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Redstart 18.4.15
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Futures Park Stacksteads Redstart 1m still there at 4.15 pm pfyldes
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Ewood Bridge - Lumb Vale 18/4/15
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08:00 start - Chaffinch, Robin, Dunnock, Wren, Goldfinch all singing throughout, Blackbirds quiet though c5 around the circuit were all feeding. E.B.S.W. & surrounding area 3+ Pied Wagtail - numbers well down for the time of the year usually up to 100 present during April. c100 mixed hirundin...
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Clowbridge, 18th April 2015
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06:30-08:00 Cormorant, 2 on the "U Boat" and 1 over north, Canada Goose, pair with sitting bird, Mallard, c6, Pheasant, calling bird, Wood Pigeon, c30 over in flocks to 4, Little Owl, 1 in gable end, Skylark, c4 singing birds, Meadow Pipit, c12, Wheatear, 2, Mistle Thrush, 1 singing, Will...
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Clowbridge 17th April '15.
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1 poss 2 male Grasshopper Warblers reeling near back pond at dusk. 11+ Willow Warbler males singing. 1 House Martin over the moor. Craig. -- Edited by C Bel on Friday 17th of April 2015 09:22:11 PM
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Lee Quarry 17.4.15.
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Lee Quarry Wheatear 10 minimum Mistle Thrush 1 pair Perigrine 1over Raven 1 Little Owl 1 Meadow Pipit c10 Curlew 1 calling Pied Wagtail 1 Quarry Road Swallow 3 Willow Warbler 1 Greenfinch 2 calling Chaffinch several calling Robin several calling Wren 1 Woodpigeon 5 Magpie 3 Blackbird c6 Great Tit sev...
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Clowbridge res. 17/4/15
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14:50 hrs Car park pr Long tailed Tit 3 Willow warbler in song 3 Dunnock c10 House Sparrow Res. 4 Wheatear with one stunning male Whinchat 1m Pheasant calling 6m Mallard + 2 pr 1 Curlew feeding on pasture + calling bird from moorland Goldfinch - lots about with c6 in wood 1 Moorhen 1pr Canada Goose 1 Reed B...
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Blackcap.
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First Blackcaps have reappeared in Strongstry woodland today, three males and two females in one area and two more males in an other spot, all displaying and singing. Good numbers of Willow Warbler are around now, also two Chiffchaffs. Regards Brian.
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GOOD MORNINGS BIRDING 17-04-2015
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7.30 Start met up with Sarfraz at Holden Wood for a quick look around BIRDS SEEN 1 Raven 5 Swallow 5 Lapwing 3 Coot 7 Cormorant 3 Great Crested Grebe 3 Teal Mallard 1 Goldeneye Canada geese 2 Black Headed gull 1 juvenile lesser black-backed gull 1Little Grebe Then it was off to Holcombe for a circular wal...
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crawshawbooth
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male blackcap near river 1pair partridge dean lane
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Calf Hey.
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0930-1200hrs 9 degrees, overcast, very light wind. Several Meadow Pipit and Skylark singing. One male Stonechat in felled wood. Green Woodpecker calling. Three Canada Geese, four Mallards and two pair of Teal on the water. Three Common Sandpiper on the banks. Pair of Grey Wagtail and Pied Wagtail...
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CLOWBRIDGE 14-04-2015
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Swallow 1 Sparrowhawk 1 over Curlew 1 in medow just of ress and one or two calling birds on hillside Skylark good number of birds in song Meadow pipits good number not in large flocks, in 3 and 5 Willow Warbler Chiffchaff Greenfinch Goldfinch Chaffinch seen Cheers Craggy
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Holden Wood, Musden Heights and Musbury
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4-7pm Holden Wood:- 1 little ringed plover 5 coot 1 blackcap 2 willow warbler 4 moorhen 10 min mallard 10 min lapwing but not more than 14 2 oystercatcher 1 kestrel 3 reed buntings 2 linnet 2 Raven 1 curlew 2 grebe min 19 min cormorant Musden Head and Musbury 2-3 Curlews calling 6 lapwings 8 whea...
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Harrier
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A female Marsh Harrier flew north East across the Grane reservoirs this evening at 1930hrs. Regards Brian.
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The Hile, 14th April 2015
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18:15-19:15 Canada Goose, pair on Jack Lodge, Mallard, 2 over, Kestrel, 2 hunting The Hile, Curlew, pair in display, L.B.B.Gull, 2 over, Wood Pigeon, c20 in flocks to 5, Skylark, c6 in song, Swallow, 4 feeding over the fields, Meadow Pipit, c20, Mistle Thrush, 1 in song, Willow Warbler, 1 in song at Ja...
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River Irwell/Motorway Bridge 14.4.15.
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River Irwell/Motorway Bridge Common Sandpiper 2 Swallow 3 Seen at tea time by my son Nichalas and his girlfriend Michelle pfyldes
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Holden wood.
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1600hrs to1800hrs 11 degrees but cold South easterly. Canada Geese 40+ some sitting on eggs. Mallard 7 Grey Heron. 1 Cormorant. 12 Black-headed Gull 20+ Lapwing 24 all appeared to have established a territory. Several Blue, Great Tit in the trees. Coot 2 pair with nesting material Common San...
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Clough Bottom, 12th April 2015
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19:15-20:15 Mallard, 3 males, Goosander, 1 immature male, Sparrowhawk, female over res hassled by Carrion Crow, Kestrel, 2 hunting the moors, Pheasant, calling bird, Curlew, 2 over the moors calling, Meadow Pipit, 5, Pied Wagtail, 4, Song Thrush, 2 in song, Goldcrest, 1 singing, Chaffinch, 2 sin...
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Healy Dell and Wallbank Lodge 12.4.15
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Healy Dell Chiff Chaff 2 calling Nuthatch 3 calling Canada Geese 1 pair Mallard 3m Goldfinch calling birds Chaffinch 6 Coal Tit 2 L.T.Tit 2 Cormorant 1 over Heron 1 over Blue Tit 6 Great Tit c10 Wood Pigeon 15 Magpie 2 Mistle Thrush 2 calling Blackbird 3 Wren 1 Robin c6 Dunnock 2 Wallbank Lodge Swallow 2 Gr...
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Spring Mill Res 120415
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4 cormorant1 heron6 prs and 1 sitting Canada goose1pr & 3 male mallard1 male pheasant and 1 calling bird1 kestrel1 great blacked gull1 lesser black backed gull10 woodpigeon15 meadow pipit2 pied wagtail1 willow warbler1 male stonechat4 carrion crow7 jackdaw4 magpie cheers Kevin
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Chapel Hill, 12th April 2015
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09:00-10:30 Cormorant, 1 flew down the Limy Valley and around Cribden towards Grane. Grey Heron, 1 flew in. Mallard, 3 drakes and a female on Edge Cote, Lapwing, 3 displaying birds at Edge Cote, Curlew, calling birds, L.B.B.Gull, c20 over, Wood Pigeon, c40 in flocks to 12, Skylark, 4 feeding in stub...
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Hirundies.
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First Swallows and Sand Martins in Strongstry this morning, six of the former heading north in a strong wind, three of the latter hawking the riverside fields. Regards Brian.
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Waterfoot to Holden Wood via Musbury 110415
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Canada goose - min 53 at Ogden Res and 30 at Holden Wood, including 3 sitting birdsmallard - 6pr and 10 males at Holden Woodteal - 2 females and a male at Holden Woodgoldeneye - 1 female on Holden Woodgoosander - 1 pr flying down the Irwell Valley at Hareholmepheasant - 2 calling birds near EBSW, 1 male at M...
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Ewood Bridge 11/4/15
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Late mornimg 1 Peregrine over E.B.S.W. Chiffchaff - 2 - at both ends of the sewage works Coal tit - 1 calling Dipper - 1 on river Goosander - 1f on river WillowWarbler - 2 singing around the circuit + 1 in sewage works Blackcap - 2 males squabbling then singing Bullfinch - 1pr around circuit + 1f nr soap wo...
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Clowbridge, 11th April 2015
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08:45-09:45 Cold, windy, hail, c4 degrees; what a change! Mallard, 4 males plus a pair, Sparrowhawk, female whizzed through and put up c6 pipits and 3 pied wagtails from rough pasture, Curlew, 1 calling from the hills, L.B.B.Gull, 3 through south, Skylark, c4 singing birds, Meadow Pipit, c20, some...
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Musbury Valley & Tor - 10th April 2015
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5:30pm-8:15pm Kestrel 4 Dipper 1 Curlew 1 Pheasant (males) 2 Ring ouzel 2 Wheatear (males) 3 Swallow 3 Little owl 1 Grey heron 1 Meadow pipits - lots Mallards 2 in field below Tor -- Edited by PaulB on Friday 10th of April 2015 11:13:01 PM
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EBSW, 10th April; 2014
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18:15-18:30 just 15 minutes to check what was around with Peter Fyldes. Swallow c 10, House Martin, 3, Sand Martin, 2, Chiffchaff, 2 singing birds. Regards, David Nuttall.
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Swallow, Haslingden 10 April
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1 swallow flew past back of House this afternoon Neil
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Willow Warbler.
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Several Willow Warbler were singing and active today around Strongstry, they did not appear to be here yesterday. One in full song atop a birch near Porritts lodge. Two, one in song one displaying in woodland opposite my house. Two more singing in Lumb Vale. Regards Brian.
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Grane
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Craggy and I did a little circuit of Grane today from 7 am to 12 pm. Holden Wood :- At least 10 toads under dam wall stuck to each other. Groups of upto 4 on top of each other as well. 2-3 great crested grebes Min 10 mallard Chiffchaff singing at top end in small tree moved to hedge. 1 willow warbler in bri...
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C/booth 8th April '15.
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3 male Chiffchaff singing in the village today.
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