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Spring Mill 24/04/11
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1 pr great crested grebe, 8 Canada goose, 1 pr tufted duck, 1 little owl, 1 pr stock dove, 5 pied wagtail, 1 male grey wagtail, 1m stonechat, 1 female wheatear, 1 mistle thrush, 2 jay, 1 linnet & 3 reed bunting grasshopper reeling in Healey Dell cheers Kevin and John Hallsworth
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Brown Wardle,Landgate. 22nd April.
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Canada Goose 4 pairs,Mallard 2 pairs,Curlew 6,Wood Pigeon 3,Skylark 6,Swallow 4,Meadow Pipit 17, Pied Wagtail 5, Wren 6, Dunnock 7, Robin 14, Wheatear 3, Blackbird 10, Willow Warbler 14, Great Tit 2, Magpie 5, Carrion Crow 18 (in same field feeding together) Chaffinch 15, Goldfinch 10,Linnet 2, R...
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EBSW and circuit.22nd April.
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Mallard 10,BH Gull 14,LBB Gull 11,Wood Pigeon 4,Dipper 2,Pied Wagtail 2,Wren 8,Dunnock 4,Robin 7,Blackbird 8,Song Thrush 2, Whitethroat 1(Thanks Kevin, new Rossendale bird) Blackcap 7, Willow Warbler 14, Great Tit 9, Blue Tit 15,Magpie 7, Carrion Crow 2, Jackdaw 20, Chaffinch 16, Linnet 4, Bul...
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Cowm Res,Whitworth. 22nd/23rd April
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Tufted Duck 2, LBB Gull 20 over,Sparrowhawk,Oystercatcher 2,Swallow 4,Pied Wagtail 4, Grey Wagtail 1,Wheatear 2,Willow Warbler 6,Jay 2, Lesser Redpoll 6 (1 stunning male)
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Swinshaw Moor, 25th April 2011
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06:00-09:15
Grey Heron, 1 on Chapel Hill,
Canada Goose, c12, mostly in pairs inc pair on Broadley's Mill with one sat on top of chimney stack!
Sparrowhawk, soaring bird over Rawtenstall,
Pheasant, 3 males,
Culew, 2 pairs,
Lapwing, at least 4 pairs & flock of 5,
L.B.B.Gull, c12 southeast...
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Holden Wood/Ogden Res. Friday 22nd April
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Sorry for the late post! GC Grebe,Sparrowhawk,Oystercatcher 4,Skylark4,Swallow 4,Stonechat 3, Wheatear 2, Grasshopper Warbler 3,Reed Bunting 4.
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Grane, 24th April 2011
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06:30-09:00
Grey Heron, 1 on Calf Hey,
Canada Goose, c10 pairs, some sitting birds,
Mallard, c20, mainly males,
Goosander, 1 male on Calf Hey,
Pheasant, c4 calling birds,
Moorhen, 1 on Troy,
Curlew, 1 possibly 2 pair,
Lapwing, c10,
Oystercatcher, 2,
B.H.Gull, c6,
Stock Dove, pair,
Wo...
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Waterfoot, Shuttleworth & Fletcher Bank Quarry 23/04/11
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Shuttlworth 1 house martin back at colony and 31 nests at the rookery at St John,s Fletcher Bank Quarry 3pr Canada goose, 7 lapwing, 3 curlew, 4 stock dove, 1 skylark in the quarry and 4 singing on adjacent moorland, 1 pied wagtail, 6 meadow pipit, 2 swallow, approx 100 sand martins, 12 willow warbler...
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Irwell Valley, 23rd April 2011
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06:30-09:00
Grey Heron, 1 feeding in river,
Canada Goose, c5 pairs,
Mallard, c6 males and female with 10 newly hatched young,
Goosander, single female and male & 2 females,
Pheasant, 2 calling birds,
Coot, pair on HTL,
Moorhen, single on HTL,
B.H.Gull, c6 on Sewage Works,
Collared Do...
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David Nuttall
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Warblers
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Still have a single Wood warbler and Whitethroat and several Blackcap, Willow warblers and chiffchaffs.
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Dippers plus Wood warbler
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Dippers have fledged, three young on the river. Good weather has ment earliest brood i have recorded. Walked up to Porritt lodge area this evening to check Blackcap sites and found a Wood warbler singing in the evening sunshine, will check again tomorrow.
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Cowbridge res. 22/4/11
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18:15 - 20:00hrs
Wheatear 3 resident + 7 passage birds
4 Fieldfare
1 Mistle Thrush in song
1m Stonechat
1 Grasshopper Warbler
1m Kestrel with prey
1pr Reed Bunting
4 Canada Goose
Good numbers of Redpoll and Willow Warblers
Bob.
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rookeries & whitethroat 22/04/10
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Ronnie the window cleaner from Waterfoot informed me that there are 14 nests at the rookery at Weir near Northern School and 28 at Rook Hill in Stacksteads whitethroat singing at Stand Athletic football ground at Ewood Bridge today cheers Kevin
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Various and Rook nest,s 22.4.11
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Rook nest,s Peers Clough 9 Water 20 Northern 14 Broad Clough 7 Cowm 2 Healey 9 Rook Hill 29 Clough Bottom Common Sandpiper 1 Goosander 1m Tufted Duck 1m Mallard 7m 2f Meadow Pipit c6 Lee quarry road Willow Warbler 6 minimum Song Thrush 1 calling Redpoll 2 minimum Blackbird Robin Chaffs Blue and Grea...
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Strongstry woods and river.
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A cold windy day spent recording the following : Blue tit, plentyfull with nesting material and food, some in nest boxes. Great tit, many as above. L t tit, one nest site, other pairs about. Coal tit, one pair possibly feeding young, only one other seen. Bullfinch, At least six pair, some carry...
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Clowbridge 19/4/11
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13:00 - 17:15 hrs
Walked to Compstons Cross then around the upper tracks.
Min.13 Willow Warbler in plantings
1 Pied Wagtail
1 White Wagtail on shoreline
Redpolls all around
Wheatear, min 18 at Wholaw ruin
12 in fields across from Wagonners pub
4 adjacent to Limy Lane
3 + 2 resident pairs at Nu...
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Various Sites 17.4.11
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New Line Res Tufted Duck 3m 1f Willow Warbler 2 calling Cowm Res Tufted Duck 4m 2f Mallard c20 Canada Goose c10 Grey Wagtail 1 Pied Wagtail 3 Swallow 3 Willow Warbler 10 minimum Wheatear 3m Redpoll c6 Chaffinch plenty Greenfinch c6 calling Meadow Pipit c10 Sky Lark c4 Oystercatcher 2 calling Rook 4 + 2 ne...
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Grane Area 17/4/11
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Canada Goose 10, Mallard 16,Goosander 2,Pheasant 4,Oystercatcher 2, LR Plover 7,Lapwing 30, Curlew 3,Common Sandpiper 1, BH Gull 6,LBB Gull 2, Stock Dove 2,Collared Dove 1,Wood Pigeon 18, Green Woodpecker 2,Skylark 2, Sand Martin 1,Swallow 4, Meadow Pipit 36, Pied Wagtail 3, Wren 4,Dunnock 6,R...
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EBSW - Schole Heights, 17th April 2011
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06:00-10:30
Grey Heron, 3 feeding in rivers,
Canada Goose, c6,
Mallard, c12,
Goosander, male on Irwell,
Kestrel, pair & single,
Sparrowhawk, female soaring over townsendfold,
Red Grouse, pair & single on tops,
Pheasant, c6,
Curlew, 2 pairs,
Golden Plover, single & floc...
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Warblers in the woods.
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Very cold dawn but turned into warm morning : Blackcap 4 males [singing] 1 female Willow warbler 5/6 singing 1 carrying nesting material into bramble Ciffchaff pair at last years nest site male displaying Whitethroat 1 singing this is early here may be a good sign. One pair of Dippers ha...
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Grane, 15th April 2011
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08:00-10:10
Canada Goose, c12 with one sitting,
Mallard, c20,
Goosander, male & 2 redheads on Holden Wood,
Pheasant, calling bird(s),
Curlew, 1 over & several calling,
Lapwing, c12 at Holden Wood & sitting bird,
Oystercatcher, single at Holden Wood and single in quarry,
Sn...
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Monday Meeting 18-4-11
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Meet at Kay Street car park at 19:00 for a ramble Cheers Ian
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Ian Brady
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Reedsholme - Plunge15/4/11
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A quiet day with little song, notable abscence of curlew on the tops
Leabrook
Willow Warbler
Dipper
Long Tailed Tit
Pied Wagtail
Twin Lodges
Willow Warbler
Long Tailed Tit
Mistle Thrush in song
Balladen
3m Blackbird feeding in amongst horses
Horncliffe
5 Swallow feeding around f...
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Osprey in Ogden
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An osprey dived into Ogden at 1230 today despite being mobbed by gulls, I couldn't be sure if it took one of the trout. It flew off northwards. Also present, Wheatear, Pied Wagtail, Mallard, Oyster Catcher, Lapwing,Yaffle, Meadow Pipit Cormorant, Swallow, BHG, Curlew,Corvids,Chaffinch, Wood Pi...
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Cragg quarry etc 12/4/11
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2pr + 3m Wheatear
2 Golden Plover - Cowpe Moss
Curlew calling
c600 flock of Starling feeding on Rooley Moor Rd on way back down.
E.B.S.W.
c60 hirundines feeding
Mostly Swallow and Sand Martin good numbers of S.Marts for a change 20+
c3 House Martin seen
Pr Kestrel
3 singing Blackcap
2 Chiff...
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Holden Wood - 5pm 7/4/2011
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3 LRP 4 Cormorants - 3 flew away together 30 plus Canada Geese 1 Curlew seen near the Res and another heard 2 Oystercatchers - 1 sitting 20 plus Lapwing over 15 Mallard - some Drakes chasing the females 1 female reed bunting a flock of about 10 Linnet 5 min starlings 4 min Pied Wagtails a few Mipits 1 Grey H...
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Cowpe 100411
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Lench 2pr Canad goose, 1treecreeper, 1 jay & 2 willow warblers Cowpe Res 7 Canada Goose, 1 mallard, 1 common sandpiper, 1 grey wagtail, 3 pied wagtail, 3 wheatear, 1m stonechat, 1 mistle thrush, 1pr linnet & 3 reed bunting Brandwood Moor 4-500 lesser black backed gull, 100 carrion crow, 100 j...
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Hare Clough, Helmshore. 9 April 2011
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2 Ring Ouzel, 4, pair Wheatear, 3 Curlew, 2 calling Greenwoodpeckers Sunday 3 april, calf hey 1 Brambling, plenty of Geenfinch Neil
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Clowbridge res. 9/4/11
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Evening foray
1pr Wheatear prob breeder f seen going into wall
1 Little Owl
1pr + 3 Canada Goose
Greenfinch displaying
c6 Chaffinch in song
2pr Goldfinch
Redpoll males chasing
2 Song Thrush in song
1m Stonechat
Curlew heard
min of 6 Willow Warbler in song
3 Reed Bunting calling
1 pr Goos...
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Cowm Reservoir.8/4/2011
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Buzzard circling res,mobbed by crows,very white individual.Male Goldeneye still present,6 Tufted Ducks,4 singing Willow Warblers. Regards, Dave Ousey.
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