A very changeable day was rewarded with prolonged views of 4 kestrel hunting near Ashway Gap.

Other sightings included peregrine, raven, redpoll, goldfinch, swallow, chaffinch, wren, blackbird, robin, great tit, coal tit, blue tit, wood pigeon, jackdaw, black headed gull and canada geese.

There were also reports of 4 short eared owl hunting up on Saddleworth Moor.