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Grane and moors south 2nd march 2012
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Bull Hill to Musbury Heights - 1 buzzard, 15 golden plovers ( in one flock Scholes Heights), 2 snipe 2 lapwings. Skylarks in vast numbers but still only one or two mipits. Grane Reservoirs - 16 teal (12 Calf Hey plus 4 flying up valley later), 3 goldeneye, 4 goosander, 7 cormorant, 2 common gull. At least...
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Whitworth Feb 2012
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Facit area 26th Feb Canada Goose 4 Mallard 2 Eurasian Sparrowhawk 1 Black-headed Gull 18 Feral Pigeon 3 Common Wood-Pigeon 10 Eurasian Collared-Dove 3 Tawny Owl 2 Green Woodpecker 1 Eurasian Jay 2 Common Magpie 8 Eurasian Jackdaw 50 Rook 3 Carrion Crow 7 Fieldfare 60 One flock f...
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Various sites 26/02/12
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little grebe - 1pr at Holmes Terrace Lodgesnipe - 17 at Edge Coteskylark - 2 at Edge Cotegreen woodpecker - yaffling birds heard at hightown near Whitewell Bottom and EBSWkingfisher - 1 at the Holme, Townsendfoldgoldcrest - 1 singing at Edge Cote and 1 pair at Marl Pitsdipper - pair with male singin...
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Whitworth Garden Feb 2012
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25th Jan - Feb 5, 2012
Comments: 6" Snowfall. Lows of -7.6ºC max of 3.6ºC. Clear skies to fog.
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 1
Feral Pigeon 2
Common Wood-Pigeon 2
Eurasian Collared-Dove 5
Eurasian Jay 3
Common Magpie 7
Carrion Crow 6
Coal Tit 2
Great Tit 2
Blue Tit 2
Long-tailed Tit 16
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Grane 26/2/2012
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Reservoirs - 1 curlew up valley, 2 oystercatchers Holden Wood. 6 cormorants, 2 goldeneye Ogden, 1 goosander Calf Hey. Singing reed bunting Holden Wood Musbury Heights - 2 short-eared owls, 1 snipe, golden plovers heard flying over
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Spring Mill Res 25/02/12
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mallard - 2 prgoosander - 3 m and 2 fgoldeneye - 2 prs (display and copulation both observed)pheasant - 1mblack headed gull - 20common gull - 1green woodpecker - 1 yaffling in Healey Dellstock dove - 1 prdipper - 1prwood pigeon - 1carrion crow - 4jackdaw - 12magpie - 10starling - 300fieldfare - 3wren - 1...
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Waterfoot to AMR 19/02/12
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pink footed goose - 2 on Ashworth Moor ResCanada goose - 52 on Ashworth Moor Res, 12 on a lodge at Cheesden and 12 at the Fisherman's Retreatmallard - 1pr on Ashworth Moor Res and 1 pr at the Fisherman's Retreatgoldeneye - 1pr on Ashworth Moor Resgoosander - 5 on Ashworth Moor Ressparrowhawk - 1 at Gaghil...
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River Irwell Stubbins to Irwell vale.
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Mallard 20+ all in pairs Grey wagtail 2 pairs Kingfisher 2 individuals Dipper 3 pair singing and displaying Grey heron 1 Goosander 5 3 fe 2 m Moorhen 1
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Calf Hey 19-02-12
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Pair Goldeneye Pair Goosander 5 Canadas 7 Teal Mallards Green Woodpecker flew over and calling Coal, Great and Blue Tits singing Chaffinch singing Dunnock, Greenfinch, Goldfinch at feeding station Cheers Ian
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Clowbridge Res, 19th Feb 2012
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09:00 - 10:00 Canada Goose, pair & single, plenty of noise from the male of the pair! Mallard, 2 males, Goldeneye, 2 males & 1 female, Goosander, 2 males and 2 females starting to pair, Kestrel, 2, B.H.Gull, c12 on res, Common Gull, 1 on res, G.B.B.Gull, 2 over north west, Wood Pigeon, 11 nort...
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Various sightings in my garden, Helmshore, gregory fold
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Today (17/2/12) 10 redpolls at feeders 1 song thrush 1 wren 1 male bullfinch 1 male chaffinch blackbirds 2 robins sparrows and sat on my fence at lunchtime was a male Sprrowhawk, he was quite a treat for us to see!!!
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Irwell Valley, 12th Feb 2012
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09:00-10:30 Frozen and foggy, lethal under foot! Grey Heron, 2 possibly 3, Mallard, c12 esp E.B.S.W Goosander, pair & single redhead feeding in river, B.H.Gull, c20 mainly E.B.S.W. Dipper, pair with male in good song, Dunnock, 2 singing, Song Thrush, 1 singing, L.T.Tit, 2 groups of c8 birds, N...
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Warth and Grane 12/02/12
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Warth grey heron - 4 pr nest building, 3 stock dove, 1 green woodpecker, 1 grey wagtail, 4 green finch & 1m bullfinch Grane - Holden Wood and Calf Hey both completely frozen. Ogden only about 5% frozen. Visibilty down to less than 40 feet at times, particularly at Calf Hey Holden wood 1pr Canada g...
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My Garden, Whitworth 12/2/2012
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Noticed people not seeing many Greenfinchs around well at least 5 on my feeders this morning along with Chaffinch,Great and Blue Tit,Dunnock,Blackbird and lots of House Sparrow,Starling etc. Regards, Dave Ousey.
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Healey Dell 11/2/2012
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Tit,Blackbird,Dunnock,Chaffinch,Bullfinch,Redwing,Mistle
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Cowm Reservoir 10/2/2012
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45 BH Gull, 6 Common Gull, 78 Mallard,14 Canada Geese,17 Goldfinch,4 Dunnock,3 Robin,10 Great Tit,4 Blue Tit,2 Blackbird,2 Magpie, 8 Carrion Crow,2 Reed Bunting. For the first time for a while not one Tufted Duck on the res.Very icy paths only brigtened up by the charm of Goldfinch at the top end. Reg...
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Stacksteads 5.2.12
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Stacksteads Redwing 6 Mistle Thrush 1 Blackbird 2 Rook 2 Jackdaw c20 Carrion Crow 3 Magpie 6 Wood Pigeon 20 Starling 4 House Sparrow c10 Dunnock 1 Blue Tit 4 Great Tit 6 Chaffinch 1 Mallard 8 B.H.Gull 2 over pfyldes
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Weekend at Strongstry
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Sat morning -6 degrees, sat afternoon five inches of snow, sun morning bright sunshine -1, sun afternoon +2 and foggy. Buzzard 1 chased by three crows Lapwing 16 in fields by river, never seen them down here before Snipe 2 around porritt lodge Woodcock flushed early Sun morning in lumb vale Dipper 4 c...
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Holden Wood 3.30-4.45pm
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Today - Reservoir frozen but ice not thick. Held a medium size dog though. Very eay to get around the res as mood fozen solid although around the bankls some muddy spots. 10 Mallard 1 Grey Heron 4 Pied Wagtail maybe Greay Wagtail too 6 Common Snipe 3 Teal 2 Wren - one at near side, other where it widens som...
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Wood Pigeon sitting eggs!
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Wood Pigeon sitting on 2 eggs yesterday, could have started a bit too early!! Craig.
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Kingfishers
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There were a pair on the Irwell at Irwell Vale yesterday afternoon. Also Sparrowhawk Dipper Crows carrying nest material Robin Wren The usual suspects.
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Calfhey res, Grane
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1 Pair Goldeneye, 1pair Teal, 1 Kestrel, 1 G. S. Woodpecker. Neil
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Black Redstart - Accrington. 3rd Feb 2012.
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Out of our area slightly but decent sighting- Black Redstart - 1 (poss even 2) near Whinney Hill Rd, Huncoat. 10am. 200+ Large gulls circling over tip. Craig.
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Whitworth and Clowbridge 02/02/12
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Spring Mill Res1pr mallard1m tufted duck1pr goldeneye5 goosander1 sparrowhawk1 kestrel10 black headed gull2 common gull1 little owl1 stock dove1 pied wagtail7 magpie6 carrion crow2m & 1f stonechat2 mistle thrush4 fieldfare1 redwing2 wren1 dunnock1 long tailed tit1 chaffinch17 reed bu...
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Grane - Calf Hey
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This afternoon - 1.45 spotted a very small black and white duck diving on its own. Pretty sure it was a Goldeneye but there was plenty of black and white barring on the wing. Cant think what else it poss have been!
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Herring Gull movement
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130 min passing over Baxenden from 2-2.20pm heading south crossing into Rossendale and most likely onwards south. No LBBG's or GBBG'S noted in them. Many unid'd gulls of course but prob all Herring. They were coming from North easterly direction and north-westerly direction, few appeared to f...
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Warth to Ewood Bridge 29/01/12 & RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch @ Gaghills
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Warth to Ewood Bridgegrey heron - 8 at warthmallard - 19 at Waterfoot, 80 at Rawtenstall, 8 at Groundwork, 11 at Holmes Terrace Lodge, 22 at K Steels and 16 at EBSWmandarin - 1pr on Holmes Terrace Lodgemoorhen - 2 on Holmes Terrace Lodgekestrel - 1 over EBSWblack headed gull - 90 at EBSWGreen Woodpecker...
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Healey Dell 29.1.12
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Healey Dell Green Woodpecker 1 calling Mistle Thrush 1 Dipper 2 minimum Grey Wagtail 1 Nuthatch 3 minimum L.T.Tit 6 Coal Tit 2 Blue Tit plenty Great Tit plenty Chaffinch c6 House Sparrow c10 Starling 6+4 Greenfinch 2 Rook 8 Magpie 2 Wood Pigeon c6 Robin c10 Blackbird 1 New Line Res 28th and 29th Canada Ge...
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Grane, 29th Jan 2012.
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08:15 - 11:00 Cormorant, 7 on Ogden inc 4 drying off on the shore at the top end, Grey Heron, 2, Canada Goose, 2 on Holden Wood, Mallard, c50, Teal, 11 on Holden Wood, & 1 male on Calf Hey, Goldeneye, 2 males & 1 female on Ogden, 1 male & 1 female on Calf Hey, Kestrel, 4 singles, Golden Plover, f...
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