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Clough Bottom Res 01/03/25
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grey heron - 1cormorant - 1Canada goose - 2 prs & a singlemallard - 3goosander - 2 male & 2 femalecurlew - 4black-headed gull - 32common gull 7pheasant - 1great spotted woodpecker - drumming birdstock dove - 2woodpigeon - 4grey wagtail - 1meadow pipit - 2-coal - tit - 4blue tit - 3great tit - 2ro...
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Grane, 27th Feb 2025
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09:00-11:00 Canada Goose, 56 at various locations, many paired up, Mallard, 9 on Calf Hey res, Goldeneye, pair on Calf Hey res plus 3 on Ogden, Buzzard, soaring pair plus a single, Oystercatcher, 25 feeding in a field near Ogden, Lapwing, single flew over plus looked to be c12 near Holden Wood when I dr...
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Buckden woods
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Bright sunshine 7 degrees calm Buzzard. 2 soaring over woods and a single Curlew in adjoining field. Regards Brian.
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Ox Hey wood to Irwell vale.
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Through the by fields below Helmshore road and back along the Irwell valley. 1400/1630 hrs. 7 degrees, sunny with showers. Long-tailed Tit. Small feeding flock 12. Blue Tit Several all round. Great Tit. As above. Coal Tit. Couple in Ox Hey, 4 Strongstry wood. Goldfinch. Flock of 14 near Hodge C...
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Clowbridge res. 24/2/25
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Afternoon visit - 6 Canada Goose 7 Mallard 1f Goosander 2 Great crested Grebe 1 Buzzard Pr Raven 10 Wood Pigeon 2 Stock Dove 19 B.H. Gull 1 Herring Gull flew through. 1 Pied Wagtail small numbers of Greenfinch, Goldfinch and Chaffinch in the carpark. Bob.
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EBSW
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Singing chiffchaff at the bottom end this morning. Little excitement around Grane but 1 curlew around Musbury, 20+ lapwings, 1 or2 Oystercatchers, a few skylarks and a singing reed bunting Greenfold Saturday (22/2) - 2 curlews, a few lapwings around and 21 over east. 1 golden plover nr Compstons An...
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Warth 23/02/25
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grey heron - 10Canada goose 1prmallard - 1pr plus 3prs at St James St in Waterfootgoosander - 1pr at St James St in Waterfootlesser black-backed gull - 1 up the valleywoodpigeon - 9robin - 8blackbird - 10song thrush - 2 singing birdsredwing - c70long-tailed tit - 3coal tit - 2blue tit - 7great tit - 5tre...
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AMR
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Positively balmy 7 degrees and Sunny, calm. 0800/1000 hrs. Lapwing. 130+ wheeling round. Goldeneye. 5 Grey Heron 1 Skylark. 7 two in song. Meadow Pipit. 3 Pied Wagtail. 2 Reed Bunting. 1 Gulls. 70+ mostly Black-headed some Herring sp, Little Owl. 1 Regards Brian.
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Irwell Vale 17/02/2025
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Irwell Vale Hardsough Lane 3 Bullfinch 2m 1f the two males squabbling over the female 1 Peregrine low and fast River Irwell Lumb Viaduct 1 Kingfisher flying down river 1 Dipper flying down river 3 Mallard 2m 1f 2 Nuthatch calling Cheers Craggy
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New Line res
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10 minute sitting in car after someone had scattered seed and mealworms
Robin-1
Chaffinch-2
redpoll-1
wren-1
Dunnock-1
Blackbird-2
Heron-1
Moorhen-3
Black Headed Gull -30+
Lesser Black Backed Gull-1
Canada Goose-20+
Mallard-@15
Carrion Crow-2
Magpie-2
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Hardmans Mill Chimney
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Raven and Peregrine having a dogfight around the chimney with both vying for the space. Looks like the Raven is winning as a nest is currently being built on the north face of the chimney
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Whitworth 15/02/25
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Wallbank Lodgegrey heron - 1 on the rivermallard - 4tufted duck - 1 coot - 1moorhen - 1black-headed gull - 5mistle thrush - 1nuthatch - 1chaffinch - singing bird near Hallfold Church Eastgate Woods, Healey Dellgreat spotted woodpecker - drumming bird plus 1 othercollared dove - 1 over to Wallbankd...
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Stonefold to Mitchells House Res 19/02/25
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Stonefold to Black Mosskestrel - 1 over Rising Bridgeblack-headed gull - c23common gull - c6herring gull - c150woodpigeon - 13robin - 2dunnock - 1magpie - 3carrion crow - 4jackdaw 4 starling - min 500chaffinch - 1mgoldfinch - 2house sparrow - c20 Mitchell's House Res - blowing a gale up hereCanada...
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Trickett's Memorial to Shortclough Res 08/02/25
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Trickett's Memorialgreat spotted woodpecker - drumming birdredwing - 7song thrush - singing bird & a pairtreecreeper - 1nuthatch - 1long-tailed tit - 1pr plus 3 other birdscoal tit - singing bird Seat Nazeblack-headed gull - 8stock dove - 2magpie - 2carrion crow - 18jackdaw - 10raven - 3 Edge C...
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Clowbridge 1230-1330hrs
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Its been a while but nice to be back home a for a day, Black headed gull c20Common gull c3 Greater black back gull 2Sparrowhawk in car park Buzzard pair Lapwing c10 Oystercatcher single Cormorant Goosander single redhead Raven 4, possibly more Goldfinch and Goldcrest in north plantation...
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Holden Wood Reservoir also Springfield Lane Clowbridge and Clowbridge Reservoir 2/2/2025
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Holden Wood Reservoir 50+ Canada Goose 6 Mallard 3m 3f 80+ Black-headed Gull including birds in fields and on the water 4 Common Gull 1 Buzzard 1 Meadow Pipit 1 Wren 1 Great Tit 5 Magpie 3 Carrion Crow 5 Jackdaw Springfield Lane 1 Little Owl 1 Mistle Thrush 14 Magpie all in one flock 5 Carrion Crow 1 Kestr...
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Stacksteads 1 2 25
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Stacksteads Buzzard 2 Pink-Footed Geese c 100 over east to west Peter
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Clowbridge Res, 29th Jan 2025
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10:00-11:30 Pink Footed Goose, 44 over west, Goldeneye, male & female, Cormorant, 1 on filter pump, Buzzard, pair over north, G.B.B.Gull, 2 on res, Common Gull, 3, B.H.Gull, 4, Stock Dove, pair on barn gable, Stonechat, male on res wall, Mistle Thrush, singing bird at Point Wood, Coal Tit, 4, wi...
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Calf Hey and Ogden
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2 pairs of Goldeneye on Ogden 3 swans - assume Mute they were too far away 1 Pair of Goldeneye on Calf Hey Plenty of variety - goldfinch, coal tits, nuthatch, chaffinch etc on the feeding stations at the car park Raven on the top chasing a Kestrel
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Whitaker Park
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Pleanty of bird activity this afternoon in the park. Not sure if the thinning out of the trees and bushes has anything to do with it. Song Thrush 4 Treecreeper Nuthatch Jay Blackbirds 6 Magpies 4 Chaffinch Plenty of blue and Great Tits
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Holden Wood and Ashworth Moor Reservoir 26/1/2025
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Holden wood Reservoir Black-headed Gulls 12 on the water washing off after feeding in field Nothing else on the water 70+ Jackdaws feeding in field 50+ Black-headed Gulls feeding in same field 2 Carrion Crow 3 Magpie 4 Meadow Pipit Ashworth Moor Reservoir 1 Tufted Duck 2 cormorant 2 Herring Gul...
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Cowm and New Line 26 1 25
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Mallard c40 Cowm 7 New Line B H Gull c50 Cowm 7 New Line G B B Gull 2 Cowm Common Gull 1 Cowm 2 New Line Canada Goose 2 New Line Tufted Duck 1 New Line Goosander 4 New Line Cormorant 1 New Line Carrion Crow c10 Cowm 2 New Line Starling C20 New Line Moorhen 1 New Line Robin 1 Cown Great Tit 2 Cowm Blackbird 1 Cowm Peter...
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AMR
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0800/1000 hrs degrees Snow/Sun. Goldeneye. 3 Pied Wagtail. 4 Grey Heron. 1 Lapwing. 140+ Starling 50+ Raven over. Not many Gulls, few Common, Black-headed and Herring sp. Regards Brian. -- Edited by brian on Saturday 25th of January 2025 10:37:17 AM -- Edited by brian on Saturday 25th of Janua...
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Curlew Helmshore 18/1/25
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After a near-fruitless walk around Musbury (with the only bird of note being a kestrel), I was on my way home when a calling curlew flew over Helmshore Textile Museum car park around 12:50pm, heading towards Musbury.
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woodcock 160125
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a woodcock flew from Stubbylee Park/ Futures Park area over Park Road, Bacup heading towards Huttock Top, just after 5 pm today mistle thrush singing in same area yesterday cheers Kevin
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Winter bird race 2025
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2 teams took part in the ROC winter bird race today. Team A Ian, Kevin & a returning Dave Nuttall, Team B Bob & Nigel. Sarfraz & Brian also added to the day list After the recent bad weather there was, unsurprisingly, a shorter list than usual, with a total of 60 species recorded. No wader spe...
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Irwell valley round Robin.
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0730/1200 hrs, 0/4 degrees calm still snow and ice on ground. Cormorant. Tawny Owl Goosander Grey Wagtail Dipper Moorhen. Grey Heron. Blue Tit Great Tit Long-tailed Tit Coal Tit Chaffinch Bullfinch Goldfinch Greenfinch Redpoll Dunnock Nuthatch Robin Wren Blackbird Song Thrush Great Spotted Wo...
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Winter feeding station Strongstry
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Lowest recored temperature yesterday evening was -9.5 C, over the last few days the site has been very busy, the snow and ice has been cleared and we had some bright sunshine today During a 3 hour count the following was recorded, numbers are estimated because of lots of movement. Blue Tit. 14 Great Ti...
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Rawtenstall upto Cribden
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Collared dove pair Mistle thrush 2Bullfinch pair Jay Goosander three redheads on twin Lodge Moorhen Single snipe in flight Black headed gulls flying north c10 cheers, Phil
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Cribden 1500-1630hrs
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Yesterday 3 Collered Doves 30+ Goldfinch A single black headed gull This afternoon 2 Bullfinch pair 3 Goosander on twin lodge all redheads 2 Kestrels Stonechat single maleMeadow pipit Happy new year to you all, Cheers, Phil
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