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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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Grane Reservoirs and Musbury Heights 29/10/15
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Holden Wood1 pied wagtail3 redpoll5 grey partridge between HW and Ogden1 grey heron24 cormorants in treeSkeen of 50-60 pink footed geese moving west over Holden Wood & Ogden Musbury Heights1 ring tailed hen harrier on Musbury Heights going west over Hog Lowe Clough(the highlight of my year...
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Haslingden Moor 30/10/15
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Haslingden Moor 11:10am-12:20pm 25 golden plover37 snipe1 jack snipe1 male kestrel Paul & Neil
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Fieldfares
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20+ Fieldfares feeding on berries, behind my garden in The Glen, 1.30pm today
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Chapel Hill, 28th Oct 2015
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3:45-5:15 Grey Heron, 1 over, Buzzard, 1 disturbed from conifers soared out over Rawtenstall, Kestrel, male on fence post, Snipe, 42 on Edge Cote, B.H.Gull, a flock of c50 east up The Irwell valley, Wood Pigeon, c20 in small flocks, Stock Dove, pair, Meadow Pipit, 15 on Edge Cote, Fieldfare, flock of...
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Wet Moss. 25th Oct 2015
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08:00-11:00 Kestrel, 1 hovering over moorland, Snipe, 5 singles flushed, Golden Plover, flock of 5, Little Owl, 1 on dry stone wall in Alden, G.S.Woodpecker, 1 at Dowry Head & 1 at Torside, Skylark, flock of 7 over Alden, Meadow Pipit, 4 in Alden, Pied Wagtail, 2 in Alden, Grey Wagatail, 2 at Sunny...
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Chapel Hill Cribden Clough 25/10/15
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07:30 start 1 Cormorant S. down Limy valley c150 Pink-footed Geese heading high and E. over Rawtenstall at 08:04 hrs 6 imm. gull prob. herring following the hill edge towards Marl Pits Greenfinch calling along Heightside lane. 1 Jay - Chapel Hill farmland. c50 mixed flock in hedge at Chapel hill farm...
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Warth 25/10/15
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cormorant - 1 flew down the Whitewell Valley towards Cowpe, 1 flew up the Irwell Valley towards Cowpe & then 1 flew down the Irwell Valley goosander - 1 redhead flew up the Irwell Valley buzzard - 1 green woodpecker - 1 wood pigeon - 3 grey wagtail - 1 pied wagtail - 1 meadow pipit - 1 robin - 13 blackbird...
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Strongstry/Ravenshore/Snighole/Irwellvale.
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0730/1030 hrs, calm, bright, 7 degrees. Goldfinch...charms of 7,10,15,7, all round the route. Chaffinch... Lot of odd ones. Siskin....4 in hawthorn at Irwell Vale Good feeding flocks of Tits in several places, including Long-tailed. Treecreeper...1 Goldcrest...3 Nuthatch...4 Robin... 10+...
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Swallow
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A report from top of Weir in Bacup of a Swallow taking advantage of flies around trees. It clearly has no clue of the weather forecast.
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New Line to Whitworth 231015
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New Line Res mallard - 25 tufted duck - 2m & 1f moorhen - 7 black headed gull - 5 redwing - 1 over bullfinch - 2 calling Whitworth Quarry lesser black backed gull - 5 meadow pipit - 24 pied wagtail - 1 magpie - 2 carrion crow - 4 greenfinch - 1 over goldfinch - 6 reed bunting - 3 Cowm (only from the quarry road)...
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Scaup.
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Female immature Scaup on Ashworth Moor reservoir at 1130 hrs today. Regards Brian and Geoff.
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Rawtenstall to Holden Wood 211015
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Groundwork 2 redhead goosander & 1 song thrush Holmes Terrace Lodge 3 little grebe, 1 grey heron, 25 mallard, 3 moorhen, 2 goldcrest, 1 redwing, 10 goldfinch & 1 bullfinch calling The Holme to Ewood Bridge 1 redhead goosander, 1m sparrowhawk over Horncliffe, 1 juv moorhen, 1 kingfisher, 4 d...
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RCC & Ilex Mill
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30+ Pied Wagtails on cricket ground, Buzzard over Rawtenstall town centre, mobbed by crows, Peregrine back on Ilex chimney 5.30pm today.
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Cribden circular 18/10/15
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07:30 hrs. Every hill top in cloud apart from Musden Head to top of Grane. Loads of Jackdaw & C.Crow on Cribden hillside and adjoining pasture. 21 Lapwing nr Laund hey + 7 later over Oakenhead Rd flew from over Road End area to join them. 4 Greenfinch + 2 Redwing - Spout House 5 Redwing +1 Blackbird al...
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Waterfoot 181015
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skein of c60 flew up the Irwell Valley over Waterfoot @ 9:15 am 2 cormorant flew down the Irwell Valley from Cowpe 1 male sparrowhawk dipper - 1 pr near Baltic Bridge flocks of c50 & c36 redwing flew from Trickett's Memorial Ground to Lench cheers Kevin
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Grane, 18th Oct 2015
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08:30-11:00 Cormorant, 2 in trees at Holden Wood and 15 on Ogden where 13 were stood drying their wings and 2 fishing the res, Canada Goose, c75 on Holden Wood left to the south around 09:00, Mallard, 10 on Calf Hey, Teal, 8 on Calf Hey, Buzzard, pair soaring over the valley, Kestrel, 2 singles, Lapwing,...
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Warth to Plunge 171015
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Warth grey heron - 2 pink footed goose - skein of 43 flew up the Irwell Valley at 10:45 goosander - 1 redhead on the river and 2 flying down the Irwell Valley buzzard - several sightings of at least 3 birds, 2 of which were seen locking talons sparrowhawk - 6 sightings of 4 males, 1 female and a pair wood pigeo...
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Buckden woods/Beetle hill.
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0730/1000 hrs light north easterly, cloudy then sunny, 8 degrees. Blackbirds....more than normal in the woods. Goldfinch....four flocks total 28. Chaffinch....14+. Green Woodpecker...one feeding on ground. Meadow Pipit..... 4. Kestrel...1. Mistle Thrush....loose flocks total 12. Pink-...
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