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Grane, 28th Sep 2014
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07:30-11:00 G.C.Grebe, 1 on Calf Hey, Cormorant, min 3 on Holden Wood, 10 on Ogden with birds coming and going most of the morning, Grey Heron, 1 feeding along the bank of Holden Wood, Canada Goose, 50 on Holden Wood and 12 flew from Ogden towards Troy, Teal, 8 on Holden Wood, 2 on Ogden and 6 on Calf Hey, Ma...
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Pintail.
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Female Pintail present with small flock of Mallard on Ashworth moor reservoir near the out flow this evening, still there at dusk. Also seen, Canada Geese 64. Lapwing 28. Great Crested Greebe 2. Tufted Duck (female) 1. Pied Wagtail 20 approx. Black-headed gull 17. Goosander 5 (female). Mallard 13...
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Seat Naze & Edge Cote 270914
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grey heron - 1 oversparrowhawk - 1 seen several times, mobbed relentlessly by a magpie and 4 carrion crows (1 also seen chasing a starling, unsuccessfully, over Lidl in Rawtenstall)kestrel - 1 at Edge Cotelapwing - 8 on seat Nazesnipe - 26 at Edge Coteblack headed gull - 2common gull - 4herring gull - 1...
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Reedsholme Clowbridge 27/9/14
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0930 start approx 1 Grey wagtail at Reedsholme Folly Clough - 1 Nuthatch, 1 Kestrel, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Jay, 1 Skylark flew over. Greenfold area - c110 Starling on wires, 5 Linnet, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Skylark overhead, c20 Meadow Pipit, 1 Kestrel, 3 Blue Tit, Greenfold to Compstons Cross - c9 Meadow Pipit,...
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Redwing. 27th Sept `14. Crown Point Rd.
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1st Redwing of the autumn heard flying west in dark over Crown Point Rd whilst putting nets up. Craig.
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C Bel
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Buckden woods/Beetle hill.
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Bright sunny 11 degrees, 0730 to 1030. Plenty of all four Tit species around but Finches were thin on the ground. Goldfinch small party of seven. Chaffinch 2. Nuthatch 3. Treecreeper 2 (I see Dave has at last recorded this bird for th year). Great Spotted Woodpecker 3. Blackbirds, Robins, Dunnock an...
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Rawtenstall Cricket Club
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Four Grey Wagtails and a Heron! on the ground Thursday morning.
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Grane Today
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IF any one goes keep an eye open for something of value i lost.......PLEASE! Holden Wood:- 2 kestrels a few meadow pipits on the move 1 kingfisher, maybe 2? they do move fast but surely not that far and fast! 10 min mallard 15 min lapwings 1 grey wagtail 10 min pied wagtail....appearing to be moving sou...
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Irwell Vale to Chatterton 25-09-2014
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E B S W 30 + Pied Wagtail 12 Mallard 25 Starlings 18 Carrion Crows Gulls plenty 4 Magpies Irwell Vale 1 Big white duck in river 2 Dippers 6 Mallard 2 Goosanders 1 Moorhen 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Cormorant 3 Blackbirds 1 Chaffinch Lots of Robins singing 1 Little Grebe on river back of E B S W Chatterton 5 Thrush feedi...
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Grane
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10.15-1pm today Holden Wood:- No G W Egrets or even Herons today 15 approx Teal 40 min Lapwing 50 min Starling 12-15 Mallard quite a few meadow pipits 3 reed bunting 8 min Cormorants 10 min mallard 2 snipe 1 green woodpecker 5 min pied wagtails 1 grey wagtail 4 min stonechat quite a few meadow pipit...
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Parakeet
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1 parakeet over Ewood Bridge this morning towards Irwell Vale. I assume a ring-necked but not specifically identified Andy
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Clowbridge res. 22/9/14
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Apologies for late posting. 07:40 hrs. 1f Teal 1f Wigeon 12 Mallard 3 Cormorant 2 Pied Wagtail 1 Redpoll over S. Only a very few M. Pipits c3 Compstons Cross c6 Chaffinch 1 Blue Tit 3 Reed Bunting 1 Buzzard flew over res dam to E. A decent mixed bag in the car park included 1 G.S.W. 7+ Blackbird 1 Song Thrush...
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Clowbridge 22 sep
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3 black-tailed godwits over dam south-west this morning c11.30. A little way up so I suspect they hadn't come off the shore here. 1 wigeon still present south shore with 1 teal and 2 mallard. No sign of Osprey here or around Love Clough where I had a token look on the way back Andy
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Holden Wood 22-09-2014
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10 Teal 1 Pied Wagtail 5 Cormorant 5 Mallard 50 + Lapwings 1 Kingfisher 1 Juvenile Goldfinch Meadow Pipits all along res in singles and small flocks of 5 1 Canada goose 3 Ravens 10 Carrion Crows 1 Reed Bunting 1 Swallow 1 Grey Heron 1 Green Woodpecker Two poor photos of Kingfisher Cheers Craggy
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Cowm Reservoir possible yellow legged gull 21/09/14
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Not a lot about but the following were of notemute swan - 2mallard - c40tufted duck - 1 male and 1 femaleblack headed gull - 25lesser black backed gull - 14stonechat - 2whinchat - 1 Mixed in with the lesser black backed gulls was a possible first winter yellow legged gull. I would be interested to hear wh...
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Cribden area 21/9/14
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4 Grey Wagtail + 1 Dipper on river at Reedsholme Goldcrest at Leabrook 1 Kestrel + 1 Sparrowhawk +5 Jay at Cribden Clough 2 Jay + 1 Chiffchaff + c10 Meadow Pipit, along lane to Ski slope. 1 Rook, 1 Skylark, c18 Twite on wires and in fields + mixed flock of c20 Goldfinch & Linnet along Oakenhead Wood...
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C/booth - Clowbridge 21st Sept `14. 8 - 12am.
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Didn`t get out early this morning due to night out !! so had a walk local then C/bridge-Loveclough to check for Osprey but no luck. Last seen on C/briddge at 3pm yesterday. Lots of Pipits and a few R Bunts heading down the valley all morning. Big flock of Goldfinch feeding on thistles at Loveclough, more...
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Clough Bottom 21.9.14
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Cough Bottom Stonechat 1 Whinchat 2 Reed Bunting 1 Meadow Pipit plenty Lapwing 25 Canada Goose 3 Mallard 9 Teal 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Huttock Top Whinchat 1 Jackdaw 14 Wood Pigeon 10 Magpie 4 Linnet calling birds Goldfinch calling birds pfyldes and johnh
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Grane Sunday 21 September
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Ogden res 4 Tufted duck (10) Teal A few Lapwings Cormorants 2 Kestrels on side of hill Crows, Jackdaws 2 juv Wheateare on wall on hill above Holden wood res no GWE, but did see it fly off Holden wood over to Ogden Yesterday evening also 1 Chiffchaff calling 19.00 hrs at back of House Neil
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Clowbridge, 21st Sep 2014
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08:00-11:00 Cormorant, 2 on pylon and 1 later on res, Grey Heron, 1 on res bank, Wigeon, female in south bay, Mallard, c12, Buzzard, 1 over Nutshaw and 1 through south, Sparrowhawk, 3 single females with 1 through south at Compston's, Kestrel, c6, Peregrine, juv over briefly hassled by a Kestrel unti...
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David Nuttall
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Holden Wood Res
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Glad to finally get back out in the wild after too long. Took the kids to see the Egret and had a little look around 1 Great White Egret 1 Canada Goose 6 Comorant on water 2 Jay Small party of Coal Tit (around 10 birds) 3 pr Mallard All without the aid of binoculars and with two kids in tow. Will be looking f...
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Clowbridge res. 20/9/14
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10:00ish Car park Flock of 10 Goldfinch then flock of c40 later, nearby. c6 Blackbird 1 G.S.W. c10 Chaffinch 5 Lapwing over N. 1 Cormorant on the water 1 Snipe 1f Wigeon c10 flock of Meadow Pipit 2 Pied Wagtail 1 Canada Goose 1 Kestrel 1 Weasel Skylarks - heard passing over at 4 points between res and Comp...
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g w egret part 2
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Bk on Holden wood there right now!
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sarfraz
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CLOWBRIDGE AREA 20-09-2014
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Spent a good hour with Craig this morning watching him ringing fascinating to see him handling the birds very professionally done Up to 4 Kestrels keeping a eye on the Meadow Pipits Very large flock of Goldfinch Flock upon flock of Meadow Pipits passing through Thanks to Craig for pointing out a Osp...
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Grane - Highlights...
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G W Egret from 8 - 12.15 flew up to Ogden on the bank, in the fields.......big bird..much bigger than the Herons...a real beauty of a bird..... Holden Wood:- 3 snipe abt 15 teal 15 mallard min 40 min lapwing scattered over 3 res 2 lbb gull first winters on bank 3 snipe, 4 the other day 1 comm...
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Osprey. Clowbridge Res/ Cliviger Fish ponds.. 19th Sept `14..
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Up to 2 Osprey, 1 Ad and 1 Juv have been present in the area for a few days frequenting fishing ponds in the Cliviger Gorge/ Portsmouth area and Clowbridge Res area. 1, a Juv, was on Clowbridge Res late this morning and later visiting Loveclough Fisheries, the latter site not wanting anyone on there land...
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Great White Egret, Holden Wood
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There is currently a Great White Egret on Holden Wood Res.
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David Nuttall
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cloughbottom
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4 whinchat 1 male reedbunting 17 lapwings 50 meadow pipits 1pied wag huttuck top 3twite
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Clowbridge res. 17/9/14
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07:40 start Lots of stuff in the car park included singing Chiffchaff of which there was a minimum of 3 birds. Also Goldcrest,Blackbird,Goldfinch, Chaffinch,Reed Bunting,Dunnock, Wren, Robin, G.S.W. 30+ birds in total. 1 f Teal on res. 2 Cormorant on pylon 1 Snipe 1 Sedge Warbler in bankside rushe...
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Holden Wood res. 16/9/14
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14:00hrs approx. 1 Grt White Egret present, harrassed by the 3 Grey Herons which were present. At one point it was perched on the wall and in the field well away from the water. Eventually flew off over Ogden dam - not relocated by 16.00 hrs. Also present - Cormorant min 8 birds between here and Ogden r...
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