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R.O.C Winter Bird Race, 12th Jan 2014
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08:00-16:00 It was a cool, crisp day but dry day and 2 teams (1x2 & 1x3) took place in this year's bird race with Team "2" recording 59 species and Team "3" recording 62 species. The combined total was a new winter record of 68 species which smashed the previous highest count o...
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Glen garden
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A Robin with a lot of white tail and primary feathers has been paying the occasional visit. Is this colouration unusual it is not an albino.?
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Whitworth 5.1.14.
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Healey Dell Brambling c40 Nuthatch 6 minimum Treecreeper 1 L.T.Tit 6 Stock Dove 3 over G.S.Woodpecker 1 Wood Pigeon 50+ Jackdaw 8 Rook 3 Carrion Crow 4 Blue Tit plenty Great Tit plenty Chaffinch c10 Coal Tit 1 calling Cowm Res Tufted Duck 21 [ 16m 5f] Goosander 2 pair Mallard c30 B.H.Gull c30 Common Gull...
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Lower Irwell Valley, 5th Jan 2013
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08:30-10:30 Cormorant, 3 flew up the valley, 1 perched in tree behind EBSW and 2 singles down the valley, Grey Heron, 1 caught and ate a large frog from a garden pond at Irwell Vale, Mallard, 3 on HTL, Green Sandpiper, 1 on EBSW on the most flooded filter bed straight in front of the main building, B.H.Gul...
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AMR Gull Roost.
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Sat 28th Dec 2013. Good numbers of Gulls roosting on AMR for the last few weeks. (re R Archer). And in particular very good numbers of Grt Blk Bkd Gulls and B H Gulls. Every chance of a decent Gull turning up amongst them through the winter.. ie. Iceland, Glaucous or Med Gulls. Tonight`s roost at last ligh...
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Hurst Lane - Marl Pits - Edge Lane 02-01-2014
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4 Long-Tailed Tit 6 Blackbird 3 Blue Tit 4 Bullfinch 2m 2f stunning colours on the two males very bright 5 Chaffinch 8 Magpie 1 Jay 2 Great Tit 1 Greenfinch 12 Crow 2 Woodpigeon Cheers Craggy
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Chapel Hill, 1st Jan 2014
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09:00-11:00 Believe it or not it seemed quite spring like first thing with Dunnocks singing and Collared Doves cooing away then the rain arrived but the following were still seen: Peregrine, male over Marl Pits, Kestrel, 1 over Edge Cote, Snipe, 18 flushed off Edge Cote, B.H.Gull, c20 on saturated p...
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Strongstry 31-12-2013
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Brian's Winter Feeders list of birds seen Coal Tit Blue Tit Long-Tailed Tit Great Tit Chaffinch Magpie Collared Dove Blackbird Treecreeper Bullfinch Dunnock Greenfinch Robin Nuthatch Woodpigeon Was hoping to see the Goldcrest ALL THE BEST TO ALL FOR 2014 Cheers Craggy
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Cheesden Valley, 31st Dec 2013
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14:00-16:30 Canada Goose, 6 on A.M.R, Teal, 4 on small pond, Goosander, flocks of 5,1,4 & 3 flew up the valley or over Harden Moor onto A.M.R, Kestrel, 3 singles, Pheasant, calling bird, Moorhen, 2 on small pond, Lapwing, 1 bird flew high over the valley, Snipe, 39 flushed off Harden Moor, B.H.Gul...
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Clowbridge Res, 31st Dec 2013
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09:30-10:30 Mallard, 3 on the Limy near car park, Goldeneye, male & female, Goosander, 2 males & 3 redheads, B.H.Gull, c20 through plus 2 sat on res, L.B.B.Gull, 1 through south, Little Owl, 1 sat on wall near weather station road, Dunnock, 2 under feeders in car park, Fieldfare, flock of 8, S...
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Strongstry feeding stations.
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Wet, windy, and mild. Sudden influx of Blackbird and Chaffinch today plus a Goldcrest which is unusual here, missing were Mistle/Song Thrush which were both here over the last couple of days. Blue Tit 14 Great Tit 10 Coal Tit 7 Long-tailed Tit 8 Goldfinch 9 Bullfinch 7 Chaffinch max count 18 could be mo...
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Oakenhead Wood Old Road 29-12-2013
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1 Kestrel 7 Goldfinch 2 Chaffinch 2 Crow 3 Blue tit 2 Magpie 1 Robin 20 Fieldfare 2 Blackbird Cheers Craggy
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Grane, 29th Dec 2013
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09:30-12:30 Canada Goose, 44 on or on pasture around Holden Wood Res, Mallard, 7 on Calf Hey, Teal, 3 on Calf Hey, Kestrel, 4 singles, Sparrowhawk, female through Holden Wood putting up the gulls and Lapwings, Pheasant, 2 males near Holden Wood, Lapwing, 8 at Holden Wood, Snipe, 1 flushed off Hasling...
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isle of man lodge, Water
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3 goosander on the lodge this morning and 16 mallard
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Staghills Woods 26/12/13
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grey heron - 1 overwoodcock - 1 in Lea Bankcommon gull - flock of 16 flying towards The Hilewoodpigeon - 7great spotted woodpecler - 4 singles in different areas of the woodmagpie - 7jay - 3carrion crow - 7goldcrest - 1blue tit - 19great tit - 19coal tit - 6long tailed tit - flocks of 2, 3, 5 & 7nuthatch...
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The Glen
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10.00am 26.12.2013, Dipper, Grey Wagtail, Bullfinch, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Blue, Coal, Great, Long Tailed Tits, Wood and Feral Pigeon, Rook, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow and Jay, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Mallard and Tawny Owl roosting in tree.
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Bramblings 25/12/13
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At least 4 bramblings acroos the road from Kearn's Lodge in Cowpe. There were a minimum of 3 different bramblings at our feeders at Gaghills in Waterfoot today cheers Kevin
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Feeding Station Whitworth December 2013
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Dec 25, 2013
Comments: 4C cloudy and breezy
21 species
Common Wood-Pigeon 1
Eurasian Collared-Dove 2
Eurasian Jay 3
Common Magpie 4
Carrion Crow 3
Coal Tit 2
Great Tit 2
Blue Tit 5
Long-tailed Tit 17
Eurasian Wren 1
Robin 2
Blackbird 11
Song Thrush 1
Dunnock 3
Chaffinch 5
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Chapel Hill, 24th Dec 2013
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14:30-16:00 Jack Snipe, 2 on Edge Cote, Snipe, 19 on Edge Cote, Lapwing, 1 on Edge Cote was an unusual winter record, B.H.Gull, c30 feeding on pasture, Common Gull, c20 feeding on pasture, Wood Pigeon, 5 over, Meadow Pipit, a flock of c20 on pasture, Redwing, 40 perched up in a tree, Goldcrest, 3 in Ball...
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Strongstry/Bull hill.
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0800 to 1030 Hrs sunny, cold, 2 degrees very wet underfoot, on my return it started snowing. River very high and coloured, just a few Mallard not much else. Dipper on side stream. Nuthatch. Bullfinch. Treecreeper. All the usual tits in good numbers, including Long-tailed. Flock of Redwing 30+ Floc...
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Cowm Res 22-12-13
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9 Tufted (8M 1F) 3 Goosander (1M 2F) ~50 Blacked Headed Gulls 2 Coal Tits and a Robin feeding on a post with food on it.
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Clowbridge Res, 22nd Dec 2013.
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08:30-09:30 Mallard, 4 on Limy near car park, Teal, 1 flushed from rushes in west bay, Goldeneye, male in stunning plumage, Goosander, pair in west bay plus 3 males flying low over res, Sparrowhawk, female soaring over Reedsholme, B.H.Gull, c4 on res, G.B.B.Gull, 1 over south, Wood Pigeon, a single...
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Clowbridge
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Driving to Burnley about 2.20pm Monday and saw a Little Owl perched on top of a lamppost, a first for me in Rossendale, I assume it was the same bird as is normally reported sat on the wall near Limy Lane.
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Varios Sites 15.12.13.
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Cowm Res Tufted Duck 15 Goosander 3 Common Gull 6 B.H.Gull c30 Mallard c30 Jay 1 Carrion Crow 8 Wood Pigeon 1 Wallbank Lodge Mute Swan 4 Mallard 10 Moorhen 6 B.H.Gull c20 Landgate Meadow Pipit 1 Snipe 3 Pink-Footed Goose 16 over west New Line Res Moorhen 8 minimum Mallard 8 B.H.Gull c100 Common Gull 8 mini...
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Brambling
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Courtesy of Leo, local walker and birdwatcher. Top end of Buckden wood there is a large Beech come down in the wind and around the fallen tree are approximately 40 Brambling.
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Grane, 15th Dec 2013
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08:00-11:00 Cormorant, 3 singles over but none on the reservoirs, Grey Heron, 1 at Holden Wood, Canada Goose, 65 in Jamestone Quarry, Mallard, c12, Teal, c8 on Calf Hey, Buzzard, 1 soaring off the edge of Haslingden Moor above Clough Head, Peregrine, male over Calf Hey, kestrel, female at Clough Hea...
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Clowbridge Res 15-12-13
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14:00-15:00 4 Tufted 2M+2F 1 F Goosander 4 Goldfinch ~100 Fieldfare over Compstons Cross Ian See you all at the meeting tomorrow night
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Rawtenstall Cricket Club
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At least thirty long tailed tits in bushes this morning, four house sparrows on seed feeder, male Peregrine on and about Ilex chimney, Buzzards over Cribden.
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Holden Wood and Musbury
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1-4pm Holden Wood:- 20 mallards min 2 teal 3 grey heron 20 min lapwing 40 min b h gulls 2 wrens 33 min fieldfare in trees above old tramline 1 mistle thrush too 1 kestrel Musbury:- 4-5 meadow pipits 7 goldfinch 1 kestrel 3 wren 1 Raven over very low 1 Twite? - sounded like one not a Goldfinch, Linne...
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Jack Lodge, Peer's Clough and Swinshaw Moor 10/12/13
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Jack Lodge/ Shadlock Cote4 mallard1 kestrel12 black headed gull over11common gull over2 stock dove1 woodpigeon in display flightmeadow pipit heard2 great tit1 robin10 blackbird6 mistle thrush (1 singing)10 fieldfare170 starling8 magpie6 chaffinch4 greenfinch16 goldfinch Peer's Clou...
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