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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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Warth To Hurdles Quarry 280914
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cormorant - 1 over towards Cowpebuzzard - 1 flew towards Cowpe, 45 minutes later probably the same bird flew back over Hurdles Quarrykestrel - probably the same bird seen twicekingfisher - 1 seen catching a fish on Kenroy's Pondstock dove - 2dipper - 1pied wagtail - 4meadow pipit - c20long tailed tit...
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Grane, 28th Sep 2014
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07:30-11:00 G.C.Grebe, 1 on Calf Hey, Cormorant, min 3 on Holden Wood, 10 on Ogden with birds coming and going most of the morning, Grey Heron, 1 feeding along the bank of Holden Wood, Canada Goose, 50 on Holden Wood and 12 flew from Ogden towards Troy, Teal, 8 on Holden Wood, 2 on Ogden and 6 on Calf Hey, Ma...
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Pintail.
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Female Pintail present with small flock of Mallard on Ashworth moor reservoir near the out flow this evening, still there at dusk. Also seen, Canada Geese 64. Lapwing 28. Great Crested Greebe 2. Tufted Duck (female) 1. Pied Wagtail 20 approx. Black-headed gull 17. Goosander 5 (female). Mallard 13...
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Seat Naze & Edge Cote 270914
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grey heron - 1 oversparrowhawk - 1 seen several times, mobbed relentlessly by a magpie and 4 carrion crows (1 also seen chasing a starling, unsuccessfully, over Lidl in Rawtenstall)kestrel - 1 at Edge Cotelapwing - 8 on seat Nazesnipe - 26 at Edge Coteblack headed gull - 2common gull - 4herring gull - 1...
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Reedsholme Clowbridge 27/9/14
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0930 start approx 1 Grey wagtail at Reedsholme Folly Clough - 1 Nuthatch, 1 Kestrel, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Jay, 1 Skylark flew over. Greenfold area - c110 Starling on wires, 5 Linnet, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Skylark overhead, c20 Meadow Pipit, 1 Kestrel, 3 Blue Tit, Greenfold to Compstons Cross - c9 Meadow Pipit,...
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Redwing. 27th Sept `14. Crown Point Rd.
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1st Redwing of the autumn heard flying west in dark over Crown Point Rd whilst putting nets up. Craig.
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Buckden woods/Beetle hill.
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Bright sunny 11 degrees, 0730 to 1030. Plenty of all four Tit species around but Finches were thin on the ground. Goldfinch small party of seven. Chaffinch 2. Nuthatch 3. Treecreeper 2 (I see Dave has at last recorded this bird for th year). Great Spotted Woodpecker 3. Blackbirds, Robins, Dunnock an...
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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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