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Rawtenstall Swifts, 30th June 2015
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21:45 A minimum of 36 Swifts screaming over the town tonight. The best number I can recall in the last ten years or so. Regards, David Nuttall.
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Grane
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8 - 11.30 usual suspects present in usual places - highlights were :- holden wood:- grasshopper warbler reeling near board walk and one further up near farm nearby rusty fence 1 greylag which was not seen on return min 15 mallard ogden:- 5 linnet calf hey:- 2 male kestrels 3 male sparrowhawk...
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Grane Reserviors 280615
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Canada goose - 152 on Holden Wood, 2 on Ogden & 7 on Calf Heymallard - 13 adults, including a duck with 7 very young ducklings at Holden Wood & 7 on Calf Heyteal - 1 female at Holden Woodpheasant - 2 or 3 calling birds at Holden Woodcormorant - 3 at Holden Woodgrey heron - 4 at Holden Wood & 1 at Cal...
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Cheesden Valley, 28th June 2015
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14:30-17:00 Grey Heron, 1 flew down the valley, Canada Goose, flock of 9, Buzzard, bird circling & calling, Kestrel, 3 singles, Pheasant, 2 calling, Lapwing, flock of c12 feeding on pasture with Curlews and starlings, Curlew, 3 feeding with lapwings, Oystercatcher, a pair flew over the valle...
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Warth 270615
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buzzard - 1 flew from Warth to Staghills Woods where it was joined by another. Both birds soared over the woods for a while attracting the attention of the local jays and magpies #stock dove - 3nuthatch - 1willow warbler - 2blackcap - 1juvenile robins and great titsmagpie - a family of magpies were m...
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Strongstry breeding.
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After a couple of days of reasonable weather (and light) I have put together a list and some pictures of young seen in the surrounding woodland. Grey Heron, Mallard, Canada Goose, Dipper, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Goosander, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Nuthatch, Robin, Wren, Blackb...
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Scoter 22/6/15
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Report of 1m Common Scoter at Clowbridge res. this morning per A. Jones. Bob.
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Common Scoter? Calf Hey 26-6-15
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Looks like a Common Scoter - any one want to confirm? Will be a Grane patch first for me. Triple points for those who say it is a Scoter but Surf or White Winged LOL
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Buzzards and other chicks ringed...
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Ringed 2 nests of Buzzard today both of which had 1 chick in the nest. These will have been the first Buzzards ringed in Rossendale after there welcome recent spread into our area. Many thanks to Neil Burke and Steve Howden (climber) for your help today. Pics shows Neil holding a Buzzard chick whilst in...
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Futures Park to Healey Dell 210615
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mute swan - 3 at Wallbank LodgeCanada goose - 1pr at Cowm Res & 29 at Spring Millmallard - c20 at Cowm Res, 5 at Wallbank Lodge & 1pr at Spring Millpheasant - 2 calling birds at Spring Millcormorant - 1 at Spring Millgrey heron - juv at Wallbank Lodgegreat crested grebe - 1pr at Spring Millbuzzard...
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Deeply Vale and Twine Valley 21.6.15.
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Deeply Vale Whitethroat 2 Grasshopper Warbler 1 Blackcap 1 Willow Warbler good numbers Kestrel 1 Swift 2 Swallow c10 Carrion Crow 34 Magpie 4 Stock Dove 1 Reed Bunting 2 Mallard 5 Canada Goose 3 pair +9 young. Also 7 + 4 over Chaffinch 4 Goldfinch 2 Curlew 3 Lapwing 5 Twine Valley Whitethroat 1 Redpoll 1 o...
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Strongstry/Moor road via Buckden woods.
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Drizzle, poor visibility 14 degrees no wind, 0730/1000 hrs. All the usual suspects, the following were of note. Went to a usual Spot for Bullfinch and found a male and two juveniles, would normally expect more but conditions were dire. Four pair of Lapwing with young in newly muck spread fields. Two C...
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Stubbins/ Ewood bridge round robin.
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0700/1130 hrs 10 degrees cool NW wind overcast. The civil engineering work to extend the existing cycle track into Helmshore has been halted for the time being because the next stage would involve felling several trees, which is not allowed untill the breeding season is complete. Note~~~~the rive...
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Clowbridge, 17th June 2015
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20:00-21:00 G.C.Grebe, 2, presumed pair, sleeping in the middle of the res, Canada Goose, pair with 5 growing goslings, Mallard, c6, Sparrowhawk, female over, Kestrel, male hunting rough grassland, Moorhen, 1 on the lagoon, Common Sandpiper, 1 on res bank, Curlew, 1 calling on the moors and one ne...
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EWOOD BRIDGE TO CHATTERTON 16-06-2015
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Lovely evening stroll from Ewood bridge through to Chatterton Birds seen Grey Heron Dunnock Woodpigeon Pheasant Willow Warbler Great Black-Backed Gull House Sparrow Oystercatcher over Pied wagtail Robin Song Thrush Magpie Jay Jackdaw Dipper Wren Starling Blackbird Black-Headed Gull Blue...
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16/6/15 Southern Moorland.
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12:00 - 18:00hrs, 2 House Martins taking food to nest at rear of Queens St Rawtenstall Balladen - 1 Bullfinch calling 1 Swallow + 1 at Lomas lane 1 Willow Warbler in song + Chaffinch, Wood Pigeon, Grt Tit, Pied Wagtail Hawks Clough - 1 Redpoll 1pr + 1m Linnet 1 Reed Bunting singing 2 Willow Warbler 1 Bla...
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R.O.C. Summer Bird Race, 14th June 2015
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06:00-16:00 It was a cool, sometimes drizzly, day but that didn't stop 7 members recording the equal highest number of sightings with a total of 80 species seen. We saw one new species today, Red Legged Partridge, and have now seen a total of 107 species since the summer bird race began in 1992. The resu...
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Bird Race
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This has been moved to 14th June - see general discussion tab Ian
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Healey Dell.13th June.
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Wood Warbler still singing & showing well. Between viaduct and Broadley station on small path near muddy area. Dave O.
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healy dell
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woodwarbler blackcap 4 chiffcaff 2 g s woodpecker ext
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cheesden valley
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more or less same as daves 23 may with extras grasshopper warbler sedge warbler great cressed grebe moorhen
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Reedsholme - Rawtenstall - 30/5/15
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Reedsholme 1 Green Woodpecker calling constantly 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Blackcap in song Pr Jay Charm of 4 Goldfinch 3 Swift over 1 Starling + flock of 30+ inc. juvs at Cribden Clough later. Leabrook 1 Blackcap in song 1 Chiffchaff in song 1 Willow Warbler in song 3 Swift 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Dipper Constablelee 4 H...
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Fletcher Bank Quarry 010615
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lapwing - 1 flew towards Gatehouse Farmcurlew - heard calling from Harden Moorlesser black backed gull - min 158 over between 09:50 & 11:45woodpigeon - 4collared dove - 2swift - 1jay - 1jackdaw - c20rook - 3carrion crow - c 65, including 1 flock of 51coal tit - 1 visiting nest site in garden wallsky...
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Clough Bottom 31.5.15.
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Clough Bottom Common Sandpiper 2 Swallow c10 Pied Wagtail 2 pair L.B.B.Gull 15 Reed Bunting 1m Chaffinch calling birds Great Tit 3 Wren 1 Meadow Pipit 2 Sky Lark calling birds Windy Bank Cuckoo 1 calling Redpoll 3 over Curlew 1 Kestrel 1 Willow Warbler good numbers Sky Lark good numbers Dunnock 1 Swall...
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Garden visitors in rare sunshine.
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Some garden visitors in yesterday's "rare" sunshine. -- Edited by brian on Sunday 31st of May 2015 10:58:09 AM
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Cuckoo! - Crown Point - above Clough Bottom Res
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Just got back from a walk in the shrubs and trees above Clough Bottom Res. Saw a couple of pairs of swifts and heard a few Willow Wablers in song. Then saw this large grey bird- thought it was a Wood Pigeon at first then ift flew about 4-5 ft of the ground into another tree. Then I thought it was a Sparrowhawk b...
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Peers Clough to Wheat Head
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peers clough little owl greater spotted woodpecker female green finch 6 curlew 2 wheat head 6 pair lapwings 2 curlew skylarks singing thoughout meadow pipit good numbers female wheatear happy about the lapwings john +peter 25/may
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Tooter Hill, 26th May 2015
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08:00-10:00
Set off aiming to go over Reap's Moss but the area is being redeveloped for a wind farm, with much disruption, so avoided the area...probably like many birds! So I went around Tooter and then back up Greave Clough.
Kestrel, 4 single birds with probably 2 pairs,
Curlew, a pair on Reap'...
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Bull Hill, 25th May 2015
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06:00-10:30 Grey Heron, 1 flew south over Snig Hole, Mallard, 2 in Alden, Buzzard, 1 hovering and later soaring over the moors, Sparrowhawk, female soaring over Stubbins, Red Grouse, 1 on the moors, Pheasant, c8 in Alden & 2 near Buckden, Lapwing, 2 pairs near Bull Hill, Golden Plover, 4 pairs on...
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Clowbridge, 24th May 2015
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18:00-19:00 G.C.Grebe, 1 at top end of res, Canada Goose, pair with 5 goslings, Mallard, 4 males, Coot, 1 flew low over the res, Moorhen, 3 adults on the lagoon, Common Sandpiper, 1 on res bank, Curlew, 1 in rough field behind boat house, L.B.B.Gull, c30 over north and one on the res, Swift, c10 over moor...
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