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Rossendale Wildlife Thread 2024
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Great start to the year with the first Slavonian Grebe I have seen in Rossendale. I wonder if this is where the Rossendale birding year will peak? It is now on Fishmoor Reservoir. Having added Black Necked Grebe and Red Necked Grebe locally. Although the Red Necked Grebe was at Ashworth Moor Res...
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Little Egret
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One at Clowes Lodge this morning. I am reliably informed that it has been present - off and on - since Sunday. Andy
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Grane 12/12/24
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cormorant - 4 on Holden Wood, 1 on Ogden & 1 on Calf hey grey heron - 1 on Calf hey Canada goose - 132 at Holden Wood, 30 at Ogden & 4 at Calf Hey pink-footed goose - unseen skein heard over Calf Hey mallard - just a pair on Holden Wood goldeneye - 2 on Ogden golden plover - 10 on Haslingden Moor snipe - 2 on...
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Waterfoot to Holmes Terrace Lodge via Shortclough 08/12/24
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grey heron - 1 at Shortclough Res & 2 at Holmes Terrace Lodgemallard - 46 at Tesco in Rawtenstall & 9 at Holmes terrace Lodgegoosander - 8 at Shortclough Rescoot - 2 at Shortclough Resmoorhen - 5 at Shortclough res & 1 at Holmes terrace Lodgewoodcock - at least 1 in Trickett's Memorial &...
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Buckhurst to Deeply Vale 01/12/24
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cormorant - 1 flew down the valleygrey heron - 2 at the flashmallard - 21 on Buckhurst Lodge, 1pr on the turf field & 12 at the flashteal 2 males on middle lodge & 19 at the Flashgoosander - 2 redheads on Buckhurst Lodgemoorhen - 1 on middle lodgecurlew - 1 at the flashbuzzard - 1kestrel - female ne...
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Clowbridge 1 12 24
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Clowbridge Stonechat 1 Meadow Pipit 5 Goldfinch 9 Robin 1 Wren 1 Carrion Crow 5 Magpie 3 Wood Pigeon 3 Stock Dove Reed Bunting 2 Pied Wagtail 1 B H Gull c20 Common Gull 11 G B B Gull 1 L B B Gull 6 Herring Gull 1 Buzzard 2 Peter and John
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Waterfoot to Cowpe Lowe 30/11/24
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golden plover - c40 on Cowpe Lowewoodcock - 1 on Cowpe Lowegreen woodpecker - yaffling bird at higher Lenchkingfisher - 1 on the River Whitewell off Thornfield Avenue in Waterfootmeadow pipit single call heard on Cowpe Lowegrey wagtail - 1 in Waterfootfieldfare - single bird at Lench Foldredwing -...
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Staghills Woods & Warth 24/11/24
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buzzard - 1 over Warthsparrowhawk - male & female flying in tandem over Trickett's Memorial Groundgreat spotted woodpecker - 1 in Trickett's Memorial groundnuthatch - 4 through Staghills Woods & 1 at Warthredwing - 4 in Trickett's Memorial Ground & c45 at Warthblackbird - 18 through...
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Clowbridge 24/11/24 13:00 - 14:00
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2 GC Grebe 1 Male + 1 Female Goldeneye ~20 Mallard 1 LBB Gull 1 Common Gull ~30 BH Gull 2 Kestrel Pair Stonechat Small flock 8 LT Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 1 F Reedbunting Ian B
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Jackdaws
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3 degrees sunny/Dusk 1500/1600 hrs. Counted conservatively 500 to 600 Jackdaws heading south down the Irwell valley in groups of 30/40. Regards Brian.
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Clough Bottom & Clowbridge 21/11/24
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Clough Bottomgoosander - 1 redheadblack-headed gull -47common gull - 5great black-backed gull - 1 over to Clowbridgeherring gull - 1sparrowhawk - 1 malekestrel - 1 femalemeadow pipit - 1woodpigeon - flock of 9 overrobin - 3blackbird - 3blue tit - 2coal tit - 3starling - 4carrion crow - min 6jackdaw...
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Brook's Wood/Lower Cribden 21.11.24
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Green Woodpecker calling Nuttach 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 Meadow Pipit 1 Good numbers of Great Tit, Blue Tit, Blackbird and Robin
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Chapel Hill/Edge Cote 0°c 20.11.24
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Mallard 13 Tip Lodge Moorhen 2 Snipe 1 Black Headed Gull 4 Stock Dove 1 Woodpigeon 5 Meadow Pipit 2 Redwing 2 Jay 1 Chaffinch 3 Goldfinch 6 Greenfinch 2 Bullfinch 1 Blackbird, Robin, Magpies in good numbers
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Winter feeding station Strongstry.
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Bright and sunny very cold morning. Jackdaw. 7 Woodpigeon. 3 Feral Pigeon. 2 Stock Dove 2 Jay. 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker. 2 Blackbird. 6 Song Thrush 1 Robin 4 Wren 1 Dunnock 1 Great Tit 5 Blue Tit 7 Long-tailed Tit 8 Coal Tit 5 Goldfinch 10 Chaffinch 9 Nuthatch 4 Bullfinch 2 pair. Regards...
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River Irwell.
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Lowest temperature this year so far -5.5, bright sunny cold, Stubbins to Irwell vale. Of Note. Dipper. 2 Strongstry 1 Irwell vale. Kingfisher. First in a long while, male has been fishing around Strongstry all week. Grey Wagtail. Single Alderbottom. Goosander. 2 Redheads have been here since sum...
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Shortclough 11:30 19.11.24
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Goosander 12 Moorhen 6 Coot 2 Kestrel 1 Blackbird 2 Goldfinch 6
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Clowbridge 0° 13:00 19.11.24
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Great Crested Grebe 1 Cormorant 1 Canada Geese c90 Teal 2 Mallard c25 Goosander 2 Kestrel 1 Black Headed Gull c150 Meadow Pipit 6 Stonechat 2 Blackbird 1 Song Thrush 1 Redwing 8 Magpie 3 Carrion Crow c10 Raven 3 Starling c20 Goldfinch 6 Reed Bunting 1
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Spring Mill & Cowm 18/11/24
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Spring Mill ResGoldeneye - 1 immature malelapwing - 10buzzard - 1black-headed gull - 24common gull - 4herring gull - 1green woodpecker - 1stock dove - 3mistle thrush - 1carrion crow - 4jackdaw - 30raven - 1magpie - 4starling - 70goldfinch - 8 Fold Headcollared dove - 6blackbird - 9 in same fieldredwi...
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Clough bottom 1330hrs
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Bullfinch 4M 2FGreat spotted woodpecker Goosander 7 redheads Cormorant single Teal 3Lapwing 60 Black headed gulls 30 Common gull 4Kestrel pair cheers,Phil
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Clowbridge 7°c 08:45 15.11.24
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Cormorant 3 Mallard 23 Black Headed Gull c20 Common Gull 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 Meadow Pipit 3 Dunnock 2 Stonechat 1m 1f Mixed flock of Fieldfare and Redwing c50 over Long Tailed Tit 4 Great, Coal and Blue Tit Magpie 4 Carrion Crow c10 Starling 5 House Sparrow c10 Reed Bunting 1
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Red Kite.
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Single Red Kite circling over AMR this morning, info PaulG. Regards Brian
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Fieldfare.
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Yesterday at dusk 60 plus Fieldfare were moving along Helmshore road near Buckden woods in loose flocks going towards Irwell Vale. Regards Brian.
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Cheesden Valley, 13th Nov 2024
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12:00-14:00 Kestrel, male & female off Croston Close Road, Jack Snipe, 1 on Harden Moor, Snipe, 13 on Harden Moor, Starling, c700 feeding on pasture, Raven, 3 singles & a pair over, Stonechat, male & female on fence posts, Redwing, c250 feeding on pasture, Fieldfare, c150 feeding on pa...
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Clough Bottom/Peers Clough 10 11 24
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Clough Bottom Lapwing 200+ Snipe 1 Goosander 4 redheads GBB Gull 2 Common Gull 15 BH Gull 20 Starling 9 over Carrion Crow 4 Bullfinch 1 LT Tit 3 Meadow Pipit 2 Goldfinch 6 Small flock of Goldcrest Great and Blue Tits Peers Clough Redwing 10 Fieldfare 9 Song Thrush 1 Blackbird 4 Starling 150 + Magpie 2 Bul...
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Edge Cote & Seat Naze 10/11/24
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Seat Nazeblack-headed gull - c40common gull - 14lesser black-backed gull - 2herring gull - 14 circling over Waterfootpied wagtail - 1mistle thrush - 2fieldfare - 1 calling in the mistredwing - c10starling - 10 Edge Cotecormorant - 1 over towards Rawtenstallsnipe - c118jack snipe - 4robin - 2wren -...
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Rising Bridge to Mitchell's House Res 09/11/24
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Canada goose - single on the resgoosander - 4 redheadsbuzzard - 1 over the res & 1 on a pylon at Black moss nookkestrel - 1 at the res & 1 at Black Moss Nookblack-headed gull - 26 at the res & 3 at fields at Black Moss Nookcommon gull - 6 at the res & 10 in fields at Black Moss Nookherring gull - p...
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Shelduck.
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Five Shelduck on AMR this morning, also Golden Plover over. Regards Brian/ RobA.
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Shortclough 5/11/24
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pre-dusk ramble. min. of 7 Moorhen 2 Coot 2 Mallard Pr Wigeon 14 Canada Goose c/50 flock of Goldfinch. Bob.
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Deerplay
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4/11 @25 fieldfares in tree in back garden
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Cribden Clough 4/11/24
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Pr Raven circling over. Flock of c/60 Redwings flew out then over towards Chapel hill/Marl Pits area. 2 Kestrel 1 Jay 7 Canada Goose, 18 Mallard + 2 Moorhen at Twin Lodges. 1 Dipper + 1 Grey Wagtail on the river at Leabrook. Bob.
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