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Goodshaw - Crawshawbooth - Swinshaw Moor
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Sunny afternoon. Main interest: Dipper , 2 wrens & peregrine (Goodshaw) Jay & GS woodpecker (Heightside Farm) Pair little owls on wall (SD 818243) Buzzard on wall (SD 830248) - flew towards Lumb Several groups of 20 - 30 redwings in pasture on tops. Bob
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pink footed geese 18/01/11
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Skein of pink footed geese moving west over Gaghills at 7am today. Too dark to see how many birds there were cheers Kevin
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waxwings
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at 430 pm in waterfoot on boorhcresent i seen 7 waxwings eating berrys of the tree on the side 0f the road i was waching the birds for 20 mins . feeding.20-of jan-2011
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Cowm Reservoir Area(Last 10 days)
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Cormorant,6 Tufted Duck(5m/1f)Goosander,42 Mallard,80 BH Gull,12 Common Gull,2 LBB Gulls(Over)3 Goldeneye(1m/2f)Sparrowhawk(male carrying prey item)6 LT Tit,12 Blue Tit,6 Great Tit,2 Coal Tit,2 Dippers(on overflow)Grey Wagtail,Pied Wagtail,40 Jackdaw,15 Carrion Crow,22 Rook,11 Ma...
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Calf Hey res. 18/1/11
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Afternoon c50 Mallard 11 Teal c200 Pink Footed Geese heading W. at 14:10hrs. Good movement today see ELOC site. 1 G.S.W. at feeders along with- 1 Treecreeper Blue, Great & Coal Tit in good numbers prob. c30 birds c20 Chaffinch 25 Wood Pigeon feeding in fields E.B.S.W. 15:00hrs 2 Stock Dove 8 Wood P...
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Lench - Cragg Quarry 14/1/11
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c100 Redwing at Lench along with c15 Chaffinch 2 Mistle Thrush c12 Wood Pigeon 1 Lapwing on Cowpe Lowe - an eary bird at such a high altitude. Cragg was completly devoid of birds, not even a crow! Bob & Archie
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The Glen, Stacksteads
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Tuesday, 11th, January, 2011 12noon - 1.00pm - 10 Blackbird 7m 3f, 1 Jay, 1 GSW, 6 Great Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 8 Coal Tit, 1 Dunnock, 1 Chaffinch, 3 Robin, 20+ Jackdaw, 4 Magpie, 6 Carrion Crow, 1 wren, overflying Grey Heron and Sparrow Hawk.
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Various 10/1/11
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10:00am - Rawtenstall 1 Heron + 1 Moorhen at confluence of the Irwell and Limy + usual Mallard. 12:30 onwards, afteroon foray - 3 Grt tit + 1 Coal Tit at Crawshawbooth c4 BlueTit in hedge nr. Shortclough res along with c10 House Sparrow 4 Blackbird 4 Greenfinch 1m Goosander + 1 Heron at Shortclough res. c...
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Waterfoot
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Warth 09/01 1 heron, 1 woodcock, 9 blackbirds, 4 robin, 20 long tailed tits, 14 blue tits, 4 great tits, 20 siskin, 4 chaffinch & 5 goldfinch Trickett's Memeorial 09/01 1 tawny owl & 30 redwing Gaghills sparrowhawk visiting our feeders regularly, 1 treecreeper seen twice recently, 3 bram...
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Holdenwood res, 9/01/11
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84 Mallard 10 Black-headed gulls 8 Teal 2 Canada Geese 1 Heron 1 Kestrel Neil
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Top of Leach & Cragg Quarry 9/1/11
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Crows and Gulls apart little to report though 1 Snow Bunting flew out before us on the track through the quarry. Further extensive searching revealed no more birds. Bob & Archie
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Whitworth and Bacup 9.1.11
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Cowm Res Goldeneye 2f Mallard c40 Canada Geese c60 B.H.Gull c50 Common Gull 7 Magpie 4 Carrion Crow c10 Jackdaw 8 Wood Pigeon 1 Wallbank Lodge Mute Swan 5 Tufted Duck 2m Goosander 1f B.H.Gull 4 Collard Dove 1 New Line Res Goosander 4m 1f Mallard c30 B.H.Gull 70 Common Gull 6 Bacup Park Coal Tit 6 Blue Tit 4 R...
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Brambling
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At least 20 Brambling on the ground and very visible at the feeding station today, also two Treecreeper.
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Tawny owl
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A male Tawny owl has been calling every night this week, no female has answered yet.
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Deeply Vale-Harden Moor, 3rd Jan 2011
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09:15-11:30 Canada Goose, 71 feeding on pasture, Mallard, 2 on bottom lodge on small amount of ice free water, Teal, 10 (7males & 3 females) with Mallards, Kestrel, 1, Sparrowhawk, female flashed over Harden Moor, Stock Dove, 2, Collared Dove, 1, Wood Pigeon, c30, G.S.Woodpecker, 1 calling,...
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Hameldon Hill 3/1/11
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Very quiet along the tops with nothing other than the odd crow as far as Grt. Hameldon. On Hameldon Hill close to the weather station (golf ball) there were signs of roosting partridge with droppings very evident. 1m Snow Bunting was flushed in this area and watched for 15 mins or so before it headed of...
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vafrious sites 02/01/11
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Cowm Res Res mostly frozen over except for 1 small patch few small birds about 3 mute swan flew in from Wallbank Lodge, 70 Canada geese, 30+ mallard, 1m & 1f goldeneye, 50 black headed gull, 8 common gull, passage of circa 40 herring gull moving north,6 wood pigeon, 1 redwing, 1 magpie, 5 carrion cr...
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Helmshore 2/1/11
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2 Dippers across from Musbury Fabrics 1m Brambling, 2 Treecreeper, 1 nuthatch - on railway path Happy New Year to all. Ina
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Strongstry
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All the usuall suspects this morning, Brambling showing well and a Green woodpecker calling. Female Sparrowhawk has paid us a couple of visits yesterday and this morning.
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Tawny owl
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Arrived home at dusk to hear an owl calling, with the aid of a large torch found a [male ?] Tawny flying up and down the cycle track to Irwell vale with an offering [vole] in its beak presumably looking for a non-existing female. The temp at the time was plus 6c. Happy new year to all.
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Ravenshore, 31 Dec 1010
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1 Kingfisher 1 Dipper 2 Herons 4 Mallard 1 Goosander , female Flock of House sparrows calling from bushes Best wishes for 2011 Neil
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Grane, 31st Dec 2010
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09:30 - 12:00 Grey Heron, 1 feeding on edge of Ogden, Canada Goose, a flock of 9 flew out of quarry down onto Holden Wood, "Grey" Goose, a flock of ten birds flew west at 11:30, too distant for certain I.D. but contrasting shades on wings makes Greylag a possibility. Teal, 2 males on Holden Wo...
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Stubbins to Irwell vale[round robin]
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dipper 4 kingfisher 1 [m] moorhen 2 heron 3 goosander 5 [4f 1m] cormorant 2 [feeding on the river] teal 1 [f] mallard 3 [f] b h gull 3 herring gull 1 [unusual, on river] buzzard 1 [over, flying towards ewood bridge] carrion crow 3 rook 9 jackdaw 4 woodpigeon 10 + magpie 2 jay 3 collard dove 5 starling 2 g s woo...
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Staghills Woods etc 25/12/10
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few birds about on a walk through the woods from Waterfoot to Lea Bank. Highlights as follows tawny owl - 1 sparrowhawk - 1 female hunting across the edge of the wood 1 later seen at our feeders at Gaghills as well redwing - 4 song thrush - 1 siskin - 2 females and 1 male bullfinch - 3 The walk back through War...
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A vweeks Birdwatching, Bits and Bobs
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Sunday 19 December 11.30-2pm @ Holden Wood - threw 3 loaves off brown bread onto the frozen reservoir and attracted BH Gulls, Carrion Crows, some Magpies and a daring Blackbird which was chased by a Crow but got a way and then at the end some Pigeons/Doves. A flock of Goldfinch, Chaffinch and a Wren at t...
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Waterfoot to EBSW 21/12/10
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cormorant - 1 flying over Hareholme looked as though it turned up the Whitewell Valley heron - 1 at Kenroy's Pond, Warth, 1 at Bocholt Way, 1 at K Steels and 2 at Irwell Vale mallard - 7 in Waterfoot, 3 at Cloughfold, 112 at Rawtenstall, 40 at Groundwork, 15 at Ewood Bridge, 9 at irwell Vale & 9 at EBSW go...
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Townsend Fold 19-12-10
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Sorry tried to put this on yesterday with pictures and work got in the way! 6+ Greenfinch House Sparrows ~30 Mallard F Goosander ~20 Waxwing - flew off towards Haslingden 1 Dipper feeding Cheers Ian
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Cowm Reservoir,19/20th December.
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Yesterday:- 110 Canada Geese,2 Tufted Duck,3 Goldeneye(2m/1f) 2 Goosander,1 Herring Gull(Adult winter plumage) 12 Common Gull,60 BH Gull. Today:- 3 WIGEON(2m/1f) 3 Goldeneye(2m/1f) 60 Canada Geese,35 Mallard,2 Common Gull,16 BH Gull. Suprised to find Wigeon in amongst the birds on the only b...
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Gaghills 19/12/10
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birds at our feeding station this weekend sparrowhawk - 1 great spotted woodpecker - min 2 feral pigeon - 10 collared dove - 2 song thrush - 1 blackbird - 10 robin - 3 blue tit - 8 great tit - 3 coal tit - 2 long tailed tit - min 6 magpie - 1 dunnock - 2 house sparrow - 10 chaffinch - 25 brambling - 3 greenfinch - 20 go...
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Feeding station
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After clearing six inch of snow in the company of three Robins and spreading the food i had~~~~~~ blue tit 6 great tit 8 coal tit 3 lond tailed tit 4 bullfinch 12 goldfinch 3 chaffinch 7 brambling 14 redpoll 1 robin 9 blackbird 8 song thrush 3 mistle thrush 4 dunnock 2 nuthatch 3 treecreeper 1 jay 5 jackdaw 2...
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