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house sparrows
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The local house sparrow population around Gaghills seems to have prospered this year. Recently I counted a flock of 32, which is 12 up on any other count I can remember. I suspect this is partly down to a reasonable summer allowing the adults to forage longer for food and also because there are weedy ar...
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Clowbridge res 4/9/14
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07:40hrs - low cloud & dull 27 Teal 6 Mallard 1 Tufted Duck 5 Cormorant c20 Canada Goose c12 Meadow Pipit 3 Kestrel 1 Jay c2 Pied Wagtail 1 Skykark 7 Lapwing >S A very mobile mixed species flock amongst plantations consisted of mainly Blue, Great, Coal, Long tailed Tit with just 1 or two Willow Wa...
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Clowbridge, 3rd Sep 2014
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07:30-09:45 Cormorant, 4 fishing the res and then perched on a pylon, Canada Goose, 7 (Archie), Mallard, c20, Teal, 2 on lagoon and 7 flew in from the north east, circled a couple of times and then flew off south west, Kestrel, 2, Moorhen, 2 on the lagoon, B.H.Gull, c4, Stock Dove, 2 on dry stone wall (Arc...
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Clowbridge 2nd Sept'14.
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7pm till dark. 1 Greenshank heard in flight, not seen from in bushes.. Seemed to be going towards Res from Waggoners area. 2 noisy Raven over L Lane several times. Goldcrest heard calling. Craig.
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Sparrowhawk.
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Two Sparrowhawks and a Kestrel soaring over Alderbottom this afternoon.
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Waterfoot to Cowpe Moss 310814
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Canada goose - 9 at Cowpe Resmallard - 12 at Lench Lodgesgrey heron - 2 birds in trees at the back of the Co op in Waterfootsparrowhawk - 1 male over Gaghillsbuzzard - 1 seen soaring over The Glen Playing Fields drifted over Brandwood & Greens Moor. Probably the same bird seen later flyinf west over C...
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Reedsholme - Clowbridge res 30/8/14
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20+ House Martins - Reedsholme Greenfold area 13 Lapwing in fields c15 Swallows feeding 30+ Starling c25 flock of Goldfinch 1 Kestrel 2 Wheatear + 2 nr Compstons Cross Clowbridge res. 1 Kestrel 2 Cormorant on pylon 2 Whinchat Flock of 12 Meadow Pipit 3 Swallow 1 Chiffchaff calling from woodland. Bo...
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Stubbins to Ewood Bridge round robin.
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Thursday 28th and Friday 29th 16 degrees sunny/showers. The four common Tits all seem to have good numbers, two feeding flocks watched both days, numbers were around 30 and included all four species. one party also had a Nuthatch, young Great Spotted Woodpecker and a Goldcrest [first seen here for s...
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Holden Wood etc
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1 grey heron 4 cormorants 55 mallard 1 moorhen 2 little ringed plovers 4 snipe 3 whinchats - 1 on south shore and 2 on the path up to Ogden (nr tramway) I assume different birds. Female and 3 juv stonechats and 1 whitethroat also here. Flocks of 40+ linnets and 60+ starlings. A scattering of other passeri...
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Cribden area 27/8/14
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14:30 hrs Good numbers of Kestrels hunting over hillsides at least 7 birds from Cribden Clough via Oakenhead Wood rd, Laund Hey and Cribden hill. 1 juv Cuckoo perched on wires behind Spout House farm flew to Top of Slate then back onto wall adjacent to lane. 2 Wheatear at Laund Hey 1 Cormorant over Cribd...
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Clowbridge to Reedsholme 26/8/14
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10:00am start very poor for passerines this morning odd swallow, meadow pipit, p.wagtail & willow warbler. Pr Coot 1 Tufted Duck 1 Cormorant 1 Reed Bunting 1 Kestrel 1 Sparrowhawk 3 Wheatear + 1 Whinchat nr Compstons Cross Greenfold area - c20 flock of Meadow Pipit Flock of 30 Lapwing in field 5 W...
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hobby 25/08/14
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Whilst unloading a lorry at work today at Park Rd Bacup a hobby flew over towards Huttock Top cheers Kevin
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Townsend Fold 24-08-14
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Sparrowhawk mobbed by ~40 swallows Pair sand martin going into hole 2 Grey Wagtails ~25 Long Tailed Tits + Blue Tits and Great Tits Kingfisher flying upstream Ian
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Lee Quarry etc 240814
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Lee Quarrylittle owl - 2 (1 at either end of the quarry)stock dove - 1lesser black backed gull - 14 feeding on Greens Moor with c50 carrion crow, min 3 rook, min 10 jackdaw & 1 magpiemeadow pipit - 23wheatear - 2swallow - 7twite - family of 6linnet - c 30 feeding in field below quarry, then later a famil...
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Buzzard 24-08-2014
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Buzzard over Newchurch at noon today been given a hard time with 3 Swallows moved off N/W Cheers Craggy
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Grane
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9.30-12.30 Holden Wood:- 1 willow warbler in song at dam end 3 grey wagtails at dam end....at least 2 were juv 2 grey herons 7 mallard 2 common sandpiper 1 lrp - adult 2 lapwing on the mud on the north side.....behaving as if they had young 1 willow warbler at top end Ogden:- blue tits also in ferns wren i...
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Gaghills 22/08/14
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single swift feeding over the area tonight cheers Kevin
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Hen Harrier.
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Female Hen Harrier appeared over Stubbins flying north following the river. It was at about 60 feet flying very leisurely, it reached around Irwell Vale then turned west towards Holden Wood where it disappeared from view. The time was 1410 hours, it was observed from high ground above Stubbins Vale...
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Holden Wood etc 20/8/14
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Little Ringed Plover - 1 juv Common Sandpiper - 2 Lapwing - 50+ Teal - 12 Coot - 1 1 juv peregrine over Few juv stonechats (plus ad male), reed buntings, mipits and goldfinches around west end. (little of interest over moors to Bull Hill except for 1 red grouse and a couple of ravens, and no sign of garden wa...
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SEAT NAZE 20-08-2014
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30+ House Martin feeding along side of Naze 11 Magpie 3 Swallow 5 Meadow Pipit 2 Carrion Crow 1 Kestrel hovering 6 Goldfinch 20+ Woodpigeon Cheers Craggy
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Townsend Fold 19 Aug
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Early evening - Garden Warbler nr K Steel, also a couple of whitethroats and one pair of sand martins still on the go. Andy
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Clough Bottom, 17th August 2014
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10:30-12:00 Cormorant, 2 flew south off the res, Canada Goose, 1 with Mallard Family, Mallard, c20 inc female with 6 young ducklings, Kestrel, male sat preening in a tree with female hunting the moor, L.B.B.Gull, 4 on the res, Swallow, c12, Meadow Pipit, c40 with many fresh juvs, Pied Wagtail, 4, Gre...
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Cowm Reservoir, Whitworth. 16/8/2014.
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40 BH Gull, 28 Mallard, Grey Heron, 50+ Swallow, House Martin, 2 Sand Martin (only my 3rd ever at Cowm & they did'nt linger) Grey Wagtail, Robin, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, 3 Blackbird, 20 Magpie, 2 Carrion Crow, 2 Green Woodpecker, 6 Meadow Pipit. A very nice walk and it w...
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Clowbridge, 16th August 2014
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07:00-08:15 Cormorant, 2 flew off north, Mallard, c15, Teal, female in south bay, Kestrel, 1 hunting over plantations at top end, Coot, pair, Moorhen, pair with well grown chick in the lagoon at north end, Common Sandpiper, 1, B.H.Gull, 4, L.B.B.Gull, c12 over, Little Owl, 1 in its hole and 1 on fence...
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Seat Naze & Edge Cote 150814
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grey heron - 1snipe - 4black headed gull - 2woodpigeon - 12swift - 1great spotted woodpecker - 1magpie - 6jackdaw - 8carrion crow - 26raven - 3 (2seen later over Balladen Clough may have been different birds)goldcrest - 2 family parties at Edge Cote and another at Marl Pits skylark - 2swallow - 9house...
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Clowbridge res 15/8/14.
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07:35hrs 2 Willow Warbler singing in car park + 2 singing from plantations + c4 feeding quietly amongst a mixed species flock. c12 flock of Goldfinch 1 Linnet heard 7 Canada Goose inc 2 very pale birds lacking dark pigmentation. 2 Coot 1 Moorhen + 1 juv. 8+ Pied Wagtail c20 Meadow Pipit 1 Black Redstart s...
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The Glen
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Not unusual but a rare visitor to my garden has been this Siskin flitting around the flowers.
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lee mill garden
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juv G.S.W. on feeder today, also male bullfinch and blue tits and great tits. Tawny owl heard last night outside the window
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Crawshawbooth 11th Aug '14.
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6 Swifts over the village this afternoon. Numbers seem to be diminishing over the last week or so. Craig
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Grane
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3-6.45pm Holden Wood:- treecrepper heard 27 min mallard 30 min lapwing 1 snipe 4 little ringed plover - 2 adults, 2 immatures 1 coot 1 moorhen possibly 2 sedge warblers ? 1 willow warbler 1 wren plenty of canada geese min 10 linnet family party of 4 included min 5 stonechat......1 adult males some j...
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