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Short-eared Owl
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Pair of Short-eared Owl hunting the moor in the Grane area. Watched for over an hour in broad day light. Grid ref available.
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Strongstry woods
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Early morning sunshine, Blackcap 2 Willow Warbler 3 Chiffchaff 1 Song Thrush 2 Mistle Thrush 1 All singing Pair of Nuthatch carring nesting material to a nest box, two Swallow overhead with a male Sparrowhawk
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E.B.S.W. 20th April 2012
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18:45-19:00 Green Woodpecker, 1 yaffling towards Ravenshore, Swallow, c80 over beds, House Martin, c20 over beds, Chiffchaff, 1 singing. Regards, David Nuttall.
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Club Trip Ewood Bridge Sewage Works 16/04/12
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A warm welcome to the couple that joined the club on this trip. Light winds and dry although overcast with a cool edge. Please feel free to add anything I missed. Canada Goose 2 Mallard 15 Grey Heron 1 Black-headed Gull 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull 10 Feral Pigeon 3 Stock Dove 2 Common Wood-Pigeon...
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Cowpe Moss etc
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1 dunlin in the company of 3 golden plovers + 1 gp on another part of the moss. No indication whether nesting or not Also a canada goose nesting in the middle of the moor on Stubylee Moss
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Trickett's Memorial, Cowpe and Spring Mill 15/04/12
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Trickett's Memorial 1 green woodpecker, 2pr mistle thrush, 1 song thrush and 1 chiffchaff Cowpe 5prs and a single Canada goose, 1 moorhen, 1 tawny owl roosting at Lench, 1 green woodpecker,1 stock dove, 5 pied wagtail, 1 female grey wagtail, 16 meadow pipit, 4 wheatear, 1f 7 2m stonechat, 1 mistle t...
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KEVIN LISTER
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Varios Sites 15.4.12.
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Twine Valley Willow Warbler 3 Chiff Chaff 2 Bullfinch 1m Mistle Thrush 1 calling Song Thrush 1 Redpoll 2 over Pied Wagtail 2 Dunnock 1 calling Wren 2 calling Chaffinch many calling Goldfinch 4+2+1 Blackbird c6 Great Tit c10 Blue Tit 2 E.B.S.W. Willow Warbler 5 minimum Chiff Chaff 2 Swallow 30+ House Ma...
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Reedsholme - E.B.S.W. 14/4/12.
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14-15/4/12 Leabrook 1 Dipper 1Chiffchaff 1 Nuthatch 1 Long Tailed Tit 1pr Grey Wagtail Ewood Bridge 1 Kingfisher 5 Willow Warbler in song around circuit 1 Song Thrush 1 Coal Tit 1 Blackcap Met up with Keven L. 1 Peregrine over Irwell Vale/ Ravenshore c24 Swallow 1 Moorhen on beds 1f Goosander on river 1...
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Irwell - Townsend Fold to Strongsty April 14th am
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Swallow - 8 south, 15 north, 4 north at different times - not sure how many would be the same birds. I may be the last person in Rossendale to say "my first of the year" Sand Martin - 1 Strongsty Willow warbler - at least 8 different singing birds (also a few blackcaps, chiffchaffs, 1 stock dove a...
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Grane, 15th April 2012
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07:30 - 10:45 G.C.Grebe, 2 on Ogden, Dabchick, 1, Cormorant, 1 in trees at Holden Wood later flew up the valley. Grey Heron, 1 flew up the valley, Canada Goose, c20 in pairs, Mallard, c8, Goosander, pair on Calf Hey, Kestrel, 2 singles, Sparrowhawk, 2 females, Buzzard, 1 soaring high over Haslingden M...
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Clowbridge Res, 14th April 2012
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07:30-09:00 Canada Goose, 3 pairs & a single chasing around, Mallard, c12, Tufted Duck, male diving in east bay, Goosander, 4 redheads near boat house, Kestrel, 1 at either end of res, Sparrowhawk, female soaring mobbed by 8 starlings, Pheasant, 1 calling, Lapwing, 1 over south calling, Curle...
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Whitworth Area 13th April
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Apart from the heavy hailstorm a good walk with lots of good birds:-Canada Goose 5,Mute Swan 2,Mallard 8,Tufted Duck 3,Goldeneye 3,Pheasant,Oystercatcher 2,Snipe,Curlew,Woodpigeon 20,Collared Dove 2,Little Owl,Great Spotted Woodpecker,Skylark 17,Swallow,Meadow Pipit 33,Grey Wagtai...
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Sand Martin
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Three Sand Martin hawking along the Irwell at Strongstry this evening.
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Strongstry woods
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Male and female Blackcap together in evening sunshine
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Swallow in Whitworth
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My first Swallow flew north over our house at 6-30pm tonight,spring at last!
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Clough Bottom Res 11.4.12
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Clough Bottom Siskin 6 Coal Tit calling Chaffinch several calling Grey Wagtail 2 Goosander 3r Mallard 3 Canada Goose 1 Sky Lark several calling Meadow Pipit c6 Kesrtel 1 minimum [3sightings] pfyldes Dave Howorth Paul Kemp
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Kingfisher nest site
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I am almost sure that I have found a kingfisher nesting site on the Ogden, I have only seen the bird very close to the hole but it looks a new site to me. If anyone wishes to monitor the site please email me for further info.
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Dog Nobbler
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Buzzard over Snig Hole
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At 12.30 pm today a buzzard flew slowly over Snig Hole at a height of only 30 feet, due to the number of sightings I think a pair have settled in the area.
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Dog Nobbler
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Cowm Reservoir 9/4/2012
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Mallard 20,Tufted Duck 4,Cormorant, Robin 8,Chaffinch 10, Redpoll 5, Goldfinch 12, Greenfinch 3, Raven , Sparrowhawk,Wood Pigeon 20, lofs of crows & rain!
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Heap Clough and Quarries, Grane,9 April
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In wood. 1 wounded Green woodpecker , from small pile of feathers it would seem to be a Sparrowhawk Attack. 1 healthy Green woodpecker calling outside wood. 1 Pair of teal, 1 feamale Goldeneye, Black- Headed Gulls, only a few Lapwings Neil
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E.B.S.W. 9/4/12
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Afternoon squelch..... Little on beds except Jackdaws, BH Gulls and crows 1 Chiffchaff singing at entrance + 1 in song on far side of beds. 2 Willow Warbler in song on far side of beds 1 G.S.W. - Lumb Vale 1pr + 1f Goosander on river Continual L.B.B.Gull passage S. lots of rain! Bob & Archie.
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Redshank 9.4.12.
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Clough Bottom Res Redshank 1 at 10a.m. this morning Curlew 2 Mallard c10 Canada Goose 1 L.T.Tit 1 pair Coal Tit odd ones calling Goldcrest 1 calling Pied Wagtail 1 Donnock 2 Meadow Pipit more birds today c15 Chaffinch good numbers calling Song Thrush 1 Blackbird c6 Wood Pigeon c10 Carrion Crow c10 Magp...
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Spring Mill etc 08/04/12
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Spring MIll Res 1pr Canada geese, 5 mallard, 3pr teal, 2 redhead goosander, 1pr stock dove, 5 pied wagtail, 1 grey wagtail, 12 meadow pipit, 1pr stonechat and 5m reed bunting other bits todaytufted duck - 1m at New Line Res and 4m and 2f at Cowmgolden plover - flock of 13 flying north over Stubbylee Moss...
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Irwell Townsend Fold to Strongsty April 8th
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1 Common Sandpiper Ewood Bridge. Usual riparian spp but only other summer migrants 1willow warbler (n of Strongsty), 3 blackcaps, 4 chiffchaffs.
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Clowbridge res. 7/4/12
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1m Ring Ouzel still present in quarry 2 Swallows over the water Bob & Archie.
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Deeply Vale and E.B.S.W.
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Deeply Vale Willow Warbler 2 Curlew 1 Sky Lark good numbers Meadow Pipit c20 thro Green Woodpecker 1 Lapwing 4 Kestrel 1 pair Bullfinch 2f Mallard several pairs Teal 1m Goosander 1m over Canada Geese 14+7+2+2+2 Carrion Crow too many Magpie c10 Jackdaw Wood Pigeon plenty Goldfinch c10 Chaffinch c10...
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E.B.S.W. 7/4/12
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13:15 hrs 1 Blackcap singing nr entrance 1 Moorhen on beds 1 L.T.Tit 1 Kestrel 1 Sand Martin + 2 House Martin - very high 1 Sparrowhawk over Horncliffe + 1 evading a crow over E.B.S.W. 1 Chiffchaff around the curcuit + 1 singing at entrance on return. 19 Redwing flew into trees then headed off up the valley...
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Troy Quarry / Haslingden Moor
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7-4-12 11:30-14:30 Not a lot around. Skylarks singing Meadow Pipits singing Stonechat in Deep Clough 2 Oystercatcher on meadow + Lapwings Canadas (6) on Troy, 1 on Jamesons 6 Wheatear (1 quite singing) Willow Warbler singing Ian -- Edited by Ian Brady on Saturday 7th of April 2012 04:19:08 PM
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EBSW to Strongstry and Holmes Terrace Lodge 060412
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little grebe - 1pr on Holmes Terrace Lodgegrey heron - 1 at EBSW and 1 at Holmes Terrace LodgeCanada goose - prs at Irwell Vale and Holmes Terrace Lodgemallard - 8 at Holmes Terrace Lodge and c7prs on the river from The Holme to Strongstrygoosander - 1pr near Strongstry and 1 female on Holmes Terrace Lod...
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Clowbridge Res, 6th April 2012
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07:30-09:00 Canada Goose, 3 pairs, Mallard, 4 pair + 4 males, Tufted Duck, pair, Pheasant, 1 calling, Curlew, calling bird(s) from the moors, L.B.B.Gull, 21 over north east, Skylark, c6 singing birds, Meadow Pipit, c20, Pied Wagtail, 4, Song Thrush, 2 singing, Mistle Thrush, 3 singing, Coal Tit, 2...
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