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Slavonian Grebe - Mitchell's House Reservoir
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Slavonian Grebe on Mitchells House Res - the northern one since yesterday. A Rossendale addition for me found by ELOC birder John Metcalfe -- Edited by sarfraz on Friday 19th of January 2024 07:24:22 PM
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Rawtenstall up via twin lodge to Crawshawbooth and back via chapel hill
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1115-1400hrs Peregrine, present this morning in rawtenstall Ring tail Harrier, lifer, even better that its in Rossendale!!! KestrelLittle Owl Song thrush Mistle thrush first I have seen this winter Fieldfare Stock dove 2Great spotted woodpecker Bullfinch 2M 2F all together Greenfi...
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17-1-24 Walk round Seat Naze - Heightside
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Snow! Female Kestral 2 Snipe Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming Ian
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ROC Winter Bird Race 14/01/2024
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two teams, Ian & Kevin and Bob & Dave attended the ROC bird race today, with additional sightings from Phil, Brian & John & Pete. A total of 64 species were recorded, as shown below. great crested grebe - 1 at Clowbridgecormorant grey heronpink-footed goose - skein of c40 & c70...
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WeBS/Bird race.
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Bright sunny -2/+1, Species seen Grane and Strongstry woods and river. Blue Tit Great Tit Coal Tit Long-tailed Tit. Goldfinch Bullfinch Chaffinch Treecreeper Nuthatch Song Thrush Robin Wren Dunnock Great Spotted Woodpecker Moorhen Mallard Grey Heron Cormorant Stonechat Dipper Pied Wagtail G...
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Clowbridge 6th and 7th Jan
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6th Kestrel 2 Goosander 3 Great Crested Grebe 1 Mallard 10 and 2 Raven 1 calling Chaffinch 1 Reed Bunting 8 Cormorant 1 7th Kestrel 1 Goosander 2 Great Crested Grebe 1 Black Headed Gull c40 Common Gull 3 Cormorant 3 Reed Bunting 8 Goldcrest 1 Canada Geese c80 Great Black Back Gull 1 Mallard c30 Nige a...
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Clough Bottom Res 07/01/24
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Canada goose - 29 pink-footed goose - c40 heading west @ 11:20mallard - 6goosander - 5 (1m, 4 redheads)lapwing - c60 over the hillsidebuzzard - calling birdkestrel - 1black-headed gull - 44common gull - 14 when I arrived, increasing to c100 just after middayherring gull - 2woodpigeon - 2grey wagta...
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Reedsholme - Rawtenstall 5/1/24
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Walk around checking old waxwing sites - more in hope than expectation. Song Thrush - singing birds at Reedsholme and Rawtenstall. Collared Dove - 2 at Rushbed. Goldfinch - flock of 15+ at Rushbed + 20+ near Tip Lodge. Starling - 11 at Rushbed + 20 near Tip Lodge. House Sparrow - 20+ at Higher Constablel...
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Burnley Road 5/1/24
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Walk from Crawshawbooth to Newchurch Song thrush in song various places Dipper flying upstream opposite 'Craven Heifer' Kingfisher flying downstream opposite 'Craven Heifer' Nuthatch calling near Edge Lane
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Ian Brady
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Reedsholme area 04/1/24 - Waxwings.
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28 Waxwings in a big chestnut tree along Hollin Way (Reedsholme end) this afternoon - all gone 30 mins later. Searches around the area with N.G. revealed nothing further. 1 Buzzard over Higher Constablelee 24+ House Sparrows at H/C along with 10+ Starlings. 1m + 3f Goosander at Tip Lodge with 2 Moorhe...
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Reedsholme 3.1.24
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Blackcap (m) on feeder with Long Tail Tits
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Edge Cote & Seat Naze 31/12/23
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cormorant - 1 over towards GraneCanada goose - 3 flew over towards Edgesidepink-footed goose - skein of 102 heading east snipe - 44great black-backed gull - 1 flying westherring gull - 1 in field off Hurst Lanecommon gull - 2black-headed gull - 2kestrel - 1 malegreen woodpecker - yaffling birdfiel...
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Various Sites 31 12 23
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Cosmo Res Cormorant 2 Tufted Duck 1m L B B Gull 1 Common Gull 6 B H Gull c20 Mallard c12 Nuthatch 1 Coal Tit 3 Gpldcrest calling birds Blackbird 2 Goldfinch calling birds Carrion Crow 6 Magpie 2 Wallbank Lodge Moorhen 7 B H Gull 3 Mallard 9 New Line Res Tufted Duck 1m Canada Goose 3 B H Gull 3 Mallard 8 Great Tit c...
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Curlew.
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An unusual tick for Rossendale in December, info RobA.
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Clowbridge to clough bottom via crown point
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Great crested grebe 2 Black headed gulls Lesser black backed gull Cormorant single Kestrel x4 Raven single Jay calling Pink footed geese first count of 2, second lot of about 60+Redpoll Great spotted woodpecker Goosander single cheers, Phil
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Merry Christmas 22/12/2023
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Merry Christmas -- Edited by craggy on Friday 22nd of December 2023 08:54:15 PM
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Jack Lodge 23rd Dec 2023
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10:15-10:30 Goosander, redhead on lodge, Kestrel, female on 1st chimney, Little Owl, 1 in the mill, Coal Tit, 1 top of Shawclough. Merry Christmas everyone, David.
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Irwell Vale and area 22/12/2023
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Irwell Vale 1 Buzzard over Hardsough Lane 1 Kestrel Gincroft Lane 4 Redwing 1 Great Tit 2 Blue Tit 12 House Sparrow 5 Goldfinch 2 Blackbird Michael Wife Lane 20+ Redwing feeding on a holly berries Hollins Lane 50+ Redwings feeding on holly berries 4 Mistle Thrush seen 6 Blackbird 12 Magpie flew off to...
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Twite family 24/06/23
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1 adult twite with 4 juvs and another adult with 2 juvs were present at an undisclosed location yesterday. Sad to say that there are perhaps only 1 or 2 prs left at this site and this may be the last site in Lancashire with any breeding birds. There have been none recorded all year at Cant Clough Res in Burnl...
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Whitworth 17/12/23
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Wallbank Lodgemallard - 20moorhen - 7black-headed gull - 15great spotted woodpecker - 1jay - 1song thrush - 1 Spring Mill Rescormorant - 2goosander - 1m, 2fgoldeneye - 2fgreat black-backed gull - 1common gull - 1black-headed gull - 45kestrel - 1mlittle owl - 1grey wagtail - 1magpie - 11carrion cro...
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Calf Hey
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5 Goldeneye on the res at 12:30 today - 3 female 2 male. Kestrel 2 Dippers
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Goodshaw moor and Clowbridge re late post 29.11.23
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Black Headed Gull 17 Common Gull 2 Cormorant 5 Goosander 1 Canada Geese 161 Stonechat 2 Goldfinch 6 Reed Bunting 4 Blackbird 5 Starling 80, 30 and 14 Lapwing 16 Kestrel 1 eating vole on fence post Sparrowhawk 1 Buzzard 1 Jay 1 Greenfinch 1 Magpie 16 Carrion Crow 10 Meadow Pipit 1 Snipe 1 Fieldfare 26 Sto...
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Various Sites 10 12 23
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New Line Res Moorhen 3 Canada Geese 3 Mallard 12 B H Gull 8 Wall Bank Lodge Moorhen 5 B H Gull 5 Mallard 5 Cowm Res Tufted Duck 1m Cormorant 2 Canada Geese 8 over Mallard 14 B H Gull c15 Common Gull 5 Dunnock 2 Robin 3 Blackbird 2 Blue Tit 2 Great Tit 1 Chaffinch 1f Carrion Crow 6 Branch St feeders L T Tit 7 Coal Tit 3 B...
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Irwell Vale and area 9/12/2023
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Irwell Vale A very wet morning but in between the downpours Hardsough Lane A good sized mixed flock of Redwing Fieldfare Starling and 3 Mistle Thrush 12 Blackbirds feeding on Hawthorns berries Mixed flock of 40+ Jackdaw and Carrion Crow feeding in field Church Lane Edenfield 6 Robins 10 Gol...
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Reedsholme area 06/12/23
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1 Kingfisher + 1 Dipper at Constablelee Bridge on the R. Limy. 1 Raven + 1 Kestrel over the western slope of the valley + a flock of 17 Fieldfares moving onto farm land. 7 large gulls (probably Herring Gull) moving to the W. inc. 1 Great Black Back. Usual tit species at the park along with odd Blackbird, Rob...
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Golden Plover.
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Nine Golden Plover in field Adjacent to Rochdale road and Bamford road, near Rossendale school.info RobA. Regards Brian.
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Clough Bottom 03/12/23
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mallard - 4teal - 9lapwing - 33snipe - 1woodcock - 1 flew through the clearfellpheasant - 1 callinggreat black-backed gull - 1herring gull - 7common gull - c15black-headed gull - c100kestrel - 2great spotted woodpecker - 2robin - 3blackbird - 2wren - 4goldcrest - 1coal tit - 1blue tit - 2carrion crow...
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Another first for Strongstry.
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After three nights of -5, now 40mm of snow has brought 46 Lapwing down in the Barn field in Strongstry. Regards Brian. -- Edited by brian on Sunday 3rd of December 2023 10:25:30 AM
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Ox Hey woods to Irwell Vale
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Cold and sunny 2 degrees (-5 overnight) 1400hrs/1600hrs. Of note. Redwing. 16 on Hawthorn Ox Hey, 30/40 on same Irwell vale. Buzzard. One Ox Hey, two soaring Hodge Clough. Great Spotted Woodpecker. Two Ox Hey, one Lodge farm, two Strongstry woods. Jay. three small groups, 2/4 Ox Hey, Irwell Val...
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Cribden Clough 27/11/23
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Signs of an influx of Blackbirds today with 15+ along the lane up to Twin Lodges from Holland Ave. and similar numbers at Cribden Clough. c6 redwings amongst blackbirds with 20+ amongst bushes in Cribden Clough. Also - 2 Bullfinch 3 Goldfinch 10 Greenfinch 1 Jay 1 Mistle Thrush Bob.
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