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Clowbridge res 6/9/12
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08:00 start, mist, poor visibility early on. Car park 5 Long Tailed Tit 4 Blackbird Res. 2 Stonechat 3 Pied Wagtail 1 Raven 1 B.H.Gull 1 Cormorant c40 Canada Geese Plantings & moor 1 Mistle Thrush with 2 Fieldfare in tree tops moved off S. Light Swallow passage over moor & S. c20 max. Light M.Pi...
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Clowbridge Res 4 Sep
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Mid morning 1 Spotted Flyatcher + 2 chiffchaffs car park 4 whinchats, 3 stonechats south shore/behind boathouse Steady trickle of swallows mostly heading south, few smallish parties of mipits and goldfinches, 2 skylarks over, 1 raven, 3 cormorants Andy
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Seat Naze, Edge Cote, Marl Pits and Spring Mill Res 0209
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Seat Naze, Edge Cote, Marl Pits1 lapwing4 snipe18 lesser black backed gull6 black headed gull2 stock dove10 wood pigeon1 skylark13 meadow pipit11 swallow2 house martin4 blackbird7 robin4 wren2 chiffchaff1 willow warbler3 family parties of goldcrest5 great tit2 blue tit10 jackdaw11 carrion c...
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Cheesden, 2nd Sep 2012
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18:30-20:15 Grey Heron, 1 on Buckhurst Lodge, Mallard, 5 on Buckhurst Lodge, Buzzard, 1 flew off Turf Moor and down Cheesden Valley, Kestrel, 1 over Deeply Hill, Pheasant, 1 male, Lapwing, 26 flew over pasture near Rossendale School, Snipe, 3 flushed off Harden Moor, Skylark, 1 flushed off Harden...
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Clowbridge Res, 2nd Sep 2012
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10:00-11:30 Cormorant, 2 on res when I arrived which flew off south. A third bird was circling the res later and was forced onto the water by a juvenile L.B.B.Gull which continued to harry the cormorant on the water. Kestrel, 1 hunting the moorland, L.B.B.Gull, c10 over west, B.H.Gull, 2, Swallow,...
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Clowbridge - Rawtenstall, 31st Aug 2012
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13:00-17:00 Grey Heron, 1 over Clowbridge heading south, Canada Goose, 45 on Clowbridge Res, Mallard, 9 on Clowbridge Res, Kestrel, 1 at Clowbridge & 1 at Clough Bottom, Snipe, 1 flushed from wet ground at top of Peers Clough, L.B.B.Gull, 10 (8 juvs) on Clough Bottom Res, B.H.Gull, 1 on Clowbri...
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Clowbridge res. 30/8/12
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10:20 start Very quiet with no discernable movement N. wind Flock of c20 Meadow Pipit Odd Swallows feeding over moors 1 Swift over Limy lane 3 Wheatears in paddock Party of c6 Stonechat + 1 Whinchat 1 Kestrel Bob & Archie
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Holdenwood Resv, wed 22 august, evening
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2 Kingfishers 1 Mallard 3 Goldfinch 1 Heron Neil
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Strongstry Tuesday evening
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Woodland walk in the sunshine, yes sunshine, produced the following:- Large flock of tits, 40+ including lots of Long-tailed Tits. Chiff Chaff 1 Blackcap 2 fe 1 m Nuthatch 3 Treecreeper 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker 4 Green Woodpecker 1 Mistle Thrush 2 Jay 3 juveniles Plenty of Robins, Wrens, Dunnocks...
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Cowm Res 28/08/12
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Facit Incline & Cown Res, Aug 28, 2012 7:00 PM - 8:45 PM Comments: Clear evening. 17C. Light winds. 15 species Mallard 35 Tufted Duck 2 Grey Heron 1 Eurasian Jay 4 Common Magpie 5 Carrion Crow 2 Barn Swallow 28 Common House-Martin 1 Great Tit 2 Long-tailed Tit 2 Eurasian Wren 1 Goldc...
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Clowbridge Res. 28/8/12
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12:30 15:10 approx 4 Stonechat + 1 Whinchat on fence at rear of boathouse 7 Stonechat + 2 Whinchat + 1 f. Redstart + 2 Wren + Reed Bunting + 2 M. Pipit on walls in S.bay. 2 Wheatear on fence in sheep paddock 1 Stonechat off Limy lane 1 Jay in woodland 2 Sand Martin > S.W. 1 Willow Warbler calling in woodland 1...
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swifts 27/08/12
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2 swifts over Gaghills this evening cheers Kevin
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Holden wood Resv 27 August 2012
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Windswept & Raining. 8 Mallard 1 Teal 1 Heron 1 Kingfisher. A fisherman repoted 3 yesterday. 2 Piedwagtails 1 Sparrowhawk On Sat 25 August, Well over a 1,000 Black-headed gulls flew east to west over Broadway, Helmshore, 14.00 -15.00 Neil
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Spring Mill Reservoir,Whitworth 26/8/2012
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Cormorant 6, Grey Heron, Canada Goose 68, Kestrel, Hobby watched for over 10 minutes hunting over Healey/ Lobden area, Peregrine, BH Gull 25, Woodpigeon 32, Swallow 20, House Martin 10, Meadow Pipit 6, Pied Wagtail 2, Wren 3, Whinchat 3, Stonechat 6, Great Tit, Jay, Jackdaw 20, Magpie 8, Carrion Cro...
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Cowm Reservoir,Whitworth.25/8/2012
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Cormorant,Mallard 20,BH Gull 12,Woodpigeon 25,Collared Dove 6,Green Woodpecker,Swallow 35,House Martin 6,Robin, BLACK REDSTART imm/juv (a 1st in Rossendale for me), Stonechat 5 (2 adults & 3 juvs),Blackbird,Great Tit 2,Jay 2,Magpie 15,Jackdaw 4, Carrion Crow 4. Dave Ousey.
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Waterfoot 21/08/12
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2 swifts this morning also around 40 house martins flying round the Conservative Club cheers Kevin
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Grane reservoirs 19/08/12
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cormorant - 2 flying between Holden Wood and Ogdengrey heron - 1 on Holden Wood and 1 on OgdenCanada goose - 7 at Holden Woodmallard - 1 female on Calf Heylapwing - 48 at Ogdenblack headed gull - 1 at Ogden & 8 at CalfHeygreen woodpecker - 1 at Holden Wood and 1 at Calf Heygreat spotted woodpecker - 1 at H...
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Sand Martin
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After the floods of June and early July that destroyed the river bank nests, three pair of Sand Martin have successfully reared at least two young each which have all now fledged. Also over the river this morning, 30+ Swallow and 8 House Martin.
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Clowbridge Res, 19th August 2012
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08:30 - 10:00 Grey Heron, 1 over east, Mallard, 1 female, Kestrel, 6 hunting moorland over Nutshaw, B.H. Gull, c20 through north, L.B.B.Gull, 1 west, Swallow, c60 mainly over moorland, House Martin, c6 at Crawshawbooth, Meadow Pipit, 2 south, Whinchat, adult male on fence posts south of boat house...
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August Bird club Meeting
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Monday 20 August. Meet carpark (Air tours), bottom of Musbuary, 19.15 Neil
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New Planning Proposal to "Finish Off" Holden Vale Flash.
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New Planning Proposal to "Finish Off" Holden Vale Flash If you are not aware of it, you may wish to check out the following planning proposal etc. Check out my blog athttp://haslingdens.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/holden-vale-flash-and-its-importance-to.htmlPerhaps you may al...
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raven
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15th Aug. 1 Raven at Haslingdon Grane. Andy
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Bits'n' pieces from Whitworth 12/08/12
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3 cormorants at Spring Mill with another bird flying over the ressparrowhawk at Healey Dell1pr stonechat at Cowm first record of the year herefamily of goldcrest at Cowmnuthatch in Healey Dell40 woodpigeons at Spring Mill2 swifts over Waterfoot this morning cheers Kevin
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Holden Wood & Area, 12th August 2012
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08:00-10:30 Grey Heron, 1 feeding along edge of res, Canada Goose, flocks of 9 and 20 on pasture above res, Kestrel. 2 hunting moorlands, L.B.B.Gull, 3 over, Collered Dove, 2, Stock Dove, 1, Wood Pigeon, c40 in small groups, Green Woodpecker, two seen together and several yaffling, G.S.Woodpecker...
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Cowm Reservoir,Whitworth.11/08/2012
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Beautiful mornings stroll seeing:-Cormorant,2 Canada Geese,60 Mallard,3 Tufted Duck,Sparrowhawk,43 Black Headed Gull,54 Lesser Black-backed Gull (all landed on water, 28- adults,6- 2nd summer & 20- juveniles) the largest flock I have ever seen landed on Cowm!!,6 Woodpigeon,Green Woo...
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Tawny owl
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Tawny owl calling from near my house about 12 midnight....appeared to be coming from Memorial gardens/the church on Manchester Road........was a female.....might have been a mle responding too.....on Wednesday Night
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Lee Quarry 05/08/12
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A red kite was high over the quarry this morning also present at least 350 lesser black backed gulls, 2 swift, 6 meadow pipit, 15 swallow, 1 wheatear, 24 carrion crow, 3 jackdaws, 1 willow warbler, 3 greenfinch, 4 goldfinch & 2 redpoll cheers Kevin
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Grane
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2.30-6.10pm Holden Wood 77 Canada geese 1 grey heron 10 black headed gulls about 2.30pm, but 30 plus at about 6pm 4 cormorants on way back at 6pm ...resting on shore line some meadow pipits near farm pied wagtails linnet, goldfinches Ogden 3 Raven soaring above my head for 10 minutes cronking, fli...
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Buzzard
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Two Buzzards flying up the Irwell valley between Stubbins and Irwell vale
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Clowbridge, 5th August 2012
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09:15 - 10:30 Cormorant, 1 circled low over the res a couple of times but I did not see it land, Mallard, 2 females, Sparrowhawk, female flew the length of the res to the alarm calls of swallows, Kestrel, pair and a single hunting the moors, B.H.Gull, 2 on the res, L.B.B.Gull, 4 over, Collared Dove, 3 near...
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