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Song Thrushes 26/2/16
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Song Thrushes in song at Reedsholme, Rawtenstall cemetry and Newhallhey bridge today. No sign of any Mistle Thrush, yet. 150+ Carrion Crow to roost at Reedsholme on 24th. Bob.
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Gin croft/Sandy beds/Cowpe low/Dearden Clough.
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Bright sunny, 6 degrees slight south easterly. 0830/1300 hrs. Snipe....3 Jack Snipe....1 Golden Plover....1 Lapwing....20 Mistle Thrush.....2 Song Thrush.....1 Redwing.....10 Raven....1 Carrion Crow.....all round route. Kestrel....2 Sparrowhawk.....1 Meadow pipit....5 Skylark......
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CLOUGH HEAD - CALF HEY (rossendale way)
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Lovely sunny morning Clough Head feeders Good mix of Coal - Great and Blue Tit Also Chaffinch - Robin and the odd Blackbird Jamestone Quarry 2 Mallard 1M1F 3 Stock Dove 5 B-H Gull 4 Carrion Crow Chaffinch - Blue Tit in conifers and 5 Robin Rossendale way to Calf Hey 1 Green Woodpecker odd one or two Meado...
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Clowbridge, 24th Feb 2016
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17:15-18:00 A quick look at last light with the following seen: G.C.Grebe, 1, Mallard, 5, Tufted Duck, 1 male in middle of res looking like it was going to roost, Lapwing, 14 in south bay, B.H.Gull, c50 with several hoods on show, Stock Dove, pair over Nutshaw, Blackbird, 2 in song, Jackdaw, steady flo...
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Reedsholme - Crawshawbooth 23/2/16
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4 House Sparrow + c6 Goldfinch - Reedsholme estate Chapel Hill 1 Buzzard perched on wall 2 Little Owl 3 Stock Dove 2 L.B.B. gull >N. Higher Meadow Head 1 Song Thrush feeding in horse paddock. 3 Long-tailed Tit 1 Goldcrest 2 Jay 1 Blackbird Wheathead 2 Stock Dove on pature + 4 at a ruin in the Whitewell va...
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cheesden and lee mill garden 23.2.16
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1.30 -3.00pm 20 lapwings flying around 2 cormorants on pylon 3 magpie 1 f sparrowhawk 2 goosander 5 canada geese 2 heron 8 crows 10 house sparrow near Nursery 2 mistle thrush 2 robin, great tits and blue tits brief glimpse of possible snipe? In the garden today--4 blue tits, 5 great tits, robin, blackbi...
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CLOWBRIDGE RESERVOIR AND MOOR 23-02-2016
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Nice bright sunny day On reservoir and around 4 Goosander 10 Cormorant 20+ B-H Gull 2 Raven 7 Carrion Crow Compton Cross and beyond 4 Skylark at Compton cross and 8 more see later 3 Meadow Pipit at Compton cross and 7 more see along the way 3 Carrion Crow 4 Reed Bunting Small flock of Redwing around 12 or so...
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Grane Reservoirs & herring gulls
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Holden Wood2 grey heron33 cormorant92 Canada geese15 mallard2 coot2 moorhen1 oystercatcher12 lapwing1 snipe54 black-headed gull3 common gull4 herring gull3 meadow pipit1 pied wagtail1 grey wagtail20 starling1 robin24 jackdaw2 magpie2 carrion crow3 goldfinch Ogden4 cormorant1pr mallar...
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Reedsholme - Chapel Hill 18/2/16
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18/2/16 House Sparrows at 5 sites with 19+ at Rose Bank at the top of Union St. Hurst lane 1 Goldcrest 1 Chaffinch 4 Blue Tit 4+ Goldfinch + c20 at Waingate 1 Bullfinch c12 Redwing 8 Wood Pigeon 1 Cormorannt flew N. Chapel Hill 2 Buzzard hovering over hillside 1 Peregrine mobbing buzzards 1 Stock Dove c10 W...
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Strongstry feeding station.
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Bright, sunny, minus four overnight plus two this morning. Still good numbers of finches arriving first light for a free feed...... Goldfinch....12 Chaffinch....23 Bullfinch......three males two females Greenfinch....3 Siskin.....14 Plus all the usual suspects, except Collared Dove ?.
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Reedsholme - Cribden 14/2/16
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14/2/16. Chaffinch singing at Reedsholme + 1 Dipper on river! L.B.B.Gull passage over Rawtenstall then up the Limy valley from 10:30 hrs. Ones and twos initially then groups of 6+11+72+7+28+18. Chaffinch singing at Duckworth Clough, Cribden devoid any bird life 20+ Rook feeding with jackdaws on...
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Calf Hey Reservoir and Hillside 14th Feb 2016
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8:45am-10:30am Calf Hey ReservoirGoldeneye - 2Dipper - 1Mallard - 8 Woodland and HillsideWoodcock - 1Raven - 6 (2 + 4)Chaffinch - good numbers in treesGreenfinch in song Buzzard - 2G.S. woodpecker - 1Goldfinch - 2Coal tit - 1Nuthatch -1Robin - 1 Paul & Neil -- Edited by PaulB on Sunday 14th of Fe...
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Warth & Whitworth 140216
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Warthgrey heron - 6buzzard -1woodcock - 1stock dove - 3grey wagtail - 1bullfinch - 1 female Wallbank LodgeCanada goose - 4mallard - 14black-headed gull - 32kingfisher - 1 Spring Millcormorant - 8Canada geese - 3goosander - 1prgoldeneye - 1m & 2fblack-headed gull - 55common gull - 1herring gul...
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Harden Moor, 14th Feb 2016
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16:30-17:30 Kestrel, female near Cheesden Bar Lodge, Lapwing, a flock of c80 up the Cheesden Valley and another flock of 26 on pasture, Snipe, 20 on Harden Moor, Herring Gull, c200 to & from AMR, L.B.B.Gull, c70 to & from AMR, Meadow Pipit, 1 on Harden Moor, Mistle Thrush, pair in Cheesden Val...
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Snow Bunting Bull Hill
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One this morning in the rushy patch about 100m north of the summit - very tame and didn't flush. This is my first in Rossendale for many a long year!!! Also on the hill at least 10 skylarks - mostly flushed but 2 at least heading north and one in full, glorious song. A pair of tumbling ravens were the only oth...
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Grane, 13th Feb 2016
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14:30-17:00 Cormorant, 8 on Holden Wood / Ogden, Teal, 5 on Holden Wood & 9 on Calf Hey, Buzzard, 3 soaring together over the valley, B.H.Gull, c20 on Holden Wood, Stock Dove, 1 perched in a tree near Duke of Wellington, G.S.Woodpecker, 1 in Heap Clough, Skylark, 1 on the edge of Haslingden Moor, Me...
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Waterfoot 13-02-16
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Kingfisher and dipper on river Whitewell
Dipper on Irwell 7-30 am
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Pink-footed Goose 12 feb
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Around 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon another skein flying over west somewhere north of Hareholme - unfortunately couldn't see then from the valley bottom but must have been a fair number to make themselves heard above the traffic noise! Also 1 kingfisher on the river nr Waterfoot and a singing dipp...
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Bits N Bobs 2016
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Wed 10 Feb - Little Egret on the Irwell spotted form a56 southbound on left hand side
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Reedsholme - Rawtenstall 10/2/16
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10:30 am approx. 1 Raven over Twin lodges 1 Heron - Twin lodges 1 Cormorant W. over Twin lodges 1 Song Thrush singing Constablelee 1 Sparrowhawk over Constablelee 1 Grey Wagtail - Longholme c60 Jackdaw - Cloughfold Chapel Hill area 2 Buzzard 2 Stock Dove + flock of 4 seen not too far away may have involv...
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Park Road, Bacup 12/02/16
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c300 pink footed geese over towards the Hile @ 16:45 possibly splitting into 3 or 4 skeins A merlin flew over towards Huttock Top at 07:20 this morning Also of note today 1 blackbird singing at Gaghills this evening 1 tawny owl calling at Gaghills at 06:40 this morning cheers Kevin
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Reedsholme - Chapel Hill 12/2/16
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1 Buzzard over Reedsholme mobbed by 3 crows. pr Long -taied Tit at Holland Ave. c21 flock of Goldfinch at Waingate. Hurst lane. Pr Bullfinch flock of c20 Redwing 1 Blackbird 1 Chaffinch 1 Long-tailed Tit 2 B.H.Gull 1 Goldfinch c10 mixed Grt & Blue tit. 1 Mistle Thrush Song thrush singing at Constab...
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Various sites 11 and 12 Feb
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This morning 12 Feb 1 singing chiffchaff EBSW. 100+ pinkfeet over Townsend Fold heading in the usual direction towards Helmshore (c1130 so different lot from Brian's earlier). Groundwork to Ewood Bridge - 2 dippers, 1 grey wag and 1 kingfisher. At least the dippers are still present on this bit of th...
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Pink-footed Goose.
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Two " V " formations of Pink-feet numbering 170 going due west at 1030hrs over Irwell vale/Strongstry. Regards Brian.
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THREE RESERVOIRS GRANE 10-02-2016
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Holden Wood 3 Dunnock 3m Blackbird 6 Robin 12 Magpie 8 Carrion Crow 1 Raven calling 4m 5f Mallard 12 Cormorant 8 Meadow Pipit 18 Lapwing 70+ Canada Goose 200+ Gulls Ogden very little 1 G B B Gull 1 Cormorant 60+ Canada Goose 3 Meadow Pipit Calf Hey 1 Goldeneye 26 Teal 3M 5F Mallard 1 Buzzard very low over ress...
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Strongstry feeding station.
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Intermitant heavy rain, snow and hail showers, occasional sunny spell, 3 degrees max. Very active between showers, good numbers of most regular species, finch numbers have been rising steadily for over a weak. Blue Tit.....18 Great Tit....14 Coal Tit....5 Long-tailed Tit....9 Chaffinch........
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various sites 07/02/16
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Trickett's Memorial Ground1pr nuthatch, 1 of the pair examining a nest site1 jaycoal tit singing Seat Naze1 cormorant over to Jack Lodge19 lapwing14 black-headed gull8 common gull1 lesser black backed gull2 herring gull flying down the Whitewell Valley36 starling10 carrion crow6 jackdaw5 mag...
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Groundwork, 7th Feb 2016
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12:00-13:00 Grey Heron, 1 at HTL, Pink Footed Goose, Skein of c100 over west, Mallard, 5 on HTL, Common Gull, 2 south, B.H.Gull, 1 north, G.S.Woodpecker, 1 male, Nuthatch, 1 singing near HTL, Great Tit, 1 in song, Dunnock, 1 in song, Chaffinch, 1 female, Goldfinch, c4, Regards, David Nuttall
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PINNER LANE (TRACK) 03-02-2016
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Saint John Church 3 Rook perched on top of tower 30+ Jackdaw going in and around tower 18 Carrion Crow Pinner Lane (track) 1 G S Woodpecker 2 Nuthatch good number of Coal and Blue Tit 2m Blackbirds 3 Magpie 4 Robin Old Quarry 2 Goldcrest 2 Wren 1m Blackbird 3 Robin 5 Woodpigeon 3 Meadow Pipit over 6 Song Th...
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Buckden woods/Moor road
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1400 hrs to Dusk bright sunny 6 degrees. 5 Raven displaying over the moor. Pair of Kestrel hunting in fields below Moor road. 2 Buzzard soaring over Irwell Vale. Flock of Fieldfare numbering 23 feeding in the sheep fields. Regards Brian. -- Edited by brian on Wednesday 3rd of February 2016 06:59:22 PM...
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