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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:
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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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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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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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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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Common Scoter
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Newchurch 23-8-26 first for Autumn for me flying over at ~22:30 Cheers Ian
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Clowbridge res to Greenfold 23/8/26
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Afternoon ramble. Clowbridge res. 4 Cormorant 1 redhead Goosander c/26 Canada Goose 2 L.B.B. Gull 1 Common Gull 30+ B.H.Gull 3 Pied Wagtail Greenfold 1 Meadow Pipit 1 male Stonechat + 1 juv. or female some distance away 24 Raven on and around a sheep carcass - lots of interaction and calling, flight di...
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various sites 23/08/26
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little grebe - 2 at Holmes Terrace Lodgemallard - c50 at Tesco, Rawtenstallmoorhen - 4 adults and a large juv @ Holmes Terrace Lodgebuzzard - 1 over Landgategreen woodpecker - 1 in Whitworth Quarry & 1 at Lee Cloughskylark - 2 at Whitworth Quarrykingfisher - 1 flying downstream at Groundworkmea...
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Grane 22/08/26
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cormorant - c13 across the 3 reservoirsgrey heron - 1 at each resCanada goose - c300, with at least 210 of these at Ogdenmallard- c40 at Calf Hey & c20 at Ogdenmoorhen - 2 at Holden Woodgreat black-backed gull - 1 over Holden Woodbuzzard - c5hobby 1 flew throughkestrel - c4sparrowhawk - 1lapwing - a...
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hobby 19/08/26
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A hobby flew over Gaghills this evening, coming from the direction of BRGS, before heading up the Whitewell valley cheers Kevin
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Clowbridge, 18th Aug 2026.
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14:30-15:00 Cormorant, 1 on the U-boat, Canada Goose, c90 flew up the valley and onto the res, Kestrel, 3, possibly 4 hunting over surrounding moorland, Swift, 3 over south, Swallow, c8 feeding over the moors, Willow Warbler, 2 juvs in trees near the Boat House, Raven, 4 over rough field behind the Bo...
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Reedsholme area 18/8/26
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c/30 House Martins + 1 Swift feeding over the wood for 20 minutes or so, this evening. Bob.
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Ashworth Moor Reservoir 16/8/2026
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Ashworth Moor Reservoir 3 Dunlin 1 Common Sandpiper 4 Teal 3 Grey Wagtail 5 Pied Wagtail 2 Stonechat 1 Wheatear 1 Kestrel Meadow Pipit Swallow House and Sand Martin feeding over the water and meadows 260+ Gull including 60+ Juveniles Herring Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 Great Black-backed...
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Overnight 16-8-2026
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Newchurch Ringed Plover 3:30am Tree Pipit 4:15am My software identified a couple of calls as Yellow-browed Warbler- if only!!- not sure what it is though
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Stonefold to Mitchell's House Res 16/08/26
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Stonefold & Black Moss NookCanada goose - min 42lesser black-backed gull - 55 herring gull - 4 common gull - 1black-headed gull - 6kestrel - 2stock dove - 3collared dove - 5starling - c150greenfinch - flock of 13 Mitchell's house Rescormorant - 1Canada goose - 1mallard - 8lapwing - 14lesser bl...
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Clough Bottom 16 8 26
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Clough Bottom Goosander 2 redheads Mallard 12 Cormorant 1 Canada Geese 16 Little Egret 1 a first for us at this site Swallow 6 Grey Wagtail 1 Bullfinch calling bird Willow Warbler 1 Chiff Chaff 1 Reed Bunting 2 Carrion Crow c1 Peter and John
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Clowbridge 16.8 08:30
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Cormorant 5 Mallard 15 Grey Heron 3 Goosander 1f Black Headed Gull 16 Common Gull 1 Swallow 1 Kestrel 2 Carrion Crow 3 Magpie 1 Pied Wagtail 3 Grey Wagtail 2 Blackbird Wren Robin House Sparrow Reed Bunting 1
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