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Power cuts, floods, and birds
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A large tree falling took out all our power on Sunday, by Monday morning we were on flood alert, the culvert blocked and flooded our road around lunch time, we now have a que of electricity vans on the cycle track ( last count was nine ) and more chain saws than I new existed, we are on an emergency generato...
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Grane Part 2 2015
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HOLDEN WOOD from 10.45-11.45am 2 pairs Great Crested grebe 24 lapwing 1 kestrel 4 reed bunting 2 mallard Pied wagtail with 2 juvenile 2 little ringed plover Meadows pipits still displaying 2 willow warbler in song 1 blackcap 4 coot including 1 juvenile Evidence of a very late spring -...
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Strongstry feeding stations
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Sunny spells, calm, 8 degrees. On a more positive note there has been good numbers of all the usual suspects the last couple of days, the highlights being... Grey Wagtail...1 Goldcrest....2 Treecreeper....1 Blackbird....10+ Song Thrush....1 Great Spotted Woodpecker...3 Bullfinch....3 Chaf...
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Haslingden Birds 2015
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A Kestrel around near Duckworth Rise area and 6 Mallards - 3 Pairs in the small lodge on the left as you drive to the recycling centre - what is this lodge called?
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Whitworth and Waterfoot 22.11.15
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Cowm Res Green Woodpecker 1 calling Bullfinch 1 calling Tufter Duck 4 m G.C.Grebe 1 Common Gull 5 L.B.B.Gull 1 over B.H.Gull c60 Mallard c50 Magpie 2 Carrion Crow 2 New Line Res Moorhen 6 Canada Geese 2 Mallard c30 Park Road Waterfoot Grey Wagtail 1 Brambling 2 minimum Greenfinch c6 Goldfinch c10 L.T.T...
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Mitchell's House Res, 22nd Nov 2015
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10:00-11:00 Buzzard, 1 being hassled by 2 crows, B.H.Gull, c60 on the res, Common Gull, c20 on the res, Herring Gull, c20 through north and 4 on the res, L.B.B. Gull, c200 through north and 10 on the res, G.B.B. Gull, 1 on the res, Redpoll, 3 over, Bullfinch, 2 females in scrub. Regards, David.
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Holden wood.
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1430/dusk very cold but calm, snow on the ground, water level well up from last week. Canada Geese 146 on the water then grazing. Lapwing 72 one flock very mobile and never settled. Cormorant 19 Teal 14 probably more in the cover Buzzard one with left hand primaries missing Kestrel one hunting. Black...
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RCC
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Tuesday - Peregrine on Ilex, two cormorants over, grey heron taking advantage of drowned worms in the puddled outfield, numerous pied and one grey wagtail, blue tits and house sparrows on feeders, first for me, I think, a raven flew over cronking loudly probably at the peregrine.
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Strongstry feeding station.
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A good day at the feeding station in terrible weather, cup of tea and feet up watching the usual suspects when a flock of Redwing of around 40 came in and landed in the trees opposite my house. A quick replenishment of chopped apples and they starred to drop down and feed for around an hour, then a male Spar...
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Cowpe 161115
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mallard - 1pr on Kearn's Lodge & 9 on Cowpe Res cormorant - 1 flew down the valley, 1 on the res & 1 seen cutting across Seat Naze from the Whitewell to the Irwell Valley grey heron - 3 together in a field & 1 at the lodges at Lench sparrowhawk - 1 chased by a carrion crow and 2 jackdaws at Boarsgrea...
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Grane 151115
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Canada goose - 5 at Holden Wood wigeon - 1 male on Holden Wood teal - 10 on Holden Wood & 8 on the bank at Calf Hey mallard - 28 on Holden Wood & 7 on Ogden red legged partridge - 2 at Ogden cormorant - 23 were in the trees at Holden Wood at 15:10 with another bird flying in from Haslingden grey heron - 3 at H...
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Clowbridge, 14th Nov 2015
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08:30-09:15 Short Eared Owl, 1 in rough pasture (field with cattle feeder) behind the boat house. B.H.Gull, 5 on the res, L.T.Tit, small flock behind boat house, Meadow Pipit, 3 individuals, Redwing, flock of 8 over, Reed Bunting, 1 behind boat house. Regards, David Nuttall.
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Strongstry feeding station.
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Difficult to use the description "winter" up to now this year. After being just below flood level on Monday the Irwell is back to normal today, the surrounding area and footpaths are extremely wet. We have temps of 14 degrees today with more rain coming. With the unseasonal weather the fee...
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Reedsholme 8/11/15
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1 Buzzard over Brookes wood this afternoon. Bob.
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Staghills Woods to Holmes Terrace Lodge 081115
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Staghills Woods very quiet with few birds seen 3 mixed flocks of tits included goldcrest, 2 nuthatch and 8 long tailed tit 8 blackbirds together in one area 1 male siskin Fallbarn mistle thrush chasing blackbird away from hawthorn and rowan trees Rawtenstall on the river at Tesco 51 mallard 1 redhead...
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Musbury / Grane, 8th Nov 2015
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08:30-11:00 Cormorant, 8 on the bank at Ogden, Grey Heron, 1 on Holden Wood, Teal, 14 on Calf Hey & 7 on Holden Wood, Wigeon, female on Holden Wood, Mallard, 6 on Holden Wood, Kestrel, 1 Ogden, Pheasant, female on Musbury Heights, B.H.Gull, 60 on Holden Wood, Common Gull, 1 on Holden Wood, Herring...
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Waterfoot Sunday 8-30am
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Dipper on Whitewell,Irwell andCowpe brook
12 goldfinch at earth
C30 fieldfare over allotment at Cowpe
Cheers Dave
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Harden Moor, 7th Nov 2015
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15:30-16:30 Peregrine, male, high initially then low over the moor, Snipe, 10 flushed off the moor, Lapwing, c40 over AMR, B.H.Gull, c400 north from AMR, Herring Gull, c20 north from AMR, L.B.B.Gull, c40 north from AMR, Common Gull, c6 north from AMR, Fieldfare, flock of c40, Reed Bunting, 1 on the m...
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Warth 07/11/15
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Quick visit early afternoon. Very quiet overall with the only things of note being goldfinch - charm of 20 feeding on juncus, I can't recall ever seeing them on this before. is it unusual or has anybody else seen them on it before. bullfinch - 1 large tit flock - min 15 long tailed, min 6 blue and min 2 great...
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The Glen back garden feeders
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Good numbers of birds over the last week, Blackbird and Robin numbers have increased to 8 and 6 respectively, Blue, Great, Coal and Long tailed Tits in good numbers, Wrens 2, Chaffinch male and female, Greenfinch 1 Brambling male 1 on several occasions, Jackdaws 30+, Magpies 6, Carrion crow 2, Jay 2,...
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AMR 5th Nov.
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13 Ad Whooper Swans on res this morning. ( info R archer) -- Edited by C Bel on Thursday 5th of November 2015 08:16:36 PM
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C/booth 2nd Nov'15.
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Male Blackcap outside my house on G/shaw Lane at 2 pm and a flock of 22 Crossbills and 3+ Bramblings heading down the valley together at dinner time. Craig.
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Pink-Footed Geese.
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A skein of Pink-feet approximately 135 flying west south west over Edenfield at0940 hrs. Regards Brian.
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Clowbridge, 1st Nov 2015
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16:15-17:15 Cormorant, 1 up the valley and over north, Mallard, c20, Teal, pair on bank flew onto the res, Wigeon, 1 on the res, Kestrel, 1 over, Lapwing, 25 on res bank quite flighty often flying over the res, B.H.Gull, c160 on res, Common Gull, c40 on res, Fieldfare, flock of 31 over east, Regards, Dav...
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Chapel Hill 1/11/15
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More Pink feet on the move a skein of 95+ from over Chapel Hill towards Musbury/Alden direction at approx 15:00hrs. 1 G.S.W. at Reedsholme Chapel Hill 1 Buzzard flew towards Bonfire Hill form Constablelee 1 Kestrel 10 B.H.Gull 3 Stock Dove 1 Jay 2+9 Redwing Flock of 23 Filedfare 1m Bullfinch c20 mixe...
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Seat Naze & Edge Cote 011115
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Seat Naze pink footed goose - very rough estimate of a skein of c130 seen flying east over Bacup Golf Course black headed gull - c20 common gull - 1 meadow pipit - 6 great spotted woodpecker p- 1 mistle thrush - flock of 12 flying towards Warth fieldfare - flock of 164 seen flying south over Edgeside @ 10:10...
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Cribden Clough 1/11/15
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08:30hrs - lots of mist down to low levels 1 Dipper at Reedsholme dispatching what looked like a small bullhead or a loach. Cribden Clough Flock of c50 Fieldfare amongst bushes c4 Blackbird c6 Redwing c15 Wood pigeon 3 Jay 2 Goldcrest feeding amongst hawthorns on lane up to Oakenhead in the company o...
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Fieldfare
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200+ Fieldfare feeding in woods at Strongstry 1245 hrs today. Regards Brian.
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Thrushes.
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Nice sunrise over Shuttleworth with an unseasonal 10 degrees. Four flocks of mixed Fieldfare and Redwing all heading south east, total numbers were approximately...... Fieldfare...55 Redwing...40 Three male Goosander flew over from Ashworth towards the Irwell. Regards Brian.
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Clough Bottom Res, 30th Oct 2015
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2:30-3:30 Cormorant, 1 fishing in the res later flew off north, Grey Heron, 1 flew on to res bank, Mallard, single male, Lapwing, 74 on res bank. Flew off towards Deerplay returning later. L.B.B.Gull, c50, Common Gull, c20, B.H.Gull, 15, Meadow Pipit, 3, Redwing, 10 over east, Starling, 18 sat in a py...
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