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Cowm Reservoir,Whitworth 9/7/13
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35 returning BH Gulls with 6 juveniles, 1 Common Gull, 1 LBB Gull along with the regulars. Then a bird I have only seen once before in ten years at Cowm, a single Sand Martin, so a really nice walk! Regards, Dave Ousey
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Windy Bank 7.7.13.
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Windy Bank Redpoll 6 Willow Warbler 10 minimum some calling Goldfinch 5 Starling 17 all juveniles Great Tit 1 Pied Wagtail 1 Meadow Pipit good numbers Sky Lark 2 Curlew 1 over calling L.B.B.Gull 3 over pfyldes
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Clough Bottom 5.7.13.
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Clough Bottom Common Sandpiper 1 juvenile Pied Wagtail 1m + 1 juvenile G.C.Grebe 1 Curlew 1 over Mallard 2m 2f Canada Goose 1 Meadow Pipit c6 L.B.B.Gull 17 minimum Magpie 1 Carrion Crow 10 Chaffinch several calling Blackbird 2 calling Swallow 2 Swift 6 pfyldes
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Scoter
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Just a quick note that there seem to be Scoter on the move so a look at Grain, Clowbridge , Clough Bottom might be worth while. I am away this weekend so best of luck. Cheers Ian
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E.B.S.W. (Swifts/Hirundines).
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Sat 18th May. 2013. 10am- 4.30pm. Very large number of birds present for most of the day. Massive numbers early afternoon. Almost impossible to say how many of each species but a rough estimate would be :- Swift - 1000 (min). Numbers fluctuating throughout the day but largest number early afternoon...
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Grane, 30th June 2013
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08:30-11:30 Cormorant, 2 singles & 1x2 flying around Holden Wood / Ogden, Grey Heron, 1 on Holden Wood, Canada Goose, 22 on Holden Wood & 34 on Ogden, Mallard, c6 males, Kestrel, 1 female, Pheasant, calling male, Common Sandpiper, pair & 1 single, Lapwing, 32 at Holden Wood inc many juvs...
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haslingden Moor
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2 blackcap - 1 singing at clough info centre, song thrush singing there, willow warblers, robin haslingden moor - min of 4 skylark, meadow pipits - both singing and displaying...brilliant cotton grass carpet too, also 2 curlew, 1 oystercatcher on pastures up deep clough - 1 lapwing, plenty of l...
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Cowm Res, Whitworth over this weekend.
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16 Mallard and two broods of 5 ducklings, Grey Heron, 20 LBB Gulls over, 4 BH Gull, 7 Mistle Thrush,Song Thrush,4 Blackbird,25 Swallow, 5 House Martin, Swift, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit,6 Chaffinch, 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Robin, Great Tit, Redpoll, 6 Magpie, 10 Carrion Crow, 8 Woodpigeon. Regards,...
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Clough Bottom 23.6.13.
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Clough Bottom L.B.B.Gull 70 G,C.Grebe 1 Mallard 1m Common Sandpiper 2 Sky Lark 2 Meadow Pipit c6 Song Thrush 1 Dunnock family party Blackbird 4 Chaffinch plenty Wood Pigeon c10 Carrion Crow 2 Magpie 2 Goldcrest odd ones calling Swallow 2 pfyldes and johnh
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Mitchell's House Res, 19th June 2013
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20:30-21:30 Grey Heron 1 juv, Canada Goose, 8, Sparrowhawk, female through, L.B.B.Gull, c150 going through north in small flocks, Curlew, 3 on side of res, Swift, c50 hawking res and surrounding moors, Swallow, c12, Skylark, c8 singing, Meadow Pipit, c12, Pied Wagtail, 1, Goldfinch, 1, Linnet, 6...
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cloughbottom
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Haslingden Moor
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3.30-5.30pm Tuesday Song Thrush, Blackbird and Long-tailed Tits singing and calling around the information centre. On Haslingden Moor - 4-5 Skylark, plenty of Meadow Pipits many displaying still. I heard a Golden Plover, 3-4 Curlew. A male Kestrel. A Lapwing in the Deep Clough area. A...
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Chapel Hill, 16th June 2013
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17:45-19:15 Buzzard, 1 circling high over Cloughfold, L.B.B.Gull, c12 heading east, Swift, c40 generally feeding high, Swallow, c20 over farmland, Pied Wagtail, 1 on farmland, Mistle Thrush, 1 feeding on pasture, Song Thrush, 1 singing, Willow Warbler, c8 in song, Chiffchaff, 1 singing from Ba...
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RCC
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Buzzard over 3pm today mobbed by crows and gulls flew off over Balladen
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Clowbridge Res, 15th June 2013
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20:45-21:30 Mallard, 3 males, Kestrel, 1 hunting near boat house, Curlew, at least 3 in tussles with large flock of crows and several singles calling, L.B.B.Gull, c10 over west, Swift, c25 feeding over the res and surrounding grasslands, Skylark, 2/3 singing, Swallow, 5 over grasslands, Blackbi...
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Cowm Res, Whitworth 15/6/13
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4 Oystercatchers this evening!! regards, Dave Ousey
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Clough Bottom Res, 15th June 2013
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08:00-08:45 G.C.Grebe, 1 feeding in res, Mallard, 1 male, Pheasant, 1 calling, Meadow Pipit, c6, Pied Wagtail, 2, Skylark, 2 singing, Mistle Thrush, 1 singing, Goldcrest, 1 singing, Jay, 1 over and into the woods, Chaffinch, c6 singing, Goldfinch, 2, Reed Bunting, 1 singing. Regards, David Nutta...
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ROC Summer Bird Race, 9th June 2013
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06:00-16:00 it was a glorious sunny day for most of our 2013 Summer Bird Race. Six birders participated in 3 teams of two and a grand total of 80 different species were seen which is a new record for a Summer Bird Race. Since the Summer Bird Race started in 1992 we have now seen a total of 106 different speci...
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Cheesden to Deeply Vale 050613
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grey heron - 1 adult and 1 juvcanada goose - 2pr with 3 and 6 goslings + 7 adultsmallard - 2 pr and 4 maleskestrel - 1moorhen - 2 birdfs on different pondspheasant - c7 calling birdsoystercatcher - 1 heardlapwing - 7curlew - 2prblack headed gull - flock of c60 in freshly cut hay meadowlesser black back gul...
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Grane
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10-1pm Today Holden Wood:- 2 Common Sandpiper 3 Oystercatcher together 3 Mallard drakes approx. 8 Lapwing in the field 2 on reservoir mud ....mobbing Crows max 6 BH Gulls...a serious absence of them 2 min Reed Bunting a few Meadow Pipits 1 Blackcap Great Tits, Chaffinches, Blackbirds in song Woo...
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Ewood bridge
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Over the last few days,one sparrowhawk,common buzzard being mobbed by a crow,male and female dipper with three chicks that have survived ,their was four,the pair of kingfishers have mated again and are on their second brood while the male appears to be doing all the fishing.
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Spotted flycatcher
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One pair of Spotted Flycatchers have set up a nest site not far from where a pair nested two years ago, the nest is built but no eggs yet.
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The Glen
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Best evening walk ever, saw all four 'river' birds' in the space of ten minutes, Grey Heron, Dipper. Grey Wagtail and Kingfisher, a first for me after doing that walk for over 25 years'. They were all close to the bridge near Hugh Business Park. Earlier in the day a pair of Bullfinch on my garden feeders h...
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Clowbridge - Rawtenstall, 2nd June 2013
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06:30-10:30 Grey Heron, 1 flew over Swinshaw Moor, Mallard, 2 males on Clough Bottom, Kestrel, male hunting over Swallow Shore, Pheasant, 4 calling birds, Curlew, c4 singles, all singing, Lapwing, 5. On Swallow Shore / Peers Clough area, L.B.B.Gull, c30 feeding on pasture near Swinshaw Moor, Sto...
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Stubbins to Ewood Bridge round robin.
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Dawn to 1000 hrs, bright sunny cool wind, river low. Blue Tit good numbers. Great Tit ditto. Long-tailed Tit two pair. Coal Tit several pairs. Chaffinch very good numbers, as was the winter count. Goldfinch odd ones. Bullfinch still doing well, several nest sites. Nuthatch doing well,...
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Ewood Bridge / Irwell Vale 30/05/2013
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Bullfinch 1 pair feeding on dandelion seed heads 1 Sparrow hawk in with a large number of Swallows and Swifts Goosander 1 Green Woodpecker calling Canada Goose 1 pair with 5 goslings Kingfisher 1 Dipper 2 + 1 juvenile Cheers Craggy
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Bacup and Whitwotth 26/27.5.13.
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Cowm Res G.C.Grebe 1 Redpoll 2 Willow Warbler 6 Canada Goose 5 Swallow 6 Stock Dove 5 Wallbank Lodge Mute Swan 5 Moorhen 1 pair + 5 young Swallow 2 Bacup Park Nuthatch 1 Blackcap 3 Redpoll 1 G.S.Woodpecker 1 Willow Warbler 2 Swallow 4 Swift 4 Bacup Cemetery Song Thrush 4 Mistle Thrush 2 Swift 6 Quarry Road W...
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Trickett's Memorial to Fletcher Bank Quarry 26/05/13
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a few notable sightings from todaylittle grebe - 1 on Holmes Terrace lodgemallard - females with 1 - 5 young at various stages of development at Rawtenstall (3 broods), Ewood Bridge and alderbottom.goosander - female on the stream near Edenwood Lodgesparrowhawk - 1 in Staghills woodscommon buzza...
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Clowbridge, 25th May 2013
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07:30-09:00 G.C.Grebe, 1 at top end of res, Mallard, c6, all males, Curlew, 2 singles calling, L.B.B.Gull, 4 over south east, Wood Pigeon, c12 in singles or pairs, Swift, c25 hawking over boat house area, Skylark, c8 singing birds, Swallow, c8, Pied Wagtail, adult carrying food to nest in res wall, M...
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David Nuttall
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Various 23/5/13
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Nuthatch calling at Leabrook Blackcap and Chiffchaff in song at Cribden House Whittaker Park c50 Starling feeding on grass included 4 fledged juvs - 1st seen this year. 2 Song Thrush in song c10 Blackbird either in song or feeding - mostly males. 1 Goldcrest in conifers Pr Nuthatch builing up th...
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