Sightings at Blackburn Meadows

Curlew - 3 - Feeding in roadside fields

Jay - 1 - In tall trees and calling, Northumberland Rd

Raven - 3 ; Red Kite - 1 ; Buzzard - 1

Barn Owl - 1

Oystercatcher - 4 ; Goosander - 29 - At dusk.

Oystercatcher - 4 - 4 in flight low across res.

Starling - 250+ - in field with Fieldfare & Redwing ; Fieldfare - 100+ ; Redwing - 75+

Barn Owl - 1

Brambling - 1

Buzzard - 1 - flying low over houses

Skylark - 1+ - singing

Redwing - 5 - probably roosted by Glossop Lodge ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing by Glossop Lodge ; Barn Owl - 1 - hunting fields either side of road until c0800hrs, mobbed by Magpies

Song Thrush - 3 - singing ; Red-legged Partridge - 11 ; Pheasant - 5 - cocks ; Chaffinch - 3 ; Kestrel - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 2+ ; Sparrowhawk - 1 - hunting ; Mallard - 4 - 2 E; pair on stream ; Reed Bunting - 3 - in wet, rushy area ; Jackdaw - c100 - wheeling over, settled in top of tree before dropping down into field to forage ; Moorhen - 1 - feeding by stream
Green Moor: Tree Sparrow - 17+ - In the garden ; Barn Owl - 1

Goldeneye - 6 - 4 Drakes ; Mediterranean Gull - 1 - adult attaining summer plumage with Black-headed Gulls on main lake then circled up with flock for 10 mins before leaving NW presumably to roost. ; , Goldeneye - 7 - 3m, 4f ; Goosander - 6 ; Common Buzzard - 2 ; Great Crested Grebe - 3 - one main lake, two on small lake. ; Oystercatcher - 3 ; Little Grebe - 1 - main lake

Curlew - 10 - In usual assembly point.

Song Thrush - 1 - Foraging in leaf litter and boggy grass area, heard singing hours later.

Corvid - 70+ - mix of C and JD ; Skylark - 1 - at least 1 singing ; Mistle Thrush - 2 - on pylon ; Redwing - 2 ; Song Thrush - 1 - singing ; Raven - 1 - S, over Bassingthorpe Farm

Barn Owl - 1

Blackbird - 13

Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - drumming ; Coal Tit - 1 - singing ; Great Tit - 1+ - singing ; Robin - 1+ - singing ; Chaffinch - 1 - singing ; Goldfinch - 1+

Nuthatch - 1 ; Pied Wagtail - 2 ; Grey Wagtail - 1