Rossendale Bird Sightings

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

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

Cowm1 cormorant16 Canada geesec12 mallard1pr tufted duck1pr grey partridge3 lesser black backed gull flying west1 green woodpecker11pied wagtail36 meadow pipit, including 1 flock of 9 and 1 flock of 233 swallow1 willow warbler1m wheatear1 redpoll heardbullfinch heard Waterfoot area1 comm...

C Bel · C Bel

3 seperate male Grey Partridge singing/displaying tonight, 1st ones seen for a long time. A few L Redpoll, 2 Grasshopper Warb and numerous W Warbs but little else, particularly M Pipit which are almost absent! Craig

David Ousey · David Ousey

White Wagtail,2 Pied Wagtails,2 Grey Wagtails,16 Meadow Pipits all feeding above the overfloor below the waterboard house.2 Redpoll on my feeders this morning also,nyger seed certainly brings them in! Regards, Dave Ousey.

brian · brian

Good covering of snow on scout moor !! Several Willow Warbler. Single Chiff Chaff in song. Pair Blackcap. Treecreeper in nest site. Pair Mistle Thrush nesting. Mallard with 10 young. Several Sand Martin and two Swallows along the river. Buzzard heard not seen.

C Bel · C Bel

At least 2 Grasshopper Warbs reeling at dusk. Lots of Willow Warbs back. Craig.

Ste Rush · Ste Rush

Whitworth Garden inc Flyovers, Apr 23, 2013 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM 23 species Canada Goose 2 Mallard 2 Eurasian Sparrowhawk 1 Black-headed Gull 3 Green Woodpecker 1 Calling from Cowm hillside. Barn Swallow 1 Great Tit 2 Blue Tit 2 Long-tailed Tit 2 Eurasian Wren 1 Blackcap 1 European Robin...

craggy · craggy

skylark 2 lapwing one pair grey heron in flight bull finch 2

pfyldes · pfyldes

Lee Quarry Wheatear 4 Little Owl 1 Sky Lark 5 Meadow Pipit 6 Pied Wagtail 1 Wren 2 L.B.B.Gull 2 over Quarry Road Willow Warbler 4 Redpoll 2 Swallow 2 Mistle Thrush 1 Song Thrush 1 Blackbird 2 Greenfinch 4 Chaffinch 6 Robin 1 pfyldes and johnh

craggy · craggy

Hi all new to this form . spotted one ring ouzel in meadow at the back of jamestone quarry grane road haslingden -- Edited by craggy on Tuesday 23rd of April 2013 09:30:23 PM

Ste Rush · Ste Rush

Quite a spectacle as about 30-40 Swallows all buzzing up and down the Irwell for most of the day. Boy they looked hungry!

pfyldes · pfyldes

Deeply Vale Area Common Sandpiper 1 Swallow 12 Willow Warbler 10 minimum Linnet 4 Sparrow Hawk 1f Kestrel 1f Mistle Thrush 4 Blackbird 4 Sky Lark c6 Meadow Pipit c6 Chaffinch good numbers Bullfinch 1m calling Dunnock 1 Wren 2 Blue Tit c10 Great Tit c10 Jackdaw 40+ single flock Carrion Crow 20+ single fl...

David Ousey · David Ousey

Canada Goose 14, Mallard 12, Tufted Duck 6, Grey Heron, Cormorant, Kestrel ,Oystercatcher 2, Lapwing 4,Curlew 6, LBB Gull 16, Woodpigeon 10, Collared Dove, Magpie 12, Jay, Jackdaw 32,Carrion Crow 20 ,Rook 2,Blue Tit 4 ,Great Tit 3, Coal Tit 2, Skylark 8, Swallow ,Wren 6,Starling 10 ,Blackbird 3, Mi...

Neil Burke · Neil Burke

1 pair Curlew 1 pair Stonechat A few Wheatears, Meadow Pipits, Crows , Woodpidgons, 1 pair Jays Neil

C Bel · C Bel

Looks like the newly arrived migrants have very little to eat. 2 male Blackcap (1st of year) and a Willow Warb feeding on our fat feeder tonight... Craig.

den9112 · den9112

One pair of dippers ,one Male kingfisher,(got a quick grabshot and checked) one male sparrowhawk that took a chaffinch and a special treat a pair of barn owls ,both birds seen this morning

Neil Burke · Neil Burke

1 Common Sandpiper 9 Cormorants 1 Swallow 4 Pair Lapwing Medowpipits, B H Gulls Friday 12 April Edgerton Moss 1 Jacksnipe 2 Curlew 1 Red Grouse Medow pipits Neil

David Nuttall · David Nuttall

06:00-09:30 G.C.Grebe, pair still on Ogden, Cormorant, 1 on Holden Wood Res, Canada Goose, c30 in small groups or pairs, Mallard, c20, Goldeneye, 2 females, Goosander, redhead on Calf Hey, Sparrowhawk, female seen several times, Common Sandpiper, 1 on Holden Wood, LRP, pair, Snipe, 1 "chip...

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

18:30 hrs Lots of evensong from the birds this evening mainly Blackbird, Robin and Song Thrush. Rook nests at Crawshawbooth are around the 30 mark - getting less every year. Shortclough res. c12 Swallow feeding 1 Willow Warbler singing 1 Mallard 3pr Canada goose Bonfire Hill 1 Swallow 1 Willow Warbl...

C Bel · C Bel

At last, some migrants... 4 Willow Warb, 2 Tree Pipit, 1 Chiffchaff and a Swallow!!

David Ousey · David Ousey

7 Willow Warbler,3 Chiff chaff,5 Robin,10 Great Tit,6 Blue Tit,4 Blackbird,8 Rooks sitting on nests on Healey corner,40 Jackdaw. Regards, Dave Ousey

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	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	155	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	106	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	121	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	94	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	137	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	77	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	147	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	86	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	87	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	81	Mon Apr 29 4:34 AM, 2013 by Neil Burke
	Cowm Reservoir and Waterfoot28/04/13 (Preview) Cowm1 cormorant16 Canada geesec12 mallard1pr tufted duck1pr grey partridge3 lesser black backed gull flying west1 green woodpecker11pied wagtail36 meadow pipit, including 1 flock of 9 and 1 flock of 233 swallow1 willow warbler1m wheatear1 redpoll heardbullfinch heard Waterfoot area1 comm...	KEVIN LISTER	1	89	Mon Apr 29 1:37 AM, 2013 by craggy
	Clowbridge 27th April. (Preview) 3 seperate male Grey Partridge singing/displaying tonight, 1st ones seen for a long time. A few L Redpoll, 2 Grasshopper Warb and numerous W Warbs but little else, particularly M Pipit which are almost absent! Craig	C Bel	0	88	Sun Apr 28 5:24 AM, 2013 by C Bel
	Cowm Reservoir,Whitworth 27/4/2013 (Preview) White Wagtail,2 Pied Wagtails,2 Grey Wagtails,16 Meadow Pipits all feeding above the overfloor below the waterboard house.2 Redpoll on my feeders this morning also,nyger seed certainly brings them in! Regards, Dave Ousey.	David Ousey	0	77	Sat Apr 27 7:12 PM, 2013 by David Ousey
	Strongstry woods/ river. (Preview) Good covering of snow on scout moor !! Several Willow Warbler. Single Chiff Chaff in song. Pair Blackcap. Treecreeper in nest site. Pair Mistle Thrush nesting. Mallard with 10 young. Several Sand Martin and two Swallows along the river. Buzzard heard not seen.	brian	3	119	Sat Apr 27 8:09 PM, 2013 by craggy
	Clowbridge 25th April.. (Preview) At least 2 Grasshopper Warbs reeling at dusk. Lots of Willow Warbs back. Craig.	C Bel	0	91	Fri Apr 26 5:02 AM, 2013 by C Bel
	Hoyle St, Whitworth 23/04/13 (Preview) Whitworth Garden inc Flyovers, Apr 23, 2013 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM 23 species Canada Goose 2 Mallard 2 Eurasian Sparrowhawk 1 Black-headed Gull 3 Green Woodpecker 1 Calling from Cowm hillside. Barn Swallow 1 Great Tit 2 Blue Tit 2 Long-tailed Tit 2 Eurasian Wren 1 Blackcap 1 European Robin...	Ste Rush	3	130	Fri Apr 26 12:59 AM, 2013 by Ste Rush
	Edge lane and seat naze (Preview) skylark 2 lapwing one pair grey heron in flight bull finch 2	craggy	0	90	Thu Apr 25 4:33 AM, 2013 by craggy
	Lee Quarry 24.04.13 (Preview) Lee Quarry Wheatear 4 Little Owl 1 Sky Lark 5 Meadow Pipit 6 Pied Wagtail 1 Wren 2 L.B.B.Gull 2 over Quarry Road Willow Warbler 4 Redpoll 2 Swallow 2 Mistle Thrush 1 Song Thrush 1 Blackbird 2 Greenfinch 4 Chaffinch 6 Robin 1 pfyldes and johnh	pfyldes	0	79	Thu Apr 25 4:20 AM, 2013 by pfyldes
	RING OUZEL (Preview) Hi all new to this form . spotted one ring ouzel in meadow at the back of jamestone quarry grane road haslingden -- Edited by craggy on Tuesday 23rd of April 2013 09:30:23 PM	craggy	2	135	Wed Apr 24 9:06 PM, 2013 by craggy
	Waterfoot 22/04/13 (Preview) Quite a spectacle as about 30-40 Swallows all buzzing up and down the Irwell for most of the day. Boy they looked hungry!	Ste Rush	2	99	Tue Apr 23 4:17 AM, 2013 by Ste Rush
	Deeply Vale Area 21.4.13 (Preview) Deeply Vale Area Common Sandpiper 1 Swallow 12 Willow Warbler 10 minimum Linnet 4 Sparrow Hawk 1f Kestrel 1f Mistle Thrush 4 Blackbird 4 Sky Lark c6 Meadow Pipit c6 Chaffinch good numbers Bullfinch 1m calling Dunnock 1 Wren 2 Blue Tit c10 Great Tit c10 Jackdaw 40+ single flock Carrion Crow 20+ single fl...	pfyldes	0	93	Mon Apr 22 4:48 AM, 2013 by pfyldes
	Cowm Reservoir,Bagden Quarry,Fern Isle Wood and Spring Mill Reservoir 21/4/2013. (Preview) Canada Goose 14, Mallard 12, Tufted Duck 6, Grey Heron, Cormorant, Kestrel ,Oystercatcher 2, Lapwing 4,Curlew 6, LBB Gull 16, Woodpigeon 10, Collared Dove, Magpie 12, Jay, Jackdaw 32,Carrion Crow 20 ,Rook 2,Blue Tit 4 ,Great Tit 3, Coal Tit 2, Skylark 8, Swallow ,Wren 6,Starling 10 ,Blackbird 3, Mi...	David Ousey	0	114	Mon Apr 22 4:34 AM, 2013 by David Ousey
	Plung, Sunday 21 April (Preview) 1 pair Curlew 1 pair Stonechat A few Wheatears, Meadow Pipits, Crows , Woodpidgons, 1 pair Jays Neil	Neil Burke	0	114	Sun Apr 21 10:26 PM, 2013 by Neil Burke
	C/Booth 21st April. (Preview) Looks like the newly arrived migrants have very little to eat. 2 male Blackcap (1st of year) and a Willow Warb feeding on our fat feeder tonight... Craig.	C Bel	1	91	Mon Apr 22 1:56 AM, 2013 by C Bel
	Ewood bridge (Preview) One pair of dippers ,one Male kingfisher,(got a quick grabshot and checked) one male sparrowhawk that took a chaffinch and a special treat a pair of barn owls ,both birds seen this morning	den9112	4	169	Mon Apr 22 1:50 AM, 2013 by C Bel
	Holdenwood Resv Friday 19 April (Preview) 1 Common Sandpiper 9 Cormorants 1 Swallow 4 Pair Lapwing Medowpipits, B H Gulls Friday 12 April Edgerton Moss 1 Jacksnipe 2 Curlew 1 Red Grouse Medow pipits Neil	Neil Burke	2	146	Sun Apr 21 3:19 PM, 2013 by Neil Burke
	Grane, 21st April 2013 (Preview) 06:00-09:30 G.C.Grebe, pair still on Ogden, Cormorant, 1 on Holden Wood Res, Canada Goose, c30 in small groups or pairs, Mallard, c20, Goldeneye, 2 females, Goosander, redhead on Calf Hey, Sparrowhawk, female seen several times, Common Sandpiper, 1 on Holden Wood, LRP, pair, Snipe, 1 "chip...	David Nuttall	1	121	Sun Apr 21 8:24 PM, 2013 by Ian Brady
	Crawshawbooth 20/4/13 (Preview) 18:30 hrs Lots of evensong from the birds this evening mainly Blackbird, Robin and Song Thrush. Rook nests at Crawshawbooth are around the 30 mark - getting less every year. Shortclough res. c12 Swallow feeding 1 Willow Warbler singing 1 Mallard 3pr Canada goose Bonfire Hill 1 Swallow 1 Willow Warbl...	Bigbadbob	0	102	Sun Apr 21 4:32 AM, 2013 by Bigbadbob
	C/Booth 19/20th April. (Preview) At last, some migrants... 4 Willow Warb, 2 Tree Pipit, 1 Chiffchaff and a Swallow!!	C Bel	0	108	Sun Apr 21 12:44 AM, 2013 by C Bel
	Healey Dell 20/4/2013 (Preview) 7 Willow Warbler,3 Chiff chaff,5 Robin,10 Great Tit,6 Blue Tit,4 Blackbird,8 Rooks sitting on nests on Healey corner,40 Jackdaw. Regards, Dave Ousey	David Ousey	0	106	Sat Apr 20 11:09 PM, 2013 by David Ousey
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