6th June, mid afternoon:

4 Lapwings in field 48, one in 140
4 Yellowhammers
3 Whitethroats
1 Willow Warbler
3 Long-tailed Tits
Sklyark in field 47
1 Heron in field 52
2 Buzzards in field 49
3 Fox cubs with one adult in field 140

7th June, around 22:00:
Little owl hunting from a tree in field 49

This evening (11th June) between 20:00 and 21:30:
2 Lapwings in field 48 and two others flying
1 Grey Partridge in field 48
8 Yellowhammers
2 Whitethroats
2 Willow Warblers
1 Chiffchaff
3 Skylarks
1 Sand Martin flying with a group of Swallows over the canal
2 Curlew flying over heading north towards Carrington Moss

Plus all the normal things, including lots of Blackbirds and Song Thrushes, which seem to go on singing long after everything else has stopped for the night.

This morning between 0600 and 0800:

Sedge Warbler (I think) in reeds by the canal between fields 48 and 49
6 Whitethroats, mostly in trees along the canal
5 Skylarks
3 Yellowhammers
2 Chiffchaffs, one in woodland at Grovehouse Farm and one in Black Moss Covert
4 Lapwings in field 55, 2 in 48
Grey Partridge in 55

Went back there this evening between 1930 and 2100.

4 Lapwings on the ground in field 48, 2 flying over 47 and one over 140
3 Grey Partridge in field 48
At least 3 Yellowhammers along the north ends of fields 49 and 50
2 singing Whitethroats, one in a tree next to the canal in field 50 and one at the north end of 59
1 Reed Bunting in the reeds on the north bank of the canal
5 Long-tailed Tits
1 Greater Spotted Woodpecker

Plus all the normal things that you'd expect.

Took the dog for a walk along the Bridgewater Canal and back along the old railway (marked as Trans Pennine Trail on the Carrington Moss map) this afternoon. All field numbers are taken from that map which is in the "Sites and Maps" section of the website. Lapwings in fields 48, 141 and the unnumbered one across the road from 123. All will presumably have eggs or young chicks, and I watched the one in 141 chasing off a crow (seemingly successfully). I'll keep an eye out for the chicks over the next few weeks. 4 Yellowhammers singing in trees and on fence posts in 50, 49 and 48. Hope to get out there more often in the next few weeks to compile a proper list. James