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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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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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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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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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IRWELL VALE 16-09-2014
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Nice warm afternoon 2 Blackbirds 1 Spotted Flycatcher Lumb Grange 2 Goldfinch 2 Goosander Mallard 1 Thrush Magpie 3 Robins 1 Swallow at Strongstry Blue Tits Cheers Craggy
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Swifts 24/08/14
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2 x Swift feeding with Martins this morning over Whitworth.
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Grane, 14th September 2014
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07:30-11:00 G.C.Grebe, 1 on Calf Hey, Cormorant, 3 on Holden Wood & 4 on Ogden, G.W.Egret, 1 on Holden Wood fishing top end and then north bay, Grey Heron, 2 on Holden Wood & 1 on Ogden, Canada Goose, 64 dropped onto Holden Wood, 2 on Ogden & 1 on Calf Hey, Teal, 8 on Holden Wood, 4 on Ogden &...
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HOLDEN WOOD 14-09-2014
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G W Egret was present at 3:40 pm but was moved on by two Grey Herons up towards Calf Hey ? about 4:00 pm 2 Swallows 2 Redshank far bank 50+ Lapwings at 5:10 pm Meadow pipits in singles 2 Cormorants fishing 4 in roost 2 JV Moorhens top end 7 Teal at top end 1 Kestrel over hill side being mobbed by 5 Magpies 2 Whin...
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Lench to Black Hill and various other sites 140914
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mallard - 11 on Lench Lodges little grebe - 1pr feeding young at Holmes Terrace Lodgebuzzard - 1 soaring over the bypass at Townsendfoldkestrel - 2 hunting over Cowpe Lowehobby - 1 flew west through Lench moorhen - adult and large juv at Lench Lodges & 2 adults and a dead bird at Holmes Terrace Lod...
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Clough Bottom, 13th September 2014
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17:00-19:00 Canada Goose, 1 with Mallard family as usual! Mallard, c25, Kestrel, 1 hunting new plantation, G.S.Woodpecker, 1 calling, Meadow Pipit, c60 with c12 over the remainder looking set for the night, Pied Wagtail, c50 with 27 on the dam bank alone; the highest number I've seen here, Grey Wag...
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