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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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ICELAND GULL at Fishmoor Res/ Guide 29th Jan 2012
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Iceland Gull - 2nd Winter bird with Gull roost on Walker Ind Est roof tonight. Gulls - Lots of other Gulls there too, GBB and Herring Gulls in good numbers. Not many LBB`s tho. 500+ B H Gull aswell. C Bell / R Archer. -- Edited by C Bel on Sunday 29th of January 2012 08:49:33 PM
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Whitworth Garden January 2012
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A Whitworth Garden inc Flyovers 1st Jan Comments: 8C. Cloudy and wet. 22 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose 60 Flying over several times East-West. Black-headed Gull 1 Feral Pigeon 3 Common Wood-Pigeon 3 Eurasian Collared-Dove 5 Eurasian Jay 3 Common Magpie 13 Eurasian Jackdaw 20 Carrion Crow 3 C...
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Newchurch 28/01/12
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About 150 Pinkfeet flew over this morning at 9:45 Cheers Ian
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Clowbridge Res, 22nd Jan 2012
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16:15-17:00 Mallard, c30. Goosander, male & redhead, B.H.Gull, c800, Short Eared Owl, 1 hunting rough pasture behind boat house. As I approached the terraced row of houses opposite the Beijing Chinese another owl was perched on a back garden fence but the light was so poor I could not identify....
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Feeding station Strongstry.
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Blue tit 35+ These have been present for past week Great tit 16+ Coal tit 4 Numbers down Long tailed tit 12 Flock appears feeds and leaves, could be different birds Bullfinch 10+ These seem to be paired off Chaffinch 4 Goldfinch 3 Fewer than usual Greenfinch Large flock 30+ in and out all wee...
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Whitworth Area 22/1/2012
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Spring Mill Reservoir 4 Mallard,4 Tufted Duck,2 Goldeneye,10 Goosander, 6 Magpie,30 Jackdaw,5 Carrion Crow. Wallbank Lodge 5 Mallard,3 Mute Swan,2 Tufted Duck Whitworth High School Playing Fields 14 Mistle Thrush, 1 Redwing,80 Starling,1 Wren. Cowm Reservoir 1 Cormorant (White patches begi...
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CLOWBRIDGE RES 17-18th Jan 2012.
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Gull roost.- 4pm - 17th. 300+ Common Gull. 700+ B H Gull. No large Gulls at all.. 10am - 18th. 11 Goosander. (8 males) 5 Goldeneye. (3 males) Craig.
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Cowpe Moss 17/1/12
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Mid morning yomp over the frozen moor 3 Raven over Rooley Moor rd 42 Golden Plover on moss, no signs of any S.B.s Bob & Archie
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A Little Surprise!
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In Memorial Gardens in Haslingden with my son todaywhen I heard a rather distinct call in a conifer and something moved to the other side of the trunk. I waited and within a couple of minutes a small bird flew across to the next tree and scuttled up the trunk. A Treecreeper! Have never heard one her...
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New Line Res 16/01/12
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res 70% frozen19 Canada geese20 mallard1m tufted duck12 goosander5 moorhen (2 also on Lanc's Sock Lodge)50 black headed gull3 common gull1m sparrowhawk nearby cheers Kevin
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