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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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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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Clowbridge Reservoir 16°c drizzle and breeze 26.07.26
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Cormorant 2 Grey Heron 1 Mallard c20 Canada Goose 22 Black Headed Gull 8 Herring Gull 1 Carrion Crow 6 Meadow Pipit 6 Swallow 20+ Sand Martin 1 Grasshopper Warbler 1 reeling South Bay Pied Wagtail 2 Goldfinch c12 Song Thrush 1 Blackbird, Chaffinch, Wren, Great Tit-car Park Reed Bunting 2 famil...
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Lower Irwell Valley 24/07/26
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of note goosander - at least 4 on the river at Lumb Wood, looked like a family party. Could've been more birds out of view buzzard - 1 over Staghills Woods, 1 at Ewood Bridge & 2 or 3 over Lumb Wood sparrowhawk - male over Staghills Woods swift - 8 over Lumb Wood house martin - c40 over Lumb Wood sand marti...
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Various sites, 22nd July 2026
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I spent a full day birding in Rossendale at some of the old haunts. I didn't see anything you wouldn't expect but saw lots of breeding success especially with Coal Tits, Stonechats and Wrens which were everywhere. Of note were as follows: Mitchell's House Res. Sparrowhawk, 1 female mobbed by Meado...
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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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Overnight 21-7-26
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Newchurch We had whimbrel over at about 1:15am and quail at 4:00am Cheers Ian
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Clowbridge 18.7.26 07:30 12°c
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Cormorant 4 Canada Goose 70 Mallard c16 Heron 2 Curlew 1 Black Headed Gull 12 Herring Gull 1 Swift 100+ Swallow 6 Sand Martin 3 Carrion Crow c20 Jackdaw 6 Magpie 2 Woodpigeon 2 Kestrel 1 Pied Wagtail 4 Grey Wagtail 2 Stonechat 2 (1 adult 1 juvenile) Chaffinch 4 Goldfinch c12 Blue Tit 1 Meadow Pipit c...
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Probable Iceland Gull Haslingden
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1 tatty individual heading very low North over Broadway. It could've Been feeding in Hassy High playing fields. Almost certainly same bird seen at Elton a few weeks ago. It was flying with Lesser Black Backed Gulls and so was the Elton bird. as I had only flight views over I should consider it a pr...
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Various sites
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A few bits from the last few days today at Spring Mill Resbuzzard - 1green woodpecker - minimum 3pied wagtail - 4swallow - c35house martin - 5chiffchaff - 2stonechat - 1pr with 2 juvs & 2 older juveniles in a different locationraven - 2linnet - 2reed bunting - 3 singing males Eastgate Woods/ Broadl...
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Whitworth 05/07/26
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A few bits of note today grasshopper warbler - 1 reeling near the track across the moor to Whitworth Quarry from Deansgreave Road, New Line common sandpiper - pr with young in Whitworth Quarry coot - 1pr with six young at Wallbank Lodge look set to breed again. 1 of the pair is colour ringed. I have report...
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Cheesden Valley 28/06/26
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Canada goose - 8 adults with 1 gosling on top lodgemallard - c10moorhen - birds on Buckhurst Lodge, top lodge & middle lodgeoystercatcher - 1curlew - 2 at the flashbuzzard - sightings of 2 + 1 +1 +1, involving a minimum of 3 birds. 1 seen carrying prey, probably a rat. kestrel - 2black-headed gull -...
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Clough Bottom, 26th June 2026
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10:00-11:00 Canada Goose, 61 on the res, Mallard, 10 on the res, Kestrel, 1 on a pylon near Windy Bank, Pheasant, 1 calling bird, Curlew, calling bird on Red Moss and one feeding in newly mown field at Swallow Shore, Lesser Black Backed Gull, c40 on the res, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 near Windy Bank, S...
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The decline of the collared dove(streptopelia decaocto)
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Saw a pair of collared doves fly onto a large conifer at the edge of a big garden in Helmshore yesterday. Have seen very few this year. Although mentioned in the Summer Bird Race, very few are mentioned in any other "bird seeking list" report. Subsequent investigation shows BTO reports a recent 40% dec...
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Whitworth 14/06/26
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Wallbank Lodgemallard - duck with at least 4 very small ducklings plus a pair and a drakemoorhen - 1coot - 1pr with 6 younggrey wagtail - 1mistle thrush - 1blackcap - 1 Eastgate Woodsgreat spotted woodpecker - calling birdsong thrush - 4 singinglong-tailed tit - family partynuthatch - 1blackcap - 3c...
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GANNET 13/06/26 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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A gannet flew south over Cronkshaw Fold Farm in the Alden valley at around 10:50 this morning. It was mobbed briefly by a kestrel before continuing on it's way. I was roughly three quarters of a mile away when I saw it, hence the very poor quality photo A few other bits from a walk up the Alden Valley and dow...
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ROC summer bird race 2026
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2 teams participated in the summer bird race this year; team A - Dave & Sarfraz (72 species) & team B Paul & Kevin (68 species) Full list of species seen shown below. Highlights included a red kite (a first for a bird race in Rossendale)over Whitworth Quarry, golden plover, dunlin, sedge w...
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Clowbridge Reservoir and Holden Wood Reservoir 3/6/2026
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Clowbridge There looked to have been a Mayfly hatch Swifts feeding in large numbers over the water 180+ also good number of Swallows Springfield Lane 1 Buzzard 2 Kestrel Curlew calling 1 Pheasant Holden Wood 2 Moorhen 2 common Sandpiper 2 Curlew 5 Oystercatcher 8 Lapwing 1 Kestrel 2 Song Thrus...
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Greenfold 31/5/26
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Afternoon ramble. Lots of Starling feeding on pastures 400+ many juveniles. Male Stonechat w/ 1 young. 1 Linnet flew over. Curlew calling. Lapwing on territories but quiet. Skylark and Meadow Pipits singing. 5 Swift over. 4 Swallows feeding. Folly Clough - 1 Buzzard over. 1 Whitethroat - very sub...
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Clowbridge res. 29/5/26
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Afternoon ramble - 42 Canada Goose + 2 pairs with young. c/24 Mallard 1 Grey Heron 1 B.H. Gull 1 L.B.B. Gull + light passage to N.W. all afternoon. 3 Lapwing in fields, all appeared to be on separate territories. 1 Oystercatcher in field 1 Curlew bathing + 1 calling from moorland 1 Common Sandpiper 2 Swif...
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Musbury, 24th May 2026
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12:30-2:00 Buzzard, 1 soaring bird, Pheasant, 2 calling birds, Cuckoo, 1 seen calling from a tree and calling frequently throughout the valley. Probably the bird earlier at Ogden. Swallow, c12, House Martin, 2, Willow Warbler, c6 singing birds, Blackcap, 2 singing birds, Stonechat, 1 singing bi...
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Grane, 24th May 2026
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09:00-12:00 Dabchick, 2 Grey Heron, 2 over Holden Wood, Canada Goose, c150 inc many goslings, Mallard, 3 on Ogden, Buzzard, 5 soaring birds, Kestrel, 1 at Calf Hey & 1 above Troy, Pheasant, calling bird near Ogden, Oystercatcher, 4, LRP, 1, Curlew, 1 on the tops, Lapwing, 5, mainly at Holden Wood...
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Clowbridge 09:00 17,°c fine slight breeze
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Canada Goose 2+2 and 6 Mallard 3 Common Sandpiper 4 Grey Heron 1 Lapwing 6 Pied Wagtail 6 Cuckoo 1 (Old Wood area) Grasshopper Warbler 1 Willow Warbler c10 Meadow Pipit 6 Skylark 1 Woodpigeon 2 Jackdaw c50 Nutshaw Carrion Crow Magpie 2 Starling at last 3 families House Sparrow Goldfinch cp Great and...
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Spring Mill Res etc 17/05/26
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Spring Mill Resgreat crested grebe - 1prcormorant - 1 flew away from the resCanada goose - 10mallard - 2 malespheasant - 2 calling birdslesser black-backed gull - 3swift - 4swallow - 6house martin - 4grey wagtail - malepied wagtail - 1woodpigeon - 6stonechat - 5 juvs together & a male at the other...
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Clough Bottom 17 5 26
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Clough Bottom Whitethroat 2 Blackcap 1 Willow Warbler c10 Siskin 1 over Redpoll 2 over Linnet 4 Chaffinch Goldfinch Bullfinch 1 Sky Lark 3 Meadow Pipit 3 Reed Bunting 2 Blackbird Song Thrush 1 Blue Tit 4 Great Tot Coal Tit 3 Goldcrest calling birds Jackdaw birds over Carrion Crow birds over Magpie 2 Wo...
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Clough Bottom 15th May 2026
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10:00-11:00 Canada Goose, single on the res, Buzzard, 3 soaring birds towards Deerplay, Kestrel, 1 on Swallow Shore and 1 towards Deerplay, Pheasant, male at Windy Bank, Lapwing, 1 on Swallow Shore, Curlew, singles on Red Moss & Swallow Shore, Lesser Black Backed Gull, c80 on the res with much c...
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