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Irwell valley Stubbins Bridge to Ewood Bridge.
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Noon to 1800 hrs 7 degrees sunny spells cold easterly. Blue Tit....good numbers lot of nest building, also in my boxes. Great Tit...again good numbers and same as above. Coal Tit...very good numbers several in full song. Long-tailed Tit...now in pairs and in good numbers, no nest sites found. Bullf...
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Chiff Chaff 22.3.15.
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Whinberry Wood Chiff Chaff 1 calling noon today
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Seat Naze, Edge Cote & Marl Pits 220315
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lapwing - min 11 at Edge Cote (3 seen at Seat Naze may have been part of the same flock)snipe - 4 at Edge Cotecommon gull - 2 at Edge Cotelesser black backed gull - 5 over Edge Cote and c30 flying down the Irwell Valleygoldcrest - 1 at Marl Pitsstarling - 25 in trees at higher Cloughfoldchaffinch - flock of 20...
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Warth to Brow Edge Quarry 22032015
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cormorant - 1 flew down the Irwell Valleylapwing - 3 at Whittaker Pasturewoodcock - 1 at Warth & 1 at Hurdles Quarry (possibly same bird)kestrel - 1 at Warthgreen woodpecker - 1 or 2 at Warth & Hurdles Quarry (1 also heard yesterday at Stubby Lee Park)skylark - 4 singing on Whittaker Pasturest...
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Grane, 22nd March 2015
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06:30-10:30 -1.5 degree C to start but warmed up nicely. Cormorant, 8 roosting trees at Holden Wood, Grey Heron, 1 in Jamestones, Canada Goose, c60 in pairs and groups to c20 birds, Mallard, c12, Teal, pair on Holden Wood and 3 pair on Calf Hey, Goldeneye, pair in Jamestones, Buzzard, pair, Sparrowh...
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ilex mill
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Harriers
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Male imm Marsh Harrier flew past back of House, Syke side at moderate height heading west 16.30 hrs Friday 20 March Rang Jim Rostron. He saw it this morning Musbury at 09.30 Saturday 21 March Hen Harrier a female was near Pickup bank Just outside Rossendale this morning 21 March Neil
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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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