Rossendale Bird Sightings

pfyldes · pfyldes

Compstons Cross Reed Bunting c20 Meadow Pipit 4+4 Windy Bank Meadow Pipit 4+4+6+6+3+1+1+3 Goldfinch c12 Reed Bunting 1 Robin 2 Clough Bottom Crossbill 10 Dave and Paul 8 Goldeneye 1m Tufted Duck 1m Cormorant 1 Magpie 2 Peers Clough Starling c100 L.B.B.Gull 15 over Carrion Crow c10 Jackdaw c10 Robi...

sarfraz · sarfraz

Woodpigeon begging parents for food last week in memorial Gardens, at least 4 Pied Wagtails present, Robins singing, 1-2 Blackbirds.....very scarce since breeding period House Martins still visiting nest sites last week in haslingden but numbers have dropped last couple of days. Large flock of...

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

02/10/11. Very evident vis-mig, from 08:15 until 11:30 hrs. All moving south unless stated otherwise. Meadow Pipit - 328 - largest flock 30 birds heaviest movement up to 10:30hrs. Chaffinch - 109 Greenfinch - 11 Goldfinch - 2 Linnet - 59 Siskin - 92 Redpoll - 42 Pied Wagtail - 1 Mistle Thrush - 1 G.S.W....

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

Waterfoot 4 house martin & 1 chiffchaff Lench 1 sparrowhawk, 1 great spotted woodpecker, 4 house martin, 8 wood pigeon, 2 mistle thrush, 1 song thrush, 1 wren, mixed flock with minimum of 15 long tailed tit, 2 blue tit, 2 great tit, 2 coal tit and 2 goldcrest, 20 jackdaw, 3 carrion crow, 4 magpie, 2 go...

Ste Rush · Ste Rush

Visible Migration, Whitworth, Manchester, GB-ENG Oct 2, 2011 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM Protocol: Stationary 27 species Weather. Overcast light W turning stronger and more SW Intermittent spots of rain ending in drizzle. Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) 1 S Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus rid...

68 impala · 68 impala

small groups of crossbill mixed in with the very large flocks of siskin

David Nuttall · David Nuttall

10:00-13:30 with a hours vismig with Bob n Archie from Compston's Cross. Pink Footed Goose, c40 over west, Canada Goose, 2 small flocks, Goldeneye, 2 on Clowbridge, Mallard, 8 on Clowbridge, Kestrel, c4 hunting moors, Snipe, 7 over south, G.S.Woodpecker, 1 over Compston's north, Swallow, a flock...

C Bel · C Bel

Vismig/Ringing 6.15 - 10am. Lots of movement to south from 6.30 and still coming - mainly mipits and chaffinch - at 10am. Impossible to count and mist net at the same time!! Birds over - M Pipit - 100`s! Large parties early then 3-6`s. Chaffinch - 100+ (20 ringed) steady 2-3`s. Crossbill - 6 in 1 flock...

David Nuttall · David Nuttall

Heron, 1 mobbed by c60 Jackdaws over Cloughfold Rec showed some nifty flightwork to "escape"! Kestrel, 1 hunting Chapel Hill, Sparrowhawk, 1 being mobbed by a corvid over Height End / Cribden, G.S.Woodpecker, 1 at Marl Pits, Swallow, a flock of 12 south down the Limy Valley, Chiffchaff,...

sarfraz · sarfraz

from 3.30-4.45pm 30 plus mallard at least 4-5 teal at least 30 min b h gulls on the water many bathing with some common gulls flick of min 10 linnet around flock of 10 min goldfinch some drinking water

David Ousey · David Ousey

3 Cormorant,22 Canada Geese, 40 Mallard, 4 Tufted Duck,Coot, 25 BH Gull, 2 Wood Pigeon, 4 Collared Dove, 25 Meadow Pipit (heading east),5 Pied Wagtail, 4 Dunnock,6 Robin, Stonechat(male), 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Blackbird, 2 Goldcrest, 5 Coal Tit,3 Blue Tit, Great Tit, 2 Jay, 6 Magpie,2 Rook,12 Carrion...

C Bel · C Bel

A good morning with a decent movement of passage birds to south 8.30 - 11.30am. 600+ M Pipit. 200+ Swallow. 40+ Siskin. 30+ L Redpoll. 25+ Goldfinch. 10 Chaffinch. 3 Linnet. 4 R Bunting. 3 Wheatear, juv Cuckoo, 1 Hobby, 1 Buzzard and a fem Merlin all seen moving through.

brian · brian

Two male Blackcaps feeding on meal worm this morning and again this evening, we also had a brief visit from a young Green woodpecker on Tuesday which was a first for the feeding station near the house.

C Bel · C Bel

Had 1hr 10 mins sat watching proper between 9.50 - 11am. (Started way too late!) M Pipit - 10,14,2,3,1,4,3,3,5,5,10,3,4,5,12,4,1,2,3,5,2,10. = 111 all south. Chaffinch - 1,3,1,1,1,1,1,3,2,1,2. = 17 sth. Linnet - 8,6,7,2,2. = 25 sth. R Bunt. - 1 sth. B/Bird - 1 sth. Greenfinch - 8 sth. Siskin - 2,15...

David Ousey · David Ousey

3 first winter Common Gulls, 20 BH Gull,Coot,4 Tufted Duck.5 LBB Gulls over. Regards, Dave Ousey.

brian · brian

Blue tit doing well Great tit plenty Coal tit seems to have recovered from a bad start Long tailed tit only one small flock of 8 Chaffinch numbers still increasing Goldfinch several small charms of 5/6 Greenfinch odd ones Bullfinch commonest finch many pairs and young Robin 20+ Wre...

DJG · DJG

Sparrowhawk seen 19.9.11 in front garden, Haslingden near to A56. A Female swooped down to take a wood pigeon from the tree, one of a pair of wood pigeons we have had visit daily for the last 2 years. It took the pigeon to the ground and started to tear into into for several minutes until a passer by distu...

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

Trickett's Memorial 1 nuthatch + 1 song thrush Seat Naze 30 black headed gull, 1 common gull, 15 meadow pipit, 2 pied wagtail, 2 raven over, 1 flock of 40 carrion crow + 12 goldfinch Edge Cote 1 lapwing, 26 snipe, 1 sparrowhawk, 1 kestrel, 14 meadow pipit, 1 jay + goldcrests heard calling from the conif...

pfyldes · pfyldes

Elm Clough to Rooley Rd Wheatear 1 Meadow Pipit c100 going south Swallow 5 south Carrion Crow c40 Elm Clough Goldfinch c20 single flock Blackbird 1 Jackdaw 4 Rook 5 Carrion Crow c10 L.B.B.Gull 3 flying west Wood Pigeon 7 Swallow 3 Meadow Pipit c20 Stacksteads Rec Area Heron 1 over Wood Pigeon 3 Carrion C...

Dog Nobbler · Dog Nobbler

I don't recall ever seeing a LSW but I am almost sure I saw one yesterday at the fishermans car park at Ogden, it landed in a flowering hawthorn and disappeared completely. It had the dipping flight pattern of a woodpecker and plenty of white on its back and was the size of a finch. It certainly was not a wa...

sarfraz · sarfraz

1 adult 1 prob 2nd year 1 unknown but of similar size heading over Haslingden at about 12.30pm Northwards

Dave Howorth · Dave Howorth

21/9/11 4 chiff chaff 21/9/11 river irwell new hall hey 3 redhead gooseander Dave

David Ousey · David Ousey

3 Cormorant, 25 BH Gull.55 Mallard,2 Coot, 1 juvenile Moorhen,4 Tufted Duck, 5 Great Tit,3 Chaffinch, 2 Robin,Kestrel (for Steve Rush),3 Magpie,10 Jackdaw,10 Carrion Crow,2 Swallow. Regards, Dave Ousey.

David Nuttall · David Nuttall

08:30-11:30 Canada Goose 53 on Clowbridge, Mallard c30 on Clowbridge, Teal 2 females on Clowbridge, Tufted Duck 1 female on Clowbridge, Goosander redhead on Clowbridge, Kestrel 1 at Clough Bottom & 1 being mobbed by a Rook at Clowbridge! Golden Plover 1 over Compstons east, Skylark 3...

Neil Burke · Neil Burke

15 Snipe 1 Skylark 30+ Meadowpipit 1 Raven 2 Kestrels Carrioncrows Neil

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

07:50 start 12 Swallow over dam wall + 11 moving S. c20 Meadow Pipit on res bank Flocks of c30 + 6 Goldfinch Flock of c50 Linnet 4 Pied Wagtail 1 Wheatear 1f Goosander 1 Jay in wood Compstons Cross Steady passage E. to S.E. from 09:20hrs for 1hr. 93 Swallow in 13 parties. Meadow Pipit, constant movement...

sarfraz · sarfraz

1 grey heron on bank, another seen flying later near the plantatiopn at ogden 20 approx lapwings with around 30 gulls mianly b h but at least 2 common gull 10 plus meadow pipit, 2 gold finch, 10 plus linnet sepnding a lot of time on bank, 10 plus flock of long tailed tits with some great and blue 2 ra...

C Bel · C Bel

6 - 7.30pm. in the rain.. 2 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 18 Mallard, 20+ Swallow, 1 M Pipit, 1 L E Owl. Craig.

Ste Rush · Ste Rush

A very blustery walk indeed. Gusts reached 19mph in the valley and no doubt much higher on the tops. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 30 Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) 3 Great Cormorant (Eurasian) (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis/hanedae) 1 Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) 1 Common Wo...

rob archer · rob archer

Grey Phalarope on the Res this morning from 1130 . Still present when I left 12.45. Sheltering mainly in low rocks close to shoreline below Owd Betts.. Rob Archer

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	Various Sites 9.10.11. (Preview) Compstons Cross Reed Bunting c20 Meadow Pipit 4+4 Windy Bank Meadow Pipit 4+4+6+6+3+1+1+3 Goldfinch c12 Reed Bunting 1 Robin 2 Clough Bottom Crossbill 10 Dave and Paul 8 Goldeneye 1m Tufted Duck 1m Cormorant 1 Magpie 2 Peers Clough Starling c100 L.B.B.Gull 15 over Carrion Crow c10 Jackdaw c10 Robi...	pfyldes	0	103	Sun Oct 9 1:59 PM, 2011 by pfyldes
	Bits and Bobs (Preview) Woodpigeon begging parents for food last week in memorial Gardens, at least 4 Pied Wagtails present, Robins singing, 1-2 Blackbirds.....very scarce since breeding period House Martins still visiting nest sites last week in haslingden but numbers have dropped last couple of days. Large flock of...	sarfraz	0	109	Fri Oct 7 11:55 PM, 2011 by sarfraz
	Compstons Cross 2/10/11 (Preview) 02/10/11. Very evident vis-mig, from 08:15 until 11:30 hrs. All moving south unless stated otherwise. Meadow Pipit - 328 - largest flock 30 birds heaviest movement up to 10:30hrs. Chaffinch - 109 Greenfinch - 11 Goldfinch - 2 Linnet - 59 Siskin - 92 Redpoll - 42 Pied Wagtail - 1 Mistle Thrush - 1 G.S.W....	Bigbadbob	0	121	Mon Oct 3 9:26 PM, 2011 by Bigbadbob
	Waterfoot to Cowm 02/10/11 (Preview) Waterfoot 4 house martin & 1 chiffchaff Lench 1 sparrowhawk, 1 great spotted woodpecker, 4 house martin, 8 wood pigeon, 2 mistle thrush, 1 song thrush, 1 wren, mixed flock with minimum of 15 long tailed tit, 2 blue tit, 2 great tit, 2 coal tit and 2 goldcrest, 20 jackdaw, 3 carrion crow, 4 magpie, 2 go...	KEVIN LISTER	0	108	Sun Oct 2 9:26 PM, 2011 by KEVIN LISTER
	Facit Incline, Whitworth (vis-mig) 02/10/2011 (Preview) Visible Migration, Whitworth, Manchester, GB-ENG Oct 2, 2011 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM Protocol: Stationary 27 species Weather. Overcast light W turning stronger and more SW Intermittent spots of rain ending in drizzle. Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) 1 S Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus rid...	Ste Rush	3	156	Sun Oct 2 8:51 PM, 2011 by Ste Rush
	clough bottom res (Preview) small groups of crossbill mixed in with the very large flocks of siskin	68 impala	1	130	Sun Oct 2 4:57 PM, 2011 by JimOrmerod
	Northern Rossendale, 2nd Oct 2011. (Preview) 10:00-13:30 with a hours vismig with Bob n Archie from Compston's Cross. Pink Footed Goose, c40 over west, Canada Goose, 2 small flocks, Goldeneye, 2 on Clowbridge, Mallard, 8 on Clowbridge, Kestrel, c4 hunting moors, Snipe, 7 over south, G.S.Woodpecker, 1 over Compston's north, Swallow, a flock...	David Nuttall	0	112	Sun Oct 2 2:41 PM, 2011 by David Nuttall
	CLOWBRIDGE(Limy Lane) 1st Oct 2011 (Preview) Vismig/Ringing 6.15 - 10am. Lots of movement to south from 6.30 and still coming - mainly mipits and chaffinch - at 10am. Impossible to count and mist net at the same time!! Birds over - M Pipit - 100`s! Large parties early then 3-6`s. Chaffinch - 100+ (20 ringed) steady 2-3`s. Crossbill - 6 in 1 flock...	C Bel	0	104	Sat Oct 1 9:54 PM, 2011 by C Bel
	Around Rawtenstall, 1st Oct 2011 (Preview) Heron, 1 mobbed by c60 Jackdaws over Cloughfold Rec showed some nifty flightwork to "escape"! Kestrel, 1 hunting Chapel Hill, Sparrowhawk, 1 being mobbed by a corvid over Height End / Cribden, G.S.Woodpecker, 1 at Marl Pits, Swallow, a flock of 12 south down the Limy Valley, Chiffchaff,...	David Nuttall	0	83	Sat Oct 1 9:16 PM, 2011 by David Nuttall
	calf hey 30 sept 2011 (Preview) from 3.30-4.45pm 30 plus mallard at least 4-5 teal at least 30 min b h gulls on the water many bathing with some common gulls flick of min 10 linnet around flock of 10 min goldfinch some drinking water	sarfraz	0	87	Sat Oct 1 8:48 PM, 2011 by sarfraz
	Cowm Reservoir.1/10/2011 (Preview) 3 Cormorant,22 Canada Geese, 40 Mallard, 4 Tufted Duck,Coot, 25 BH Gull, 2 Wood Pigeon, 4 Collared Dove, 25 Meadow Pipit (heading east),5 Pied Wagtail, 4 Dunnock,6 Robin, Stonechat(male), 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Blackbird, 2 Goldcrest, 5 Coal Tit,3 Blue Tit, Great Tit, 2 Jay, 6 Magpie,2 Rook,12 Carrion...	David Ousey	0	78	Sat Oct 1 1:07 PM, 2011 by David Ousey
	Clowbridge (Limy Lane) 27th Sept 2011. (Preview) A good morning with a decent movement of passage birds to south 8.30 - 11.30am. 600+ M Pipit. 200+ Swallow. 40+ Siskin. 30+ L Redpoll. 25+ Goldfinch. 10 Chaffinch. 3 Linnet. 4 R Bunting. 3 Wheatear, juv Cuckoo, 1 Hobby, 1 Buzzard and a fem Merlin all seen moving through.	C Bel	8	221	Thu Sep 29 8:49 PM, 2011 by C Bel
	Feeding stations (Preview) Two male Blackcaps feeding on meal worm this morning and again this evening, we also had a brief visit from a young Green woodpecker on Tuesday which was a first for the feeding station near the house.	brian	0	71	Thu Sep 29 8:48 PM, 2011 by brian
	CLOWBRIDGE(Limy Lane) 29th Sept 2011. (Preview) Had 1hr 10 mins sat watching proper between 9.50 - 11am. (Started way too late!) M Pipit - 10,14,2,3,1,4,3,3,5,5,10,3,4,5,12,4,1,2,3,5,2,10. = 111 all south. Chaffinch - 1,3,1,1,1,1,1,3,2,1,2. = 17 sth. Linnet - 8,6,7,2,2. = 25 sth. R Bunt. - 1 sth. B/Bird - 1 sth. Greenfinch - 8 sth. Siskin - 2,15...	C Bel	0	72	Thu Sep 29 2:36 PM, 2011 by C Bel
	Cowm Reservoir.Saturday 24th September (Preview) 3 first winter Common Gulls, 20 BH Gull,Coot,4 Tufted Duck.5 LBB Gulls over. Regards, Dave Ousey.	David Ousey	2	149	Mon Sep 26 10:34 PM, 2011 by David Ousey
	Strongstry woods and river (Preview) Blue tit doing well Great tit plenty Coal tit seems to have recovered from a bad start Long tailed tit only one small flock of 8 Chaffinch numbers still increasing Goldfinch several small charms of 5/6 Greenfinch odd ones Bullfinch commonest finch many pairs and young Robin 20+ Wre...	brian	0	104	Sun Sep 25 7:26 PM, 2011 by brian
	SparrowHawk-Haslingden area (Preview) Sparrowhawk seen 19.9.11 in front garden, Haslingden near to A56. A Female swooped down to take a wood pigeon from the tree, one of a pair of wood pigeons we have had visit daily for the last 2 years. It took the pigeon to the ground and started to tear into into for several minutes until a passer by distu...	DJG	7	173	Sun Sep 25 6:26 PM, 2011 by brian
	Trickett's Memorial to EBSW 250911 (Preview) Trickett's Memorial 1 nuthatch + 1 song thrush Seat Naze 30 black headed gull, 1 common gull, 15 meadow pipit, 2 pied wagtail, 2 raven over, 1 flock of 40 carrion crow + 12 goldfinch Edge Cote 1 lapwing, 26 snipe, 1 sparrowhawk, 1 kestrel, 14 meadow pipit, 1 jay + goldcrests heard calling from the conif...	KEVIN LISTER	0	97	Sun Sep 25 5:38 PM, 2011 by KEVIN LISTER
	Stacksteads 25.9.11. (Preview) Elm Clough to Rooley Rd Wheatear 1 Meadow Pipit c100 going south Swallow 5 south Carrion Crow c40 Elm Clough Goldfinch c20 single flock Blackbird 1 Jackdaw 4 Rook 5 Carrion Crow c10 L.B.B.Gull 3 flying west Wood Pigeon 7 Swallow 3 Meadow Pipit c20 Stacksteads Rec Area Heron 1 over Wood Pigeon 3 Carrion C...	pfyldes	0	109	Sun Sep 25 2:02 PM, 2011 by pfyldes
	75% certain it was a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Preview) I don't recall ever seeing a LSW but I am almost sure I saw one yesterday at the fishermans car park at Ogden, it landed in a flowering hawthorn and disappeared completely. It had the dipping flight pattern of a woodpecker and plenty of white on its back and was the size of a finch. It certainly was not a wa...	Dog Nobbler	6	471	Fri Sep 23 10:29 PM, 2011 by sarfraz
	Herring Gulls (Preview) 1 adult 1 prob 2nd year 1 unknown but of similar size heading over Haslingden at about 12.30pm Northwards	sarfraz	1	109	Thu Sep 22 8:33 PM, 2011 by sarfraz
	allotment cowpe (Preview) 21/9/11 4 chiff chaff 21/9/11 river irwell new hall hey 3 redhead gooseander Dave	Dave Howorth	0	124	Thu Sep 22 12:08 PM, 2011 by Dave Howorth
	Cowm Reservoir,Whitworth.18/9/2011 (Preview) 3 Cormorant, 25 BH Gull.55 Mallard,2 Coot, 1 juvenile Moorhen,4 Tufted Duck, 5 Great Tit,3 Chaffinch, 2 Robin,Kestrel (for Steve Rush),3 Magpie,10 Jackdaw,10 Carrion Crow,2 Swallow. Regards, Dave Ousey.	David Ousey	0	122	Sun Sep 18 9:07 PM, 2011 by David Ousey
	North Rossendale, 18th Sep 2011 (Preview) 08:30-11:30 Canada Goose 53 on Clowbridge, Mallard c30 on Clowbridge, Teal 2 females on Clowbridge, Tufted Duck 1 female on Clowbridge, Goosander redhead on Clowbridge, Kestrel 1 at Clough Bottom & 1 being mobbed by a Rook at Clowbridge! Golden Plover 1 over Compstons east, Skylark 3...	David Nuttall	0	141	Sun Sep 18 8:55 PM, 2011 by David Nuttall
	Haslingden Moor 18 September 2011 (Preview) 15 Snipe 1 Skylark 30+ Meadowpipit 1 Raven 2 Kestrels Carrioncrows Neil	Neil Burke	0	99	Sun Sep 18 8:45 PM, 2011 by Neil Burke
	Clowbridge res. 16/9/11 (Preview) 07:50 start 12 Swallow over dam wall + 11 moving S. c20 Meadow Pipit on res bank Flocks of c30 + 6 Goldfinch Flock of c50 Linnet 4 Pied Wagtail 1 Wheatear 1f Goosander 1 Jay in wood Compstons Cross Steady passage E. to S.E. from 09:20hrs for 1hr. 93 Swallow in 13 parties. Meadow Pipit, constant movement...	Bigbadbob	0	107	Fri Sep 16 8:39 PM, 2011 by Bigbadbob
	Holden Wood 5 -6.15pm (Preview) 1 grey heron on bank, another seen flying later near the plantatiopn at ogden 20 approx lapwings with around 30 gulls mianly b h but at least 2 common gull 10 plus meadow pipit, 2 gold finch, 10 plus linnet sepnding a lot of time on bank, 10 plus flock of long tailed tits with some great and blue 2 ra...	sarfraz	1	112	Thu Sep 15 8:42 PM, 2011 by sarfraz
	CLOWBRIDGE RES. 14th Sept. (Preview) 6 - 7.30pm. in the rain.. 2 Dunlin, 1 Snipe, 18 Mallard, 20+ Swallow, 1 M Pipit, 1 L E Owl. Craig.	C Bel	0	152	Wed Sep 14 9:51 PM, 2011 by C Bel
	Facit Incline-Cowm Res 12/09/11 (Preview) A very blustery walk indeed. Gusts reached 19mph in the valley and no doubt much higher on the tops. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 30 Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) 3 Great Cormorant (Eurasian) (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis/hanedae) 1 Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) 1 Common Wo...	Ste Rush	0	115	Mon Sep 12 8:06 PM, 2011 by Ste Rush
	Ashworth Moor Res (Preview) Grey Phalarope on the Res this morning from 1130 . Still present when I left 12.45. Sheltering mainly in low rocks close to shoreline below Owd Betts.. Rob Archer	rob archer	1	142	Mon Sep 12 4:10 PM, 2011 by C Bel
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