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*** Posting information about sensitive species ***
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Neil Burke has drawn my attention to a message on the Greater Manchester Bird Forum pointing out that there is an active group of egg-thieves operating from the Heywood area and that they trawl forums such as these to get clues as to the location of nests birds of prey etc. When posting on the Forum pleas...
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STICKY:
Spreadsheet for Rossendale Bird records
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If anyone is looking for a relatively simple way of storing their bird notes electronically, I've posted a sticky in the General Discussion section on this topic.
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STICKY:
*** REMINDER - Postings about sensitive species ***
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Just before the breeding season, it may be worth reminding users that, being a public forum, not everyone reading these messages will have the welfare of the birds at heart. Please take care not to put at risk the nest sites of sensitive species. Either make the description deliberately vague or do...
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*** PLEASE READ *** - New sighting entry facility
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Those of you who also use the East Lancashire forum will have seen an announcement about a new facility for entering birds records online via the ELOC website.
Tony Cooper of ELOC emailed me during December 2006 kindly inviting ROC to make use of this facility. Due to other pressure...
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STICKY:
Forum guidelines - PLEASE READ
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Welcome to the Rossendale Birds and Wildlife Forum
The forums within this site are provided for the purpose of recording sightings of the various groups within the Rossendale Borough boundary.
You do not have to register in order to use the forum simply for reading the existing messages.&...
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Clough Bottom Res 01/11/2025
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grey heron - 1cormorant - 2mallard - 19teal - 2 drakesgoosander - 3 femalespheasant - malebuzzard - 1 harassed by a carrion crowkestrel - 1black-headed gull - 16common gull - 1herring gull - 4lesser black-backed gull - 4great spotted woodpecker - 1woodpigeon - 6meadow pipit - 3robin - 1stonechat - 1...
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Bridge Clough, 31st Oct 2025
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10:00-11:00 Cormorant, 1 on Jack lodge, Tufted Duck, 1 male on Jack Lodge, Goosander, 2 Redheads on Jack Lodge, Kestrel, 1 towards Fox Hill, Moorhen, 1 on Jack Lodge, Lapwing, a flock of 14 flew over towards Bacup, Meadow Pipit, 1 on Coal Pit Lane, Starling, flocks of c20 & c10, Carrion Crow, 4, Jac...
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Grain 30-10-25
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9:15-11:15 HWR Mallard 1 female Goosander 4 Teal BH Gulls 3 Moorhen 3 Cormorant 1 Kestrel 3 Stonechat ~100 Fieldfare over towards Musbury Ogden + Calf Hey Mallard 1 LBB Gull 3 Cormorant Clough Head 5+ Siskin Jamestone Quarry (west) 1 male Goldeneye Cheers Ian
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Waterfoot to Clowbridge Res 25/10/25
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Trickett's Memorial Groundgreat spotted woodpecker - 1nuthatch - 2blackbird - min 10long-tailed tit - min 20 Seat Naze/ Edge Cotepink-footed goose - skein of c75 seen heading north-east over Greenfoldbuzzard - 1snipe - min 165 jack snipe - 1black-headed gull - 1common gull - 3stock dove - 1meado...
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Clowbridge 11:00 cloudy 10°c
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Great Crested Grebe 1 Cormorant 4 Grey Heron 1 Canada Goose 24 Mallard c50 Teal 4 Goosander 3 rh Black Headed Gull c25 Woodpigeon 2 Meadow Pipit 4 Pied Wagtail 1 Stonechat 1 Mistle Thrush 2 Redwing c10 Magpie 2 Carrion Crow 2 Raven 1 Greenfinch 1 Goldfinch c50 Reed Bunting 2
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Reedsholme - Cribden Clough 22/10/25
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Park - Flock of 6+ Long-tailed Tit Leabrook 1 Dipper - singing upstream on return. 5 Mallard - 2pr + 1 male Cribden Clough 1 Grey Heron, stood off in field 1 Kestrel c/40 Starlings on the T.V. mast. c/25 Fieldfares in the big ash tree. c/40 Wood Pigeon in trees. 1 Buzzard on telegraph pole along Oakenhead W...
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Grane 22-20-25 9:30-11:30
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Rain Showers HWR 3 Moorhen 2 Common Gulls BH Gulls Mallards 1 Canada Goose 15 Teal 3 Cormorant 1 Dipper 1 Kingfisher 2 LLTit Moor edge path 1 Kestrel 1 Peregrine (flew down from moor over res then back again) 42 Pink Feet over Ogden 1 GBB Gull 3 Cormorant Cheers Ian
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Clowbridge 12° cloudy 09:00
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Cormorant 8 Grey Heron 1 Canada Goose 1 (one) Teal 6 Mallard 51 Kestrel 1 Black Headed Gull c25 Common Gull 3 Woodpigeon 2 Meadow Pipit 2 Dunnock 1 Song Thrush 1 Fieldfare 13 Goldcrest 5 Long Tailed Tit 6 Great Tit and Blue Tit good numbers Treecreeper 1 (car park) Magpie 10, Crow c20 Raven 1 over Chaffinc...
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Rossendale Wildlife Thread 2025
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Friday 3rd January effects of the cold spell showing with 3 Blackbirds in the field near the boardwalk at Holden Wood Reservoir. 4 Goldeneye at Ogden Reservoir. 11 min Mallards at both reservoirs Sunday 5th January min 10 Blackbirds at Victoria Park, and a few Song Thrush maybe at least 4, and som...
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Various 15/10/25
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Early morning - Cribden Clough 1 Kestrel Pr Raven on transmitter mast then off towards the ski slope. 5 Redwing through then 7 circling over later c/50 flock Fieldfare through to S.W. 2 Mistle Thrush on wires 5 Long-tailed Tit in scrub. c/30 Wood Pigeon to S. 1 Cormorant to W. 3 Blackbird and a Song Thrus...
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Chapel Hill area and Rawtenstall 15.10. cloudy 9°
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Chapel Hill : Pink-footed Geese 13 Buzzard 1 (over Cribden) Moorhen 1 Black Headed Gull 3 Woodpigeon c10 Pied Wagtail 1 Wren 2 Dunnock 2 Robin c6 Blackbird 2 Fieldfare c50 Redwing c100 Goldcrest 1 Long Tail Tit (small party in cemetery) Blue Tits and Great Tits (good numbers) Jackdaw c50 Carrion...
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HWR-Calf Hey 15/10/25 8:30-10:30
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HWR 6 Teal 5 Mistle Thrush 5 Cormorant Mallard 3 Moorhen Canada Calf Hey (Fairy Glen) Coal Tits Nuthatch Great Tits Flock of 17 Crossbill Over 1 Cormorant 2 Kestrel 3 groups of ~30 Fieldfare flying North 44 Pinkfeet flying West 60 Pinkfeet flying East Pair Stonechat Cheers Ian
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Redwing/AMR
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Late post..Redwing 50+ dropped into Hawthorn along the Irwell in Irwell vale 1600 hrs yesterday. AMR this morning, Common Scoter 4, Snipe2, Fieldfare50 over. Regards Brian RobA. -- Edited by brian on Wednesday 15th of October 2025 08:38:45 AM
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Reedsholme area 14/10/25
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Between Reedsholme and Cribden Clough 12:00 hrs onwards. 2 Buzzard around all afternoon mobbed by crows and jackdaws at various times. 2 individual Ravens, much calling and circling over the area. 1 Kestrel mobbing buzzard then perched up at Cribden Clough. 1 Sparrowhawk seen on three occassions...
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Clowbridge 14/10/25 8:30-10:00
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1 Wigeon 3 Cormorant ~30 Mallard ~40 Canadas ~20 Goldfinch few Meadow Pipits small flock of long-tailed, blue, coal & great tits, goldcrests + 1 treecreeper ~90 Fieldfare over towards south 1 sparrowhawk 2 redpoll 4 siskin greenfinch and house sparrow on Limy Lane Cheers Ian
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Redwing.
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Approximately 200 Redwing along Park Road Helmshore this morning, info PaulG. Regards Brian.
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Newchurch Overnight 13-14/10/25
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Massive Redwing movement, my software detected over 1300 calls from 20:00-07:00 with the majority from 20:00-02:00. A reasonable number of Song Thrush calls 1 Lapwing 01:15 Cheers Ian
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Clough Bottom 13 10 25
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Clough Bottom Lapwing 48 Snipe 3 Kestrel 1 Goshawk 1 fly over Teal 4 Goosander 2 redheads Mallard c20 Canada Geese 90 Common Gull 3 B H Gull 3 Herring Gull 1 L B B Gull 2 Wren 2 Meadow Pipit 2 Skylark 1 Linnet 2 Redpoll 1 calling Bullfinch 2 calling Blue Tit 6 Great Tit 6 Coal Tit 3 Goldcrest c10 Blackbird 2 Robi...
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About 20 redwing flying west
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whitworth area 12/10/25
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Wallbank Lodgecormorant - 1mallard - 7moorhen - 2black-headed gull - 5kingfisher - 1grey wagtail - 1 overnuthatch - 1long-tailed tit - family partygoldcrest - family party Spring Mill Rescormorant - 2grey heron - 1Canada goose - 138pink-footed goose - c110 flew south west @ 10:45, followed by ano...
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Sunny 12 degrees calm. 0900/1200 hrs. Lapwing 130 Canada Goose 23 Cormorant 3 Wigeon 3 Gadwalll single male. Great Crested Grebe 1 Pink- foot Goose 1 on water 2 skeens over. Meadow Pipit 20+ Linnet 15+ Gulls Black-headed, Common, Herring sp including one Yellow-Legged. Re...
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Warth 11/10/25
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cormorant - 1 over from Cowpe & another flew off a lodge below Zaccharia's Scar at Cloughfold grey heron - 1 at the lodge below Zaccharia's Scar and another on the river at Fallbarn Canada goose - 15 over towards Lowe Lodge mallard - 1pr on the river moorhen - 2 on Kenroy's pond buzzard - 2 soaring ove...
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River Irwell Stubbins to Ewood Bridge.
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Overcast calm 12 degrees 1330/1600 hours. Goosander. At least seven along the route all females. Grey Wagtail. 2 Strongstry, 1 Alderbottom, 3 near Ewood bridge. Dipper. 5 singles along the route. Grey Heron. 1 Irwell vale, 3 in Barn field Strongstry. Moorhen. Single Irwell vale. Mallard. T...
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Various sites 8/10/25
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Afternoon ramble Clowbridge res. 2 Cormorant 24 Canada Goose 85+ Mallard 12 B.H. Gull 2 Raven 2 Stonechat Flock of c/20 Goldfinch 1 G.S.Woodpecker. Greenfold 2 Raven 3 Buzzard, all perched on fence posts. 1 Kestrel 3 Stonechat Flock of c/25 Goldfinch Shortclough res. 40+ Canada Goose 2 Moorhen 1 Coo...
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