06:00-15:30. A great day for the Bird Race and four teams of two took part. After 9.5 hours birding just 5 species seperated all the teams and a grand total of 74 species were seen which is the same total as last year and the second highest number ever. Results were:
Team A = 61, Team B = 65, Team C = 66, Team D = 66. Grand Total = 74 species.
Highlights were:
little Grebe, pair with chicks, Mute Swan, pair nesting, very unusual for Rossendale, Goosander, female, Coot, pair with 6 young, Oystercatcher, pair, Lapwing, c20, Snipe, 2, Curlew, c3/4 pairs, Common Sandpiper, only 1 location this year! Stock Dove, c5, Little Owl, 1, Green Woodpecker, at least 3, G.S.Woodpecker, c5, Skylark, c20, Sand Martin, 2/3, low this year! Dipper, 1 juv, Stonechat, sev inc 3 juvs, Wheatear, 2/3, Sedge Warbler, at least 3 singing birds, Whitethroat, at least 2 singing birds, Spotted Flycatcher, 1 location, Nuthatch, pair feeding juvs, Treecreeper, 2, Linnet, c6, Redpoll, singing birds, Bullfinch, 3/4, Regards, R.O.C.
