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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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Overnight 22-3-26
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Large movement of Common Scoter from about 21:00 - 22:45 Ian
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Seat Naze to Clowbridge 22/03/2026
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Seat Nazestock dove - 2skylark - 8pied wagtail - 1meadow pipit - 2song thrush - singing birdfieldfare - min 20chiffchaff - 2 singing birdsmagpie - 3jackdaw - 3carrion crow - min 28 feeding in manured fieldlinnet flock of 4 Edge Cotemallard - 1prpheasant - male and 2 calling birdssnipe - 28jack snipe -...
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Lee & Whitworth Quarry 21/03/26
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Whitworth QuarryCanada goose - 39mallard - 2prssnipe - chipping birdcurlew - 1 callingkestrel - 1 malelesser black-backed gull - 2black-headed gull - flock of 12 on quarry pool, unusual to see so many up hereskylark - c40, many in songmeadow pipit - min 40, some in parachute display. pied wagtail -...
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Limy Valley - Greenfold 20/3/26
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Late post from yesterday. Afternoon ramble - 1 Dipper at Crawshawbooth + Nuthatch calling. 1 Buzzard over Stoneholme 2 Raven over Stoneholme Kestrel at Stoneholme + Greenfinch singing. 10 Rook & 5 nests at Loveclough - this group move around every year nesting in different areas. 10 Fieldfare...
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Helmshore village & environs
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1 pair of magpie working very hard with large twigs in bills nest-building in fork of deciduous tree. Third successive day they have been carrying twigs to nest, using their wedge-shaped tails as a rudder to balance the weight of the twigs. Another pair on conifer tree some way away, nest probably fro...
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Rossendale Wildlife Thread 2026
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2 January walk around Grane and Quarries and highlights were approx 30 Mallard on Holden Wood and 5 Goldeneye on Calf hey 4 January visit to Holden Wood early morning 5 Snipe, 27 Lapwing in 3 different flocks including 9 on the breeding field, 1 Woodcock, 80 plus Fieldfare in hedge with sm...
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Limy Valley - Greenfold 18/3/26
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Afternoon ramble Pr Long-tailed Tits at Rushbed + pr at Forest Bank. Single Mistle Thrushes at Rushbed, Heightside Lane and a singing bird at Folly Clough. Shortclough res. 10 Canada Goose c/4 Mallard Pr Teal 2f Goosander 4 Moorhen 2 Little Grebe Raven over Crawshawbooth calling. 1 L.B.B. Gull movi...
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Reedsholme 17/3/26
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1 Chiffchaff singing briefly this afternoon. Bob.
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HWR - Clough Head 17-3-26
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8:30 - 11:30 HWR 4 Cormorant 1 Great Crested Grebe 1 Coot 1 Moorhen Canadas Mallards 7 Pair Lapwing 1 Pair Curlew 1 Oystercatcher ~40 Fieldfare Heap Clough - Clough Head Siskin- Heap Clough + Clough Head 1 Wheatear - Deep Clough (photos nearly in focus!) 3 Pair Stonechat - males singing Meadow Pipits S...
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Overnight 14-03-26
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Newchurch Between around 20:15 and 20:40 Wigeon flew over, sound might be a bit weird because I've had to filter a lot of traffic out 21:20 Common Scoter Cheers Ian
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Clowbridge 13.03.26 10:30 4°c windy
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Great Crested Grebe 1 Cormorant 2 Mallard 4 Goosander 11 (5m 6f) Lapwing 2 North Field Woodpigeon 2 Meadow Pipit 5 Grey Wagtail 1 Pied Wagtail 5 Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird (car park) Chiff Chaff 1 Goldcrest 1 Long Tailed Tit 2 Great Tit 1 Magpie 2 Carrion Crow c20 Starling 6 feeder and 12 North Fiel...
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Whitworth 14/03/2026
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Wallbank Lodgemallard - 1prcoot - 1prmoorhen - 1collared dove - 1greenfinch - 1 Eastgate Woodschiffchaff - 2 singinglong-tailed tits - heard at 2 sitesdipper - 1 singing Spring Mill Rescormorant - 3great crested grebe - 2Canada goose - 2prsgoosander - 23 (largest flock I've seen here)buzzard - 2k...
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Holden Wood Res - Heap Clough 10-3-26
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HWR 1 Great Crested Grebe 7 Pair Lapwing 1 Moorhen Reed Bunting singing Meadow Pipits Skylark Oystercatcher 3 Kestrel 3 Buzzard over 3 Cormorant Troy Quarry 7 Pair Canadas 1 Heron Pair Stock Dove Siskin Chaffinch Pair Stonechat on fence above Quarry Jamestones Pair Goldeneye 3 P Stonechat from Troy...
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Clowbridge/Clough Bottom/Greenfold 10:45-15:00 dry breezy 9°c
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Great Crested Grebe 1 Clowbridge Little Grebe 1 Clough Bottom Cormorant 2 Clowbridge 1 Clough Bottom Canada Goose 14 C/bridge 5 C/Bottom 14 Shortclough Teal 2 Greenfold Mallard small numbers on all water bodies Goosander 5 C/bridge, 2 C/Bottom, 1 Shortclough Buzzard 2 Nutshaw,1 C/Bottom ...
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Chiffchaffs 9/3/26
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1 Chiffchaff singing briefly at Reedsholme + 1 calling at Stoneholme. 1 Buzzard at Stoneholme with c/40 Jackdaw 11 Rook nests at St Johns church Crawshawbooth. Pr Grey Wagtail at Crawshawbooth. f. Tawny Owl calling last night at Reedsholme. 1f Goosander at Shortclough. Bob.
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Cowm 8 3 26
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Cowm Goldeneye 1m Mallard 19 Cormorant 3 Canada Goose 3 B H Gull c20 Oystercatcher 3 G W Pecker 1 calling Curlew 1 calling Treecreeper 2 Wood Pigeon 2 Carrion Crow c10 Magpie 2 Robin calling birds Goldfinch calling birds Coal Tit 2 calling Great and Blue Tits Dunnock 1 Song Thrush 2 Blackbird 1 Peter and...
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Whitworth Quarry 07/03/26
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Not much about, but of note Canada goose - 11prs teal - 1 drake oystercatcher - 1pr kestrel - 1pr towards Lee Quarry skylark - c15 green woodpecker heard yaffling from Back Cowm meadow pipit - only 4 pied wagtail - 2 linnet - 3 cheers Kevin
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Deerplay Area 7 3 26
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Curlew 1 Sky Lark 2 Lapwing 4 Pied Wagtail 2 Starling c25 over Blackbird 1 House Sparrow 1 Carrion Crow c10 Peter
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Reedsholme to Greenfold 5/3/26
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07:45 hrs onwards. Min. of 6 Song Thrush and 2 Mistle Thrush singing from Reedsholme to Crawshawbooth - no blackbird song. 2 Long-tailed Tit + Nuthatch calling at Rushbed. 1 Nuthatch and G.S. Woodpecker calling at Bonfire Hill Quarry. Rooks building at St Johns church, Crawshawbooth Pr Goldfinch...
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Grane 5-3-26 8:30 - 11:30
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HWR Long-tailed Tits Mallard 5 Cormorant 1 GC Grebe 5 P Lapwing displaying 1 Moorhen 1 Reed Bunting singing Curlew 'bubbling' P Kestrel Oystercatcher HWR - Calf Hey P Goldeneye on Ogden flew to Calf Hey 4 P Stonechat males singing Calf Hey Siskin Blue, Great & Coal Tits P Treecreeper Nuthatch Grea...
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Greenfold 3/3/26
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Mid-morning to lunchtime - clear blue skies. c/24 Canada Goose 1 pair Mallard 2 Golden Plover w/ c/20 Lapwings - some birds on territory. 1 Curlew calling - my first here this year. Large group of c/70 Herring Gull over to the North. Pair Kestrel 1 Buzzard over calling, seen twice. 6 Fieldfare at Folly C...
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Calf Hey to Clough Head 2-3-26
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Not a lot around 2 x Treecreepers Blue, Great & Coal Tits Nuthatches Canada Geese Buzzard Over Good number of Greenfinch and Siskin at Clough head Most unusual was 26 Oystercatcher on field near to Ogden Cheers Ian
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Greenfold 27/2/26
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Afternoon ramble 1 pair Mallard Flock of c/60 Lapwing + 2 on territory. 1 Buzzard 1 Kestrel 2 Raven over calling c/ 100 flock of Starling + flock of 20 flew in from Whitewell Valley. 60+ Fieldfare Pr Stonechat have taken up same territory as 2024. 2 singing Skylark 1 Reed Bunting Bob.
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Clough Bottom, 27th Feb 2026
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12:00 - 1:00P.M. Canada Goose, 12 on the res, Goosander, 2 males & 4 redheads on the res, Buzzard, soaring pair, Curlew, 3 in fields near Windy Bank, Oystercatcher, 1 on the dam bank, Common Gull, c40 on res / dam wall, Stock Dove, 3 at Windy Bank, Skylark, 2 singing birds near Red Moss, Mistle Thrush...
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