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Haslingden moor Sat 10 October.
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Thirteen stone hill area First bird seen on moor Green woodpecker feeding on ground flew off onto Telegraph poll 9 Snipe 20-30 Meadow pipit 10 Skylark 1 Kestrel 50 Starlings perched on Telegraph wire 1 Heron Crows , Jackdaws 0n way off moor 3 House Sparrows ( farm buildings ) Plenty of Rooks in trees o...
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Warth to Hurdles Quarry 10/10/15
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Warth grey heron - 2 idling in field buzzard - 1 kestrel - 1 sparrowhawk - 1 male lesser black backed gull - 3 flying towards Cowpe black headed gull - 1 flying up the valley pied wagtail - 1 great spotted woodpecker - 1 calling wood pigeon - 10 robin - 17 blackbird - 5 song thrush - 2 mistle thrush - 4 wren - 7 dun...
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Compstons Cross 10/10/15
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09:20 start to 11:35 2 Wood Pigeon > N. 8 Meadow Pipit + flock of c20 on moor 12 Swallow >S Redwing - flock of 7 >S 31 Chafficnch >S largest flock 8 5 Greenfinch >S 10 Goldfinch >S 2 Redpoll >N Flock 6 Siskin >S 1 Reed Bunting >S 1 Cormorant flying onto Clowbridge res then1 fly...
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Strongstry winter feeding stations.
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Cold night 4 degrees, overcast sunny spells, 10 degrees. Great Tit 7 Blue Tit 6 Coal Tit 7 Goldfinch 12 Chaffinch 3 Siskin 3 Nuthatch 4 Robin 3 Blackbird 3 Song Thrush 1 Wren 1 Jackdaw 5 Jay 1 Woodpigeon 2 Collard Dove 2 Regards Brian.
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House Martins. Crawshawbooth. 8th Oct 15.
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5 H Martins circling over Goodshaw Lane this afternoon. Getting a bit late for them now. Not seen any here for over a week.
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Buzzards 8/10/15
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12:30 hrs 1 over Cribden/Reedsholme area + 1 high over Edge Cote later. Bob. -- Edited by Bigbadbob on Thursday 8th of October 2015 08:13:05 PM
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Various 7/10/15
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1 Grey Wagtail at Leabrook Cribden Clough Min 30 Wood Pigeon on haws 1 Chiffchaff 1 Long-tailed Tit 2 Blackbird 2 Mistle Thrush Lots of birds in the air above Heightside lane/Bonfire Hill seen at distance from Cribden Clough so decided to walk over and take a look. The following were present. 2 - what...
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NEWCHURCH 06-10-2015
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One Buzzard soaring low over Newchurch village this morning Cheers Craggy
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Warth to Hurdles Quarry 041015
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Warth Grey Heron - 1 on roof of the old railway goods building buzzard - 1 sat on fence post great spotted woodpecker - 1 female grey wagtail - 1 meadow pipit - 1 over stock dove - 1 wood pigeon - 4 dipper - 2 (1 singing) mistle thrush - 2 song thrush - 3 blackbird - 4 robin - 11 nuthatch - 1 dunnock - 1 blue tit - 3 gre...
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Clough Bottom and Windy Bank 4.10.15.
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Clough Bottom Lapwing 66 minimum Teal 10 Mallard 14 Cormorant 2 L.B.B.Gull c80 B.H.Gull 5 Redpoll 2 over Pied Wagtail 1 Meadow Pipit 3 Carrion Crow 2 Wood Pigeon odd ones over Wren 1 Windy Bank L.T.Tit c6 Meadow Pipit 4 Redpoll 3 over Willow Warbler 1 Coal Tit 1 Goldcrest calling birds Great Tit 4 pfyldes...
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Cribden area 4/10/15
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08:15hrs Walked from Reedsholme via Cribden Clough, Oakenhead Rd, Top 'o' Slate, Laund Hey, Pinner. Species at Cribden Clough more or less identical to yesterdays report 1 Goldcrest nr Ski slope 1 Kestrel nr Spout House farm + 2 Common Gull + flock of c10 Meadow Pipit Flock of c25 Goldfinch over Top 'o...
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Clowbridge, 4th Oct 2015
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08:30-11:00 Cormorant, 2 flew onto the res, Canada Goose, 1 on the res, Mallard, 14, Wigeon, 7 in the middle of the res with 3 Teal, flew off south west, with the Teal & Goosander, when the first boat went onto the res but all birds returned back to the res, coming in over Nutshaw, ten minutes later, Te...
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Seat Naze, Edge Cote & Marl Pits 03.10.15
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Seat Naze min 40 meadow pipits 1 great spotted woodpecker 1 jay 1 raven 5 chaffinch 2 greenfinch Edge Cote 18 snipe 4 meadow pipit 1 pied wagtail 1 jay mixed flock of small birds containing the following minimum counts 22 long tailed tit 2 blue tit 1 coal tit 10 goldcrest 2 chaffinch Marl Pits 1 redpoll 2 gr...
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roadend tesco
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Cribden Clough 3/10/15
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10:40 hrs Flock of 7 Mistle Thrush + 1 Redwing 3 Swallow feeding 13 Starling c10 Greenfinch 20+ Goldfinch Only odd few Chaffinch 15 Meadow Pipit 10+ Wood Pigeon c10 Blackbird at Twin lodges 1 group of mixed tits c10 Bullfinches calling from scrub report of Buzzard and Cormorant over earlier Bob.
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TROY QUARRY TO JAMESTONE QUARRY 02-10-2015
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Fog was just lifting sun breaking through 1 Sparrowhawk 1 Buzzard 1 Kestrel Meadow pipits in small flocks of 10 - 6 7 Goldfinch PINE TREES 1 Treecreeper 6 Goldcrest feeding together Quick look at top end of Holden Wood 1 Buzzard sat in dead tree with two Magpies and one crow then two more Crows came and m...
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Clowbridge res 2/10/15
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Complete fog out up at Compstons Cross this morning until 09:30hrs and then very little movement. Valley bottoms fogged out to 10:25. c12 Meadow pipit flock blogging amongst plantings just 2 Redpoll, 2 L.B.B.gull and 3 Chaffinch over. On the res were - 1f Goosander 2 Mallard 12 B.H.Gull 2 G.C.Grebe...
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Winter feeding stations.
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Just started the feeding stations over the last couple of days, as the weather is so good not a lot of action yet, but a couple of early observations are the high numbers of Coal Tit, Goldfinch, and Chaffinch. Also had two male Pheasants early this morning opposite my house. Regards Brian.
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Strongstry woods and river
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0730/1100 hrs calm bright 7/12 degrees. Several Tit flocks including one Treecreeper and three Goldcrest. Two Buzzards over Chatterton woods and one Kestrel at Alderbottom. No large finch flock but lots of Goldfinch and 4/5 Siskin feeding on thistle. Usual Rooks, Magpies, Jackdaw, and Woodpige...
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Lapwings 29 September
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Aprox 30 Lapwings flew towards Cribden from the Grane area Haslingden 18.00 hrs
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Clowbridge res/ Compstons Cross 29/9/15
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07:40 start Reservoir 3 Cormorant 5 Wigeon 5 Teal 10 Mallard 6 Pied Wagtail 1 Stonechat 2 Common Gull c6 B.H.Gull Compston Cross - fine and bright initially with big cold cloud bank moving in from N.E from 09:00hrs lots in the planting inc. Chaffinch, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Long-tailed tits, 2 Coal tit, 2 Bl...
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Great White Egret.
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Great White Egret flying due north up the Irwell valley at 1320 hrs this afternoon, I have checked Holden Wood, Ogden and Ashworth Moor reservoirs since the sighting with no luck, Sarfraz has checked Calf Hey also with no result. It might turn up again somewhere local. Regards Brian.
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Clowbridge res - Compstons Cross. 28/9/15
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07:45hrs start Reservoir Flock of 13 Teal increased to 17 at 10:50 hrs 1m Tufted duck 1 f Goosander 3 Cormorant 10 Mallard 2 Pied Wagtail 2 Meadow Pipit c8 Rook > N. Compstons Cross from 08:25 to 09:50 2 Wood Pigeon >S 5 + 14 +3 Swallow >S 3 Meadow Pipit S. + flock of c20 blogging all morning. 2 Coal...
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Possible Yellow Legged Gull
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a clean white headed and white fronted gull with 2 typical herring/lesser black immatures on holden wood.....it was larger and taller.....had quite a brown mantle and wings...had strong dark tail band contrasting strongly with white rump...dark beak with an almost yellow glint to it..beak lo...
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THE HALO 27-09-2015
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Swallows passing through this afternoon from north to south Groups of 10-8-5 around 50+ in about 45 mins Back along oakenhead wood old road Usual suspects About 15 House Sparrows along the way 1 sparrowhawk hassled by crows Good number of Meadow Pipits in all 20 + one very large lovely looking Brown H...
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Osprey
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Osprey along the Irwell about 5pm today.....crossed over the dual carriageway following the Irwell
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Musbury to Holden Wood 270915
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Musbury buzzard - 1 kestrel - 2 skylark - 2 woodpigeon - c14 meadow pipit - c15 swallow - 4 + 3 house martin - c6 mistle thrush - flock of 16 song thrush - 2 chiffchaff - 2 willow warbler - 1 blue, great and coal tits chaffinch - 1 observed flying across the valley and several calls heard of birds presumably mig...
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GWE at AMR Sun 27th Sept `15.
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A Great White Egret flew into and landed on one of the islands at AMR today at c7.30-7.45am then left almost immediately to the NE, high past Knowle Hill.. ( R Archer ) 28 Wigeon also.. Craig.
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Cheesden Valley, 27th Sep 2015
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09:00-13:00 Canada Goose, 72 on pasture near Deeply Vale, Mallard, 3, Wigeon, c25 over AMR, Teal, 9 on scrape near Deeply Vale, Buzzard, 1 flew up the valley hassled by 2 crows, Sparrowhawk, 1 soaring near Butcher Acre Farm, Peregrine, 1 perched on a pylon, Kestrel, 4 singles and a 2, Pheasant, male fl...
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