Great Knowley to Heapey Lodges via Tanhouse Brook valley

[Leonard Poxon]

Great Knowley & Tanhouse Brook - Several Woodpigeon & Jackdaws over, 4 singing Robins in the woods, 2 Blue Tit, Great Tit & Coal Tit heard, 1 Chiffchaff heard, 1 Wren, 1 Nuthatch heard, 2 Magpie.

Old railway to Heapey no 1 lodge - 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Wren, possible Blackcap heard in the distance (but could not confirm), 1 Common Buzzard. 1 House Sparrow, 2 Robin, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Long Tailed Tit, 1 Great Tit & 2 Blackbird.

Heapey Lodges:

No 1 lodge - 3 Mallard, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Blackbird, 2 Chiffchaff (m & f) & 2 Goldfinch.
No 2 lodge - 5 Mallard, 1 Moorhen, 2 Great Crested Grebe.
No 3 lodge - 9 Mallard, 3 Coot, 1 Moorhen, 2 Tufted Duck (m & f), 1 Teal dropped in, saw me and disappeared under the water. 2 Great Tit & 2 Blackbird

Heapey no 3 lodge to Higher House Lane to old Railway line.
3 Mallard (2 on a ditch & 1 in a field), 2 Collared Dove, 1 Dunnock, 2 Robin, 2 Long Tailed Tit, 2 Rook, 2 Chiffchaff (not singing), 2 Blue Tit.