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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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Clowbridge, 26th Sep 2015
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07:30 - 09:30 G.C.Grebe, 2, Cormorant, 1, Grey Heron, 1 on the lagoon, Mallard, c8, Goosander, 1 redhead, Kestrel, 3 singles, Sparrowhawk, male hunting the moor near Compstons, Moorhen, 2 adults & 2 juvs on the lagoon, B.H.Gull, c8, Little Owl, 1 sat on fence post, G.S.Woodpecker, 1 in small tre...
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Whitworth Quarry, Lee Quarry & Huttock Top 260915
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Whitworth Quarry kestrel - 1 mallard - 1 teal - 1 female black headed gull - 1 skylark - 2 meadow pipit - 100+ pied wagtail - 6 linnet - 1 goldfinch - 12 siskin - 1 over greenfinch - 1 over redpoll - 1 over Lee Quarry kestrel - 1 little owl - 1 stock dove - 1 mistle thrush - 8 rook - 5 over greenfinch - 4 Huttock Top &am...
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Holdenwood res Thu 24 September
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26 Canada Geese 4 Teal 16 Cormorants perched in the white tree 1 unwise Heron perched at the bottom of the above white tree 10 + Meadow pipit 1 Mallard Neil
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Clowbridge Res 23 Sep
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On the res 2 common scoters,1 goldeneye, 1 tufty, 2 great crested grebes, 1 cormorant (09.30) Around Compstons Cross/ Meadow Head (c8.00 - 9.00) 40-50 meadow pipits , 6 pied wagtails, 1 skylark, c5 reed buntings, c10 chaffinches, 3 greenfinches and a few siskins, redpolls. 1 swallow the only hirund...
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Twin lodges 22/9/15
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1 Kestrel 50+ mixed Swallows and H. Martins - lots of young being fed on wires. 1m Blackcap calling + 1f or juv in amongst the blackberries 1 Chiffchaff heard calling. very few finches seen. Bob. -- Edited by Bigbadbob on Tuesday 22nd of September 2015 05:57:35 PM
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Twin lodges 21/9/15
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14:00hrs onwards 1 Sparrowhawk in Cribden Clough 12+ House martin 12+ swallows inc. 9 juvs on wires being fed by adults 3 Blue Tit 2 Greenfinch 4 Goldfinch 2 Chaffinch 1 Willow Warbler 1 Chiffchaff 2 Jay 80 Wood pigeon feeding in fields c40 flock of Starling 1 Kestrel Bob.
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RCC & Ilex Mill
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30+ Pied Wagtails and two Grey Wags on cricket field Sunday morning, despite the nearly ever present Peregrine on Ilex chimney, no Feral Pigeons so pest control doing it's job and newly sown seed intact.
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Warth to EBSW 200915
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Warthsparrowhawk - 1woodpigeon - 10pied wagtail - 2robin - 17blackbird - 6wren - 3long tailed tit - large noisy party of at least 20 birds blue tit - 7great tit - 5goldcrest - 3dunnock - 2jackdaw - 20+jay - min 4carrion crow - 4magpie - 6 chaffinch - 4greenfinch - 2siskin - 2goldfinch - 1 Hurdles/ Scrub...
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Chiffchaff, Saterday 19 September
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2 in trees behind house this evening Ventnor road Haslingden Neil
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Finches.
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Spent a couple of hours this afternoon watching the large flock of finches which have been feeding on thistle for the last few days at Alderbottom. I have the total at around 85, the flock included at least 10 Siskin, 5 Linnet, 6 Chaffinch, the rest were Goldfinch most of which were juveniles. Regards B...
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Whitworth 190915
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Landgate arealittle owl - 1skylark - 7meadow pipit - c80house martin - 12swallow - 12starling - 13goldcrest - 1 singing an others calling from covergoldfinch - charm of 9siskin - 2 CowmCanada goose - 2mallard c30tufted duck - 6black headed gull - c25green woodpecker - 1house martin - c12swallow - c6...
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red kite
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cracking views of red kite drifting slowly north viewed from horncliffe quarry at midday cheers andrew
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Clowbridge, 19th Sep 2015
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08:00-09:00 Cormorant, 1 on the res, Grey Heron, 1 on the lagoon & 1 on back pond, Mallard, c12, Tufted Duck, 1 male, Goosander, 1 redhead, Kestrel, 1 male sat on telegraph pole, Moorhen, 1 on the lagoon, B.H.Gull, 15 on the res but most flew off north later, L.B.B.Gull, 2 over, Little Owl, 1 in gable...
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Holden wood reservoir circular.
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1600 hrs to Dusk, sunny 15 degrees dropped to 7. Raven 3 over Musbury. Kestrel 1 Several Rook and Carrion Crow Over. Jay 2 Magpie 5 Little Owl on post at Tenement farm. Reed Bunting 3 Lapwing 35 Canada Goose 72, 23 flew South at dusk Cormorant 9 in tree roost Great Crested Greebe 1 Grey Heron 1 Mallard 5 Blue...
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