Rossendale Bird Sightings

brian · brian

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...

sarfraz · sarfraz

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...

C Bel · C Bel

Wood Pigeon sitting on 2 eggs yesterday, could have started a bit too early!! Craig.

Dog Nobbler · Dog Nobbler

There were a pair on the Irwell at Irwell Vale yesterday afternoon. Also Sparrowhawk Dipper Crows carrying nest material Robin Wren The usual suspects.

Neil Burke · Neil Burke

1 Pair Goldeneye, 1pair Teal, 1 Kestrel, 1 G. S. Woodpecker. Neil

C Bel · C Bel

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.

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

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...

egor · egor

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!

sarfraz · sarfraz

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...

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

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...

pfyldes · pfyldes

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...

David Nuttall · David Nuttall

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...

C Bel · C Bel

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

Ste Rush · Ste Rush

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...

Ian Brady · Ian Brady

About 150 Pinkfeet flew over this morning at 9:45 Cheers Ian

David Nuttall · David Nuttall

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....

brian · brian

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...

David Ousey · David Ousey

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...

C Bel · C Bel

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.

Bigbadbob · Bigbadbob

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

sarfraz · sarfraz

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...

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

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

David Nuttall · David Nuttall

08:00-15:30 Three teams, 2x2 people and 1x3 took part and recorded 65 species in total which is the highest count ever. (Guys, Buzzard wasn't on my records list as never seen before this year!) The individual team scores were: Team A = 55 specieds. Team B = 51 species. Team C = 55 species. Buzzard was a...

Ste Rush · Ste Rush

15/01/2012 74 x Pink Feet Flying East to West at 10:00 -- Edited by Ste Rush on Sunday 15th of January 2012 10:23:25 AM

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

143 pink footed geese flew west over Waterfoot today @ 12:45 cheers kevin

JR · JR

32 Golden Plover on Cowpe Moss 1 Stonechat Whitworth Lower End Moor Pr Stonechat Rooley Moor Road, section south of Hamer Hill 48 Fieldfare just east of Hamer Hill 1 Reed Bunting near Bagden Quarry 3 x 2 Reed Bunting Walstead Clough (Whitworth Lower End Moor) 2 Raven Brandwood Lower End Moor 1 Skylark...

David Ousey · David Ousey

107 Canada Geese,77 Mallard,26 Tufted Duck(again my largest count @ Cowm!) 60 BH Gull, 5 Common Gull, 4 Collared Dove, 3 Woodpigeon, 2 Dipper,6 Robin,4 Dunnock, 5 Blackbird,2 Coal Tit, 10 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit,7 Long Tailed Tit, 10 Magpie,1 Jay,4 Carrion Crow, 10 House Sparrow, 3 Chaffinch, 6 Reed...

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

97 pink footed goose over1 grey heron1 buzzard1 lapwing2 jack snipe17 snipe75 black headed gull1 common gull1 herring gull over8 great black backed gull over2 stock dove26 wood pigeon1 tawny owl calling @ 11:451 wren2 dunnock2 robin40 redwing2 goldcrest3 coal tit3 blue tit2 jay24 magpie2 jackda...

KEVIN LISTER · KEVIN LISTER

2 Canada geese9 teal37 mallard1m goldeneye4 goosander3 or 4 cormorant2 grey heron1 sparrowhawk1 kestrel1 moorhen24 golden plover4 snipe90 black headed gull2 common gull2 herring gull14 wood pigeon2 collared dove19 meadow pipit1 pied wagtail2 dipper2 wren6 dunnock24 robin19 blackbird2 mis...

brian · brian

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	Weekend at Strongstry (Preview) 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...	brian	0	112	Mon Feb 6 3:11 AM, 2012 by brian
	Holden Wood 3.30-4.45pm (Preview) 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...	sarfraz	2	132	Mon Feb 6 5:26 AM, 2012 by sarfraz
	Wood Pigeon sitting eggs! (Preview) Wood Pigeon sitting on 2 eggs yesterday, could have started a bit too early!! Craig.	C Bel	0	107	Sun Feb 5 5:46 AM, 2012 by C Bel
	Kingfishers (Preview) There were a pair on the Irwell at Irwell Vale yesterday afternoon. Also Sparrowhawk Dipper Crows carrying nest material Robin Wren The usual suspects.	Dog Nobbler	1	64	Sun Feb 5 12:37 AM, 2012 by Dee Dee
	Calfhey res, Grane (Preview) 1 Pair Goldeneye, 1pair Teal, 1 Kestrel, 1 G. S. Woodpecker. Neil	Neil Burke	0	80	Sat Feb 4 3:36 AM, 2012 by Neil Burke
	Black Redstart - Accrington. 3rd Feb 2012. (Preview) 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.	C Bel	0	92	Fri Feb 3 10:29 PM, 2012 by C Bel
	Whitworth and Clowbridge 02/02/12 (Preview) 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...	KEVIN LISTER	0	85	Fri Feb 3 3:46 AM, 2012 by KEVIN LISTER
	Grane - Calf Hey (Preview) 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!	egor	0	123	Tue Jan 31 10:50 PM, 2012 by egor
	Herring Gull movement (Preview) 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...	sarfraz	0	106	Tue Jan 31 7:10 AM, 2012 by sarfraz
	Warth to Ewood Bridge 29/01/12 & RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch @ Gaghills (Preview) 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...	KEVIN LISTER	0	89	Mon Jan 30 4:07 PM, 2012 by KEVIN LISTER
	Healey Dell 29.1.12 (Preview) 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...	pfyldes	0	60	Sun Jan 29 10:38 PM, 2012 by pfyldes
	Grane, 29th Jan 2012. (Preview) 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...	David Nuttall	0	67	Sun Jan 29 9:30 PM, 2012 by David Nuttall
	ICELAND GULL at Fishmoor Res/ Guide 29th Jan 2012 (Preview) 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	C Bel	0	65	Sun Jan 29 8:03 PM, 2012 by C Bel
	Whitworth Garden January 2012 (Preview) 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...	Ste Rush	3	141	Sun Jan 29 6:30 PM, 2012 by Ste Rush
	Newchurch 28/01/12 (Preview) About 150 Pinkfeet flew over this morning at 9:45 Cheers Ian	Ian Brady	0	52	Sat Jan 28 11:08 PM, 2012 by Ian Brady
	Clowbridge Res, 22nd Jan 2012 (Preview) 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....	David Nuttall	0	86	Mon Jan 23 4:34 AM, 2012 by David Nuttall
	Feeding station Strongstry. (Preview) 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...	brian	0	80	Mon Jan 23 2:58 AM, 2012 by brian
	Whitworth Area 22/1/2012 (Preview) 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...	David Ousey	0	56	Sun Jan 22 10:37 PM, 2012 by David Ousey
	CLOWBRIDGE RES 17-18th Jan 2012. (Preview) 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.	C Bel	0	60	Thu Jan 19 7:22 PM, 2012 by C Bel
	Cowpe Moss 17/1/12 (Preview) 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	Bigbadbob	1	67	Tue Jan 17 10:02 PM, 2012 by Ian Brady
	A Little Surprise! (Preview) 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...	sarfraz	0	111	Mon Jan 16 11:11 PM, 2012 by sarfraz
	New Line Res 16/01/12 (Preview) 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	KEVIN LISTER	0	110	Mon Jan 16 4:10 PM, 2012 by KEVIN LISTER
	R.O.C Winter Birdrace, 15th Jan 2012. (Preview) 08:00-15:30 Three teams, 2x2 people and 1x3 took part and recorded 65 species in total which is the highest count ever. (Guys, Buzzard wasn't on my records list as never seen before this year!) The individual team scores were: Team A = 55 specieds. Team B = 51 species. Team C = 55 species. Buzzard was a...	David Nuttall	0	71	Sun Jan 15 9:16 PM, 2012 by David Nuttall
	Whitworth Jan 2012 (Preview) 15/01/2012 74 x Pink Feet Flying East to West at 10:00 -- Edited by Ste Rush on Sunday 15th of January 2012 10:23:25 AM	Ste Rush	0	56	Sun Jan 15 10:23 AM, 2012 by Ste Rush
	pink feet 14/01/12 (Preview) 143 pink footed geese flew west over Waterfoot today @ 12:45 cheers kevin	KEVIN LISTER	0	61	Sat Jan 14 3:48 PM, 2012 by KEVIN LISTER
	Cowpe Moss and area (Preview) 32 Golden Plover on Cowpe Moss 1 Stonechat Whitworth Lower End Moor Pr Stonechat Rooley Moor Road, section south of Hamer Hill 48 Fieldfare just east of Hamer Hill 1 Reed Bunting near Bagden Quarry 3 x 2 Reed Bunting Walstead Clough (Whitworth Lower End Moor) 2 Raven Brandwood Lower End Moor 1 Skylark...	JR	0	67	Fri Jan 13 10:04 PM, 2012 by JR
	Cowm Reservoir 13/1/2012 (Preview) 107 Canada Geese,77 Mallard,26 Tufted Duck(again my largest count @ Cowm!) 60 BH Gull, 5 Common Gull, 4 Collared Dove, 3 Woodpigeon, 2 Dipper,6 Robin,4 Dunnock, 5 Blackbird,2 Coal Tit, 10 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit,7 Long Tailed Tit, 10 Magpie,1 Jay,4 Carrion Crow, 10 House Sparrow, 3 Chaffinch, 6 Reed...	David Ousey	0	60	Fri Jan 13 9:52 PM, 2012 by David Ousey
	Seat Naze and edge Cote 13/01/12 (Preview) 97 pink footed goose over1 grey heron1 buzzard1 lapwing2 jack snipe17 snipe75 black headed gull1 common gull1 herring gull over8 great black backed gull over2 stock dove26 wood pigeon1 tawny owl calling @ 11:451 wren2 dunnock2 robin40 redwing2 goldcrest3 coal tit3 blue tit2 jay24 magpie2 jackda...	KEVIN LISTER	0	59	Fri Jan 13 5:19 PM, 2012 by KEVIN LISTER
	Haslingden to Bowl Alley to Grane 10/01/12 (Preview) 2 Canada geese9 teal37 mallard1m goldeneye4 goosander3 or 4 cormorant2 grey heron1 sparrowhawk1 kestrel1 moorhen24 golden plover4 snipe90 black headed gull2 common gull2 herring gull14 wood pigeon2 collared dove19 meadow pipit1 pied wagtail2 dipper2 wren6 dunnock24 robin19 blackbird2 mis...	KEVIN LISTER	0	84	Tue Jan 10 7:49 PM, 2012 by KEVIN LISTER
	Feeding station film (Preview) http://www.flickr.com/photos/33778435@N07/6662407713/in/photostream	brian	0	96	Sun Jan 8 10:23 PM, 2012 by brian
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