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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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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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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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Crawshawbooth area 22/10/26
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Afternoon, after the rain, before a pint! Shortclough res. 4 Coot 1 Little Grebe 2f Goosander 1 Cormorant 4 Moorhen 1 Grey Heron 1f Wigeon 6 Rook Bonfire Hill Quarry area 2 Fieldfare on tree tops 1 Raven Bob.
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Clowbridge 21.10 8°c drizzle
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Cormorant 2 Mallard c40 Lapwing 6 Snipe 2 Common Gull 6 Black Headed Gull Raven 2 Carrion Crow 6 Jackdaw Magpie 2 Woodpigeon 4 Pied Wagtail 1 Linnet 11 Goldfinch C30 Redwing 10 heading east Meadow Pipit 1 Chaffinch 2 House Sparrow Starling 1 Blackbird 3 Robin 2 Great Tit 2 Wren 2
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Reedsholme 20/10/26
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Cribden Clough Tit flock inc. 6 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Blue Tit. 12+ Redwing in small groups. 4 Blackbird Carrion Crow with white wings along Oakenhead Wood rd. Reedsholme 1 Grey Heron over this morning. Displaying Raven joined by another bird. 5 Magpie 3 Redwing 1 Kestrel Lots of Wood Pigeon in Brookes'...
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Clowbridge Whoopers
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13-14/10/26 98 Redwing calls
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Seat Naze/ Edge Cote 17/10/26
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sparrowhawk - femalesnipe - 98jack snipe - 1black-headed gull - 2skylark - min 3 calling birdsmeadow pipit - 4pied wagtail - 1mistle thrush - 1 over Hurst Lanelong-tailed tit - flock of at least 5coal tit - c5starling - c60jay - 1magpie - c16rook - 5 near sheep feeder off Hurst Laneraven - 4linnet - 9bul...
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Clough Bottom, 16th Oct 2026.
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10:00-11:00 Kestrel, 1 on pylon near Windy Bank, Lapwing, c146 with 26 on Swallow Shore and c120 towards Deerplay, Common Gull, 3 on the res, B.H. Gull, 6 on the res, Stock Dove, 1 on Swallow Shore, G.S. Woodpecker, 1 calling from roadside pines, Grey Wagtail, 1 at outflow, Mistle Thrush, 1 flew over re...
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HWR 14-10-26
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13:00-14:30 ~100 Jackdaws 50 Canada Geese 30 Black headed gulls 5 Cormorant 8 Mallard 3 Teal at least 5 Chiffchaff 2 Moorhen Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Long tailed tits 2 Kestrel 1 Sparrowhawk
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Whitworth to Lee Clough
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Wallbank Lodgemallard - 14coot - 1moorhen - 1black-headed gull - 7jay - calling bird Spring Mill ResCanada goose - 70lapwing - 3buzzard - 2black-headed gull - 3lesser black-backed gull - 1green woodpecker - 1skylark - 2 heading south & 2 other calling birdswoodpigeon - min 180pied wagtail - 7m...
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Greenfold 11/10/26
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Afternoon ramble 2 Kestrel 17 Canada Goose on pasture Flock of 5 Meadow Pipit with 8 Goldfinch Ravens around all afternoon max. count of 4 around sheep feeder. Flock of 20+ Golden Plover on the ground+ flock of 9 in fight later. 1 Stonechat Flock of c/70 Starling moving through. 1 Chiffchaff calling fr...
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Greenfold 6/10/26
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Afternoon stroll - 5 sightings of single Ravens moving around the area calling. 4 Snipe over from Swinshaw Moor direction. 8 Lapwing on pasture nr Greenfold Barn. 10 Canada Goose on pasture. 2 Buzzard on fence posts very close together + 1 over calling, which may have been one of those two. 1 Grey Heron...
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Clowbridge 6.10.26 10:00am 14°c cloud/mist
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Cormorant 5 Mallard 35 Goosander 2rh Buzzard 1 Snipe 15 South bay Black Headed Gull c50 Common Gull 4 Woodpigeon 2 House Martin 1 heading south Meadow Pipit 1 Pied Wagtail 3 Grey Wagtail 1 Wren 1 Dunnock 1 Robin 6 Blackbird 2 Goldcrest 1 Blue Tit 1 Great Tit 2 Magpie 2 Carrion Crow c10 Starling 15 Goldfin...
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Waterfoot to Cowpe Lowe 04/10/26
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grey heron - 1 on the Irwell in Waterfootcormorant - 1 flew down the Irwell valleymallard - c29 across Waterfoot & Warthgoosander - 2 redheads in Waterfootgolden plover - flocks of 17 & 39 on Cowpe Lowesnipe - 1 on Cowpe Lowekestrel - 1 near Scout Moor Quarryherring gull - 1 over Cloughfoldles...
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Clowbridge 01.10 8:30 11°c fine
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Cormorant 5 Grey Heron 1 Mallard C30 Goosander 5rh Lesser Black Back 1 Common Gull 6 Black Headed Gull 30 Raven 3 Rook 2 Carrion Crow c20 Jackdaw c20 Magpie 2 Kestrel 1 Pied Wagtail 1 Chiffchaff 1 in song Willow Warbler calling Chaffinch 3 Goldfinch c60 Linnet c30 Robin 2 Wren 2 Starling C30 House Sparr...
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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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Holden Wood Res 30-9-26
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14:00 - 15:30 Kestrel 4 Raven over Lots Carrion Crows and Jackdaws Black headed gulls 2 Moorhen 6 Cormorant 1 Heron Few Mallard low number of Canadas 3 Mute Swans flew down Grane towards Haslingden 2 Stonechat 10+ Meadow Pipits 1 Chiffchaff Cheers Ian -- Edited by Ian Brady on Wednesday 30th of Septemb...
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Reedsholme 29/9/26
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Late post - Lots of Buzzard activity all day with a max. count of 3 birds, flushing upwards of 200 Wood Pigeons from Brookes' Wood - feeding on beech mast. 1 Kestrel present on one occasion. Bob.
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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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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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