swans were monopolising,
1st pass 94 gulls mainly black headed with 6 lesser black backed + 5 common, 2nd pass 62 gulls no lesser black backed and only 1 common, 3 carrion crow on ice eating bread, 57 coot, 16 mallard, 1 kestrel in surrounding trees, 1 heron in overflow ditch.
C8 3 common snipe, 1 buzzard in trees between C8 + C9,

C9 stock pond completely frozen Diggle flash 95% frozen just 2or3 small pockets of clear water,
8 gadwall, 17 mallard, 41 coot, 9 tufted duck, 3 moorhen, 2 mute swan, 69 black headed gull, 4 common gull, 2 lesser black backed.
3 common snipe 1 at Diggle flash, 1 flushed by walker from C8, 1 flying high over C7.
C9 30-40 goldfinch in trees near flash didn't get chance to look through them for anything else as they got spooked and i didn't relocate them. 2 blackbird, 3 wood pigeon, 1 robin, 2 carrion crow being mobbed by black headed gulls.

11-30--14-30

C9 great views of a female linnet at eye level and a maximum 10 ft away 1 wren, at least 6 blackbird + 2 dunnock foraging amongst the leaves at the side of the concrete road, 1 robin, 2 chaffinch near car park + a further 8 in trees behind school field, 4 goldfinch, 4 great tit, 1 blue tit, 6 collared dove, 4 wood pigeon, 1 carrion crow in trees in garden of house backing onto the site,
stock pond still completely frozen, Diggle flash approx 20% frozen, 117 black headed gulls, 8 common gull, 5 mallard, 5 gadwall, 1 moorhen, 2 mute swan, 31 tufted duck, 36 coot.( no sign of shoveller, wigeon or pochard)
as i was walking to the site along Bickershaw lane a sparrowhawk flew low from between the houses crossed the road very low and flew in the general direction of plank lane.
C6 Fir Tree flash almost completely frozen, saw only 1 mallard + 1 coot in the small pocket of clear water although i could hear mallard on the island, 4 blackbird, 9 goldfinch, 3 long tailed tit,wood pigeon + magpie in trees around flash.
C8 2 meadow pipit, 1 robin,
C4 top rucks very quiet only 2 blackbird + magpies,