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Clough Bottom, 21st March 2015
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10:00-10:30 Canada Goose, pair, Mallard, pair, Goosander, Pair, Curlew, bird over the Brex "singing", Common Gull, immature on res, Meadow Pipit, birds moving north with flocks of 12, 2 & 2 going through. A couple down on the res bank. Grey Wagtail, 2, Pied Wagtail, 1, Coal Tit, 2 sin...
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Clowbridge, 21st March 2015
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07:00-08:30 G.C.Grebe, at least 1 possibly 2 on the res, Cormorant, 2 on the res, Canada Goose, 5 over south, Mallard, c8, Goosander, 8 redheads and a male, on the res, Kestrel, 2 over moorland, Pheasant, 1 called, Moorhen, 2 on the lagoon, Oystercatcher, 1 did a couple of circuits of the res calling, C...
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Grane
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7.30-12 brilliant morning frosty and ground solid, mist over the water Holden wood:- 3-4 moorhens 3 coot 12 teal 1 snipe 1 jack snipe - flew landed a metre away, had a smaller bill than common snipe in fact I thought it may have been that water rail.....anyway can jacn snipe be identified just off b...
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Grane, Sat 14 & sun 15 March
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Holden wood res Sat evening 26 Cormorants roosting Calf hey res Sun morning 2 Mediterranean Gulls on water 9 Teal Neil & Susan
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Plunge - 15/3/15
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09:00hrs Song Thrush singing from woodland 1 Grey Partridge c4 Skylark in song 1 Meadow Pipit displaying + c4 other individuals c16 Lapwing at Sand Beds with some pairs on territory + singing Skylark and silent meadow pipit. E.B.S.W - Strongstry 6 Rook nests at Irwell Vale 1 Grey Heron 3 Song Thrush s...
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Warth to Rawtenstall Via Plunge 150315
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Canada goose - 3 over Warth and 1pr at EBSW mallard - 1pr at Warth, 4pr at EBSW & 6 at Holmes Terrace Lodge grey partridge - 1pr near Hurdles Quarry cormorant - 1 over Warth and 1 over Hurdles Quarry grey heron - 11 nests at Warth with much toing and froing and 1 at Holmes Terrace Lodge sparrowhawk - 1 over...
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Holden Wood Res, 15th March 2015
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09:00-11:00 G.C.Grebe, adult & Immature, Cormorant, c9 with much coming and going, Canada Goose, 40 on pasture, Teal, 2 pairs, Kestrel, male and female, Sparrowhawk, 3 soaring birds, Moorhen, pair plus a single, Coot, pair, Oystercatcher, 3 on pasture, Lapwing, 17 on pasture, Common Gull, 4...
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Swans.
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Thirty Whooper Swans in "V" formation heading north over Strongstry at 1000 hrs this morning. Regards Brian.
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Holden wood
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From 9.30 to 11 approx
No med gulls but 2 calls from different areas that can only be water rail. None seen and no chance the bird could have crossed from one side to the other without me seeing it.
1 kestrel
14-16 cormorants
3 teal 2 pied wags
1 meadow pipit
1 stone chat alarming
1 raven coming dow...
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cown
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2oytercatchers 3 tufted ducks green woodpecker 1mute swan 5 goldfinch wallback lodge 3 mute swans 1 male tufted duck nuthatch calling bacup park 1 nuthatch brandwood 1pair of partridge 1 heron 5 goldfinch 1 meadow pipit 8march
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Med Gulls at Holden Wood
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2 adults first seen 7 ish flying over H wood up the valley but not seen at ogde or calf hey, 2 adults again present at holden wood 11ish........maybe 2 may have been 4...
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Curlew calling 9 March
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Curlew heard 9 March 09.30 from the direction of Hambledon hill. Just before the sleet started! Bob
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Grane 080315
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Holden Wood Resgreat crested grebe - 2grey heron - 1cormorant - 13Canada goose - 50mallard - 4 prteal - 1 proystercatcher - 1lapwing - 7coot - 1moorhen - 1snipe - 1black headed gull - 42common gull - 3lesser black backed gull - 4 overgreat black backed gull - 1st winter bird overpied wagtail - 1meadow pi...
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Whitewell Valley, 7th March 2015
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08:30-10:00 Canada Goose, 1 on Clough Bottom associating with the Mallards, Mallard, 7 on Clough Bottom, 2 at Jack Lodge, Kestrel, male at Clough Bottom, 1 on The Hile, Common Gull, c12 at Clough Bottom and 10 on pasture on The Hile, B.H.Gull, c20 on Clough Bottom, Wood Pigeon, c20 in small flocks to 8,...
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Grane
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9.20-12.45 Holden Wood:- about 6 Mallards 1 Moorhen min 17 b H GUlls 2 stonechat - pair 3 wren 2 reed buntings 1 blackbird- briefly in song usual tits, robin in song crows, magpies, 13 woodpigeons in a flock of 6 and 7 min 10 jackdaws 1 chaffinch over 1 great crested grebe 3 buzzard - pair oppo...
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Chiffchaff.
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A Chiffchaff was feeding and singing around the feeding station opposite my house most of today, there has also been a Green Woodpecker showing an interest in a dead tree at the back of my house for the last couple of days.
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Lee Mill garden 1.3.15
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In the garden this week-end, blue tits, great tits, coal tits, pr bullfinch, 4 greenfinch, male chaffinch, male blackbird, dunnock, pr wood pigeons, 4 house sparrow and for the first time in years a song thrush (came on Saturday and Sunday)
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Coal Pit Lane, 1st March 2015
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16:30-17:15 Grey Heron, 1 on Jack Lodge, Mallard, pr flew from The Hile onto Jack lodge, Goosander, Redhead on Jack lodge, Moorhen, 1 on Jack Lodge, Common Gull, 4 over, Wood Pigeon, flock of 6 on pasture, Mistle Thrush, singing bird in the gloom! Dipper, 1 near The Chimneys. Raven, 1 being hassled by c...
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Waterfoot to EBSW 010315
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grey heron - min 9 occupied nest sites at Warth & a dead bird in the water at Holmes Terrace Lodge (looked like a first winter bird)Canada goose - 2 prs and a single at Holmes Terrace Lodgegoosander - 1 pr at Hareholmekestrel - 1 harassed by 2 jackdaws at Warthsparrowhawk - 1 over Horncliffe Woodmoor...
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Alden Sunday 1 March
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1 Buzzard 50 + Redwing 1 Mistle thrush 1 Grey wagtail Neil & susan
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Sat 28 Febuary Holdenwood res Bottem end only ( Susan forgot her wellies)
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1 Curlew calling 2 G C Grebe 1 summer, 1 winter plumage 1 Reed bunting in song 4 Cormorants 2 Mallard Lapwings in field on left flock of ducks at top end Musbury 30+ Redwing Neil & Susan
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Clowbridge Res, 1st March 2015
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Cold, windy, c4 degrees. 10:00-11:20 Cormorant, 3 on the res, Mallard, pair tucked up in the reeds, Goosander, redhead on res / back pond, Wader sp, small wader, possibly Dunlin, flew down middle of the res before heading off high to the west, B.H.Gull, 7, Common Gull, 6, L.B.B.Gull, 1 over south, G.B...
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Spring Mill & Cowm 280215
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Spring Mill1 great crested grebe3 mute swan on Wallbank estate13 cormorants11 Canada geese1 pr mallard1 pr goosander1 kestrelmin 50 black headed gull4 common gullskylark calling birds heardgreen woodpecker 1 yaffling from telegraph pole1 pied wagtail heard1 pr mistle thrushstarling min 70 o...
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Lee Mill 25.2.15
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On the river at 5.15pm, 2 dipper,3 mallard (2m 1f) and a grey wagtail
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little egret
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One present about 10.40am on irwell just under a56 bridge
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Strongstry feeding station.
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Two unusual visitors this morning in the sunshine between the hail, one Greenfinch, very photogenic, and two Goldcrest which would not stand still for pictures. Regards Brian.
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Lee Mill garden 22-2-15
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In the garden today, blue tits, great tits, coal tits, m chaffinch, pr bullfinch, pr greenfinch, robin, pr blackbird, wood pigeon, magpie, Also tawny owl heard early morning. Oh, and a squirrel
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Cowm area and New Line 22.2.15.
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Cowm Res Cormorant 1 Common Gull 10 B.H.Gull c 40 Mallard c40 Tawny Owl 1 calling Bullinch 2 m Coal Tit 3 Goldcrest 1 calling Wren 2 Robin 3 Dunnock2 Blackbird 6 Reed Bunting 1 f Great Tit c10 Blue Tit c6 Carrion Crow 4 Magpie 5 Wallbank Lodge Tufted Duck 1m Mallard 20 Jackdaw 2 New Line Res Jackdaw c80 Starl...
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Grane. 22nd Feb '15.
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8-11am. Pretty quiet bird wise and cold.. Before the snow arrived. Stonechat - Male on Holden Wood car park rd. B H Gull - 20+ on H W res. Buzzard - 3 birds seen in different areas of valley. Goldcrest - lots of calling birds in the woods. Craig.
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Calf Hey Friday 20 Feb
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Forgot to post this visited briefly from 3-4pm 19 Teal ....had a good close look at the drakes all the common teal 4 Mallard 1 Buzzard
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