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holden wood 7.30-8.30 21 may
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3 oystercatchers around 10 lapwings - numbers appear to be way down this year! 1 reed bunting male 3 linnet - incl 1 male in song plenty of meadow pipits incl many parachuting 1 male kestrel 3 pied wagtails 1 grey wagtail usual blackbirds, robin, tits few willow warbler - appear to be down 1 blackc...
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sarfraz
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Irwell Valley & Plunge 20th May 2012
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05:30-10:00 Dabchick, 1 eating small fish on HTL, Grey Heron, 1 flew up river near Alderbottom, Canada Goose, c30 including 10 on Irwell at Townsendfold, a pair on sandbeds and a pair with 5 goslings at Horncliffe, Mallard, c12, Goosander, at least a male & 2 redheads, Kestrel, 1 over groundwork...
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David Nuttall
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short eared owl 19/05/2012
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1 seen hunting at 4:30 pm this afternoon in east Rossendale cheers Kevin
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Spotted Flycatcher
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Spotted Flycatcher this morning, this is by four days the earliest I have recorded one in Strongstry, and unusually it is not on the river but quite high up in woodland by a stream. Maybe just passing through.
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Leucistic Chaffinch
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Was visiting the garden for a few weeks. I can only imagine that it is a Chaffinch
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Ste Rush
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Garden Warbler
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Definate sighting of Garden Warbler in full song in the late evening sunshine. Site is just on the Strongstry side of Alderbottom viaduct on the railway side path.
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brian
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Strongstry to Townsend Fold 13/5/12
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Wood Warbler singing Strongstry this morning. 1 whitethroat and 1 bigbadbob only other notable sightings Andy
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Staghills Woods 13/05/12
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tawny owl adult and young bird roosting near each othergreen woodpecker - 1 calling from Warthgreat spotted woodpecker - 6 birds at 5 sites including 1pr feeding young at nest holedipper - 1 on the riverwood pigeon - 13magpie - 6jay - 1prcarrion crow - 4treecreeper - 1nuthatch - 1willow warbler - 1chi...
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holden wood res
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10am 13 may 4 mallard no ducklings seen 1 cormorant 1 common sandpiper 1 grey wagtail 1 LRP 17 canadas approx incl a pairwith 7 goslings approx 10 lapwing - much less than usual although some still displaying meadow pipits - less than 10 some parachuting 1 song thrush singing numbers of carrion crow, w...
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sarfraz
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Clough Bottom Res/Crawshawbooth. 12th May 2012
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Clough Bottom. 2-4pm. Whimbrel - 2 feeding on Res far banking, calling regularly. Still there when i left. Common Sand - At least 3 birds. Crawshawbooth. Am. Folly Area. Garden Warb - Male singing, been present for 3-4 days now. Blackcap - 2+ Males singing. Chiffchaff - 2 Males singing. Craig.
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Spring Mill Res 120512
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1 great crested grebe7 Canada geese2 male mallard1 little owl10 swift , some flying within inches of me and Dave Ousey2 stock dove3 wood pigeon2 house martin6 swallow3 pied wagtail1 grey wagtail4 meadow pipit1 female whinchat1 mistle thrush42 starling1m reed bunting cheers Kevin
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Various 12/5/12
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Reedsholme - am. 1 Sparrowhawk being mobbed by c10 Swifts + 2 Swallows+ 3 House Martins 1 Blackcap 1 Chiffchaff 1 Goldcrest singing from a garden conifer at Rushbed c10 swift over Crawshawbooth + c4 House Martin Leabrook I Dipper 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Willow Warbler Clowbridge res. 18:30 onwards c15 Swift...
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Bigbadbob
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E.B.S.W. 11/5/12
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16:00hrs approx 1000+ hirundines mostly swallows and house martins + c200 swifts over football field. Magnificent sight! c20 Pied Wagtail 1 Moorhen Usual Jackdaws & B.H.Gull. Bob 'n' Archie
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Bigbadbob
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Rawtenstall Cricket Club
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11am 10.05.12 - Grey Heron, two pairs of Mallard and a Grey Wagtail, I think they're trying to tell me something.
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Clough Bottom Res, 8th May 2012.
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20:30-21:30. G.C.Grebe, 1, sleeping in the middle of the res, Grey Heron, 1 stalking the res bank, Canada Gosse, single on the res, Mallard, 3 drakes, Tufted Duck, 1 male, Goosander, 10 landed on the res last thing and headed for the far bank, Curlew, pair feeding / drinking at the waters edge, Common S...
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May 2012
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Facit Incline & Cown Res May 2, 2012 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
31 species
Canada Goose 2
Mallard 10
Tufted Duck 3
Herring Gull (European) 8
Feral Pigeon 3
Common Wood-Pigeon 15
Eurasian Collared-Dove 3
Common Swift 1
Eurasian Jay 1
Common Magpie 12
Eurasian Jackdaw 30...
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Ste Rush
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Cowm Res 7/5/2012
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Female Siskin sat out on east side 7pm,2 pr Tufted Duck,2pr Pied Wagtail.
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David Ousey
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Landgate, Middle Hill, Brown Wardle and Lobden 050512
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Canada goose - 1 at Landgatelapwing - 1 at Landgate, 1pr on Middle Hill & 2pr at Brown Wardlestock dove - 1pr at Longacres and 1pr at Lobdenwood pigeon - flock of 12 at Longacresgrey wagtail - 1 at Landgatepied wagtail - 3 at Landgatewheatear - 3 at Landgate - 5 on Middle Hill, including at least 1 Gree...
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E.B.S.W. 7/5/12
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11:30 hrs c1000 mixed hirundines and Swifts min. 200 Swift, the rest Swallows and House Martins with few Sandies seen. 1m Yellow Wagtail feeding on the beds with pieds - having missed out on the bird at Clowbridge this morning it was a good to know that the gods do smile on some of us once in a while. c15 Pie...
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Clowbridge Res, 7th May 2012
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08:00-09:30 Partly with Bob n Archie. G.C.Grebe, 3 , Cormorant, 1flew in and then away again 10 minutes later, Mallard, 1 male, Tufted Duck, 1 male, Goosander, 1 redhead, Kestrel, 2 over Nutshaw, Curlew, 2 tussling with crows, Ringed Plover, POSSIBLE flew over res high, calling, and off to the nort...
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David Nuttall
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Seat Naze & Edge Cote 060512
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lapwing - 3green woodpecker - 1skylark - 4swift - 5meadow pipit - 6pied wagtail - 1 carrying sheep woolwood pigeon - 12swallow - 5wheatear - 1robin - 4blackbird - 4song thrush - 1jay - 3jackdaw - 22carrion crow - 14magpie - 5goldcrest 3 singing birdscoal tit - 2great tit - 1dunnock - 3wren - 3chaffinch -...
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KEVIN LISTER
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Strongstry woods and river
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Cold and bright Saturday and Sunday. Blue Tit, many using nest boxes Great Tit, at least three pair in nest boxes Coal Tit, several pair Long-tailed tit, only saw one pair Chaffinch, more than last year Bullfinch, several pairs at nest sites Goldfinch, only one seen Greenfinch, couple of pair R...
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Plunge, Sunday 6 May
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Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, singing at the bottom end. 3 pair Stonechat, 2 Grasshopper Warbler reeling, 6 male + 1 pair Weatear 4 Linnet , Meadow pipits, 1 Skylark singing, 1 pair of Curlew flew over, 1 Sparrow Hawk, Crows. Neil
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Neil Burke
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Grane, 6th May 2012
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06:00-09:30 G.C.Grebe, 2 on Ogden feeding near inflow, Dabchick, 1 in Troy, Canada Goose, c30 generally in pairs, Mallard, c8, Kestrel, 1 over Calf Hey, Sparrowhawk, female near Heap Clough, Pheasant, 1 calling, Common Sandpiper, pair & single, L.R.P. 2 pairs, Snipe, chipping birds at Holde...
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David Nuttall
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Ewood Bridge -Bull Hill, 5th May 2012
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06:00-10:00 Heron, 1 in the Irwell, Canada Goose, Pair on the Irwell & 3 nearby, Mallard, c12 Goosander, male flew down the valley, Kestrel, 3 singles hunting, Red Grouse, 2 singles on the tops; one chasing a carrion Crow, Pheasant, 2 calling, Dunlin, 3 possibly 4 pairs on the tops; one pair in dis...
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David Nuttall
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Clowbridge Res, 3rd May 2012
(Preview)
20:30 - 21:15 Just caught the last of the light so only managed the bottom end around the boat house. Grey Partridge, pair flew into rushy field behind boat house where a bird had called earlier so minimum of three present. Pheasant, male calling from hillside, Swallow, 3, Song Thrush, 1 singing wella...
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David Nuttall
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Haslingden Birds
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Sparrowhawk on Monday 12 December over Memorial Garden's/Manchester Road......mobbed by Pigeons and Starlings......2 Mistle Thrush in Memorial Gardens last week 3 Jackdaw on my wall coming to eat mixed seeds, with Starlings and Feral Pigeons today, 2 male Sparrows yesterday.
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sarfraz
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Edgside wood
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I saw a woodpecker yesterday and heard it today. He has red and white in his feathers. I tried to take a photo but my phone naff.
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Dee Dee
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Rawtenstall - E.B.S.W.
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15:00 hrs approx Dipper with food to nest site at The Holme 2 Swallows - Townsendfold 2 Blackcap in song around Ewood Bridge circuit - also odd Willow Warblers 3 Goosander flew up stream over Irwell Vale 250-300 hirundines - mostly Swallows, over E.B.S.W. min of 4 Swifts present + 1 Sparrowhawk which w...
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Bigbadbob
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Cowm Res,Whitworth 1/5/2012
(Preview)
Just having seen my first House Martins of the year (6)with Swallows(12) a flight of 9 Goosander dropped in,the largest flock I have seen on Cowm! A stunning male Redpoll also seen.
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David Ousey
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