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Grane
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Friday 9.30am-12.30pm Looks like numbers of different species building up. Holden Wood:- approx. 8 Mallard 101 Canada Geese 13 Cormorants in roost - max count at any one time 1 Oystercatcher 2 Curlew 45 Lapwing - max count at any one time 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Pied Wagtail 1 Grey Heron 60 min B H G...
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Rawtenstall to Todmorden
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A very pleasant walk (apart from conditions underfoot) despite the relative paucity of birds. Highlights;- Pink-footed goose: 160 - 170 west over Bacup c12.10. I would think these were a different lot from Bob's birds (?) Curlew 2 flushed Sharneyford (old road) and 1 Freeholds Top. Skylark 3 sing...
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Chatterton 19-02-2014
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Stubbins Vale Road 1 Sparrowhawk kept being moved from tree to tree by one single Crow 2 Chaffinch 6 Long-Tailed Tit good number of Robins and Blackbirds in full song Brian's feeding stations Strongstry Road Blue-Great-Coal and Long-Tailed Tit 1 Blackbird f with white freckles on its head and ne...
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Reedsholme - Chapel Hill 19/2/14
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10:30 approx. 1f Bullfinch in tree tops at Reedsholme Mistle Thrush, in song at Rushbed, Tip Lodge and Chapel Hill Chaffinch, in song at Rushbed, Higher Constablelee and Hurst lane Song Thrush, in song at cemetry G.S.W. singles at Rushbed and cemetry 1 Sparrowhawk at Hurst Lane disturbed redwings...
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Tawny Owl
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Had to visit Linemark UK/HD Signs, Holme Lane, Rawtenstall this afternoon, a tawny owl has taken up temporary residence in their warehouse.
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Grane reservoirs 16/02/14
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Canada goose - 62 on Holden Woodteal - 35 on Calf Heymallard - 1pr at Holden Wood & 11 on Calf Heygoosander - 2 redheadsw on Calf Heycormorant - 14 on Ogdenkestrel - 2 at Ogden and 1 at Calf Heylapwing - 28 at Holden Woodblack headed gull - 70 at Holden Woodcommon gull - 10 at Holden Wood and 7 at Ogdenless...
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Clowbridge res. 16/2/14
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12:00hrs approx. 14 Goosander 5 Cormorant 4 Goldeneye c20 mixed BH gull and Common gull 1 G.B.B.Gull 1 Woodcock Bits and bats around the car park inc. chaffinch and robin in song Bob.
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Cheesden Valley, 16th Feb 2014
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09:00-11:30 Canada Goose, 2 pair on Buckhurst Lodge, Teal, 8 on flooded pond, Sparrowhawk, 1, Buzzard, 2 soaring birds east into the Valley, Moorhen, pair on pond, Lapwing, 8 at A.M.R, Jack Snipe, 1 on Harden Moor, Snipe, 3 on Harden Moor, B.H.Gull, pair on Buckhurst Lodge one with full summer hood, W...
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Kittiwake
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Adult winter on the river nr K steel/ bypass. Watched for 20 minutes flying up and drifting down the river before heading south around 3.30 Andy
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Crawshawbooth - Clowbridge 14-02-2014
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PINNER LANE 1 Peregrine other birds seen Goldfinch Robin Jackdaw blackbird Great and Blue Tit Magpie DISUSED QUARRY birds seen Green Woodpecker Wren Goldfinch Woodpigeon Dunnock Magpie Robin Great and Blue Tit PINNER LODGE 1 Mallard m CLOWBRIDGE feeders at rear of car park Robin 1 Goldfinch 5 Gre...
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Lumb Vale 11/2/14
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A single Curlew on farmland above Lumb Vale this afternoon - the only bird of any note. Bob & Archie.
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Pink-footed Geese 10.2.14.
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300+ Pink-footed Geese flying south west over Whitworth 11.15am today pfyldes
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Grane 10/2/14
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Cast in order of appearance Heap Clough - 6 Canada geese, 6 Mallard, 1 Green Woodpecker Haslingden Moor - 1 Jack Snipe, 2 Snipe, c40 flock of Golden Plover, 1 Skylark Jamestone Quarry - Pr Stock Dove flew over Ogden res - 1 Cormorant, c20 Fieldfare on roadside pasture along with 1 G.S.W. & 15 Magpie...
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Raptor Protection
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What came over very clearly in a recent talk to the ELOC by an RSPB Investigations Officer is the number of raptors still being killed on grouse moors. There is currently an e-petition urging the government to licence grouse moors. Please visit and sign at epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/464...
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Grane, 8th Feb 2014
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09:30-11:30 Cormorant, up to 10 on Holden Wood and up to 6 on Ogden could have involved some duplication of numbers, Canada Goose, 26 on Holden Wood, Teal, 15 on Calf Hey, Kestrel, 1 hunting along the side of Ogden, Snipe, 1 flushed off the moor, Golden Plover, a flock of 7 on the moor, Lapwing, 12 on wet pa...
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Grane - the 3 Res's
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2 - 5 pm Holden Wood:- 2 Grey Herons 4-5 mallard 10 Cormorant all in roost 12 Lapwing 42 Canada Geese 30-40 B H gulls 6 Common Gulls In the region of my feeders - Long Tailed Tits, Blue and Great Tits, Chaffinches, Robins, Goldfinch , Blackbird, what sounded like Redwings in the hedges and the biggest su...
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Grane 07/02/2014
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Holden Wood top end 16 Canada Geese Flock of Gulls in field lot of work going on so moved on Ogden 3 Cormorant fishing Bird feeders near fishing hut Coal-Great and Blue Tits Calf Hey Flock of Fieldfare 5 Teal 3 Mallard Met Jim and had a right good natter walking around Calf Hey, gave me some good pointer...
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EBSW/Bull Hill
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Green Sand at EBSW again this afternoon. 4 partridges nr summit Bull Hill (don't think I've ever seen any here before), plus one lapwing, two skylarks, one reed bunting and a mipit or two here and there. Further signs of spring included my first singing chaffinch and canada geese returning to the loca...
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Waterfoot to Swinshaw Moor 060214
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mallard - 2pr on Jack Lodge & 2pr flushed off Swinshaw Moorgrey partridge - a covey of 4 on Swinshaw Moorgrey heron - 1 at Jack Lodgesnipe - 51 on Swinshaw Moorblack headed gull - c40 at Shadlock Cote & c30 at Peer's Cloughcommon gull - c80 at Shadlock Cote & c50 at Peer's Cloughstock dove - 1...
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Pair of buzzards
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I saw them on the 3rd at Lumb in Rossendale.
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Cowpe 040214
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red grouse - 1 pr on Cowpe Moss snipe - 2 on Cowpe Mossblack headed gull - c60 at Cowpe Rescommon gull - c40 at Cowpe Resherring gull - 5 at Cowpe Resgreat black backed gull - 1 at Cowpe Ressparrowhawk - male at Cowpe Resmeadow pipit - 1 on the hillside above Cowpe Resfieldfare - c65 at Cowpe Res and c135 nea...
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Seat Naze & Edge Cote 030214
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snipe - 27jack snipe 2common gull - 60black headed gull - 20kestrel - 1meadow pipit - 1mistle thrush - 1raven - 2carrion crow - 7jackdaw - 4magpie - 13 cheers Kevin
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Spring Mill and Cowm 020214
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Spring Millmute swan - 1goosander - 6cormorant - 3grey heron - 2sparrowhawk - 1kestrel - 1black headed gull - 40common gull - 4stock dove - 2green woodpecker - 1rook - 4carrion crow - 4jackdaw - 6magpie - 8wren - 1 CowmCanada goose - 48mallard - 54tufted duck - 5kestrel - 1black headed gull - 70common gu...
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Varios Sites 2.2.14.
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Cowm Res Tufted Duck 5 Mallard c40 Canada Geese 4 B.H.Gull c40 Common Gull 2 Coal Tit 3 Blue Tit 4 Great Tit 6 Robin 4 Goldfinch 2 Wood Pigeon 3 Jackdaw c30 Carrion Crow 3 Wallbank Lodge Moorhen 3 Mallard 16 B.H.Gull 20 Nuthatch 1 L.T.Tit 4 Blackbird 4 Wren 1 Collard Dove 2 Magpie 5 Chaffinch 1 Jackdaw 8 New Li...
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Waxwings
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More east lancs but I thought I would give it a mention as its easy to get to as they are on a carpark , I have been down the last four days and their is four in total....Mincing Lane Blackburn ,just go under Darwen street bridge ,stay in middle lane were it goes in to the one way system ,either park on mincing l...
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A56 Near Chatterton
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Two Buzzards being mobbed by Corvids 2.15pm today
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EBSW
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Green sandpiper still present (nearest bed to main entrance this afternoon) Andy
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Holden Wood 3.15-4.45pm Monday
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18 lapwing 50 Canada geese Approx 10 Mallard max 1 Dipper at top end In stream 1 Kestrel 3 grey Heron 1 Meadow Pipit Some Blue tits 20-22 Cormorants in roost.... 9 Goosander flying over in 1'2's and a 3.......heading North after 4pm - is there a roost somewhere North of Holden Wood - calf hey, ogden, fis...
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Big Garden Bird Wach Sunday 26 January 2014
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Back Garden Ventnor Road Haslingden 14.00 to 15.00 hr 1 Wood pidgeon 1 Magpie flew over twice 1 Sparrowhawk flew over The lowest birds seen in 27 years in back garden Neil
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Gaghills feeding station 14/12/13
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A nuthatch finally made an appearance at our feeding station this morning. Also noted recently at the feeders3 collared dove9 feral pigeon2 robin2 great spotted woodpecker4 blackbird5 blue tit2 great tit2 coal tit4 long tailed tit2 dunnock1 wren2 magpie4 jackdaw1 starling9 house sparrow30 go...
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