Rossendale Bird Sightings

johnh · johnh

60 black backed gulls skylark good numbers 1 pr pied wagtailst 1siskin chaffinch goldcrest s thrush m thrush coal blue and great tits ext good news 2pr lapwings Swallow shore

David Nuttall · David Nuttall

05:00-11:00 Dabchick, 1 on HTL Cormorant, 1 flew down the valley, Grey Heron, 1 in river, Canada Goose, c6 pairs, Mallard, c12 males plus a pair with 5 well grown ducklings, Goosander, 2 males flew down the Irwell Pheasant, calling birds near Alderbottom and in Plunge, Coot, pair on HTL, Moorhen, nes...

C Bel · C Bel

3 full grown, ready to fledge Raven chicks appear to have been shot dead, 1 on the nest and 2 near the nest at Hutchbank Quarry. Not seen personally but from a good source-quarry workers. The morning around the time they were thought to have been shot a man wearing camo gear, with a gun and a large brown &q...

pfyldes · pfyldes

New Line Res Spotted Flycatcher 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Tufted Duck 1m Swallow 2 Willow Warbler 2 Mallard 2m Moorhen 2 Canada Goose 2 Healey Dell Nuthatch 1 Blackcap 1 Willow Warbler good numbers Canada Goose 1pair + 4 young Moorhen 1 Mistle Thrush 3 Song Thrush 1 Jay 1 Magpie 4 Mallard 2m Blackbird c6 Chaffinch...

Ian Brady · Ian Brady

12:00 - 13:30 Blackbird + Robin singing in Heap Clough 3 Ravens over calling Siskin in Heap Clough Goldcrest singing Moorhen on Troy BH Gulls on Jamesons 2 P Wheatear 1 Lapwing displaying! 2 Curlew Cheers Ian

craggy · craggy

Irwell Vale / Lumb Woods / Chatterton Woods Swift large numbers Swallow 8 Woodpigon 6 Mallard male 9 Female Mallard with 4 duklings Magpie 7 Jay 1 Treecreeper 1 Jackdaw 15 in field Buzzard 1 Canada goose 4 one pair nesting Chaffinch 6 Dipper 1 Chiffchaff 3 heard Dunnock 3 Goosander 1 Blue tit 5 Great...

C Bel · C Bel

Lots of Swifts, 500+, feeding over the works this morning. Not many Swallows or Martins tho. Craig.

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

Low numbers so far 1 at Gin Clough 8/5/13 3 at Shortclough res. 10/5/13 Bob.

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

great crested grebe - 1pr on Calf Heycormorant - 1 flying over Holden Wood and 1 on Calf HeyCanada goose - 11 on Holden Woodmallard - 3 on calf Heyoystercatcher - 1pr flew over Holden wood & 1 at Calf Heylapwing - 8 at Holden Wooddunlin - 1 flew onto the mud at holden Wood and flew off after 5 minutescurl...

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

Willow warbler and Jay at Reedsholme on the walk down - a notable abscence of Grey Wagtail and Dipper along the river between Reedsholme and the confluence of the R. Limy and R. Irwell. Cow lane to Langwood 1 Blue Tit with nest material 1 Blackcap in song + 1 at Cribden House 1 Chiffchaff at Cribden House...

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

Evening visit until dusk. 16 Wheatear between the quarry, Limy lane and Wholaw ruin. 5 Swallow over the moor + 16 flew N.E. at dusk 3 Canada goose on water 1 Common Sandpiper heard but not located 2 Jay 1 Pied Wagtail 1 Reed Bunting, numbers appear to be down as are M.Pipit and Skylark. 1 Heron 1 Raven hear...

C Bel · C Bel

Male Whitethroat singing on "tip" off Goodshaw lane. 1st for many years up here for us..Hope it stays. Craig.

pfyldes · pfyldes

Clough Bottom Common Sandpiper 2 Goosander 1 pair Mallard 8 Canada Goose 2 L.B.B. Gull 1 + 1 over Siskin 6 Willow Warbler 10 Chaffinch good numbers Treecreeper 2 Coal Tit 2 Goldcrest 4 Skylark c.4 low numbers Meadow Pipit 3 low numbers Curlew 3 minimum Stock Dove 2 over Pied Wagtail 3 Dunnock 2 Wren 1 Jay 1...

David Ousey · David Ousey

4 Swift,Little Owl,6 Wheatear,4 Reed Bunting,6 Canada Geese,2 Tufted Duck.No sight or sound of the ever elusive Whitworth Gropper !! Regards, Dave Ousey

johnh · johnh

female wheatear buzzard curlew m pipit 5 skylark 3 no lapwings poor numders of everything

David Nuttall · David Nuttall

06:30-08:30 Grey Heron, 1 flew in from the east, Canada Goose, c6, Mallard, 4 males, Pheasant, 2 calling males, Curlew, 2 calling birds and a pair flew onto the res shore, Common Sandpiper, 1 on res shore, Kittiwake, adult was on water at 06:30 when I arrived and left just before 07:00 circling the res s...

David Nuttall · David Nuttall

16:30-19:00 Dabchick, 1 quarry Cormorant, 1 feeding in Holden Wood, Grey Heron, 1 feeding in quarry, Canada Goose, c30 in small flocks or singles, Mallard, c12, Kestrel, female perched on a post and male flying down Grane, Pheasant, calling distantly, Moorhen, 1 in quarry, Common Sandpiper, 1 in q...

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

Spring Mill5pr Canada geese1 greylag goose landed on the res with a Canada goose and were immediately chased off the res by a pair of Canada geese1m mallard1pr oystercatcher2 lapwingcurlew heard1 pheasant1 kestrel1 peregrine1 little owl17 lesser black backed gull passing through1 stock dove1 g...

den9112 · den9112

one pair of grey wagtails,male and female goosander ,male and female dipper(no fledgelings yet ) and a male and female kingfisher showing signs of courting ....forgot to a add a good number of willow warblers and a reed warbler.

David Nuttall · David Nuttall

18:30-20:30 Grey Heron, 1 flew towards AMR from Edenfield, Canada Goose, c30 in singles -flock of 12, Kestrel, female over, Pheasant, c6 calling birds, Grey Partridge, 1 calling bird, Lapwing, c12 birds, Curlew, c6 birds, Oystercatcher, 1 , Stock Dove, c6 singles & 6 pairs, no doubt some dupli...

Ste Rush · Ste Rush

Bit of a gaudy one today as a customer brought in his camera to show me a strange bird hanging around his farm for at least the last 3 days. A eye popping colours of a Male Golden Pheasant. Are you ticking this one Dave?

Dog Nobbler · Dog Nobbler

The tern was back, sorry too far away to identify correctly. common sandpiper heron green woodpecker cormorant blue tit tree creeper canada goose pied wagtail great crested grebe wood pigeon corvids

sarfraz · sarfraz

I have realised that over the last few months Ihave barelly seen any in Rossendale. Last Wednesday 24 April saw a bird hovering over Grane and it has been the first one in a long time I have seen one whilst driving and i have used that route quite a bit recently. The bird was sighted about 8.40pm. Toda...

pfyldes · pfyldes

E.B.S.W. Blackcap 3 singing + 1 pair Chiffchaff 1 Swallow 50+ Sandmartin 6 House Martin 6 Oystercatcher calling Siskin 1 pfyldes and johnh

Ste Rush · Ste Rush

Canada Goose 15 Mallard 13 Tufted Duck 3 Northern Lapwing 1 Eurasian Oystercatcher 2 Eurasian Curlew 1 Feral Pigeon 3 Common Wood-Pigeon 12 Eurasian Collared-Dove 3 Green Woodpecker 1 Common Magpie 5 Carrion Crow 3 Barn Swallow 23 Great Tit 3 Blue Tit 1 Eurasian Wren 1 Goldcrest 1 European Robin 2 Nor...

johnh · johnh

curlew 2 siskin 3 chaffinch 8 coal tit 6 blue tit 4 goldcrest 3 sandpiper grasshopper warbler kestral 4 canada geese 5 swollows 1 redpoll skylark 3 m pipits pied wagtail 2

den9112 · den9112

One male (i believe) sparrowhawk ,male blackcap and at least three willow warblers ,male and female dippers no sign of chicks yet and finally after sitting it out for many hours the kingfisher landed just were i wanted him.

sarfraz · sarfraz

11am-1.30pm Holden Wood:- 1 LIttle Ringed Plover 2 Common Sandpiper 5-6 pairs of Lapwing 1 Mallard 1 GBB Gull 2 Cormorant 3 Pied Wagtail 3 Wren 3 Willow Warblers 1 Song Thrush a few Meadow pipits 1 Reed Bunting 2 Curlew - 1 calling from Ogden side Musbury:- min 5-6 Meadow Pipits 1 male Pheasant 1 femal...

David Nuttall · David Nuttall

06:00-10:00 Grey Heron, 1 flew down the valley, Canada Goose, pair at Irwell Vale, Mallard, c12, Goosander, a male flew down The Irwell, Sparrowhawk, a male flew up Buckden, Pheasant, c6 calling birds from Irwell & Alden vallies, Snipe, 1 "chipping" bird on the lower slopes of Bull...

Neil Burke · Neil Burke

Wed 24 April Calf hey Res 1 Pair Goldeneye Fri 26, Haslingden Moor, 1 Jack Snipe, 30 Northern Golden Plover flew off North Sat 27, Calf Hey Res, 1 G C Grebe, 5 Pair Lapwings Musbury Heights Neil

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	cloughbottom area (Preview) 60 black backed gulls skylark good numbers 1 pr pied wagtailst 1siskin chaffinch goldcrest s thrush m thrush coal blue and great tits ext good news 2pr lapwings Swallow shore	johnh	0	86	Tue May 21 12:23 AM, 2013 by johnh
	Stubbins return, 19th May 2013 (Preview) 05:00-11:00 Dabchick, 1 on HTL Cormorant, 1 flew down the valley, Grey Heron, 1 in river, Canada Goose, c6 pairs, Mallard, c12 males plus a pair with 5 well grown ducklings, Goosander, 2 males flew down the Irwell Pheasant, calling birds near Alderbottom and in Plunge, Coot, pair on HTL, Moorhen, nes...	David Nuttall	3	146	Mon May 20 11:03 PM, 2013 by sarfraz
	RAVEN CHICKS SHOT. (Preview) 3 full grown, ready to fledge Raven chicks appear to have been shot dead, 1 on the nest and 2 near the nest at Hutchbank Quarry. Not seen personally but from a good source-quarry workers. The morning around the time they were thought to have been shot a man wearing camo gear, with a gun and a large brown &q...	C Bel	0	97	Mon May 20 9:53 PM, 2013 by C Bel
	Varios Sites 19.5.13. (Preview) New Line Res Spotted Flycatcher 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Tufted Duck 1m Swallow 2 Willow Warbler 2 Mallard 2m Moorhen 2 Canada Goose 2 Healey Dell Nuthatch 1 Blackcap 1 Willow Warbler good numbers Canada Goose 1pair + 4 young Moorhen 1 Mistle Thrush 3 Song Thrush 1 Jay 1 Magpie 4 Mallard 2m Blackbird c6 Chaffinch...	pfyldes	0	88	Mon May 20 4:26 AM, 2013 by pfyldes
	Heap Clough-Jamesons circuit 19-5-13 (Preview) 12:00 - 13:30 Blackbird + Robin singing in Heap Clough 3 Ravens over calling Siskin in Heap Clough Goldcrest singing Moorhen on Troy BH Gulls on Jamesons 2 P Wheatear 1 Lapwing displaying! 2 Curlew Cheers Ian	Ian Brady	0	88	Mon May 20 3:16 AM, 2013 by Ian Brady
	Irwell Vale 17/05/2013 (Preview) Irwell Vale / Lumb Woods / Chatterton Woods Swift large numbers Swallow 8 Woodpigon 6 Mallard male 9 Female Mallard with 4 duklings Magpie 7 Jay 1 Treecreeper 1 Jackdaw 15 in field Buzzard 1 Canada goose 4 one pair nesting Chaffinch 6 Dipper 1 Chiffchaff 3 heard Dunnock 3 Goosander 1 Blue tit 5 Great...	craggy	0	57	Fri May 17 8:14 PM, 2013 by craggy
	EBSW. 16th May. (Preview) Lots of Swifts, 500+, feeding over the works this morning. Not many Swallows or Martins tho. Craig.	C Bel	1	79	Fri May 17 3:15 AM, 2013 by andyy
	Swifts (Preview) Low numbers so far 1 at Gin Clough 8/5/13 3 at Shortclough res. 10/5/13 Bob.	Bigbadbob	3	110	Mon May 13 7:45 PM, 2013 by C Bel
	Grane reservoirs 12/05/13 (Preview) great crested grebe - 1pr on Calf Heycormorant - 1 flying over Holden Wood and 1 on Calf HeyCanada goose - 11 on Holden Woodmallard - 3 on calf Heyoystercatcher - 1pr flew over Holden wood & 1 at Calf Heylapwing - 8 at Holden Wooddunlin - 1 flew onto the mud at holden Wood and flew off after 5 minutescurl...	KEVIN LISTER	1	71	Mon May 13 5:03 PM, 2013 by David Ousey
	Rawtenstall area 7/5/13 (Preview) Willow warbler and Jay at Reedsholme on the walk down - a notable abscence of Grey Wagtail and Dipper along the river between Reedsholme and the confluence of the R. Limy and R. Irwell. Cow lane to Langwood 1 Blue Tit with nest material 1 Blackcap in song + 1 at Cribden House 1 Chiffchaff at Cribden House...	Bigbadbob	0	56	Tue May 7 11:02 PM, 2013 by Bigbadbob
	Clowbridge res. 6/5/13 (Preview) Evening visit until dusk. 16 Wheatear between the quarry, Limy lane and Wholaw ruin. 5 Swallow over the moor + 16 flew N.E. at dusk 3 Canada goose on water 1 Common Sandpiper heard but not located 2 Jay 1 Pied Wagtail 1 Reed Bunting, numbers appear to be down as are M.Pipit and Skylark. 1 Heron 1 Raven hear...	Bigbadbob	0	56	Tue May 7 10:53 PM, 2013 by Bigbadbob
	Whitethroat C/booth 7th May. (Preview) Male Whitethroat singing on "tip" off Goodshaw lane. 1st for many years up here for us..Hope it stays. Craig.	C Bel	1	75	Wed May 8 3:04 AM, 2013 by craggy
	Clough Bottom 6.05.13 (Preview) Clough Bottom Common Sandpiper 2 Goosander 1 pair Mallard 8 Canada Goose 2 L.B.B. Gull 1 + 1 over Siskin 6 Willow Warbler 10 Chaffinch good numbers Treecreeper 2 Coal Tit 2 Goldcrest 4 Skylark c.4 low numbers Meadow Pipit 3 low numbers Curlew 3 minimum Stock Dove 2 over Pied Wagtail 3 Dunnock 2 Wren 1 Jay 1...	pfyldes	0	56	Tue May 7 3:12 AM, 2013 by pfyldes
	Spring Mill Res today (Preview) 4 Swift,Little Owl,6 Wheatear,4 Reed Bunting,6 Canada Geese,2 Tufted Duck.No sight or sound of the ever elusive Whitworth Gropper !! Regards, Dave Ousey	David Ousey	0	58	Tue May 7 1:04 AM, 2013 by David Ousey
	jack lodge area (Preview) female wheatear buzzard curlew m pipit 5 skylark 3 no lapwings poor numders of everything	johnh	0	63	Mon May 6 8:26 PM, 2013 by johnh
	Clowbridge Res (Kittiwake), 6th May 2013 (Preview) 06:30-08:30 Grey Heron, 1 flew in from the east, Canada Goose, c6, Mallard, 4 males, Pheasant, 2 calling males, Curlew, 2 calling birds and a pair flew onto the res shore, Common Sandpiper, 1 on res shore, Kittiwake, adult was on water at 06:30 when I arrived and left just before 07:00 circling the res s...	David Nuttall	0	59	Mon May 6 4:11 PM, 2013 by David Nuttall
	Thirteen Stone Hill, 5th May 2013 (Preview) 16:30-19:00 Dabchick, 1 quarry Cormorant, 1 feeding in Holden Wood, Grey Heron, 1 feeding in quarry, Canada Goose, c30 in small flocks or singles, Mallard, c12, Kestrel, female perched on a post and male flying down Grane, Pheasant, calling distantly, Moorhen, 1 in quarry, Common Sandpiper, 1 in q...	David Nuttall	0	50	Mon May 6 5:27 AM, 2013 by David Nuttall
	Spring Mill and cowm 05/05/13 (Preview) Spring Mill5pr Canada geese1 greylag goose landed on the res with a Canada goose and were immediately chased off the res by a pair of Canada geese1m mallard1pr oystercatcher2 lapwingcurlew heard1 pheasant1 kestrel1 peregrine1 little owl17 lesser black backed gull passing through1 stock dove1 g...	KEVIN LISTER	0	52	Mon May 6 1:47 AM, 2013 by KEVIN LISTER
	Ewood bridge 2/5/2013 (Preview) one pair of grey wagtails,male and female goosander ,male and female dipper(no fledgelings yet ) and a male and female kingfisher showing signs of courting ....forgot to a add a good number of willow warblers and a reed warbler.	den9112	3	130	Mon May 6 2:14 AM, 2013 by den9112
	Deeply Vale, 4th May 2013 (Preview) 18:30-20:30 Grey Heron, 1 flew towards AMR from Edenfield, Canada Goose, c30 in singles -flock of 12, Kestrel, female over, Pheasant, c6 calling birds, Grey Partridge, 1 calling bird, Lapwing, c12 birds, Curlew, c6 birds, Oystercatcher, 1 , Stock Dove, c6 singles & 6 pairs, no doubt some dupli...	David Nuttall	0	56	Sun May 5 5:58 AM, 2013 by David Nuttall
	Waterfoot 01/05/13 (Preview) Bit of a gaudy one today as a customer brought in his camera to show me a strange bird hanging around his farm for at least the last 3 days. A eye popping colours of a Male Golden Pheasant. Are you ticking this one Dave?	Ste Rush	6	126	Sat May 4 10:12 PM, 2013 by Ste Rush
	Ogden today (Preview) The tern was back, sorry too far away to identify correctly. common sandpiper heron green woodpecker cormorant blue tit tree creeper canada goose pied wagtail great crested grebe wood pigeon corvids	Dog Nobbler	0	77	Thu May 2 4:04 AM, 2013 by Dog Nobbler
	Kestrel sightings....are they lacking? (Preview) I have realised that over the last few months Ihave barelly seen any in Rossendale. Last Wednesday 24 April saw a bird hovering over Grane and it has been the first one in a long time I have seen one whilst driving and i have used that route quite a bit recently. The bird was sighted about 8.40pm. Toda...	sarfraz	4	91	Thu May 2 8:07 AM, 2013 by sarfraz
	E.B.S.W. 1.5.13. (Preview) E.B.S.W. Blackcap 3 singing + 1 pair Chiffchaff 1 Swallow 50+ Sandmartin 6 House Martin 6 Oystercatcher calling Siskin 1 pfyldes and johnh	pfyldes	1	65	Thu May 2 8:02 AM, 2013 by sarfraz
	Cowm Res 29/04/13 (Preview) Canada Goose 15 Mallard 13 Tufted Duck 3 Northern Lapwing 1 Eurasian Oystercatcher 2 Eurasian Curlew 1 Feral Pigeon 3 Common Wood-Pigeon 12 Eurasian Collared-Dove 3 Green Woodpecker 1 Common Magpie 5 Carrion Crow 3 Barn Swallow 23 Great Tit 3 Blue Tit 1 Eurasian Wren 1 Goldcrest 1 European Robin 2 Nor...	Ste Rush	4	109	Thu May 2 4:35 AM, 2013 by Ste Rush
	cloughbottom (Preview) curlew 2 siskin 3 chaffinch 8 coal tit 6 blue tit 4 goldcrest 3 sandpiper grasshopper warbler kestral 4 canada geese 5 swollows 1 redpoll skylark 3 m pipits pied wagtail 2	johnh	0	49	Wed May 1 4:52 PM, 2013 by johnh
	Ewood bridge 26th/27th April (Preview) One male (i believe) sparrowhawk ,male blackcap and at least three willow warblers ,male and female dippers no sign of chicks yet and finally after sitting it out for many hours the kingfisher landed just were i wanted him.	den9112	4	118	Mon Apr 29 8:52 PM, 2013 by C Bel
	Holden Wood and Musbury (Preview) 11am-1.30pm Holden Wood:- 1 LIttle Ringed Plover 2 Common Sandpiper 5-6 pairs of Lapwing 1 Mallard 1 GBB Gull 2 Cormorant 3 Pied Wagtail 3 Wren 3 Willow Warblers 1 Song Thrush a few Meadow pipits 1 Reed Bunting 2 Curlew - 1 calling from Ogden side Musbury:- min 5-6 Meadow Pipits 1 male Pheasant 1 femal...	sarfraz	0	59	Mon Apr 29 6:21 AM, 2013 by sarfraz
	Bull Hill, 28th April 2013 (Preview) 06:00-10:00 Grey Heron, 1 flew down the valley, Canada Goose, pair at Irwell Vale, Mallard, c12, Goosander, a male flew down The Irwell, Sparrowhawk, a male flew up Buckden, Pheasant, c6 calling birds from Irwell & Alden vallies, Snipe, 1 "chipping" bird on the lower slopes of Bull...	David Nuttall	0	58	Mon Apr 29 5:01 AM, 2013 by David Nuttall
	Round up (Preview) Wed 24 April Calf hey Res 1 Pair Goldeneye Fri 26, Haslingden Moor, 1 Jack Snipe, 30 Northern Golden Plover flew off North Sat 27, Calf Hey Res, 1 G C Grebe, 5 Pair Lapwings Musbury Heights Neil	Neil Burke	0	52	Mon Apr 29 4:34 AM, 2013 by Neil Burke
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