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Buzzard 24-08-2014
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Buzzard over Newchurch at noon today been given a hard time with 3 Swallows moved off N/W Cheers Craggy
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Grane
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9.30-12.30 Holden Wood:- 1 willow warbler in song at dam end 3 grey wagtails at dam end....at least 2 were juv 2 grey herons 7 mallard 2 common sandpiper 1 lrp - adult 2 lapwing on the mud on the north side.....behaving as if they had young 1 willow warbler at top end Ogden:- blue tits also in ferns wren i...
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Gaghills 22/08/14
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single swift feeding over the area tonight cheers Kevin
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Hen Harrier.
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Female Hen Harrier appeared over Stubbins flying north following the river. It was at about 60 feet flying very leisurely, it reached around Irwell Vale then turned west towards Holden Wood where it disappeared from view. The time was 1410 hours, it was observed from high ground above Stubbins Vale...
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Holden Wood etc 20/8/14
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Little Ringed Plover - 1 juv Common Sandpiper - 2 Lapwing - 50+ Teal - 12 Coot - 1 1 juv peregrine over Few juv stonechats (plus ad male), reed buntings, mipits and goldfinches around west end. (little of interest over moors to Bull Hill except for 1 red grouse and a couple of ravens, and no sign of garden wa...
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SEAT NAZE 20-08-2014
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30+ House Martin feeding along side of Naze 11 Magpie 3 Swallow 5 Meadow Pipit 2 Carrion Crow 1 Kestrel hovering 6 Goldfinch 20+ Woodpigeon Cheers Craggy
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Townsend Fold 19 Aug
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Early evening - Garden Warbler nr K Steel, also a couple of whitethroats and one pair of sand martins still on the go. Andy
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Clough Bottom, 17th August 2014
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10:30-12:00 Cormorant, 2 flew south off the res, Canada Goose, 1 with Mallard Family, Mallard, c20 inc female with 6 young ducklings, Kestrel, male sat preening in a tree with female hunting the moor, L.B.B.Gull, 4 on the res, Swallow, c12, Meadow Pipit, c40 with many fresh juvs, Pied Wagtail, 4, Gre...
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Cowm Reservoir, Whitworth. 16/8/2014.
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40 BH Gull, 28 Mallard, Grey Heron, 50+ Swallow, House Martin, 2 Sand Martin (only my 3rd ever at Cowm & they did'nt linger) Grey Wagtail, Robin, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, 3 Blackbird, 20 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Green Woodpecker, 6 Meadow Pipit. A very nice walk and it w...
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Clowbridge, 16th August 2014
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07:00-08:15 Cormorant, 2 flew off north, Mallard, c15, Teal, female in south bay, Kestrel, 1 hunting over plantations at top end, Coot, pair, Moorhen, pair with well grown chick in the lagoon at north end, Common Sandpiper, 1, B.H.Gull, 4, L.B.B.Gull, c12 over, Little Owl, 1 in its hole and 1 on fence...
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Seat Naze & Edge Cote 150814
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grey heron - 1snipe - 4black headed gull - 2woodpigeon - 12swift - 1great spotted woodpecker - 1magpie - 6jackdaw - 8carrion crow - 26raven - 3 (2seen later over Balladen Clough may have been different birds)goldcrest - 2 family parties at Edge Cote and another at Marl Pits skylark - 2swallow - 9house...
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Clowbridge res 15/8/14.
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07:35hrs 2 Willow Warbler singing in car park + 2 singing from plantations + c4 feeding quietly amongst a mixed species flock. c12 flock of Goldfinch 1 Linnet heard 7 Canada Goose inc 2 very pale birds lacking dark pigmentation. 2 Coot 1 Moorhen + 1 juv. 8+ Pied Wagtail c20 Meadow Pipit 1 Black Redstart s...
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The Glen
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Not unusual but a rare visitor to my garden has been this Siskin flitting around the flowers.
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lee mill garden
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juv G.S.W. on feeder today, also male bullfinch and blue tits and great tits. Tawny owl heard last night outside the window
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Crawshawbooth 11th Aug '14.
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6 Swifts over the village this afternoon. Numbers seem to be diminishing over the last week or so. Craig
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Grane
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3-6.45pm Holden Wood:- treecrepper heard 27 min mallard 30 min lapwing 1 snipe 4 little ringed plover - 2 adults, 2 immatures 1 coot 1 moorhen possibly 2 sedge warblers ? 1 willow warbler 1 wren plenty of canada geese min 10 linnet family party of 4 included min 5 stonechat......1 adult males some j...
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Surprise Garden Visitor
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Not only did I get my first 2 House Sparrows (a female and a juvenile) since moving to a new address over a year ago but a very unusual one in many ways here. I looked out of the back bedroom window and a Lesser Black Backed Gull was perched on a pole. It was there for quite a long time watching cautiously bu...
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Great White Egret, Foulridge res. 1-5th Aug.
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For anyone interested there is/ has been a G W Egret present on Lower Foulridge Res for the past few days. Good views to be had in Church Bay (end nearest the Colne- Earby road). Park on roadside and view from footpath on North side of Res. Record shot...
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Grane 090814
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Canada goose- 136 at Holden Wood & 5 in Jamestone Quarrymallard - 27 adult and 4 half grown ducklings at Holden Woodcormorant - 6 at Holden Wood & 1 flying south over Haslingdengrey heron - 1 at Holden Wood & 1 at Troy Quarrykestrel - 1 at Holden Wood, 1 at Ogden, 1 at Jamestone Quarry and 2 at H...
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Sparrowhawks
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There has been two juvenile Sparrowhawks around Strongstry and Edenfield the last two days. Yesterday they were giving an aerial display and today they were hunting as a pair (?) along the river chasing young Dippers, as far as I could see they were unsuccessful.
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Clowbridge, 9th August 2014
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06:00-08:00 Grey Heron, 1 flew over Limy Lane, Canada Goose, 33 flew off down the valley as I arrived leaving a further 20 on the res which later flew onto pasture near Nutshaw Hill, Mallard, c20 inc a female on the back pond with 2 young ducklings, Sparrowhawk, female seen twice, first for a while! Moor...
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Clowbridge res. 8/8/14
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07:30 hrs 20 Mallard 20 Canada Goose 2 Coot 1 juv Moorhen 1 L. Grebe 6 Swallow >S then 40+ feeding over moorland 2 House Martin 5 Willow Warbler singing + party of c5 in plantings. 1 Whinchat - back pond wall Party of 4 Redpoll + 3 fly overs Linnet heard calling 1 Reed Bunting 2 Meadow Pipit + 1 carrying foo...
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Stubbins/Ewood Bridge round Robin.
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Sunny 19 degrees. 0730-1200 hrs. Blue Tit, plenty around including young of varying ages. Great Tit, as above. Coal Tit. appears to have bred well. Long-tailed Tit. several family parties with good numbers. Bullfinch. breeding numbers seem low, will know better when I start to feed in the a...
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Spring Mill Res 030814
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Canada goose - 10 & a dead bird on the dam wallgrey heron - 1kestrel - 2common sandpiper - 1black headed gull - 16lesser black backed gull - 1 on res & 4 flying south eaststock dove - 1woodpigeon - 42collared dove 2 on Wallbank Estateswift - 2green woodpecker - 1magpie - 8jackdaw - 14carrion crow...
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Buckhurst, 3rd August 2014
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14:30-16:30 Mallard, c8 on Buckhurst Lodge, Buzzard, 1 hassled by Kestrel & Crows, Kestrel, 3 singles, Moorhen, pair on Buckhurst Lodge, Swift, 4 through south, Swallow, c40 inc many juvs, Whitethroat, 2 males, one in display! Willow Warbler, 3, Goldfinch, c8, Linnet, 3, Reed Bunting, 1 Rega...
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Grane, 3rd August 2014
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07:30-10:30 G.C.Grebe, pair on Calf Hey, Cormorant, 2 on Holden Wood and 1 on Ogden, Grey Heron, 1 on Holden Wood, Canada Goose, 42 on pasture near Holden Wood, Mallard, c12, Tufted Duck, female on Holden Wood, Kestrel, 4 hunting the side of Haslingden Moor plus 2 singles, Coot, 1 on Holden Wood, Lapwi...
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Clough Bottom Res, 2nd August 2014
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18:30-20:00 Grey Heron, 1 on res bank, Canada Goose, 1 with a female Mallard & 4 ducklings? Mallard, c12, Kestrel, 2 singles hunting the hillsides, Pheasant, 1 calling, L.B.B.Gull, c50 over with many stopping off for a drink / bathe in the res, Swift, a flock of 30 flew through slowly heading sout...
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Clowbridge, 2nd August 2014
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06:30-08:30 Cormorant, 2 feeding in res, Canada Goose, family of 5, Mallard, c12, Kestrel, family of 4 hunting over Nutshaw plus female towards Compston's, Moorhen, pair in south bay, Coot, pair in south bay, Lapwing, juv in south bay, Snipe, 2 near south bay, Common Sandpiper, 1 near boat house, B....
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Blk Tailed Godwit. AMR. 1st August 2014.
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4 Black tailed Godwit on AMR this morning (1/8/14) at 6 am. Flew off NW after being disturbed. ( Thanks for info from Geoff Margison.) Craig.
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Clowbridge res 1/8/14
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07:30 hrs - hill fog then rain later Usual waterfowl and gulls but 1 juv Ringed Plover + 1 juv Common Sandpiper were on the shoreline nr to the boathouse. 4 Swallow + 2 Sand Martin moving S. 2 Linnet c15 Meadow Pipit 3 Pied Wagtail 3 Willow Warbler singing from plantations + others calling No swifts today y...
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