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Holden Wod Res 05-08-12
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85 Canadas 1 Cormorant Few House Martins + Swallows Swift in Haslingden Cheers Ian
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Rawtenstall - Cribden
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Four Buzzards together over Cribden 5.30pm Sunday. Very distant but appeared to be a family group, one bird possibly the adult male missing a few primaries.
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Clowbridge Res, 29th July 2012
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19:00-20:00 Mallard, 4, Kestrel, 3 hunting the moors, Grey Partridge, 1 calling behind boat house, L.B.B.Gull, c12 over, Swift, c20 over moors & res, Swallow, c12, House Martin, 6 over res, Meadow Pipit, 1, Stonechat, 1 juv without tail!, Willow Warbler, 2 calling, Greenfinch, 3 in car park,...
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Whitworth & Cowm Reservoir.28/7/12
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A male Bullfinch in my garden this am,only the second I have seen there!
At Cowm Res:-Highlights only.Common Sandpiper,again only the 2nd one I have seen there,Redpoll,10 Goldfinch,Meadow Pipit,Swift.
Regards,
Dave Ousey .
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Clowbridge res. 28/7/12
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19:00hrs - very quiet with birds hard to come by. 2 W. Warbler in car park 1 juv. Stonechat Only odd Redpolls flying over 1 M.Pipit with food, not many of these left. 1 Kestrel 20 Canada geese 5 Pied Wagtail 1 Moorhen - present all year, still no sign of any young. 1f Mallard with 2yng c20 Swift - feeding over...
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Haslingden Birds part 2 - Bits and Bobs
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Chiffchaff - one present in mid June on 2 dates, a week apart near Howdens kitchens. One also present near Worsley Park on Blackburn Road on 16th July Herring Gull - 3 osberved passing over with LBBG flock on Baxenden/Haslingden border on 25th July around 2pm heading south. 1 seen on 14th July a...
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Spotted Flycatcher
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Single bird[Spotted Flycatcher] has been feeding along the river for a couple of days now, no sign of breeding, pair of Garden Warblers very active carying food in the same area as before. -- Edited by brian on Saturday 28th of July 2012 11:56:06 AM
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hobby 25/7/12
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1 flew over Trickett's Memorial Ground in waterfoot towards Seat Naze around 20:15 hrs tonight cheers Kevin
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Spotted Flycatcher Cloughfold
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Along the river opposite the Con club this lunchtime - don't remember seeing any in this area before
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Holden Wood and Musbury
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2pm-5pm Very quiet overall no birds in song except a Blackbird at the end. Around 40 lapwing, with equal numbers of starling if not more 30 plus canada geese 1 cormorant flying over meadow pipits around the res 1 pied wagtail woodpigeons were very active many around and in one clump of trees a minimu...
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Grane, 15th July 2012
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08:00-10:45 G.C.Grebe, 1 on Ogden, Canada Goose, 39 on Holden Wood & 6 in Troy, Mallard, c10, Kestrel, 3 singles including a female bird going through a flock of chaffinch and then after something near the houses at the bottom of Heap Clough, Pheasant, 1 calling near Holden Wood, Moorhen, singl...
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Compton's Cross
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08:30-10:30 Canada Goose, singles on Clowbridge & Clough Bottom, Mallard, c6, Kestrel, 3 singles hunting the moors, Pheasant, 1 calling, Common Sandpiper, 2 at Clowbridge Res, B.H.Gull, 3 on Clowbridge, Swift, c30 hawking over moors, G.S.Woodpecker, 1 in trees at Gambleside, Skylark, c8,...
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Meeting Monday 16th
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Meet at Kay Street car park at 19:00. We will decide where to go from there. Ian
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Cowm Reservoir,Whitworth.13/7/2012
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Cormorant,Grey Heron, 2 Canada Geese, 30 Mallard, 4 Tufted Duck, 2 Oystercatcher, 20 BH Gull(returning adult birds ) 24 LBB Gulls(over NW heading) 4 Woodpigeon, 6 Collared Dove, 6 Swift,10 Swallow,35 House Martin,Grey Wagtail, 2 Dipper,4 Robin, 3 Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush,4 Willow Warbler,Blue...
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Cribden Clough 12/7/12
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20:30 hrs 3 Mistle Thrush 1 juv Sparrowhawk calling + 1 ad seen 1 Grasshopper warbler reeling Bob.
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July 2012
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Whitworth Garden 12/07/12 Feral Pigeon 3 Common Wood-Pigeon 3 Eurasian Collared-Dove 2 Common Magpie 4 Coal Tit 2 Great Tit 4 Blue Tit 5 Long-tailed Tit 8 Eurasian Wren 1 European Robin 1 Eurasian Blackbird 4 European Starling 8 Dunnock 3 Common Chaffinch 6 European Greenfinch 3 Le...
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Clowbridge res. 11/7/12
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19:10 hrs c200 Swift feeding over water and woodland c6 House Martin c6 Swallow 1 Mistle Thrush 1 Common Sandpiper 3 Raven flew S-SE pr Redpoll collecting nesting material - f wiith ring 3 Curlew on Nutshaw Hill + 1 flew in from E. 1 Juv Stonechat Pr Linnet at nest site 2m Reed Bunting in song + 1pr + 1m. Bob....
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Cribden, 8th July 2012
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07:30-10:30 Grey Heron, 1 over Rawtenstall, Mallard, female with 3 ducklings in Duckworth Clough, Kestrel, 1 soaring over Rising Bridge, Sparrowhawk, 1 over Cribden Moor, Pheasant, 1 calling bird, Moorhen, pair with at least 3 newly hatched young but also a 3-4 week old juv which was feeding the...
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Clowbridge res. 7/7/12
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19:15 - 21:00hrs 1 juv. Stonechat - behind boathouse Party of 6 Stonechat in S bay, all young birds + 1 female. no male. 1f Mallard with 3 sml yng + 24 moulting birds. 1 Canada Goose. Flock of 10 Mistle Thrush Few Redpoll in trees or over flying 3 furtive Willow Warblers - 1 in short song. c50 Swift feeding...
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The Hile, 7th July 2012
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07:30 - 09:00 Mallard, 2 females on Jack Lodge and a pair on pasture, Moorhen, pair on Jack Lodge, Curlew, 1 in rough meadow, L.B.B.Gull, c6 individuals, Wood Pigeon, c6, Stock Dove, pair and 2 singles, Swift, c60 feeding over hillsides, Skylark, c12, some in song, Swallow, c40 including many juvs, H...
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Reaps Moss, 1st July 2012
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16:30 - 18:00 Peregrine, male over high, Grey Partridge, pair feeding in rushy field, for once seen without flushing them. Checked for young but none seen. Curlew, pair & a single, L.B.B.Gull, 2 flew up from Calderdale struggling against the strong wind, Swift, c12 feeding over the grassland...
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Grane, 30th June 2012
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06:00-09:00 G.C.Grebe, 1 on Ogden, Grey Heron, 2 on Ogden, 1 on Calf Hey, Canada Goose, 38 on Holden Wood, 16 in the quarries, several goslings present, Sparrowhawk, female flew along the edge of the moor, Kestrel, male hunting near Deep Clough, Grey Partridge, 1 flushed from the side of Ogden, L.R.P...
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Strongstry river.
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Four pair of Sand Martins have returned to the flood damaged banking, where they had started nesting a couple of weeks ago, and were digging out new nests this evening. Unfortunately no sign of Spotted Flycatcher any where along the river.
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Clowbridge Res, 28th June 2012
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21:30 - 22:30 Canada Goose, single bird preening on res bank, Mallard, c12, Kestrel, ragged looking bird with missing tail feather hunting the moorlands, Moorhen, single bird, Swift, c50 low over the water & point wood, Skylark, 1 singing from the moors, Swallow, c6, House Martin, 4, Stonecha...
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Cowm Res,Whitworth 24/6/12
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Swift 2,House Martin 10,Swallow 3,Mistle Thrush, LBB Gull 4(over)Willow Warbler 4,Redpoll 2,Greenfinch 3.
Regards,
Dave Ousey
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High water Strongstry.
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Last nights flood which affected the houses at the bottom end of the village has also destroyed the small Sand Martin colony, a second brood Grey Wagtail site, several Wren sites and one Spotted Flycatcher nest site. There was one Spotted flycatcher in full song this morning.
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Clowbridge res 19/6/12
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11 common Scoters still present to 15:15hrs Bob & Archie.
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Buzzard, 18th June 2012
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18:15 A buzzard was soaring over Rawtenstall early evening with rat sized prey dangling from its talons. Regards, David Nuttall
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Wood Warbler Horncliffe 5 June
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In woods on east side of road just up from the Whitchaff - audible from road (traffic permitting). Was there yesterday morning as well Andy
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Grane
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sunday 17 june 4.30-7.30 Holden Wood :- 1 common sandpiper, maybe 2? 1 grey heron 1 male reed bunting singing small charm of goldfinch 3-4 linnet 1 dunlin on the shore.......surprise find! 4 lapwing 2 mallard flying up plenty of meadow pipits - many parachuting 1 song thrush singing, quite a few wi...
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