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STICKY:
*** 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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Stacksteads 1 2 25
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Stacksteads Buzzard 2 Pink-Footed Geese c 100 over east to west Peter
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Clowbridge Res, 29th Jan 2025
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10:00-11:30 Pink Footed Goose, 44 over west, Goldeneye, male & female, Cormorant, 1 on filter pump, Buzzard, pair over north, G.B.B.Gull, 2 on res, Common Gull, 3, B.H.Gull, 4, Stock Dove, pair on barn gable, Stonechat, male on res wall, Mistle Thrush, singing bird at Point Wood, Coal Tit, 4, wi...
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Calf Hey and Ogden
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2 pairs of Goldeneye on Ogden 3 swans - assume Mute they were too far away 1 Pair of Goldeneye on Calf Hey Plenty of variety - goldfinch, coal tits, nuthatch, chaffinch etc on the feeding stations at the car park Raven on the top chasing a Kestrel
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Whitaker Park
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Pleanty of bird activity this afternoon in the park. Not sure if the thinning out of the trees and bushes has anything to do with it. Song Thrush 4 Treecreeper Nuthatch Jay Blackbirds 6 Magpies 4 Chaffinch Plenty of blue and Great Tits
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Holden Wood and Ashworth Moor Reservoir 26/1/2025
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Holden wood Reservoir Black-headed Gulls 12 on the water washing off after feeding in field Nothing else on the water 70+ Jackdaws feeding in field 50+ Black-headed Gulls feeding in same field 2 Carrion Crow 3 Magpie 4 Meadow Pipit Ashworth Moor Reservoir 1 Tufted Duck 2 cormorant 2 Herring Gul...
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Cowm and New Line 26 1 25
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Mallard c40 Cowm 7 New Line B H Gull c50 Cowm 7 New Line G B B Gull 2 Cowm Common Gull 1 Cowm 2 New Line Canada Goose 2 New Line Tufted Duck 1 New Line Goosander 4 New Line Cormorant 1 New Line Carrion Crow c10 Cowm 2 New Line Starling C20 New Line Moorhen 1 New Line Robin 1 Cown Great Tit 2 Cowm Blackbird 1 Cowm Peter...
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AMR
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0800/1000 hrs degrees Snow/Sun. Goldeneye. 3 Pied Wagtail. 4 Grey Heron. 1 Lapwing. 140+ Starling 50+ Raven over. Not many Gulls, few Common, Black-headed and Herring sp. Regards Brian. -- Edited by brian on Saturday 25th of January 2025 10:37:17 AM -- Edited by brian on Saturday 25th of Janua...
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Curlew Helmshore 18/1/25
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After a near-fruitless walk around Musbury (with the only bird of note being a kestrel), I was on my way home when a calling curlew flew over Helmshore Textile Museum car park around 12:50pm, heading towards Musbury.
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woodcock 160125
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a woodcock flew from Stubbylee Park/ Futures Park area over Park Road, Bacup heading towards Huttock Top, just after 5 pm today mistle thrush singing in same area yesterday cheers Kevin
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Winter bird race 2025
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2 teams took part in the ROC winter bird race today. Team A Ian, Kevin & a returning Dave Nuttall, Team B Bob & Nigel. Sarfraz & Brian also added to the day list After the recent bad weather there was, unsurprisingly, a shorter list than usual, with a total of 60 species recorded. No wader spe...
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Irwell valley round Robin.
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0730/1200 hrs, 0/4 degrees calm still snow and ice on ground. Cormorant. Tawny Owl Goosander Grey Wagtail Dipper Moorhen. Grey Heron. Blue Tit Great Tit Long-tailed Tit Coal Tit Chaffinch Bullfinch Goldfinch Greenfinch Redpoll Dunnock Nuthatch Robin Wren Blackbird Song Thrush Great Spotted Wo...
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Winter feeding station Strongstry
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Lowest recored temperature yesterday evening was -9.5 C, over the last few days the site has been very busy, the snow and ice has been cleared and we had some bright sunshine today During a 3 hour count the following was recorded, numbers are estimated because of lots of movement. Blue Tit. 14 Great Ti...
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Rawtenstall upto Cribden
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Collared dove pair Mistle thrush 2Bullfinch pair Jay Goosander three redheads on twin Lodge Moorhen Single snipe in flight Black headed gulls flying north c10 cheers, Phil
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Cribden 1500-1630hrs
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Yesterday 3 Collered Doves 30+ Goldfinch A single black headed gull This afternoon 2 Bullfinch pair 3 Goosander on twin lodge all redheads 2 Kestrels Stonechat single maleMeadow pipit Happy new year to you all, Cheers, Phil
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Jack Lodge 01/01/2025
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mallard - 9moorhen - 2kestrel - 1black-headed gull - 5common gull - 4herring gull - 1kestrel - 1stock dove - 3woodpigeon - 5pied wagtail - 1redwing - 9fieldfare - 3blackbird - bird singing brieflydunnock - 2starling - 22magpie - 6jay - 1 over Piercy to Seat Nazecarrion crow - 40rook - 13raven - bird cal...
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Waterfoot to Horncliffe 29/12/24
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cormorant - 1 over Warthmallard - 10 in Waterfootkestrel - 1 at Sand Beds, 1 near Horncliffe Quarry & 1 at Horncliffe Livery Stableslittle owl - 1 at Hurdles Quarrystock dove - 1 at Warthskylark - 1 at Sand Bedspied wagtail - 1 over Hurdles quarrymeadow pipit - 1 at Heights quarry & 1 at Sand Beds...
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Clowbridge Res 25.12.24 13:30
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Great Crested Grebe 1 Goldeneye 1 female Black Headed Gull 40+ Common Gull 13 Lesser Black Back Gull 1 Mallard 25
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Red Kite.
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Red Kite just passed over Hardman mill. Info PaulG. Regards Brian.
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Whitworth 14/12/24
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Wallbank Lodgemallard - 3tufted duck - 1 malemoorhen - 2black-headed gull - 20mistle thrush - 1 Spring Mill Resgreat crested grebe - 1tufted duck - 2 malesgoosander - male and femalebuzzard - 1kestrel - 1black-headed gull - 40common gull - 2herring gull - 1 (with yellow legs)woodpigeon - 5green woo...
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Sunday 15th Trip Fluke Hall - Knott End
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Meet at Kay Street car park 8:30. High tide is 10:45 ish Cheers Ian
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Rossendale Wildlife Thread 2024
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Great start to the year with the first Slavonian Grebe I have seen in Rossendale. I wonder if this is where the Rossendale birding year will peak? It is now on Fishmoor Reservoir. Having added Black Necked Grebe and Red Necked Grebe locally. Although the Red Necked Grebe was at Ashworth Moor Res...
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Little Egret
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One at Clowes Lodge this morning. I am reliably informed that it has been present - off and on - since Sunday. Andy
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Grane 12/12/24
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cormorant - 4 on Holden Wood, 1 on Ogden & 1 on Calf hey grey heron - 1 on Calf hey Canada goose - 132 at Holden Wood, 30 at Ogden & 4 at Calf Hey pink-footed goose - unseen skein heard over Calf Hey mallard - just a pair on Holden Wood goldeneye - 2 on Ogden golden plover - 10 on Haslingden Moor snipe - 2 on...
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Waterfoot to Holmes Terrace Lodge via Shortclough 08/12/24
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grey heron - 1 at Shortclough Res & 2 at Holmes Terrace Lodgemallard - 46 at Tesco in Rawtenstall & 9 at Holmes terrace Lodgegoosander - 8 at Shortclough Rescoot - 2 at Shortclough Resmoorhen - 5 at Shortclough res & 1 at Holmes terrace Lodgewoodcock - at least 1 in Trickett's Memorial &...
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Buckhurst to Deeply Vale 01/12/24
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cormorant - 1 flew down the valleygrey heron - 2 at the flashmallard - 21 on Buckhurst Lodge, 1pr on the turf field & 12 at the flashteal 2 males on middle lodge & 19 at the Flashgoosander - 2 redheads on Buckhurst Lodgemoorhen - 1 on middle lodgecurlew - 1 at the flashbuzzard - 1kestrel - female ne...
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