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Calf Hey
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0900/1100hrs cold northerly wind 8 degrees overcast. Severe lack of insect life and ground cover growth. Very few passerines seen or heard. Two Buzzards and a Kestrel overhead. Several Goldfinch, Chaffinch, one Greenfinch heard. Two Wrens and one Goldcrest heard At least two Grasshopper Warble...
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Clough Bottom 20.5.15.
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Clough Bottom Spotted Flycatcher 1 Linnet 1 pair Common Sandpiper 2 Grey Wagtail 1 Pied Wagtail 4 minimum Redpoll birds over c6 Willow Warbler birds calling Chaffinch birds calling Goldcrest c6 Sky Lark 2 Meadow Pipit good numbers Song Thrush 1 calling Blackbird 4 Swift 5 Swallow10 Jay 1 Mistle Th...
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Spotted Flycatchers.
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J First Spotted Flycatchers were recorded here on the 11th May, this is four days early on a nine year average for Strongstry. I have been experimenting with different designs of nest boxes for this species the last couple of years, I don't put them up until the end of April so our local residents don't g...
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Strongstry/Irwell vale.
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Extremely wet, heavy showers, only 9 degrees. Only two sightings of note, pair of Sparrowhawks perched and hunting along the river, two pair of Dipper have young fledged on the river bank, could only see two at one site but 4 at the other. Regards Brian.
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Healy Dell . Wallbank and Cowm
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Healy DellChiff Chaff 3Blackcap 2Willow Warbler calling birdsCanada Goose 1 pairMoorhen 1Mallard 4Swift 2 overChaffinch calling birdsGoldfinch 4Nuthatch 3Song Thrush 1 callingBlue and Great TitsRobin c10Blackbird 6Wood Pigeon c20Wallbank LodgeMute Swan 1 pair + 1Grey Wagtail 1Bullfinch...
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Grane, 17th May 2015
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07:30-11:00 Cormorant, 1 seen flying into valley, Grey Heron, 1 in Troy, Canada Goose, c50 including several pairs with newly fledged goslings, Greylag Goose, single at Holden Wood, Buzzard, 1 near Troy, Kestrel, single near Ogden and a female being hassled by a Magpie, Moorhen, 2 on pasture at Hol...
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E.B.S.W. 17th May 2015
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17:30-18:15 A quick visit to Ewood Bridge saw a good gathering of Hirundines with the following noted: Stock Dove, 1 feeding on the beds! Swift, c6, Swallow, c250, Hose Martin, c100, Sand Martin, c50 Pied Wagtail, c6, Song Thrush, 1 singing, Willow Warbler, 1 singing, Blackcap, 1 singing. Regards,...
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Stubbing to Ewood bridge.
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Sunshine and showers, 10/14 degrees, 0700 to 1100 hrs. These are highlights only. Garden Warbler seen and heard at Alderbottom. Male Whitethroat in full song near Ewood bridge. Wood Warbler singing in Lumb Vale ( part of this land has been sold and felled, planning has not yet been posted, no private...
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Rawtenstall, 15th May 2015
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late afternoon whilst mowing the lawn! Heron, 1 over, Sparrowhawk, male over being followed by 3 Starlings, Buzzard, tatty bird over mobbed by a crow, Swift, at least 3 over the town, L.T.Tit, feeding young in nest, Coal Tit, calling bird, Jay, 1 in trees, Goldfinch, singing, Greenfinch, singing, C...
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David Nuttall
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seat naze
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green woodpecker buzzard blackcap 2 pair linnits
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Lee Quarry 13.5.15.
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Lee quarry Wheatear 4m Raven 1 Sky Lark good numbers Meadow Pipit 15 minimum Curlew 2 calling Pied Wagtail 2 Wren calling birds L.B.B.Gull birds over Lapwing 2 at Nunn Hills Quarry Road Chiff Chaff 1 Willow Warbler calling birds Chaffinch c6 calling Greenfinch 2 Wood Pigeon 9 Redpoll 2 over pfyldes...
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North Rossendale, 10th May 2015
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06:30-10:30 Cormorant, 1 on the "U boat" on Clowbridge Res, Canada Goose, a pair in "The Bowl" towards Crown Point, Mallard, 2 on Clowbridge , 4 on Clough Bottom and 2 males on the moor, Tufted Duck, male on the back pond at Clowbridge, Kestrel, 1 at Clowbridge and a male carrying...
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5 Black Terns Ashworth Moor Res 6-5-15
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a flickr contact of mine messaged me on 7-5.15 to say he had seen 5 black terns on Wednesday 6th of May in the evening. They were flying in the stormy weather and feeding off the surface of the water. they were present at least 1 hour......
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E.B.S.W 07-05-2015
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E.B.S.W Large gathering of Swift - Sand Martin and Swallow Cheers Craggy
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Waterfoot
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Raven having a tussle with crows over Hugh Business Park 5pm today
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Ring necked parakeet
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it's still around the Helmshore Memorial Gardens, this time it was calling. 3.15 today.
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Dog Nobbler
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Waterfoot to EBSW 030515
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Canada goose - 1pr at EBSW & 1 at Holmes Terrace Lodgemallard - duck with 1 duckling about 10 days old at EBSWgrey heron - juvenile bird at Fallbarnlittle grebe - 1 at Holmes Terrace Lodgesparrow hawk - female over The Holme and a male at Horncliffekestrel - 1 hunting near Holmes Terrace Lodge and 1 n...
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Lee Quarry 3.5.15.
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Lee Quarry Ring Ouzel 1f Stock Dove 2 pair minimum Kestrel 1 m Sparrow Hawk 1 f Blackbird 2 Wren 3 calling birds Wheatear c6 L.B.B.Gull c30 birds over Pied Wagtail 2 Raven 1 pair Carrion Crow to many Grey Heron 1 Mallard 1 f Meadow Pipit c10 Sky Lark 3 Quarry Road G.S.Woodpecker 1 m Wheater 1 Linnet 4 Dunnock...
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Clowbridge, 3rd May 2015
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09:00-10:00 I could only spare an hour but good birding following the heavy rain! G.C.Grebe, 1 fishing the res, Cormorant, 1 on the "U Boat" Canada Goose, sitting pair, Mallard, c6, Pheasant, 1 calling, Moorhen, sitting bird, Dunlin, 1 feeding on res shore, Common Sandpiper, 1 feeding o...
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Glen Garden
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Robins 12 Blackbird 3m 2f Great tit Coal tit Blue tit Mistle thrush Wren Jackdaw 20+ Feral Pigeon 2 Wood Pigeon 2 Long Tailed Tit 6 Pied Wagtail (Unusual visitor to my garden probably due to weather) Chaffinch (Scaly legs and feet)m Dunnock 2 Goldfinch 2 on Niger seed Kestrel hovering in adjacent field...
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Sand Martins
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At last light this evening along the river Irwell between Alderbottom and Stubbins were at least 500 Sand Martin feeding low over the river. Some time earlier the easterly wind dropped and the wind increased from the south, the ambient temperature changed from 6 degrees to 12 degrees and a massive ha...
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C/bridge 1st May '15.
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Cuckoo up on moor late evening. 1st of year for me. Also Whimbrel heading north at last light. Craig.
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Thirteen Stone Hill, 2nd May 2015
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08:00-11:00 Canada Goose, c50, mainly in pairs around the quarries but some flocks to 8 birds, Mallard, pair on moorland pond, Buzzard, 1 over, Kestrel, 1 hunting the edge of the moor and one in Hutch Bank, Pheasant, calling bird, Lapwing, 3 pairs on the tops, Curlew, 2 pairs on the tops, Snipe, "...
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TROY QUARRY 01-05-2015
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Troy Quarry 6 Swallow 4 Canada Geese 2 Mallard 1m 1f 1 Moorhen 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Pied Wagtail 1 Stock Dove 2 Willow Warbler 3 Chaffinch Jamestone Quarry 5 Swallow could be from troy 12 Canada Geese two with 3 goslings Meadows above Quarry's 2 Ring Ouzel 9 Wheatear 2 Buzzards 1 Sparrowhawk over Skylark aro...
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Clough Bottom, 30th April 2015
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19:00-20:00 Canada Goose, 1 bird did a circuit of the res and then flew off west in the direction of Clowbridge, Mallard, c6, Kestrel, 1 flew over the res to the moors, Pheasant, at least 2 calling birds, Common Sandpiper, pair, L.B.B.Gull, 3 on the res and 1 over west, Wood Pigeon, c12, Skylark, c4 sing...
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Ashworth moor reservoir.
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1800/2100 hrs bright sunshine cold easterly wind. Canada Geese 28. Goosander 3 all male. Mallard 1 pair. Teal 1 male 2 female. Lapwing 6 pair displaying in fields. Pied Wagtail 7. Swallow 20+. Sand Martin 10+. Linnet 1 pair. Reed Bunting. 2 male 3 female. Meadow Pipit 7. Wheatear 7. Skylark 5. Litt...
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Stubbing to Ewood Bridge round robin.
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Wed evening 1700/2100 hrs sunny showers 8 degrees. Thurs morning 0900/1200 hrs sunny 7/10 degrees. The numbers are totals for both visits, there is a lot of engineering disturbance between Strongstry and Irwell vale as the cycle track is being extended to Helmshore over the viaduct. The old mill si...
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Gaghills 290415
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1pr of linnets feeding on a small patch of dandelions on Gaghills Road as I got home from work today. The first time I've ever seen linnets here. cheers Kevin
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Ring Necked Parakeet
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Ring Necked Parakeet seen at 6.15pm tonight on the disused railway line behind Knowle Meadow, I was about to take a photo when a hail squall frightened it off. At the time I was ten yards away so no doubt about identification.
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Dog Nobbler
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Reedsholme - Irwell Vale26/4/15
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12:00hrs Leabrook Sparrowhawk over Reedsholme Chiffchaff singing Grey Wagtail f Mallard + 11 small young - 1st brood of the year 2 House Martin at Constablelee flew into nest - early return to nest site! 1pr Collared Dove - Cow lane 1 Little Grebe at Holmes terrace lodge 1 Blackcap - The Holme c13 Sand M...
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