4,15pm today, Marsh harrier circling high over the res then headed off north. 

I had a Woodcock fly over the A666 just south of the Green Arms Road turning at circa 11.30 today.

Stonechat and 3 Kestrel on Green Arms Road

Entwistle Reservoir was quiet with 6 Cormorant, a dozen Mallard and a small group of Black-headed Gull. In the adjacent woods, only tit species with Great, Blue and Coal noted, plus calling Goldcrest.

In comparison, the excellent Strawbury Duck was packed!

Late morning scan from the embankment road :-

10 Cormorants
23 Mallards
12 Black-headed Gulls

25/07/16, 1130- 1330;
Canada Geese = 28
Cormorant = 5
Chiffchaff = 4
Nuthatch = 2
Coal Tit = 3
Bullfinch = 1
Song Thrush = 1
Goldcrest = 6
Goldfinch = 3
Swallow = 3
Woodpigeon = 6
Mallard = 22
Black-head Gull = 25
Carrion Crow = 5
Magpie = 1

9.35am to 11.30am.

Reservoir :-
1 Cormorant, 15 Grey Herons, 4 Canada Geese, 14 Mallards, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Black-headed Gulls.
I only covered part of the woodland but birds included Blackcaps, Chiffchaffs, Willow Warblers, Goldcrests, Nuthatches, Treecreepers, Chaffinches, Siskins, & Lesser Redpolls.

Edge Lane :-
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Lapwing, 2 Curlews, 2 Black-headed Gulls, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, a few Skylarks & Meadow Pipits, 2 Swallows, 1f Wheatear, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Linnet.

Broad Meadow Farm :-
Pair of Canada Geese, 3 Mallards, Moorhens with young, 2 Swallows, 1 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaffs, 3 Willow Warblers, 1 Goldcrest.
Also a few Chaffinches, Greenfinches, Goldfinches, Siskins, & Lesser Redpolls.

For the last half hour I had been listening to a male Cuckoo calling from all the above areas. Same one as heard earlier on Cheetham Close ?

Reservoir scanned from the embankment road at 11.00am.

Unusual not to see Grey Herons flying away from the reservoir on my way up here, so with most birds in the heronry I had my best count of the year with 24 showing.
2 Cormorants
3 Canada Geese
10 Mallards
1 Black-headed Gull
1 Grey Wagtail

8.50am to 11.10am.

Reservoir :-
1 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Cormorants, 10 Grey Herons visible in the heronry, 6 Canada Geese, 10 Mallards, 2 Grey Wagtails,
Chiffchaffs & a Willow Warbler heard.

Field between reservoir & Greens Arms Road :-
1 Kestrel, 3 Meadow Pipits, 1 Reed Bunting.

Edge Lane farmland :-
1 Buzzard, 2 Curlews, 5 Black-headed Gulls, 6 Skylarks, 4 Meadow Pipits, 2 Pied Wagtails, 1 Stonechat, 3 Wheatears.

Broad Meadow Farm :-
2 Swallows feeding at the small pond are presumably breeding birds from the farm stables.
Also 4 Mallards & 2 Moorhens on the pond.
Also had a Raven flying over.

9.25am to 11.45am.

3 Meadow Pipits & a Reed Bunting between Greens Arms Road & the reservoir.

Very little on the reservoir or in the reservoir woodland.
1 Great Crested Grebe
2 Cormorants
Only 9 Grey Herons visible but odd ones seen flying in as I checked farmland
No Canada Geese & only a few Mallards
2 Black-headed Gulls

Edge Lane farmland :-
1 Grey Heron, pair of Canada Geese, pair of Mallards,
2 Lapwings, 3 Curlews, 1 Snipe,
6 Skylarks, 11 Meadow Pipits, 2 Pied Wagtails.

8.35am to 9.10am. I did the WeBs count and then scarpered,. Nearly as many dogs swimming as there were Mallards.

3 Cormorants
13 Grey Herons
7 Canada Geese
12 Mallards
10 Black-headed Gulls

8.30am to 9.35am.

8 Cormorants
13 Grey Herons
18 Canada Geese
29 Mallards
28 Black-headed Gulls
1 Herring Gull
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull
1 Great Black-backed Gull
1 Dipper on the stream at the top end

9.45am to 11.30am.

Reservoir :-
4 Cormorants, 23 Grey Herons, 7 Canada Geese, 31 Mallards, 19 Black-headed Gulls.

Edge Lane farmland :-
1 Buzzard, 1 Pied Wagtail, 24 Redwings, 1 Song Thrush.

Edge Fold/Bold Venrure Farm area :-
5 Moorhens, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Lesser Redpoll.

10.00am to 10.45am.

10 Cormorants
17 Mallards
16 Black-headed Gulls

9.05am to 9.55am.

10 Cormorants
20 Mallards
25 Black-headed Gulls
Just a few of the common species around the woodland

10.15am scan from the embankment road :-

8 Cormorants
1 Grey Heron
A few Mallards
9 Black-headed Gulls

8.25am to 9.30am

8 Cormorants
2 Grey Herons
36 Mallards
3 Black-headed Gulls

9.15am count from the embankment.

After a few counts of the heronry I kept getting 25 birds. A Buzzard then flew low across the top of the heronry putting up lots of herons and making the others stand up. Easy to count them all now, an impressive 39.
1 Cormorant
6 Canada Geese
12 Mallards
18 Black-headed Gulls

10am to 10.25am.

3 Cormorants
24 Grey Herons
2 Canada Geese
13 Mallards
40+ Black-headed Gulls
Great Spotted Woodpecker & Nuthatch around the car parks

Lunchtime scan from the embankment road.

5 Cormorants
7 Grey Herons
31 Mallards
50+ Black-headed Gulls

9.25 to 13.00. Reservoir, Greens Arms Road, & Edge Lane.

3 Cormorants, c25 Grey Herons, 6 Canada Geese, 12 Mallards, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, Pheasants, 2 Curlews, Black-headed Gulls, no sign of the Mediterranean Gull today but has been spotted a few times apart from my sighting a few days ago, 10 Feral Pigeons, Woodpigeons, 1 Cuckoo (different one to my earlier one near Greens Arms Road), Great Spotted Woodpecker, Skylarks, Meadow Pipits, 1 Tree Pipit, Pied Wagtails, Wrens, Robins, Blackbirds, Mistle Thrushes, Chiffchaffs, Willow Warblers, Goldcrests, Long-tailed Tits, Coal Tits, Blue Tits, Great Tits, Nuthatches, Jays, Magpies, Carrion Crows, Chaffinches, Goldfinches, Siskins, Lesser Redpolls, Bullfinches, & Reed Buntings.

Green-veined Whites, Orange Tips, Peacocks, & Small Tortoiseshells.

Unable to find a Redstart which has been around for a few days, but at least I found the Tree Pipit in the area that it had been seen in as I searched for it.

8.40am to 9.35am.

1 Great Crested Grebe
1 Cormorant
About a dozen Grey Herons in the heronry
6 Canada Geese
9 Mallards
1 Whimbrel on a field just behind the conifers on the north bank
2 Black-headed Gulls
2 Grey Wagtails
1 Raven flying over

Woodland birds :-
Woodpigeons, Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Wrens, Robins, Blackbirds, Mistle Thrushes, Blackcaps, Chiffchaffs, Willow Warblers, Goldcrests, Long-tailed Tits, Coal Tits, Blue Tits, Great Tits, Nuthatches, Carrion Crows, Chaffinches, Goldfinches, Siskins, Lesser Redpolls.

9.50am to 11.50am. Reservoir & adjacent farmland.

3 Cormorants
15 Grey Herons
16 Canada Geese
16 Mallards
45 Black-headed Gulls
2 Buzzards
1 Kestrel
Pheasants
4 Curlews
1 Stock Dove & a few Woodpigeons
A few Skylarks & Meadow Pipits
Wrens, Dunnocks, Robins, Blackbirds, Song Thrushes, & Mistle Thrushes
Goldcrests, Long-tailed Tits, Coal Tits, Blue Tits, Great Tits, & Nuthatches
Magpies, Carrion Crows, and a Raven
Chaffinches, Greenfinches, Goldfinches, Siskins, & Bullfinches
5 Reed Buntings

Very windy up here so I just had a quick scan from the embankment before heading back to a sheltered Wayoh

Heronry is now up and running, 22 birds this morning.
1 Cormorant
7 Canada Geese
26 Mallards
16 Black-headed Gulls
1 immature Herring Gull on the water, and an adult passing through

9.45am to 11.15am around the reservoir & up around Edge Lane.

5 Cormorants
7 Grey Herons back in the Heronry
7 Canada Geese
37 Mallards
1m Pochard (any duck except Mallards is unusual here)
12 Black-headed Gulls + lots more flying over
A few Woodpigeons
2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers
3 Meadow Pipits
A few Wrens, Robins, & Blackbirds
5 Mistle Thrushes
Long-tailed Tits, Coal Tits, Blue Tits, & Great Tits
2 Nuthatches
Jays, Carrion Crows, & Starlings
A pair of Bullfinches were the only finches I saw or heard
A flock of 5 Reed Buntings

9.15am to 10.00am

2 Cormorants
7 Canada Geese
59 Mallards
35 Black-headed Gulls
2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls