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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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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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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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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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Clowbridge Res, 3rd May 2012
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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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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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Cowm Res,Whitworth 1/5/2012
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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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Swift over Sunnybank
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Nice to see the first swift of the season over the bowling green tonight.
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Dog Nobbler
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Cowpe Res 30/04/2012
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1 common sandpiper1 swift2 wheatear3pr Canada goose1 mallard3 pied wagtail6 meadow pipit1 jay1 dunnock1 long tailed tit1 blackbird2 chaffinch1pr linnet1m reed bunting cheers Kevin
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Rossendale April 2012
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Hoyle St Whitworth 10th Swallow x1 flying North very fast. Todd Carr Road, Waterfoot 5th. Chiif Chaff in song early evening
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Staghills Woods 29/04/2012
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green woodpecker - 1great spotted woodpecker - 1wood pigeon - 2robin - 11blackbird - 13song thrush - 1mistle thrush - 1willow warbler -1chiffchaff - 3blackcap - 3treecreeper - 2wren - 8dunnock - 2blue tit - 7great tit - 4coal tit - 1long tailed tit - 1jay - 1magpie - 2carrion crow - 3chaffinch - 5greenf...
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E.B.S.W. 28th April 2012
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08:45 - 09:00 Sparrowhawk, female over Swift, 1 over trees at side of beds, Swallow, c60, House Martin, c15, Sand Martin, c6 Willow Warbler, 1 singing, Blackcap, 3 singing, Dipper, 1 on Irwell, Regards, David Nuttall.
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David Nuttall
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Clowbridge Res, 28th April 2012
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07:00-08:30, stiff north easterly wind! Grey Heron, 2 over west, Canada Goose, 2 flew north up the valley, Mallard, c20, mainly drakes, Goosander, 5 redheads, Kestrel, 1 hunting over Nutshaw Hill, Curlew, calling on the moors, Wood Pigeon, c20, Skylark, c6, 2/3 in song, Swallow, c12 feeding over r...
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The Hile, 24th April 2012
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18:30-19:30 Mallard, c15 in small groups, Kestrel, 1 hunting over rough pasture, Lapwing, 1 calling in display but alas couldn't see its mate! Stock Dove, pair, Green Woodpecker, 1 yaffling distantly was probably over Foxhill or even Seat Naze, Skylark, 3 singing, Swallow, 6, Meadow Pipit, c12, P...
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David Nuttall
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Edenwood
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Been away for a while...came back to Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Grey Wagtail & L-TT's joining the Chiffchaff etc setting up home at Edenwood. Nice! Ina
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A First
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First in my yard in the form of a Woodpigeon. It came to eat. Never had one before. I wonder if one is nesting on a roof nearby as one took off the day before and started to display. Can hear a Mistle Thrush from my house but sadly no Blackbird so far. There appears to be a few less in the Haslingden area...
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Haslingen Halo
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8PM Sunday meadow pipits parachuting skylark singing willow warblers singing blackcap singing robin, mistle thrush singing also 3 kestrel, a pair and a single plenty of lbbg over
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Cheesden Valley, 22nd April 2012
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07:30 - 10:30 Canada Goose, c12 pairs, Mallard, 4 males, Goosander, pair on A.M.R, Kestrel, pair near Deeply Hill, Pheasant, c6 males, several calling, Grey Partridge, calling birds near Deeply Vale, Curlew, 3 /4 pairs inc Harden Moor, Lapwing, c18 pairs inc 3 / 4 on Harden Moor whiuch is unusual, Re...
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Grane 21/4/12
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As well as the usual stuff 3 male ring ouzels between Heap Clough and Deep Clough 19 wheatear 1pr at Ogden Res and all the others from Jamestone Quarry to Hutch Bank Quarry, with at least 3 Greenland race birds present 2 Burkes at Hutch Bank Quarry. Sorry I didn't stop to say hello Neil, I was running late...
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Clowbridge Res, 21st April 2012
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07:30-09:00 Canada Goose, 6 flew in from down the valley, Mallard, 3 males Goosander, 5 redhead, Curlew, 2 pairs calling but less frequent now, B.H.Gull, 3, L.B.B.Gull, 2 south, Stock Dove, 1, Wood Pigeon, c12, Green Woodpecker, 1 yaffling from northern end early on only, Skylark, c6 but little son...
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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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Ste Rush
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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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