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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:
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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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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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Clowbridge 25-9-26 15:00 - 16:00
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Not a lot about Good numbers of Linnet and Goldfinch 1 Female Whinchat with linnets 1 Female Goosander 2 Cormorant Cheers Ian
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Holden Wood Reservoir 24-9-2026
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Holden Wood 1 Common Sandpiper 1 Little Grebe 2 Moorhen 1 Buzzard 1 Kestrel 1 Grey Heron 3 Grey Wagtail 5 Goldfinch 7 Meadow Pipit 9 Black-headed Gull 10 Mallard 260+ Canada Goose on and around the reservoir Cheers Craggy
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Overnight 21-9-26
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Common Scoter , 23:39 and 23:53 Curlew 3:41 (22-9)
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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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Clowbridge 20 7 26
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Cormorant 8 G C Grebe 1 Goosander 4 redheads Mallard 3 Common Gull 1 B H Gull 3 Raven 1 over Magpie 1 Wood Pigeon 1 Chaffinch birds calling Linnet 3 Meadow Pipits Robin 1 Pied Wagtail 1 Goldfinch 4 Peter and John
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Reedsholme - more pinkies 16/9/26
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1 Raven and 1 calling Buzzard overhead. Skien of c/35 Pink-footed Geese moving W. at 14:45 hrs or so. Came from over Chapel Hill then over Cribden. 5 birds flying in the opposite direction 30 mins later. c/6 House Martin feeding at Cribden Clough + c/20 feeding at Reedsholme later. Parties of 10 +1+11 S...
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Pink-footed geese 16/09/26
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33 pink-footed geese flew eastish over Park Road, Bacup around 7:35 this morning cheers Kevin
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Reedsholme - Cribden Clough 15/9/26
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Morning ramble 20+ House Martins over Brookes' Wood at 09:00 hrs then 40+ over Laund Bank nearby at 09:30, 6 over Oakenhead Old Rd late morning + 10 over Brookes' Wood at 15:00 hrs. Calling Juv. Buzzard at Reedsholme then same bird at Cribden Clough later + 1 other perched. 1 Jay at Laund Bank 1 Kestrel a...
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Clowbridge and Nutshaw 14.9.26 09:00 fine 18°c
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Great Crested Grebe 1 Cormorant 4 Canada Goose 3 Mallard 2 Kestrel 2 Black Headed Gull 39 Lesser Black Back 1 Woodpigeon c20 Stock Dove 3 House Martin 2 Meadow Pipit c40 Grey Wagtail 1 Stonechat 3 Wheatear 2 Magpie 5 Raven 5 Starling 12 House Sparrow 6 Linnet c60 Reed Bunting 1
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WallBank Lodge to Lee Quarry 13/09/26
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Wallbank Lodge 1 coot, 2 moorhen & a flock of 20 house sparrows nearby Spring Mill Resbuzzard - 1lesser black-backed gull - 1black-headed gull - 5green woodpecker - 1stock dove - 1woodpigeon - 33skylark - calling birdpied wagtail - 7meadow pipit - min 10swallow - 12wren - 2starling - 15magpie - 6...
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Cloughbottom 13 9 26
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Grey Wagtail 2 Pied Wagtail 2 Chiff Chaff 2 calling Great Tit 2 Chaffinch calling birds Bullfinch 2 calling Meadow Pipit c20 Goldfinch c200 various charms Stonechat 20 minimum adults and juveniles Goosander 4 redheads Tufted Duck 2 m Mallard c6 Canada Goose 1 G C Grebe 1 L B B Gull c20 Lapwing C150 Carri...
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Cribden Clough 12/9/26
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60+ House Martins feeding, with small parties heading off S. over Rawtenstall - 14:00 hrs onwards. 1 Sparrowhawk flew over Leabrook. 1 Buzzard perched. 1 Kestrel perched. The only small passerines seen were two distant small finch flocks. 30 H.Ms feeding over the wood at Reedsholme at 17:30 hrs + 12...
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Pink-footed Geese Cowpe Area 11/9/2026
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A skein of Pink-footed Geese calling loudly passed over Cowpe early this morning Cheers Craggy
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Greenfold 9/9/26
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Late post for 9/9. Reedsholme - 2 Sparrowhawk over the wood 2 Buzzard 1 Grey Wagtail on the river. Greenfold 23 Swallows on wires + 2s & 3s moving through over the moor. Flock of c/15 Goldfinch 1 Kestrel 3 Meadow Pipit + 2 with chats. c/6 Stonechat 2 Whinchat 1 Reed Bunting 6 Raven on walls - appeared to...
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Various sites, 9th Sep 2026
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Top of Dean, 11:00-12:00. Buzzard, 2 soaring high, calling, Kestrel, 2 hunting over the moors, Sparrowhawk, soaring bird mobbed by Starlings, Swallow, c30, over the farmland, Stonechat, pair with at least 2 juvs, Starling, c200 over the farmland, Stock Dove, 2 feeding in a field, Raven, 1 over cal...
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Greenfold 7/9/26
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1m Kestrel 2 Buzzard - 1 calling persistently. 1 Raven over towards Clowbridge + 1 over Bonfire Hill Quarry later. 6+ Stonechat 4 Whinchat 3 Meadow Pipit Flock of c/50 Goldfinch around stables 4 Swallow 1 Stock Dove at Bottomley Bank farm 1 Buzzard over Pinner quarry at Crawshawbooth later. Bob,
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various sites 06 & 07/09/26
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This morning min 2 swifts seen over Seat Naze area along with a minimum of c50 swallows 1 wheatear towards Saunder Height female sparrowhawk flew from Fearns area towards Edgeside Lane 2 raven over Seat Naze A few bits from yesterday 5 teal at Whitworth Quarry c50 goldfinch with at least 1 siskin on...
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Clowbridge 06.9.26 08:00 13° light rain
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Cormorant 5 Grey Heron 2 Great Crested Grebe 1 Canada Geese 1 Goosander 2rh Mallard 13 Black Headed Gull c20 Carrion Crow c10 Raven 2 Kestrel 1 Linnet c20 Meadow Pipit c10 Pied Wagtail c10 Woodpigeon 1 Robin 1 Goldfinch 2 charms c20
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Fab 4 & more
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Walk around Grane Reservoirs and quarries main highlights 4 Great Egrets flying west over HWR just after 8am then circled over Ogden then East then South. 4 were seen over Elton heading North at 7.40am which must have been the same birds. Prior to that 4 were seen at Audenshaw which flew west and...
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Greenfold 1/9/26
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Afternoon ramble c/10 Swallow feeding at Folly Clough over field then parties of 6 & 2 moving through at Greenfold. Buzzard calling throughout and seen over pasture. Two birds this morning at Reedsholme over the wood. Raven over calling. 1 Snipe flushed 1m Reed bunting Party of 6 Stonechat with...
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Clough Bottom Res 29/08/26
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great crested grebe - 1Canada goose - 73mallard - 20teal - 5tufted duck - 2lesser black-backed gull - 36herring gull - 2lapwing c120buzzard - 7 in the air together somewhere in the Water areakestrel - 1woodpigeon - 12green woodpecker - 1swift - 3 flew throughswallow - 7coal tit - c6blue tit - 2great ti...
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Clowbridge 29-8-26 10:30-11:30
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1 female goosander sleeping 10+ ravens 1 Spotted Flycatcher north bay wood
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Chapel hill 1730-1845hrs
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first flock of 20 odd linnet a single redstart second flock of 50 plus goldfinch and greenfinch Buzzard kestrel cheers, Phil -- Edited by Phillip on Tuesday 25th of August 2026 07:09:18 PM
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Nocturnal nature watch around Helmshore
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Going around the village c.2200 hours bathed by light of near-full moon offering semi-decent visibility. Lots of night-flying moths but without moth-trap impossible to identify. At least 2(maybe 3)species of bats, the smaller ones Pipestrelle and larger bats with larger ears(and greater weig...
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