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Mother Nature.
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On Tuesday afternoon the sitting Spotted Flycatcher was being fed on the nest by its mate in the sunshine, during that evening I was joined by Dave O in torrential rain and thunder, we could just make out the sitting bird in the gloom. On Wednesday morning and afternoon I checked the area and could not lo...
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clough bottom
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sandpiper probably with young in felled area
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Spotted Flycatcher.
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One pair of Spotted Flycatcher have set up a nest site in a woodland setting and are sitting on eggs. There is still an individual bird near Alderbottom which is singing constantly (picture attached) apparently unsuccessfully at the moment.
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Rossendale Ornithologist's Club summer bird race 2014
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Sadly there were only 3 attendees for the ROC bird race today. A grand total of 67 species were recorded with the following of notemute swan - 2 at Cowm ResCanada goose - c45 adult and 11 goslings at Holden Wood, 1pr at Calf Hey, 2 birds with 7 goslings at Holmes Terrace & a pr with 3 goslings on the rive...
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Rawtenstall Cricket Club
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House Martins have been busy all week picking up mouthfuls of wet clay loam from the bowlers and batsmen's footholes, I assume they use this for nestbuilding, it's quite amazing the quantity they remove, they're like mini excavators. Buzzard overhead most days, lots of pied wagtail, two grey wagta...
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Cribden 6/6/14
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Cribden - 11:30 onwards 4 Raven, c20 Jackdaw, c2 House Martin, c3 Swallow soaring & feeding over Cribden End. Swift numbers increased to c30 by mid afternoon. c4 pr Linnet on hill top along with very good numbers of M.Pipit and Skylark. Lots of L.B.B.Gull passage to south which increased as the d...
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Green woodpecker and a red kite
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Going south east over Spring mill Res around 7.00pm last night a Red kite 100% as I had my binoculars with me looking for the noisy woodpecker I have been hearing recently -- Edited by den9112 on Saturday 7th of June 2014 09:39:07 AM
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Holden Wood
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7.15-8.15pm 3-4 singing male reed Buntings 3-4 coot..one still on nest 2 mallards paired up, a min of 6 excess drakes...one appearing to come into eclipse 1 mallard with 2 young...too small to be the young from a couple of weeks back 2-3 willow warbler and 1 blackcap in song.......willow warbler...
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Strongstry to Ewood Bridge round robin.
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Came home yesterday from 34 degrees to 9 degrees and pouring rain, then today is sunny and 17 degrees, great British weather. Strongstry Kingfishers have raised 3 young which are now being fed on the river. Sandmartin colony is now 16 plus nest sites all active. Some Swallows and Swifts hunting along...
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Rawtenstall, 1st June 2014
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06:30-08:15 Mallard, c30 on the Irwell, L.B.B.Gull, c12 east, Collared Dove, pair on Newchurch Road, Swift, c20 over the town, G.S.Woodpecker, 4 singles calling, Sand Martin, 3 at Townsendfold, Pied Wagtail, 2, Grey Wagtail, 2 singles & a group of 3, Song Thrush, 3 in song along the Irwell &...
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Clough Bottom Reservoir & Windy Bank. 30/5/2014
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Mallard 6, Kestrel, LBB Gull 2, Woodpigeon 10, Cuckoo(heard only) Swallow 2, Magpie 2, Carrion Crow 8, Great Tit 2, Skylark 2, Willow Warbler 15, Whitethroat 2, Wren 4, Blackbird 20, Song Thrush 2, Robin 3, Grey Wagtail 3, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit 35, Chaffinch 14, Goldfinch 6, Linnet 2, Lesser Red...
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Reaps Moss, 30th May 2014
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08:30-10:00 Mallard, male flew over, Snipe, 1 "chipping", Curlew, 2 pairs, Skylark, c25, many in song, Swallow, c6, Meadow Pipit, c50, Pied Wagtail, 1, Wheatear, 2, Reed Bunting, 3 males & 1 female. Regards, David Nuttall.
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Clowbridge Res, 28th May 2014
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08:45-10:15 Mallard, female with 3 ducklings plus 4 males on Limey, Pheasant, calling bird, Curlew, 1 calling on the moors, L.B.B.Gull, 2 singles over, Wood Pigeon, 4, Cuckoo, 1 calling from plantations towards Compston's, Little Owl, 1 sat on a fence post shaking off the rain!, Swift, c30 feeding...
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The Hile, 27th May 2014
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17:00-19:30 Grey Heron, 1 on Jack Lodge, Canada Goose, 4 on Jack Lodge & 2 flew over The Hile, Mallard, female with 4 ducklings on Jack Lodge & 3 males, Curlew, 1 calling regularly and later flew over, L.B.B.Gull, 2 over west, Wood Pigeon, c30 in groups up to 12, Swift, c20, Skylark, c20, many in...
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Cheesden Valley, 26th May 2014
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07:00-10:00 Canada Goose, pair with 5 goslings plus c40 grazing on pasture, Mallard, male feeding with Black Headed Gulls, Sparrowhawk, female went under a flock of Starlings, Pheasant, c6 calling birds, Moorhen 2 singles on lodges, Lapwing, 2 singles which may have been a pair; a poor breeding se...
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Clowbridge res 25/5/14
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18:45 hrs c40 Swift feeding over the water c8 House Martin c20 Swallow 2m Reed Bunting singing Pied Wagtail at 2 sites. 1 Kestrel Several Redpoll flighting over plantations and around car park c6 Willow Warbler singing Curlews calling from hillsides 1 Cuckoo calling from planations 2m Pheasant Son...
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Whitworth 25/5/14
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A few bits and pieces seen in between the rain todaya large bird of prey that flew over Spring Mill Res was probably a red kitemute swan - 1pr with 6 cygnets in a garden on Wallbank Estatateoystercatcher - 1pr in Whitworth Quarry, 1 pr at Spring Mill Res, 1 at Cowm & 1 flying over Wallbank Estatecomm...
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Clowbridge to Rawtenstall, 24th May 2014
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06:00-10:00 Mallard, pair on Clough Bottom, Pheasant, 1 ran across the car park at Clowbridge & c10 calling birds, Moorhen, 1 at Clowbridge, Common Sandpiper, 1 at Clough Bottom, Lapwing, pairs at Swallow Shore, south Swinshaw Moor & Seat Naze, Curlew, c4 pairs, L.B.B.Gull, c20 mainly ea...
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Holden Wood and Calf hey
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Holden Wood yesterday afternoon:- 10-15 Lapwing min 8 Mallard Drakes, 4 of them flying after a female whitethroat singing, displaying, songflighting desperately at dam side 4 coot - 1 on nest 1 mallard with 2 ducklings 1 mallard with 5 ducklings recently hatched common sandpiper bird of th...
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Healey Dell and Lee Quarry 18.5.14.
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Healey Dell Spotted Flycatcher 1 Chiff Chaff 4 Blackcap 3 Willow Warbler c6 G.S.Woodpecker 1 calling Grey Wagtail 2 Heron 2 L.T.Tit 1 Great Tit nest with 6 young Robins plenty Chaffinch plenty Coal Tit 2 Magpie 9 in one groupe + singles Goldfinch 4 Greenfinch 3 calling Wren birds callihg Lee Quarry and...
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Cowm Reservoir 23/5/14
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A Goldcrest singing along with 4 Swift,2 Swallow,6 Willow Warbler, 2 Mute Swan, 10 Mallard, 6 Canada Geese. Regards, Dave Ousey
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Holden Wood & around, 17th May 2014
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Grey Heron, 1 dropped onto Holden Flash, Canada Goose, c20 plus a pair with 6 goslings, Mallard, female with 3 ducklings, Kestrel, 1, Pheasant, 3 calling birds, Coot, 2 pairs, Moorhen, 1 with 4 young chicks in Troy, Common Sandpiper, 2 were touring the res, Snipe, 1 "chipping" bird, Lapwi...
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Bull Hill & Beyond, 18th May 2014
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06:00-10:30 Canada Goose, 1 on EBSW, Mallard, c12, Buzzard, 1 hunting the moor tops, Pheasant, 2 calling birds and 1 sat on tussock, Snipe, 1 "chipping" from rushes on lower slopes, Dunlin, pair on the tops, Golden Plover, 2 pairs on the tops, Curlew, 2 singles, B.H.Gull, c20 east, L.B.B....
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Strongstry.
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Yesterday and today warm sunny max 20 degrees. After the heavy rain of last weekend the river was very high until around Wednesday but there has been no visble damage to river side nests, sadly the rain did wash out one of the Long-tailed Tit nests with the loss of a brood. The four common Tit species are...
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Dotterel on Pendle.. 13th May `14.
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A couple of pics of the 4 Dotterel present on Pendle Hill for the past 2 weeks. Usually found near the Trig Point on the "Big End" of Pendle. May be worth checking any other high summits for other birds in the valley??
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clough bottom
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3 sandpipers 1curlew 1grey wagtail male reedbunting a lot of dead toads on the path 10 or more
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EBSW 10/05/2014
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c500 swifts present this morning at 10:45 all had dispersed when I returned at 1:30 pm also present - c80 swallow, c10 sand martin, c40 house martin only other birds of note 1 buzzard hovering near Horncliffe Wood mobbed by 3 magpies 1 female sparrowhawk at Irwell Vale 1 goldcrest singing at Irwell V...
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E.B.S.W. 7/5/14
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E.B.S.W. 7/5/14. A minimum estimate of hirundines & Swifts counted through the rain Min. 40 House Martin Min. 10 Swift Min. 10 Sand Martin Min. 200 Swallow probably more but they just won't keep still! c20 Pied Wagtail Bob.
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Calf hey
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3.30-5pm 2 buzzards 1 g c grebe 5 mallard singing song thrush blackbird robin dunnock wren chaffinch goldfinch great tit 1 singing stonechat 1 g s woodpecker 1 grey wag 5 pied wags plenty of meadow pipits..on the move?
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