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Holden Wood res & Haslingden Moor 11/10/14
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Holden Wood Res (before & after walk on moor, 09:10-09:30 & 11:30-12:45)Teal 2Mallard 8Common snipe 2Kestrel 4Coot 31 unidentified duckCormorants 9 in trees Haslingden Moor (09:40-11:20) Common snipe 60+ Kestrels 2 Meadow pipits - lots Pied wagtail 3 Swallow 5 Skylark heard Paul &...
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Clowbridge, 11th Oct 2014
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08:00-10:15 Cormorant, 1 fishing the res, Canada Goose, 13 on the back pond, Teal, 4 in south bay, Mallard, c12, Tufted Duck, 2 males, Goosander, 5 redheads, Harrier sp, a bird seen flying south mobbed by 2 crows gave poor distant views but looked like a Hen Harrier, Kestrel, c5 hunting the moors, Phe...
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Grane
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8am - 11.30am Holden Wood : - 6 cormorants in trees, 5 teal, 1 grey heron, 7-8 mallard, 1 kestrel, 80 plus woodpigeons moving west-north west, 1 common gull, chiffchaff with tits in ferns between Ogden and Holden wood, Usual suspects Ogden:- 6 cormorants. 50 lapwings, 5-6 mallard Calf Hey:- 1 g c...
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Great White Egret
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Back on Holden Wood this morning (assuming it's the same bird). Arrived some time between 9.00 and 9.30, still present when I left around 10.00 Andy
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Road End Haslingden
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Flock of 20+ Lapwings 9.00am this morning. Buzzard over Park Farm Garden Centre, Stubbins.
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Chatterton Wood - River Irwell 10-10-2014
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1 Kingfisher 2 Dippers 1 Dunnock 1 Wren 5 B Tit 3 G Tit 7 L T Tit Robins lots seen and in song 5 Nuthatch in one tree 12 Mallard 2 Juvenile Moorhens 2 Blackbirds 2 Buzzards 1 Grey wagtail 50+ Flock of Woodpigeon Brian's winter feeders Birds seen Thrush Robin Goldfinch Great Tit Chaffinch M/F Coal Tit Blackb...
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Warth 081014
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at leats 16 house martins still feeding over the hillside today 1 nuthatch heard near the old isolation hospital 2 kestrels 2 jays 2 dippers cheers Kevin
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Irwell Vale to Helmshore
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Irwell Vale 5 Swallow River Irwell 1 Goosander 10 Mallard 1 Moorhen 1 Grey Heron 1 Large White Duck Along River Ogden to Helmshore 1 Goldfinch 1 Grey Heron 1 Grey Wagtail 4 Blackbird 1 Wren 1 Moorhen 8 Woodpigeons 12 Jack Daws 3 Dippers 4 Collared Dove Good number of Robins 4 G Tit 7 L T Tit 3 C Tit 11 B Tit 1 Gold...
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Cowpe 07/10/14
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mallard - 11 on Lench LOdgescormorant - 1 at Cowpe Res and 2 flying down the valleykestrel - 1 at Cowpe Resmoorhen - 2 at Lench Lodges & 1 at Kearn's Lodgeblack headed gull - 5 at Cowpe Rescommon gull - 1 at Cowpe Resherring gull - 4 at Cowpe Reslesser black backed gull - 16 at Cowpe Reswoodpigeon - c70 at...
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Cribden Clough area 6/10/14
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17:00hrs After a day of rain, clearing skies towards dusk. Party of thrushes in hawthorns and along wires included c9 Mistle Thrush, 2 Song Thrush & 1 Ring Ouzel. Also present around Twin lodges 2 Song Thrush, c10 Meadow Pipit, 22 Starling, 1 G.S.W. 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Pied Wagtail, very small numbe...
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Holden Wood + Jamesons 5-10-14
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09:00-10:00 HWR 125+ Canadas 3 Teal 5 Snipe ~25 Lapwing 1 Kingfisher 5 Cormorant Grey Wagtail 30 Goldfinch, 2 Siskin over Great Spotted Woodpecker 14:00 - 16:00 Jamesons 2 Stonechat 2 Buzzards, 1 Raven, 1 Kestrel 1 Moorhen on Troy 54 Lapwing Green Woodpecker Cheers Ian
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Waterfoot to Road End 051014
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mallard - 50+ at Rawtenstall and 26 at EBSW/ Irwell Valesparrowhawk - 1 over Townsendfoldbuzzard - 2 over Waterfootkestrel - 2 over Horncliffeblack headed gull - min 69 at EBSWstock Dove - 1 at Hurdles Farmwoodpigeon - c45 at Warth and Hurdles Farmkingfisher- 1at Townsendfold and 1 at Ewood Bridgeg...
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Cowm Reservoir, Whitworth. 5/10/14
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Dipper,Common Gull, 5 LBB Gull, 71 BH Gull, 85 Wood Pigeon, 5 Meadow Pipit, Raven, 15 Carrion Crow, 14 Jackdaw, 2 Jay, 45 Mallard, 3 Tufted Duck, Mute Swan. Dave Ousey.
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Clowbridge, 5th Oct 2014
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08:00-11:00 Cormorant, 7 in the area at least with a flock of 6 flying off south down the valley, Grey Heron, 1 flew over the moors to the north of the res, Canada Goose, 13 flew off south and 1 on the back pond. Mallard, a flock of 20 flew in to join 3 already on the res, Teal, 4 in South Bay, Goosander, female f...
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Redwing.
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0800 hrs cold but sunny, 6 degrees. Large loose flock of Redwing moving north across grazing land adjacent to Buckden woods. Very difficult to count, approx 40.
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Grane and Musbury
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Highlights were:- No sign of the shrike Musbury:- 2 kestrel 1 Buzzard 1 sparrowhawk looks like hunting meadow pipits 100 plus meadow pipits on move 2 stonechat where shrike was 2 whinchat there too Probable juvenile Hobby chasing a small bird A few wrens - one point wren, stonechat and whinchat o...
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Clowbridge res 3/10/14
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07:30hrs 4 Swallow S. low over the bottom end 2f Wigeon 3f Teal 1m Tufted Duck c20 Mallard 2 Cormorant on pylon. Very little through Compston Cross from 08:20 - blustery S wind probably precluding much movement - would be interesting to know how Craig has fared this morning. Flock of 6 Bullfinch in pla...
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Compstons Cross 2/10/14
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Late on parade this morning, walked up from Reedsholme so didn't arrive until after 10:00hrs AJ had already watched 3 Swallows through + an assortment of M.Pipits and Chaffinch. A decent tit flock amongst the plantings had at least 15 Long tailed, 1 Goldcrest and 1 probable Chiffchaff seen briefly...
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Redwing.
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Small flock of Redwing (12) in late evening sunshine at Alderbottom. Regards Brian.
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Kingfisher
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One on the river at The Bacup end of The Glen 2.30pm today
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Stonechat
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A couple of pictures from Holden Wood yesterday. -- Edited by brian on Wednesday 1st of October 2014 03:20:34 PM
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Meadow Pipit.
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A couple of pictures from Holden wood yesterday -- Edited by brian on Wednesday 1st of October 2014 03:22:18 PM
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Clowbridge res 30/9/14
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1m Tufted Duck 3f Teal 2 Cormorant 1 Merlin evading a Kestrel, flew off S. 1 Stonechat 2 Snipe 1 Reed Bunting Compstons Cross 10:10 - 11:45 hrs - low mist early on totally clear by 11:00hrs poor morning. 1 Rook 2 Jay 1 Skylark 1 Mistle Thrush 6 Goldfinch 19 Chaffinch 3 Swallow 3 Redpoll 14 Woodpigeon 1 Pied W...
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Ring Ouzels (Calf hey)
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Lost a house key somewhere between home and a trip to Grane yesterday so I decided to re-do the path I took yesterday. They were not found and house lock has been changed, if you find any keys there please DON'T let me know LOL. Nice to meet Neil and Paul up there! On Holden Wood different birds were:...
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Holden wood/Heap cough/Hutch bank round robin.
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0800 hrs to 1200 hrs Misty start then sunny 12 degrees. Canada geese 40+. lapwing 23. Grey Heron 2 one with large eel on Holden wood. Teal 11. Mallard 14. Kestrel 1 carrying small rodent. Black-headed Gull and immature Herring Gulls over. Mistle Thrush 3 feeding on Rowen. Reed Bunting 3 females. Snipe...
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Calf Hey
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No sign of Shrike around there or Ring Ouzel's. 1 wigeon, 4 tufted duck but 1 flew in Ogden direction 13 cormorant on Ogden top end 50 lapwing Lots of jay. Most common corvid today Main 30 mallard 10 min teal 3 stonechat Lots of Goldcrest's heard Singing chiffchaff, wrens. Robins Had a blackcap in brief...
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Tawny Owl The Glen
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Female Tawny owl calling in my back garden last night, male heard the previous evening.
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Brown Wardle & Middle Hill.28/9/14
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2 Ravens, Wheatear, 4 Stonechats, 100+ Meadow Pipits in regular flocks of around 10 birds all heading south! Dave Ousey.
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Great Grey Shrike Musbury
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http://www.manchesterbirding.activeboard.com/t58600350/grane-near-haslingden-rossendale/
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Hollin Lane - Edge Yate Lane 28-09-2014
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Hollin Lane 1 Black Bird 3 Blue Tit 7 Swallow 5 Magpie 8 Starling 1 Thrush 6 Goldfinch 3 Carrion Crow Edge Yate Lane 10 Starling 22 Goldfinch sat on wires and 30+ feeding on thistles in meadow 3 Magpie 4 L T Tits Lots of small flocks of Meadow Pipits from 8/9 to 15/20 in a flock 8 Carrion Crows 3 Thrush 1 Dunnoc...
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