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Clowbridge, 26th March 2016
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07:30-09:00 G.C.Grebe, 2, Cormorant, min 13 birds often feeding as a group, Canada Goose, pair, Teal, pair flew in from the north, Mallard, pair, Goosander, 2 males, Kestrel, 1 flew low over the length of the res, B.H.Gull, c12, Common Gull, 7 flew through south, Herring Gull, c12 through south, L.B...
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Grane, 25th March 2016
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07:30-11:00 G.C.Grebe, 1 on Holden Wood & 2 on Calf Hey, Dabchick, 1 on Troy, Cormorant, c8 on Holden Wood, 4 on Ogden & 2 on Calf Hey, Canada Goose, c30, many paired up, Teal, 2 pairs & a single on Calf Hey & 1 pair on Calf Hey, Mallard, c12, Goldeneye, male & female on Calf Hey & 2 f...
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Warth, Hurdles Quarry to Strongstry 250316
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Warth 1 green woodpecker, 1 grey wagtail & 1 pr long tailed tit. Little else Hurdles area min 3 stock dove, min 15 meadow pipit, 1pr pied wagtail, 2m wheatear, 1 mistle thrush singing, 1 greenfinch flying through & 1pr siskin through Whinberry Naze/ Pasture 3 lapwing, 1 kestrel, 1 stock dove...
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Ewood Bridge -Ogden brook 25/3/16
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10:00 - 13:00hrs hrs approx Pr B.H.Gull displaying - E.B.S.W. 2 Greenfinch singing I.Vale + 1 at Sunnybank Pr Pied Wagtail - I. Vale Pr Collared Dove - I.Vale 1 Green Woodpecker calling - I.Vale 1 Grey Heron - I.Vale 3 Buzzard soaring over Bent Gate/E.B. area 1 Song thrush singing 1 Nuthatch - Sunnybank...
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Strongstry feeding station.
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Today is the first rain for 10 days, still only 8 degrees but calm. Watching now I can only see 6 species, Blue, Great, and Coal Tit and even there numbers are down, Robin, Song Thrush and Dunnock. All the finches have moved on and the Nuthatches have spread back through the woods along with the Great Spot...
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dipper 220316
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after saying at yesterday's club meeting that it was unlikely that there would be any dippers higher up the Irwell than Lee Mill, 1 flew over Park Road heading towards Bacup this morning cheers Kevin
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RE: Cown Reservoir, Quarry,Whitworth. 20/3/16
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Highlights:-Crossbill towards Brown Wardle, Bullfinch pair, lots of Meadow Pipit, 10 Skylark. No Wheatear yet!
Regards,
Dave Ousey
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Chiffchaff...1st summer migrant Warbler?
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Had a male Chiffchaff in patchy song at Townsendfold at lunchtime today. 1st summer migrant ?? of the year for me.
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Seat Naze & Edge Cote 200316
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cormorant - 3 over towards Granebuzzard - 1 very pale birdsparrowhawk - 1 malelapwing - 15 birds, including 3 birds possibly setting up territories on Seat Nazesnipe - 7black-headed gull - 2common gull - 4skylark - 8meadow pipit - 4pied wagtail - 2mistle thrush - 1prsiskin - 5greenfinch - 3reed bun...
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Lumb.Peers Clough.Twenty Peneth.20.3.16 .
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Lumb Redwing c40 Goldfinch 2 Chaffinch 3 Great Tit 4 Blue Tit 2 Dunnock 1 Robin 2 Magpie 2 Greenfinch 2 calling Dipper 1 Peers Clough Rook c10 Jackdaw 3 Pied Wagtail 1 Wood Pigeon 6 Nuthatch 1 calling Sparrow Hawk 1 f Blue Tit c6 Great Tit c10 Starling 6 Magpie 2 Carrion Crow4 Greenfinch 3 calling Mallard...
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Cheesden Valley, 20th March 2016
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08:30-12:00 Grey Heron, 1 on the bottom lodge, Canada Goose, c30 inc several paired birds, Mallard, c12, Teal, 21 on the scrape near Deeply Vale, Buzzard, 3 pairs and a single, Kestrel, 3 singles, Pheasant, 2 males, Lapwing, c6 pairs, Curlew, 2 pairs, Oystercatcher, single bird up the valley, B.H.G...
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Strongstry woods and river.
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This report covers the last three days when we have had sunshine, cloud and a cold east wind and around 8 degrees. We are still experiencing disruption mostly by the electricity board who are felling trees any where near a power cable, the damaged footbridge has been removed, we are now waiting on the E...
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Warth to Lench 190316
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Canada goose - 2prs at Lench, min 5 birds on Scout Moor Res & 1pr in a field at Cowpegoosander - 1pr on Lowe Lodge were the first I've ever seen there in the 40+ years that I have visited this sitekestrel - 1 hunting the hillside at Warthsparrowhawk - a female over Hareholme and a male over Waterfootla...
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Spring migrants.
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Spent several hours today around Clough head, Jamesions, Troy and Heap Clough hoping for a Wheatear, best found were several Skylark, Meadow Pipit and Curlew. Regards Brian
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Musbury Valley and Tor 19/03/16
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12:30pm-3pm Pied wagtail - 5Raven - 2Woodcock - 1Green woodpecker - 2 - a very active and noisy pair!Curlew - 2 - came up together out of higher part of valley and flew off down valley. Heard calling later.Kestrel - 1Meadow pipit - 3Wren - 1Starlings - 100+ in trees behind Helmshore Textile Museum
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Clowbridge res. 17/3/16
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25 Whooper Swans present 22 ads + 3 juvs. Still there at 14:30 hrs. Bob & Archie
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KNOWL HILL 17-03-2016
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Nice day for a stroll up Know Hill Birds seen 3 Buzzards soaring together 2 Curlew over calling and two more calling but not seen 4 pairs of Skylark m/f and a good number of singing birds in flight The odd one or two Meadow Pipits 7 Carrion Crow 3 Magpie Cheers Craggy
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Greenfold 16/3/16
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Cool N.E. wind Pr Long-tailed Tit at Rushbed 3 Grey Wagtail still on river at Rushbed Greenfold Min 7 Skylark in song + party of 3. Flock of c200 Fieldfare on pasture 1 Curlew 1f Kestrel 2pr Lapwing still on territory Swinshaw Moor 5 Common Gull feeding on sheep pasture 13 Snipe flushed 4 Lapwing 1 Golden...
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reedsholme - Greenfold 15/3/16
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Reedsholme 1 Mistle Thrush, pr yesterday. House Sparrows in garden at Rushbed Goldfinch 1 Song Thrush singing 3 Grey Wagtail , males disputing territory Crawshawbooth 2 Wren in song 1 Dunnock in song Rooks building c6 nests so far. Shortclough res. 1 pr Mallard 2pr Canada Goose c200 flock of Starlin...
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Grane, 13th March 2016
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07:30-11:00 G.C.Grebe, 4 on Holden Wood, Little Grebe, 1 on Troy, Cormorant, min 4 on Holden Wood & 4 on Ogden, Canada Goose, c100 with many pairs formed and disputes for territory, Mallard, c12, Teal, pair on Calf Hey, Tufted Duck, 2 males & 1 female on Troy, Goldeneye, 2 females on Jamestone...
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Gincroft - Cragg Quarry 13/3/16.
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08:45 start, tops fogged out. 3 Starling + pr Greenfinch, usual tit sp. + Dunnnock, Wren, Robin, House Sparrow, Chaffinch - Gincroft lane 6+ Skylark some singing,4 Meadow Pipit, 2 Curlew + pr Reed Bunting on the way up to Foe Edge. Raven heard through the mist 3 Canada Goose flew onto Scout Moor res. 3 S...
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Warth to Hall Carr 12/03/16
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Warthgrey heron - 12mallard - 3moorhen - 1stock dove - 1 in display flightgrey wagtail - 2robin - 10blackbird - 8redwing - 1great tit - 7blue tit - 4long tailed tit - 1 prwren - 8dunnock - 5jackdaw - c60magpie - 1prcarrion crow - 2chaffinch - 9goldfinch - 1pr + a charm of 5greenfinch - 1 singing Hurdles Whi...
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Chapel Hill, 12th March 2016
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07:30-09:00 Heron, single seen twice flying over, Woodcock, 1 flushed at Marl Pits, L.B.B.Gull, c12 over, several calling, Wood Pigeon, c12, G.S.Woodpecker, 1 calling, Skylark, 1 singing, Grey Wagtail, pair in Balladen Clough, Wren, c6 singing birds, Dunnock, c4, Robin, c12 with many in song, S...
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Reedsholme - Cribden 11/3/16
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Reedsholme - 11am start 1 Song Thrush singing 1 G.S.W. 1 Collared Dove 3 Chaffinch 2 Starling 4+ House Sparrow Crawshawbooth c25 Rook at rookery 1 G.S.W. drumming 12 Wood Pigeon Cribden Lane 1 Starling 1 Grey Heron - Pinner Lodge Pr Pied Wagtail 1 Blue Tit 10 Wood Pigeon c40 mixed Rook,Jackdaw, C,Crow 2...
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Cown Reservoir, Whitworth. 26/6/2016
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A single Oystercatcher on the reservoir this afternoon (one of the returning pair?) 2 LBB Gull, 4 Common and 60 Black Headed Gulls, 30 Canada Geese, 25 Mallard. 1 Tufted Duck, 55 Wood Pigeon,2 Mistle Thrush, 5 Robin, usual crows. Is spring in the air?? Dave Ousey.
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Waterfoot and RCC
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Had a pleasant half hour on Monday around 1.45pm watching a group of 15+ Corvids mobbing a very light coloured Sparrowhawk very high over Kevin's feeding site at Gaghills. Buzzards have shown daily this week over the cricket ground as have grey and pied Wagtails. A good sized flock of house sparrow...
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Clowbridge res. 10/3/16
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Min. 22 Cormorant at Clowbridge res this morning, from A.Jones A site record. Bob.
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HOLDEN WOOD RESERVOIR 10-03-2016
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Holden Wood Reservoir Buzzard - one bird was soaring and calling but was mobbed by three crows so it moved on But ten minutes later on it was back calling again and was joined by one more Buzzard calling too Then one by one four more Buzzard appeared all circling right above me fantastic sight Birds seen a...
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Strongstry
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Late evening sunshine after a full day of rain. Three Buzzards displaying by tumbling and flying upside down, three Carrion Crows tried to hassle them and got short shift, never seen Buzzards that aggressive. All this action attracted a female Sparrowhawk which was then joined by a male and they sta...
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DIPPER REPORT FOR LIMY WATER 12-02-2016
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One Dipper calling back of St James The Less but not seen Pair of Dippers in river side of Quakers Church watched for some time looking for food then they went down river Single Dipper in river across from Stone-Holme Terrace all so this bird was looking for food Single Dipper feeding just down stream ...
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