Sightings from yesterdays walk Lead Mines Clough. c10 Willow Warbler, 4 Goldcrest, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Grey Wagtail, pair of Kestrel mating. Tawny Owl calling. Holts Flat - Hempshaws - Old Rachels. Curlew, 4 Lapwing, 10-20 Skylark, 5-10 Meadow Pipit, 3 Stonechat, 2 Wheatear, Grasshopper Warbler reeling...

7 Wheatear on the muck heaps, 2 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 7 Shelduck, 3 Coot, 4 Moorhen, 2 Mute Swan, 6 Oystercatcher, 8 territorial Lapwing on the Asland walks field, 2 Kestrel, 5 Chiffchaff, 5-10 Reed Bunting, 10-15 Skylark, 5-10 Meadow Pipit, c300 Woodpigeon. 1 Red Admiral and 1 Small Tortoises...

Green Woodpecker heard calling, 1 Collared Dove, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Goldcrest, Blackbird. Robin, Great/Blue and Long-tailed Tits, 4 Song Thrush, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 singing Skylark, minimum of 7 Chiffchaff singing, 3 Blackcap, 3 Willow Warbler, minimum of 6 Wren, 1 Great spo...

Cold wet and windy with very few sightings on the moors today
10-20 singing Skylark, 20-30 Meadow Pipit, 1 Stonechat, 4 Lapwing, Curlew heard, several Red Grouse calling. 1 Kestrel.
flock of 12 Siskin on Stronstrey Bank.

2 Dipper at White Coppice and 1 at Lead Mines Clough.

Patch of Round-leaved Crowfoot in flower on Holts Flat.

Lead Mines Clough. 1 Blackcap and 4-5 Willow Warbler singing. 4 Stock Dove, 1 Dipper, pair of Lesser Redpoll, pair of Song Thrush collecting nest material, 1 Treecreeper, 2-3 Nuthatch, 10+ Chaffinch, pairs of Blue/Great and Coal tits prospecting for nest sites. Moors. 10+ singing Skylark, 20+ Meadow...

Brief visit this lunchtime.
12 Lapwing, 1 Oystercatcher, 5 Shelduck, 2 Little Egret, 1 Buzzard, 3 singing Skylark, c10 Meadow Pipit, 2 Sand Martin, 4 singing Chiffcaff,
2 Reed Bunting, c10 Linnet.

Previous years count in brackets.
A49 - Euxton. (41) 45
Croston Bowling Club. (44) 43
Westhead Road, Croston. (3) 4
Town Road, Croston. (10) 13

German Lane and fields over the railway footbridge to A49. Kestrel, Great spotted Woodpecker, Stock Dove, 2 Greenfinch, 3-4 Nuthatch good number of singing Chiffchaff, minimum of 20 counted during the whole walk. 1 Peacock butterfly. Old Hall Lane to M6 footbridge. 2 Canada Geese, 1 Buzzard, 2 singi...

3 Wheatear on a large muck heap were the highlight, c5 singing Skylark, 50+ Meadow Pipit, flock of c30 Linnet, 5 Pied Wagtail, 1 Buzzard. 21 Shelduck and 4 displaying Lapwing were on the main Eyes Lane flood. 2 Oystercatcher 1 Little Egret and 2 Lapwing were on the Asland Walks field. 7 Teal and 3 M...

A cold and windy day on the moors with few sightings, 3-4 Curlew, 1 Lapwing displaying, pair of Stonechat at Sam Pasture, 1 singing Skylark, flock of 50+ Meadow Pipit by the dead forest, 2 Raven. Goldcrest and Wren singing in the Holts Flat plantation. Large patch of Wild Primrose by the River Yarro...

Afternoon circuit of Holts Flat via Alance Bridge - Parsons Bullough and the Dead forest. 4-5 Skylark, c10 Meadow Pipit, 5 Stonechat, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Buzzard, 2 Raven, c40 Pheasant, Curlew heard calling, 20-30 Fieldfare, 100-120 Starling. 9 Goosander and a single Oystercatcher on Yarrow reservoir....

LOWER RIVINGTON RESERVOIR. Mallard 9, Goosander 4, Moorhen 1, Canada Goose 11, Great crested Grebe 3, Cormorant 3, Black-headed Gull 42, Herring Gull 4, Lesser black-backed Gull 10. UPPER RIVINGTON RESERVOIR. Mallard 5, Moorhen 1, Cormorant 2, Grey Heron 8. YARROW RESERVOIR. Mallard 21, Pied Wagtail...

A long walk whilst the car was being serviced. Canal from Yarrow Bridge to Crosse Hall Lane. c10 Mallard, 2 Canada Geese, 5 Moorhen, 10+ House Sparrow, 10+ Blackbird, 14 Siskin feeding in one of the Alder trees, Great spotted Woodpecker drumming. 1 Treecreeper. Chiffchaff, Song Thrush, Robin, Dunnoc...

2 Curlew, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Buzzard, 5 Raven, 3 Red Grouse, only 2 Skylarks. 3 Wren, 2 Reed Bunting, Siskin heard, 1 Mistle Thrush, c100 Fieldfare, c200 Starling, c100 Woodpigeon, 1 Sparrowhawk in and around the dead forest. 15 Goosander on Yarrow reservoir late afternoon. Queen White-tailed Bumble...