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RCC & Balladen
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Five buzzards soaring over cricket ground towards Balladen 6pm today. Two dippers and three grey wagtails in The Glen, Heron flying over.
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Spring Mill Res 290614
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grey heron - 1Canada goose - 33 adult & 5 goslingmallard - 2kestrel - 3 (min 2 juvs)little ringed plover - 1 adult and 1 fledged juvpheasant - 3lesser black backed gull - 44 flying north west in flocks of up to 11 birdsblack headed gull - 2swift - 1green woodpecker - 1meadow pipit - 3pied wagtail - 1 juv...
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Bull Hill, 29th June 2014
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06:30-11:00 Mallard, c12 along The Irwell, Kestrel, 1 single and 3 hunting moorland, Buzzard, 1 over The Valley, Pheasant, 1 male sat on dry stone wall with 2 calling, Curlew, a pair on Bull Hill, Lapwing, 12 on newly mowed pasture near Buckden, Golden Plover, a pair on the higher tops, L.B.B.Gull, c8...
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Spotted Flycatchers.
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The second pair of Spotted Flycatchers that I found, fledged four young yesterday, despite the poor weather and temperatures the adults are catching and feeding all four this afternoon, the family unit has moved out of the woodland and were this evening near the river at Alderbottom. The first pair...
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Old Tawny Owl...
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Just got an interesting ringing recovery of a Tawny Owl i ringed many moons ago... 1 ringed as a juv in a nest box at Staghills, Newchurch on the 15th May 1992 !! Found, unfortunately dead, down a chimney in Rawtenstall on the 15th April 2014... A new BTO longevity record for Tawny Owl of 21yrs and 11 month...
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Clowbridge res 26/6/14 - C. Scoter
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Report of 8 Common Scoter & 2 G.C.Grebe this morning per A. Jones Bob.
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Holden Wood
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From 5.30-7pm today 17 Mallards....majority were Drakes and in eclipse.....not sure if the females were females or males in eclipse? 1 female mallard with 6 very small recently hatched ducklings Canada Geese - big flock of them with some creching young - 10 small ones seen and min of 10 half...
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Clowbridge res 24/6/14
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07:40hrs 1 Blackcap singing in car park 7 Juv Pied Wagtail on res bank + 2 ads further round 1m Linnet 4ad BH Gull + 1 juv c6 Swift feeding Lots of Willow Warbler activity inc several singing birds 1 Jay Curlew over moorland Min 5 m Reed Bunting singing 1 juv Redstart in woodland Only odd Redpoll heard and s...
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Stubbins to Ewood Bridge.
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Overcast 18 degrees, 0700/1130 hrs. All the tit species in good numbers, struggled with finches, Chaffinch ok, Goldfinch pair with young, no Bullfinch at usual spots. Blackbird in large numbers still, Song Thrush has bred well good numbers of young, had to go up to cut silage fields to find two pair o...
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The Hile, 23rd June 2014
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19:00-20:00 Grey Heron, 1 on Jack Lodge, Mallard, 3 on Jack Lodge & 2 on pasture along Coal Pit Lane, Kestrel, 1 hunting rough grassland, Moorhen, 1 on Jack lodge, Curlew, pair feeding in newly mowed field, L.B.B.Gull, 16 feeding with Curlews, Stock Dove, 1 sat on telephone wire, Wood Pigeon, c12...
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CLOWBRIDGE 22/06/2014
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Birds seen today Peacock Redwing 2, is this a bit late to see them ? Robin Pied wagtail Starling Tufted Duck Woodpigeon Swallow Swift Tree Sparrow Black Bird Canada Geese with 3 gosling Black-Headed Gull Blue Tit Carrion Crow Dunnock Chaffinch Curlew Goldfinch Greenfinch House Sparrow Magpie Mal...
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Deeply Vale 220614
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mallard - 4goosander - 1 on AMRpheasant - 5 calling birdsgrey heron - 3 included 1 bird at Buckhurst Lodge which was present when we arrived at around 9:45am and when we left at 4pmsparrowhawk - 1mkestrel - several sightings of possibly the same birdmoorhen - 1 on Buckhurst Lodgeoystercatcher - 1 at th...
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Plunge via Irwell Valley, 22nd June 2014
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06:30-11:30 Grey Heron, 1 stood in rough grassland, Mallard, c12 along the Irwell, Kestrel, male hunting moorland, Sparrowhawk, female through mobbed by Swallows & a Goldfinch, Grey Partridge, pair in Plunge, Pheasant, female near Alderbottom, Lapwing, 1 flew down the Irwell valley, Curl...
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Spotted Flycatcher
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Hi All, Early morning visit to both Spotted Flycatcher nest sites revealed all well at both sites, the original pairs second lot of eggs have now hatched and both adults are feeding an unknown number of young. The pictures on the above post were taken at the second site with a long range digiscope [1...
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Spotted Flycatchers.
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IRWELL VALE TO CHATTERTON 17/06/2014
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A lovely evening stroll along the Irwell to Chatterton and back Birds seen Chiffchaff Chaffinch B-H-Gull Dunnock Wren White Goose in the river Goldfinch G-B-B-Gull Song Thrush 9 in full song Great tit with 5 fledglings 2 juveniles G-S- Woodpecker but I also thought they might have been L-S-Woodpe...
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Seat Naze to Waingate 20/06/2014
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Another lovely evening stroll Birds seen Skylark 8 all high up singing but one seen sat on post with large green caterpillar in beak Magpie 30+ in groups of 4 and 6 Carrion Crow 15 Swallow 8 Swift 2 Blue tit 5 fledglings Blackbird 6 no Bullfinch where I always see them Cheers Craggy
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lee mill garden
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juvenile g.s.w. on feeders several times today. First sighting in months Also family parties of blue tits, great tits and a robin, but no bullfinches for a while
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More Spotted Flycatchers.
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/33778435@N07/14250457527/t
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Various 16/6/14
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Holmes Terrace lodge 1ad Little Grebe Pr Moorhen with 5 sml young Pr Heron wiith 2 fledged juvs Pr Canada Goose + c7 young Clewes 1pr Canada Goose + 3young 2f Mallard with 4young & 8 young respectivley 1 Chiffchaff singing 1 Blackcap singing 1 juv Goldfinch 1 Whitethroat singing - seems to be a good...
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Clough Bottom, 16th June 2014
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21:00-22:15 Canada Goose, 34 on the res, Mallard, female with 13 or 14 newly hatched ducklings so a big brood; c20 additional adult birds around the edges of the res, Common Sandpiper, pair, Curlew, 1 over towards Crown Point, Swift, c20 hawking over the moors, Skylark, c5, with 3 singing, Swallow, c...
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Grane, 15th June 2014
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G.C.Grebe, 1 calling on Calf Hey, Cormorant, 1 in trees at Holden Wood, Grey Heron, 1 at Holden Wood and 1 in quarries, Canada Goose, c50 with 22 young seen, Mallard, c6, Kestrel, 1 along the side of Ogden, Pheasant, 1 at Holden Wood, Coot, pair on Holden Wood, Moorhen, 1 on Holden Wood, LRP, 1, Common San...
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Spotted Flycatcher.
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The pair of Spotted Flycatchers in Strongstry have settled down again and started building a new nest, in the same tree !.
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Rawtenstall 14/6/14
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House Martins feeding at nests at 3 sites just out of the town center - 4 pairs min Whitethroat still singing at Hurst lane - in hay field 6 Raven flew from over Chapel Hill, headed over Laund Hey proably towards Grane 2 Blackcaps in song, at Hurst lane and cemetry G.S.W. at cemetry Sparrowhawk at Reeds...
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Clowbridge, 14th June 2014
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07:30-09:00 Grey Heron, 1 flew into the quarry on Nutshaw, Mallard, female with 7 newly hatched ducklings and 2 males, Kestrel, male hunting the top end, Sparrowhawk, 1 flew over Constable Lee on the way home, Pheasant, 1 calling, Curlew, 2 calling birds, L.B.B.Gull, 3 over south, Wood Pigeon, 2 ove...
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Alder Grange 03/06/14
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A Common Tern was fishing on the pond near to Alder Grange School.
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13/6/14
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Crawshawbooth to Chapel Hill c6 House martin feeding over nest site - Crawshawbooth 1 G.S.W. calling at Shortclough 2 Mistle Thrush - Heightside lane 1 Pied Wagtail - Heightside lane 1 Little Owl - Chapel Hill 2 Swallow mobbing 1ad + 1 juv Tawny Owl sat in a tree - Hurst lane 1 Whitethroat singing - Hurst...
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lee mill
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young dipper on the pipe over the river on lee road today.
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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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